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CONSTELLATION | SONY B2BoA
• Introduction, Greg
• Business analysis process, Matt
• SPE analysis observations, Kalyani
• Pro forma workflow, Matt
• Partnership with Colorworks, David
• SPE client follow-up approach, Bern
• Next steps, David
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CONSTELLATION | SONY B2BoA
• Review Constellation business analysis efforts
• What we observed
• What we accomplished
• Brief walkthrough of deliverables
• What remains to be done
• Discuss new workflow philosophy
• How will SOA implementation change existing workflow
• Task management and orchestration
• Change management and implications for business units
• Implementation and rollout priorities
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• Understand mechanics of current processes
• Discover customer opportunities for improvement
• Determine key performance metrics
• Gather work product samples, deliverables
• Develop relationships with potential end users
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• Kickoff meeting held with DBB stakeholders
• Introductory email sent to core users
• Conducted on-site meetings with customers
• Interviewed department heads
• Interviewed post-production staff
• Observed workflow wherever possible
• Collected KPIs or points of contact
• Collected working documents, GUI screen shots
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Created as-is workflow deliverables:
• Visio BPM Diagrams
• Narratives
• Use cases
• Analysis
Drafted preliminary concepts in Web Methods 7
Reviewing initial concepts with DBB stakeholders
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CONSTELLATION | SONY B2BoA
• Review as-is workflow with DBB leadership
• Review new workflow philosophy with DBB leadership
• Map Constellation services to conceptual workflows
• Orchestrate conceptual workflows in Constellation
• Test proposed logic using WebMethods 8 in
San Jose test bed
• Validate findings and conceptual approach with
SPE client groups
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• Scope of workflow definition is post production only, bounded by ingest/dailies at the beginning and digital intermediate (DI) and archive processes at the end
• Some workflows outside the bounds of post
production were documented to identify interface points with Constellation services
• Post-production Management
• Distribution backbone
• Cinema workflow analysis 90% complete, TV 40%
complete
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• Post-prod. Management
• Content Ingest
• Dailies
• VFX
• Marketing Trailers
• Stock Footage
• Picture Editorial
• Sound Editorial
• DI
• Final Finish
• Archive
• Distribution Backbone*
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CONSTELLATION | SONY B2BoA
• INTERVIEWS Russ Paris, John Naveira, Desmond
Cannon, Eric Iverson, John Guenther
• DESIRED FEATURES • Knowing % of work completed
• Understanding spend-to-date
• Measuring against original
estimates & benchmarks
• WHAT CONSTELLATION CAN DO FOR THIS GROUP
• Executive dashboards monitor complete/incomplete activities
• Work activities
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• INTERVIEWS Steve Kowalski
• DESIRED FEATURES • Track physical assets
• Facilitate metadata lifecycle
• In-house DPX generation
• WHAT CONSTELLATION CAN DO FOR THIS GROUP
• Support digital slate automation
• Generate Super ALEs for batch ingest
• Hand-offs to dailies workflows
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• INTERVIEWS Phil Squyres, Jim Houston
• DESIRED FEATURES • Track physical assets
• Facilitate metadata lifecycle
• In-house DPX generation
• Near real-time processing
• WHAT CONSTELLATION CAN DO FOR THIS GROUP
• Automated transcodes and metadata transfer to downstream
users through the DBB
• Automated sound sync
• Integration to Pix System 15
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• INTERVIEWS Sam Richards, Steve Kowalski
• DESIRED FEATURES • Materials movement between
VFX teams
• Maintaining assets securely
• WIP Versioning
• Getting metadata from the set
• WHAT CONSTELLATION CAN DO FOR THIS GROUP
• Facilitate WIP transfers between post-production teams
• Metadata trails from ingest through DI
• Improve asset security 16
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• INTERVIEWS Art Shapiro
• DESIRED FEATURES • Previewing Dailies Content
• Distributing materials to
creative vendors
• Speed to market
• WHAT CONSTELLATION CAN DO FOR THIS GROUP
• Facilitate Dailies distribution and viewing through DBB
• Improve access and security of original content
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• INTERVIEWS Peter Ward, Jason Lambert,
Maurice Ferkranus
• DESIRED FEATURES
• Access to production footage and metadata
• Gathering licensing and
rights from the set
• WHAT CONSTELLATION CAN DO FOR THIS GROUP
• Early access to footage and metadata
• Facilitate pull list creation and transcodes of HD Master
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• INTERVIEWS Eric Rigney, et al.
• DESIRED FEATURES • Avid time required for preview
rendering
• Time spent discovering
sync issues
• Speed, tight timelines
• WHAT CONSTELLATION CAN DO FOR THIS GROUP
• Configurable burn-in templates
• Automated transfer and Avid checkin of dailies content
• Automatic notification,
• Transcode and distribute renders to screening rooms 19
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• INTERVIEWS Tom McCarthy, Robert Smith, Trish
• DESIRED FEATURES • Replace manual file transport
(firewire drives) on the lot.
• Replace paper logs and Excel sheets
used for tracking.
• WHAT CONSTELLATION CAN DO FOR THIS GROUP
• Faster and more regular synchronization with picture editorial
• Provide a secure transfer of WIP content
• Provide monitoring dashboards and reports
• Integration with sound library 20
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• INTERVIEWS Jim Houston, Tony Beswick
• DESIRED FEATURES
• Automated transfer of conformed DPX from PBB
• Better tracking of DI progress
• Provide metadata
• WHAT CONSTELLATION CAN DO FOR THIS GROUP
• Confirm list-driven file transfer
• Dashboards and detail statuses on DI Progress
• Access additional content as required
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• INTERVIEWS Russ Paris
• DESIRED FEATURES • Awareness of Post Production
status
• Tracking assets for Distribution
• WHAT CONSTELLATION CAN DO FOR THIS GROUP
• Provide summary status of final finish reviews and approvals
• Transfer DI assets to film post-houses, DCP authoring systems
• Trigger alternate mastering (HE, airline, cable, etc.)
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• INTERVIEWS Grover Crisp, Brian Vessa,
Michael Friend
• DESIRED FEATURES • Digital assets inconsistent
across productions
• Metadata inconsistent or not available
• Monitoring & QC equipment not available for 4K
• WHAT CONSTELLATION CAN DO FOR THIS GROUP
• Task archivists to initiate workflow, based on LTO from DI
• Rollup status of archive process for dashboards
• Provide archivists with preview into production metadata 23
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• INTERVIEWS Ben Masek, David Rosen, Ryan Kido,
Rick Dinicola
• DESIRED FEATURES • Assets from DI must be compatible
with distribution chain
• Interface to Distribution Backbone
to be defined
• WHAT CONSTELLATION CAN DO FOR THIS GROUP
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• Assemble distribution elements
• Transfer digital assets to distribution backbone 24
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• Test orchestration options in test bed
• Review and revise with customer
• Used internally for:
• Validating Constellation services complement
• Informing GUI development
• Refinement of orchestration tools
• Creating test cases for Constellation QA team
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• Content Ingest
• Dailies
• Production Mgmt
• DI
• Picture Editorial
• Sound Editorial
• Final finish
• Marketing trailers and promos
• Stock footage
• VFX
• Archive
• Distribution backbone
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• Determine approach to follow-up meetings
• Develop agenda and schedule
• Identify venue and attendees
• Tiered meetings
• DBB stakeholders
• Business unit management
• Content Contributors
• Focus on new workflow philosophy
• Convey benefits and understand potential impacts
• Change management discussion to mitigate impacts
• Establish timeframe and priority expectations 29
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• Confirm SPE workflow priorities
• Create agreement amongst managers on implications
of task-based workflows
• Continue development of proposed workflows
• Present proposed workflows to SPE clients
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