US 2020/0051302 A1 · ANIMATION PRODUCTION SYSTEM

Abstract

Techniques described herein relate to a streamlined animation production workflow that integrates script drafting, performance, and editing. A script including animation events is parsed to encode the animation events into nodes of a story model. The animation events are automatically triggered by a performance as a playhead advances through the story model and identifies active node(s). A command interface accepts various commands that allow a performer to act as a director by controlling recording and playback. Recording binds a generated animation event to each active node. Playback triggers generated animation events for active nodes. An animated movie is assembled from the generated animation events in the story model. The animated movie can be presented as a live preview to provide feedback to the performer, and a teleprompter interface can guide a performer by presenting and advancing the script to follow the performance.

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Dependent claims

A computerized method for generating an animation, the method comprising:

accessing a script comprising an indication of animation events;
parsing the script to identify the animation events;
encoding the animation events into nodes of a story model;
generating an animated movie during a performance of the script by:
advancing through the story model a playhead that identifies active nodes of the story model, and identifying an associated portion of the performance;
triggering, based on the identified portion of the performance, generation of the animation events associated with the active nodes;
binding the generated animation events to corresponding ones of the active nodes;
and
assembling the generated animation events into an animated movie.

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