Production

The transition to all-digital production has increased flexibility and reduced cost for many studios and production companies. However the flip-side is that IT-based production systems must be up to the job of supporting expensive and time-critical production services.
The filming process, in the studio or on location, is today supported by sophisticated on-set content and metadata management and review and approve tools. Production managers should ask themselves about what happens downstream. Are content and metadata secure and backed up? Are production notes and approver comments consolidated and available to editors, animators and compositors? What is the cost of losing this information?
Furthermore, what will happen to all this material when production wraps? Valuable content will need to be archived along with editing setup files, animation rigs and rushes – in such a way that it can be searched, browsed and retrieved once months or years have passed.

Integrated management with Mosaic

Mosaic acts as a link between disparate production systems and processes. Its open architecture and flexible metadata support make it the ideal central repository for content and metadata generated throughout production and post-production processes.
The following Mosaic services support modern, streamlined production:

• Content ingest – Mosaic supports bulk ingest of content and metadata from upstream sources such as on-set disk arrays and metadata capture systems
• Review and approve – allowing producers and directors to get quick visibility of new content and add comments
• Staging of content between storage environments
• Integration into a variety of third-party creative systems, plus open interfaces to allow developers to perform one-off integrations
• Secure archiving of content, with tools to sift and purge generated material for what is required long-term
• Accelerated file transfer, backed by Tata Communications’ global networks, to manage processes distributed between cities, countries or continents

Mosaic’s on-demand commercial structure makes it ideal for the variable usage associated with production. Customers pay for what they use and can easily add users to meet a spike in demand, then ramp down again for the next phase. In addition, Mosaic offers a cost-effective, long-term archiving option that can easily be transferred to a different location or medium or even change ownership with no operational disruption.