Storyboard-directed video production from shared and individualized assets

摘要

Systems and methods are described for automatically driving portions of a video production workflow according specifications governed by a data-rich storyboard. Embodiments operate in context of a novel video production workflow in which much or all of the production expertise of a traditional production workflow collaborates at a storyboard phase of the workflow to architect a single, data-rich storyboard according to concepts and rules. The rich storyboard is generated and stored in a data framework that drives specifications over the workflow in such a way that portions of the workflow can be automated and consistently repeated. For example, the rich storyboard drives generation of automated coaches for acquisition and pre-auditing of individualized story assets from storymakers. The rich storyboard can then drive automated rendering of the assets into multiple, individualized storyvine video products that each conforms to the rich storyboard concepts, rules, and specifications.

主权项

1. A method for generating a video production from a rich storyboard, the method comprising:
identifying a computer-readable rich storyboard that defines production specifications and a sequence of storybeats for use in a plurality of video productions, each storybeat comprising a set of storybeat assets, a first portion of the storybeat assets being shared storybeat assets associated with shared asset data, and a second portion of the storybeat assets being individualized storybeat assets associated with asset acquisition specifications; generating a computer-implemented asset acquisition coach operable, for each individualized storybeat asset, to acquire individualized asset data according to its asset gathering specifications; receiving, via the computer-implemented asset acquisition coach, individualized asset data for each individualized storybeat asset, the receiving comprising auditing the individualized asset data by the computer-implemented asset acquisition coach to determine whether the asset data conforms with acceptance specifications defined by the rich storyboard in association with each individualized storybeat asset; and communicating the individualized asset data for each individualized storybeat asset to a rendering system in such a way that a video production can be rendered according to the sequence of storybeats, with each shared storybeat asset being rendered according to the production specifications and its associated shared asset data, and each individualized storybeat asset being rendered according to the production specifications and its associated individualized asset data.