Deliverables and mastering | Kite House Studio

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Deliverables & mastering

A finished film is not finished until it is in the format the destination will accept, named the way their system expects, and checked against their specification. That is a separate piece of work from the grade and the mix, and we treat it as one.

Every package we ship carries a QC report. If a file we made is rejected by the destination, fixing it is our cost.

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Broadcast masters

Programme masters built to the broadcaster's own specification, with textless elements, bars and tone, and the slate they ask for.

Platform masters

Mezzanine files for streaming and online distribution, with the subtitle and caption sidecars each platform expects.

Archive masters

A high-quality master kept independent of any one platform, so the film can be re-delivered years later without going back to the grade.

QC and reports

Every package is checked against the delivery specification and shipped with a written report of what was measured.

House standard

How packages are built

Master formats

Broadcast programme masters to the channel's spec
Streaming mezzanine files with sidecar subtitles
Archive master kept in a platform-neutral format
Web and social cutdowns derived from the same master

Audio in the package

Mixed master to the agreed loudness target
Dialogue, music and effects stems
Textless and clean-audio elements where required
Measured loudness and true peak in the report

Subtitles and text

Subtitle and caption files in the destination's format
Burned-in versions where the platform requires them
Textless background for territory versions
Spelling and timing checked before shipping

With every package

A QC report listing what was checked
A manifest of every file and its checksum
Version number and date in the file name
A short note of anything the destination should expect

Media and transfer

Getting the files to and from us

File naming

One convention agreed at the start of the job
Project, version, territory and date in the name
No spaces or punctuation beyond hyphen and underscore
Nothing renamed after delivery — a new name is a new version

Physical media

Drives accepted formatted for either platform
Two verified copies before any card is formatted
Drives returned once the job is signed off
Label the drive with the project, not just the date

Transfers

Uploads and collection run through the client portal
A day of rushes is commonly 1–3 TB
Long transfers run unattended and resume after a drop
Finished packages stay available for collection for 30 days

Retention

Project media held for the length of the contract
An offline copy kept alongside the working array
Archive master retained for the agreed period
Deletion happens on written instruction, not automatically

Volumes vary a great deal by project. A commercial might arrive as a few hundred gigabytes; a documentary shot over a year commonly runs to several tens of terabytes across the job. Tell us roughly what to expect and we will size the storage before the first drive arrives.

Deliverables