The six pipeline stages

Every project in Telova moves through six stages. Each stage has its own set of tools and tasks that become relevant at that point in the production lifecycle.

Intake is where projects are born. The brief gets written, stakeholders review it, and the scope gets agreed before any real work starts. Default tasks are auto-created to guide you through the intake checklist.

Pre-production is the planning stage. Crew booking, location scouting, script breakdown, shot lists, equipment tracking, contracts, and budgeting all live here. This is where gate checks matter most, making sure everything is locked before you commit to a shoot day that costs real money.

Production covers the shoot itself. Call sheets, daily production reports, shoot day tracking, and on-set budget visibility. If the director wants an extra setup, you can see what it costs before saying yes.

Post-production is modelled as seven sub-stages: rough cut, fine cut, picture lock, colour, sound, mix, and master. Each has its own task set. Assets move through review with frame-accurate timecoded feedback.

Delivery is where finished deliverables get built against platform specs, QC'd, and sent to their destinations. Telova has presets for common platforms like YouTube 4K, Instagram Reels, TikTok, and UK Broadcast AS-11 DPP.

Archive handles rights tracking, retention policies, and long-term storage. Talent releases, music licences, and footage licences are tracked with territories, platforms, and expiry dates so you can answer "can we use this in the US market?" in seconds rather than hours.