01 · PRE-PRODUCTION
Look before lens
Format, run of show and a mood board: lower thirds, cold open, slates, logo sting. The edit starts before anyone sits down.
制作 The Studio
How a conversation becomes a show.
Celebrity talk shows for Zee Music, a docu-podcast for Jos Alukkas, founder series, policy interviews and three-minute MicroPods. Same pipeline, different grammar. Hover over, or tap, the microphone.
01 The pipeline
Six panels, record to release.
02 · ON SET
DOP when it counts
Multicam rigs, key and fill, mic checks. I light the set I will later cut, so footage arrives edit-ready.
03 · STORY EDIT
Find the spine
Selects, structure, pacing. An hour of talk becomes a conversation people stay for.
04 · MOTION
Package the show
Title sequence, lower thirds, transitions: a visual grammar each show keeps across every episode.
05 · SHORT-FORM
Cut it down
Reels, Shorts, trailers and campaign cut-downs from every episode.
06 · SHIP AND LEARN
Release, then read
Thumbnails, captions and platform versions, then retention reviews feed the next episode.
THE TEAM
Five editors, many shows, one standard
As Associate Group Head I run post for the network: quality, timelines and delivery, plus KRAs and quarterly reviews for editors and designers. Standard workflows keep it consistent. The team was named dentsu India’s Team of the Quarter for January to March 2026.
02 The formats
Not every podcast is two mics and a table.
03 The kit
Tools, and where AI fits.
- Premiere ProStory edits and multicam podcasts
- After EffectsShow packaging, titles, lower thirds
- AuditionDialogue clean-up and mix
- Photoshop · IllustratorThumbnails, slates, show art
- Final Cut ProFast turnarounds
- ClaudeEpisode breakdowns, hook lines, clip selection for short-form
- Gemini ProResearch and scripting passes
- Nano BananaImage generation for thumbnails and mood boards
- Adobe FireflyGenerative fill and pre-visualisation in the Adobe pipeline
- The ruleAI does the boring parts of the edit, not the editing.