| Placeholder Text | |
| Display Text | Placeholder Text |
| Description | "Placeholder Text" refers to any temporary, non-final text rendered onto the final image, such as watermarks, filenames, VFX shot numbers, timecode burn-ins, etc. |
| Impact | Placeholder Text may indicate non-final VFX or color that should be replaced in the final deliverable. Depending upon the placement, it may also obscure plot-pertinent on screen elements. |
| Severity Assessment Guidance | |
| FYI | N/A |
| Issue | Text is present, which is not creatively intended subtitles or forced narratives and clearly does not belong in the scene. |
| Blocker | N/A |
| Solutions | |
| How to Prevent | Review all shots for placeholder text. Keep final shots separate from “work in progress” or temp versions to avoid inserting non-final shots unintentionally. |
| How to Fix | Replace with final shots or remove text. |