System and method for source script and video synchronization interface

A method for source script, shot information, and video synchronization using a source script interaction interface, the method comprising:

• accessing production video files at a server, the production video files containing video metadata captured on-set, the production video files being Dailies video files;
• accessing a continuity log file or digital source script file at the server, the continuity log file or digital source script file containing source script metadata instructions for generating a digital source script;
• performing synchronization of the digital source script with the production video files by using the scene number, take, and camera information in both the source script metadata and the video metadata to create a temporal mapping of exact dialogue start points and end points;
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• presenting a source script synchronization interface on a display device that includes (1) an interactive source script section, the interactive source script section including synchronized source script dialog that is selectable by a user by individual word, (2) an interactive video section, the interactive video section including a video player that plays videos that are synchronized with the synchronized source script dialog in the interactive source script section, and (3) an interactive shot section, the interactive shot section including one or more of selectable vertical line segments, on-screen actor information, shot set-up information, and take numbers.

A source script synchronization interface system for synchronizing a source script, shot properties, and one or more video files by mapping associated metadata, the source script synchronization interface system comprising:

• one or more processors;
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• a memory device storing a set of instructions that when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to:
• access a digital source script that has been synchronized with production video files by using scene number, take, and camera information in both source script metadata and video metadata captured on-set to create a temporal mapping of exact dialogue start points and end points, the production video files being Dailies video files;
• present an interactive source script section on a display device that includes synchronized source script dialog that is selectable by individual word, wherein a selected word in the synchronized source script dialog within the interactive source script section is linked to a video frame and a combination of shot set-up and take information associated with the selected word in the source script dialog;
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• present an interactive video section on the display device that includes a video player that plays a synchronized video, wherein the synchronized video in the interactive video section is linked to synchronized source script dialog in the interactive source script section and a combination of shot set-up and take information associated with the selected word in the source script dialog;
• wherein the meta-data used to associate the source script with the video files includes at least one of production time codes, scene details, on-screen actor information, camera information, shot set-up information, and take number.

A source script synchronization interface system for synchronizing a source script, shot properties, and one or more video files by mapping associated metadata, the source script synchronization interface system comprising:

• accessing a digital source script that has been synchronized with production video files by using scene number, take, and camera information in both source script metadata and video metadata captured on-set, the production video files being Dailies video files;
• presenting an interactive source script section on a display device that includes synchronized source script dialog that is selectable by individual word, wherein a selected word in the synchronized source script dialog within the interactive source script section is linked to a video frame and a combination of shot set-up and take information associated with the selected word in the source script dialog;
• presenting an interactive video section on the display device that includes a video player that plays a synchronized video, wherein the synchronized video in the interactive video section is linked to synchronized source script dialog in the interactive source script section and a combination of shot set-up and take information associated with the selected word in the source script dialog;
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• presenting an interactive shot section that includes one or more of selectable vertical line segments, on-screen actor information, shot set-up information, and take numbers.