Screenplay Synchronization Database for Custom Animated Films
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for creating animation movies from screenplays require significant resources and manpower, making them inaccessible to independent filmmakers and costly for individually-tailored films in clinical applications.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method to generate a database for synchronizing text, video, and audio media by splitting screenplay text into segments, labeling them with timestamps, and storing them in a database, allowing for efficient retrieval and integration with video editing software like Blender, reducing the need for extensive resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If standard animation movie-making technologies are used to create individually-tailored films for each pathology, then the films can be customized for specific clinical applications, but the cost becomes tremendously high
Solution Approach 1:
The film creation process is divided into modular components: a master film containing all possible visual and audio elements, and separate data files containing timing and synchronization information for each pathology. This allows the same visual content to be reused across multiple customizations, dramatically reducing costs while maintaining individualization.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of creating entirely new films for each pathology, the system creates one master film that can be copied and adapted. The synchronization database acts as a template that can be replicated and modified for different clinical applications, eliminating the need to recreate visual assets for each customization.
2Reliability
If traditional animation production methods are used, then high-quality animated films can be produced, but a vast amount of people and resources are required
Solution Approach 1:
All animation work, character modeling, environment creation, and visual asset development are completed in advance during the creation of the master film. For subsequent pathology-specific films, only data configuration and synchronization are required, eliminating the need for repeated resource-intensive production work while maintaining consistent quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The master film serves multiple functions: it provides the visual content for all pathologies, establishes consistent animation quality standards, and acts as a reusable template. This single resource performs the work that would traditionally require separate production teams for each customization.
3Loss of information
If complex screenplays are written with many elements, then the story can be fully developed, but it becomes difficult and time-consuming to read and manage the script
Solution Approach 1:
The screenplay is automatically segmented into discrete elements (dialogue, actions, scene headings) and organized in the synchronization database with specific timing information. This structured breakdown makes it easy to locate, modify, and synchronize individual elements without wading through the entire script text.
Solution Approach 2:
The synchronization database acts as an intermediary between the screenplay and the film production process. It translates the narrative content into structured data with timing and synchronization information, allowing users to manage complex screenplays through a user-friendly interface rather than reading and manually managing raw text.
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AI summary
The present document discloses a method to generate a database for synchronization of a text, a video and/or audio media, namely a computer-implemented method to generate a database for synchronization of a text, a video and/or audio media with a video stream to be generated using said database, comprising the steps of: receiving an input text; splitting the input text into text segments; clustering the text segments into at least one text group; labelling each text segment with a sequential timestamp; and, storing each text segment with the label on a data record wherein the text group comprises a time interval label which corresponds to the duration of at least a portion of a video and/or audio media. It is further disclosed a method for retrieving information from said database, a system, and a computer program thereof.