The Case for Script-based Collaboration

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1 The Case for Script-based Collaboration Enable a true Digital Workflow LIMECRAFT

2 001. Executive Summary Limecraft Workflows for High-end Video Production End-to-end solution Television, Film, Corporate A true Digital Production Workflow Shoot Automated processing of large volumes Edit - Keeps track of assets back and forth editing Share Dispatching towards key stakeholders and distribution channels 4k enabled Bridge Digital Isles in the back-end Hybrid Cloud high quality proxies to enable collaboration Automatic relinking of RAW footage to grade in highest quality LIMECRAFT

3 001. State of the Art

4 001. State of the Art Key Issues Unstructured information Content is hard to find Limited collaboration potential Traditional methods don t scale Manual transcription and annotation Digital Isles data duplication Excessive file transfers between Digital Isles Challenge Increase the output by a factor 10 Massive Influx of Digital Media in different formats New distribution channels (Netflix, Youtube) New types of customisable products (ipad, iphone) 4. LIMECRAFT

5 001. Limecraft Flow Upload scripts, text or other pre-existing metadata Logging - Select, reframe and tag content fragments Video material In any format Limecraft Flow Proxy-based workflow Shot segmentation Logging Transcription Sharing Interactive Story Editing Production Metadata A proxy-based workflow increases collaboration, cuts the production cost and reduces the production cycle time. Move collections back and forth Avid, Adobe Premiere and FCP LIMECRAFT

6 001. Conventional Workflow Producer Start Project Start Marketing & Distribution Screenwriter Script Writing DoP Principal Photography Director Pre-cut Editor Online Editing LIMECRAFT

7 001. Using a Workflow Platform Producer Start Project Marketing Start Distribution Screenwriter DoP Director Script Writing Principal Photography Pre-cut An electronic script Increases collaboration Cuts the production cost Reduces the production cycle time Improves the quality of the product Enables production of different versions at marginal cost Editor Online Editing LIMECRAFT

8 002. The Workflow

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11 Edge Offload and Secure Backup Play-out Ingest Studio Edition Fast (4k in real time) Robust (flight case, UPS) Local Hotspot Advanced features RAW formats (ARRI, RED, Sony SRMaster) Proxy creation and fingerprinting Local dailies distribution Audio synchronisation Colour correction

12 Check-in

13 Back and Forth Offline Edit cutlists for collec*ons, story script, story part scene cutlists formats: AAF (Avid), xml (Adobe, FCP7), fcpxml (FCPX) relinking to local material

14 Secure Online Sharing Secure Online Sharing Ease of sharing with safety, marketing and other depts Replaces ftp, WeTransfer and Dropbox Electronic feedback with the editors

15 003. Cases

16 003. Dock10 Challenge Remote Proxy-based Ingest, retroactive relinking of original footage Key Features Support for all high-end formats Embedded time-coded metadata Automated workflow towards IP PAM, MAM, Isilon Impact Faster Ingest - Start editing minutes after shoot No more loss of valuable material Improved bandwidth and storage consumption LIMECRAFT

17 Example Workflow LIMECRAFT

18 003. Option Media Feature Film Challenge 4k Key Feature On set dailies Local Offload, Playout, Ingest without network Audio synchronisation Color correction Impact Secure backup Real-time access to dailies Automation saves 2 man days per shooting day LIMECRAFT

19 Option: Edge Edge Server Flow Core (mezzanine transcoding) Avid Unity Avid Mediacomposer Example Workflow Drylab set report ARRI Alexa 2K RAW Edge Server Backup Disk(s) Mezannine Transcoding Audio Synchronisation DNxHD Mezzanine Edge Server Edge Server Backup Transcode & Transfer Stream Play Orchestration Media Processing Storage Import H.264 proxies (video & audio mixdown) metadata Mezzanine material mappping Medadata processing & indexing Thumb generation Web proxies & thumbs on Limecraft GPFS Final Draft Writer Core AVID Mediacomposer FLOW Logging Collections Script Builder Library On location Production Mgmt Option Avid Unity Sync Sync Collections & Stories LIMECRAFT

20 003. VRT - Machine Transcription and Automatic Indexing Key Issue In factual, reality and entertainment, all content is manually transcribed Regular retail price +/- 10 per minute 1 to 3 days lead time Transcriber Real-time transcription (95% accuracy) Automatic tagging and indexing of content Quotes exported directly to editing LIMECRAFT

21 004. Future Work and Conclusions

22 004. Future Work Key Issues incurred by human readable formats Plain text Latent timing information Exchange format (FDX or PDF) INT. JEEP FAVORING JOE CHACO JOE drives recklessly. ANDI sits next to him, an attractive girl in her mid-twenties. #2 JOE Couple o hours. You okay? She smiles wearily. ANDI I ll make it. #6 Suddenly, the motor SPUTTERS. They look at each other, concerned. #7 #1 ANDI (shouting) #3 How much longer? #5 #8 #4 CUT TO: Scene Jeep, INT Action char. Joe drives recklessly. char. Andi sits next to him,... Dialogue actionspan dialoguespan shouting How much longer? Dialogue Couple o hours.... Action She smiles wearily. Character Andi Character Joe Dialogue I ll make it. Action Suddenly, the motor sound sputters. They look at each other, concerned. Instruction type: transition cut to Solution Area machine processable script format Explicit timing General purpose ontology Non-textual data (colour temperatures, distance measures, ) 22. LIMECRAFT

23 004. Future Work Key Issues Non-standard colour representation RAW images are not representative without colour grading Cost incurred by Massive Storage Requirements (3TB per day) ACES (Academy Color Encoding System) Workflow Industry Standard for Consistent colour management Floating point, wide gamut Simplify transfer between facilities HDR Brighter White, Darker Black, Wider Color Gamut Various TV sets announced and Pushed by Netflix Upcoming Star Wars 23. LIMECRAFT

24 004. Conclusions Conclusion An online electronic script Is the key to collaboration Cuts the production cost Reduces the production cycle time Improves the quality of the product Essential to manage multiple output formats and distribution channels Future Work Standard Script Format Colour management Stay in touch Take a free trial: LIMECRAFT

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