Methods and systems for an augmented film crew using purpose

A television receiver, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a wireless transceiver communicatively coupled to the one or more processors;
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the non-transitory computer readable storage medium includes instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:
• determining, by a user media device of a plurality of media devices disposed in an environment, a purpose for a user video chosen from a predetermined set of purposes in response to an indication that the user media device is being used to generate the user video in the environment and that the environment includes at least one actor or character determined to be recommended for the purpose;
• determining pre-production assignments for the user video using the purpose, wherein the pre-production assignments indicate one or more characteristics of a scene for the user video in the environment and one or more actors or characters for the scene including the at least one actor or character;
• providing, by the user media device, an operator console by which to receive and display a plurality of contemporaneous video streams that are selectable to generate the scene for the user video in the environment;
• capturing a first video stream of the plurality of contemporaneous video streams by the user media device in the environment using the pre-production assignments, such that the capturing includes the user media device determining presence of the one or more actors or characters for the scene in the first video stream in accordance with the purpose;
• receiving, by the user media device, a second video stream of the plurality of contemporaneous video streams captured by an additional media device of the plurality of media devices in the environment using the pre-production assignments, such that the receiving includes the user media device determining presence of the one or more actors or characters for the scene in the second video stream in accordance with the purpose;
• generating, by the user media device, the scene of the user video in accordance with selecting at least one of the first video stream or the second video stream via the operator console.

A computing device, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to perform operations including:
• determining, by a user media device of a plurality of media devices disposed in an environment, a purpose for a user video chosen from a predetermined set of purposes in response to an indication that the user media device is being used to generate the user video in the environment and that the environment includes at least one actor or character determined to be recommended for the purpose;
• determining pre-production assignments for the user video using the purpose, wherein the pre-production assignments indicate one or more characteristics of a scene for the user video in the environment and one or more actors or characters for the scene including the at least one actor or character;
• providing, by the user media device, an operator console by which to receive and display a plurality of contemporaneous video streams that are selectable to generate the scene for the user video in the environment;
• capturing a first video stream of the plurality of contemporaneous video streams by the user media device in the environment using the pre-production assignments, such that the capturing includes the user media device determining presence of the one or more actors or characters for the scene in the first video stream in accordance with the purpose;
• receiving, by the user media device, a second video stream of the plurality of contemporaneous video streams captured by an additional media device of the plurality of media devices in the environment using the pre-production assignments, such that the receiving includes the user media device determining presence of the one or more actors or characters for the scene in the second video stream in accordance with the purpose;
• generating, by the user media device, the scene of the user video in accordance with selecting at least one of the first video stream or the second video stream via the operator console.