Benefits
So what are the benefits for Film and TV industries?
- MUPPITS creates a virtual creative cluster regardless of partner companies' location or production technologies
- It provides a single system for flexible workflow management
- It provides a structured business environment for automated services
- It integrates the use of remote sites
- It produces an effective production management control and information system.
- It facilitates access to a vast number of applications (Apps) within the community
- And it allows small specialist facilities to participate seamlessly in large-scale productions
And what are the benefits of MUPPITS?
It's any combination of a variety of elements in a single package
- Content protection
- MUPPITS can use a private network, in other words, one that is not accessible from the Internet. MUPPITS can also use channel encryption over the internet, in this case data can be scrambled so that only its intended recipient can read it. Access controls enable secure and managed sharing so only those that are permitted can get access to content.
- Management
- The way content is identified is configurable; the naming convention is configurable and each production can set the system up in its own way. Content can be tagged with metadata which can then trigger automatic processing. Metadata provides information about many aspects of the content and can be Descriptive, Content or Process METADATA, for example "MPEG4 format", "good take", "sent to editor".
MUPPITS can track content while it's being processed and Metadata remains linked to the content throughout its lifecycle. MUPPITS automatically reports the state of the production. - Service
- MUPPITS regards all processing tools and functions as services. Services can range from fully computer-based (e.g. rendering) to creative manual work (e.g. editing). Services can also be in house or out sourced but importantly MUPPITS lets you use them in the same way. New services provided by anyone can be connected to the system at any time so therefore MUPPITS' functions are not limited
- Collaboration
- Data can be shared with partners in a controlled way and outsourced processes can be tracked and managed remotely. For example VFX files can be sent directly from one post-house to another, the transfer being instigated and tracked by MUPPITS.
- Automation
- Production offices can set up their own rules to provide customised automatic processing. Automation Rules have conditions and actions and when the conditions are met, the rule automatically fires and the actions are executed. Production managements can be confident that their assets are in safe hands.
In summary then, MUPPITS allows the production community to collaborate efficiently and securely.
It allows productions to customise their own workflow both commercially and creatively and it can automate daily tasks and attribute time estimates and cost to specialised processes.
We think MUPPITS has a major role to play in modern production and can also make many aspects of the production offices work easier