Screens Producing & Media Operations

Media servers have established themselves as the dominant video playback tool for live events; however, the practice of delivering content to these systems and the structure of the media operations team is still evolving. This book outlines a workflow for video content delivery that can be applied to any entertainment production.

Autorentext

Laura Frank, founder of Luminous FX, has worked in entertainment technology for over 20 years. Starting as a moving light technician, she established herself as a top lighting programmer with projects spanning rock tours with David Bowie and Madonna, Broadway shows like Spamalot, and television events like the Concert for NY. Laura made the shift to media servers and screens just as the market started to evolve. Now, after a decade of refining a media delivery workflow, she works as a Screens Producer for prominent events around the world.

Inhalt

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1. What Is A Screens Producer? What is Media Operations?

2. Media Operations - Practice & Principles

3. Screens Control History

4. Follow the Pixels - Three Strategic Teams to Achieve Excellent Screens

5. Content Creation for Scenic

6. Operations and Programming for Screens Control

7. Engineering for Servers - Feeding the Screens

8. Understanding the Set - Documentation and Analysis

9. Unwrapping the Set - Templates for Creatives
   The Media Operations Team
   Signal Delivery & Engineering
   Content Delivery Workflow
   Previz
   Advanced Technologies and the Future of Media Operations
   Practice
   Industry Voices**