Handoff discipline — Upload footage same day with a completed handoff note: what's shot, what's missing, what needs a retake. Incomplete handoffs are the single biggest cause of pipeline stalls here.
File and asset hygiene — Correct naming, correct folder, logged in the production tracker. Every clip traceable to its video code.
Senior band additionally owns — on-set creative direction when a script stalls; judging footage against the internal score sheet before it moves downstream; coaching junior videographers; stepping into edit or posting when output is at risk.
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