Synchronising Multimodal Movie Metadata

电影制作正在从二维过程(场景在摄像机上拍摄，并以2D层的形式进行合成)转变为在三维世界中结合数字视频、计算机生成的模型、动画和效果的过程。这增加了导演的创作自由度，并支持2D和3D立体声版本的制作，但在技术上要求非常高。SyMMM正在开发从视频流、照片、激光扫描和其他测量中捕获和处理多种元数据的方法，以支持3D电影制作方法。该项目将推动3D视频和自动元数据提取的最先进水平。这将为大片的制作带来新的方法和工具，使用多模元数据来控制场景组合的方式，并帮助创意团队可视化正在发生的事情。该项目的负责人是中小企业技术开发商FilmLight，该公司在2010年获得了四项技术奥斯卡奖，并在2012年获得了女王创新奖。该项目的合作伙伴是欧洲最大的视觉特效公司Double Native(2011年奥斯卡获得者，2011年和2012年BAFTA最佳VFX奖)和萨里大学。

Movie making is changing from a two-dimensional process (in which scenes are shot on a camera and ‘composited’ as 2D layers) to one that combines digital video, computer-generated models, animations and effects in a three-dimensional world. This increases the director’s creative freedom, and supports the production of both 2D and 3D stereo versions, but is very technically demanding.SyMMM is developing ways to capture and process many kinds of metadata from video streams, photographs, laser scans and other measurements to support 3D approaches to movie making. The project will advance the state of the art in 3D video and automatic metadata extraction. It will lead to new methods and tools for blockbuster movie production, using multimodal metadata to control the way that scenes are put together and to help the creative team to visualise what is happening.The project leader is SME technology developer FilmLight, which won four ‘technical Oscars’ in 2010 and the Queen’s Award for Innovation in 2012. The project partners are Double Negative, Europe’s largest visual effects company (winner of the 2011 Oscar, as 2011 and 2012 BAFTAs for best VFX) and the University of Surrey.