Film and Video Production in the Cloud

15Automation

“I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.”

—Walt Disney

If there’s one thing every production needs more of, it’s automation. There is a great deal of repeatable work being done continuously throughout the lifetime of a production, whether it is administrative tasks or specific routines that a particular department follows. A great many of these are carried out manually, over and over again:

• ▸ Call sheets for the next shoot day are sent out at the end of a shoot day;
• ▸ Footage from the previous day’s shoot is gathered together for review;
• ▸ Cast members are notified about a last-minute script change;
• ▸ A location manager checks the weather forecast for changes;
• ▸ An editorial assistant requisitions ...