TY  - BOOK
AU  - James,Jack
TI  - Film and video production in the cloud: concepts, workflows, and best practices 
SN  - 9781138694101 (hardback)
AV  - PN 1995.9 J27f 2017
U1  - 791.4302 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - Production and direction
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Video recording
KW  - Cloud computing
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; - Chapter 1 Silver screens and silver liningsIntroduction- Chapter 2 What is "The Cloud"?Origin of the term; different types of "clouds"- Chapter 3 Film & video production in the cloudPractical and theoretical benefits of cloud computing in a production context: efficiency,connectedness, access, going mobile- Chapter 4 Cloud storageBenefits vs local storage: encryption, cost-effective, easy, robust, sync. Drawbacks: transmission speeds, internet connection required, security concerns, lack of immediacy. Dropbox, box, google drive,iCloud, Amazon S3.- Chapter 5 Cloud computingRendering; heavy number-crunching. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud- Chapter 6 Production & CollaborationSoftware as a service; online project management solutions; cloud-based video-conferencing. Google docs & spreadsheets, Asana, Basecamp, Shotgun, Adobe Creative Cloud, Autodesk A360, Avid Media Composer Cloud- Chapter 7 Budgeting & planningOutlining; scheduling- Chapter 8 TrackingImporting data into a single place; logging metadata; synchronisation; logging information as it occurs; best practices for structuring metadata; being prepared for data to transform; versioning- Chapter 9 Asset managementSending & receiving digital assets; best practices for organising digital assets- Chapter 10 AnalysisProgress reporting; dashboarding (summarising large amounts of data); benchmarking (comparing one production to others)- Chapter 11 Review & approvalStreaming playback; review sessions; annotation; getting feedback to the right people- Chapter 12 Distribution & archiveSharing metadata with third-parties & vendors; long-term storage benefits; reusable assets for episodic content; Amazon Glacier, Vimeo, YouTube, Pix- Chapter 13 Security considerationsWatermarking; access restriction; trusting the cloud providers- Chapter 14 CrowdsourcingCrowd-voting; crowdfunding; crowdsourcing labour. Ethical considerations. Kickstarter, Amazon Mechanical Turk.- Chapter 15 PotentialAccess to better tools; more ubiquitous access; faster speeds; reduced costs- Appendices
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