What Will Hollywood Filmmaking Look Like In 2030?

Back in 2019, Hollywood studios shared their vision for movie-making in 2030. This episode of "5 THINGS" delves into the 2030 Vision Paper by MovieLabs, a non-profit group founded by major Hollywood studios. The paper outlines ten principles that studios agree will shape the next generation of Hollywood content creation. These principles revolve around a "New Cloud Foundation", "Security and Access", and "Software Defined Workflows". The episode also highlights the challenges and gaps in realizing this vision and the advancements made so far. 00:00 Introduction 01:08 What is Movie Labs? 02:47 A New Cloud Foundation 08:35 Security & Access 12:58 Software-defined Workflows 16:14 Are we on Track? Full blog, plus images & transcript: https://5thingsseries.com/episode/hollywood-filmmaking-in-2030-according-to-the-studios/ Learn more about MovieLabs: https://movielabs.com/ What 5 THINGS do you want to know about? Let me know! 5THINGS is built with a bunch of tools because not one tool is perfect for every job. The views represented in this video are solely those of Michael Kammes and do not represent those of sponsors, employers, manufacturers, or clients unless otherwise stated. All videos retain 5THINGS editorial control. You can buy me a drink, but not good press. Editor: @AwkwardAnthems FOLLOW ------------------------------------------------- Web: http://www.5thingsseries.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/michaelkammes Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/michaelkammes Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/5thingsseries Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/michaelkammes EXCERPT ------------------------------------------------- Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Television and Warner Bros. Entertainment are part of a joint research and development effort called MovieLabs. As an independent, non-for-profit organization, Movielabs was tasked with defining the future workflows of the member studios and developing strategies to get there.   This led to their authoring of the “2030 Vision Paper”. As Movielabs is also charged with evangelizing these 2030 goals, they’ve become the Pied Pipers for the future media workflows of the Hollywood studio system. Now, what most folks don’t realize is that a vast majority of Hollywood is risk-averse. Changing existing, predictable (and budgetable) workflows doesn’t happen until a strong case can be made for significant time and cost savings. Without a defined goal to work towards, studio productions would most likely continue on the path they’ve on, and only iterating incrementally. So, defining these goals and getting buy-in from each studio meant that there would be a joint effort to realize this 2030 vision. It also gave all the companies who provide technology to the studios a broad roadmap to develop against.  Essentially, everyone sees the blinking neon sign of the 2030 Vision Paper, and everyone is making their way through the fog to get to that sign. The 2030 Vision Paper is directly influencing the way hundreds of millions of dollars are - and will - be spent.   So, what exactly does this manifesto say? The 10 core principles of the Movielabs 2030 Vision Paper can be organized into 3 broad categories: 1. A New Cloud Foundation 2. Security & Access 3. Software-defined Workflows The first half of these 10 principles relate directly to the cloud. Starting with Principal #1, “All assets are created or ingested straight into the cloud and do not need to be moved.” This means that any audio and video being captured go directly to the cloud – and stay there. And it’s not just captured content, it’s also supporting files like scripts and production notes. Captured content can either be beamed directly to the cloud or saved locally and THEN immediately sent to the cloud. This media can be a mix of camera or DIT-generated proxies and high-resolution camera originals, plus any audio assets. As of now, an overwhelming majority of productions are saving all content locally. Multiple copies and versions are then made from these local camera originals. Then, selected content is moved to the cloud. The cloud is usually not the first, nor primary repository for storage. ...and that's all we have room for! Visit http://5thingsseries.com for more content like this! #MovieLabs #2030VisionPaper #Hollywood #cloud #workflows #security #media #SoftwareDefinedWorkflows #production #metadata #archives #assets #HollywoodProfessionalAssociation #5THINGS #contentcreation #studios #interoperability #postproduction #technology #future