Consistent generation of media elements across media

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processing system including at least one processor, cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• retrieving a digital model of a media element from a database storing a plurality of media elements, wherein the media element is to be depicted in a scene of an audiovisual media;
• rendering the media element based on the digital model of the media element and on metadata associated with the digital model to produce a rendered media element, wherein the metadata describes a characteristic of the media element and a limit on the characteristic;
• and
• inserting the rendered media element into the scene of the audiovisual media.

A device comprising:

• a processing system including at least one processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• retrieving a digital model of a media element from a database storing a plurality of media elements, wherein the media element is to be depicted in a scene of an audiovisual media;
• rendering the media element based on the digital model of the media element and on metadata associated with the digital model to produce a rendered media element, wherein the metadata describes a characteristic of the media element and a limit on the characteristic;
• and
• inserting the rendered media element into the scene of the audiovisual media.