US 2015/0317571 A1 · DEVICE FOR FILM PRE-PRODUCTION

Abstract

A system for collaborative pre-production of a film comprises user interfaces advantageously implemented as web browsers, a project server, a project database for storing project data and an asset database for storing tagged assets. The project server comprises a project management module providing the framework for the system, a data access module enabling users to view data, and a pre-visualization module for providing a best effort preview of the film based on the script and associated direction choices and assets. The project server can also comprise an asset recommendation module for suggesting, based on key words, assets in the asset database for scenes of the film, a direction assistant module for suggesting direction possibilities, including cost and delay estimates, for the scenes.

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Dependent claims

A device for pre-production of film comprising a pre-visualization tool implemented using at least one processor configured to:

obtain a number of scenes of the film;
retrieve a prioritized list of ways to render the scenes, each way corresponding to a type of asset, the list detailing the types of assets that are to be retrieved for rendering in favor of other assets, each asset being a representation of at least one scene;
retrieve, for each scene at least one asset representing the scene, the at least one asset representing the scene comprising an asset of the type of asset that corresponds to the highest prioritized way among available assets for the scene;
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use the retrieved assets for the scenes to render a pre-visualization for the film.

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Device for film pre-production

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Device for film pre-production

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