A Lightweight Intelligent Virtual Cinematography System for Machinima Production

Abstract

Machinima is a low-cost alternative to full production filmmaking. However, creating quality cinematic visualizations with existing machinima techniques still requires a high degree of talent and effort. We introduce a lightweight artificial intelligence system, Cambot, that can be used to assist in machinima production. Cambot takes a script as input and produces a cinematic visualization. Unlike other virtual cinematography systems, Cambot favors an offline algorithm coupled with an extensible library of specific modular and reusable facets of cinematic knowledge. One of the advantages of this approach to virtual cinematography is a tight coordination between the positions and movements of the camera and the actors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA464770

Entities

People

  • David K. Elson
  • Mark O. Riedl

Organizations

  • Columbia University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Camera Controls
  • Cameras
  • Cinematography
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Graphics
  • Lightweight
  • New York
  • Production
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Virtual Reality
  • Visualizations

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy