Patent ID: 8214858

Claim:
A system for generating an audio and/or video production comprising: an acquisition processor operable in use to receive instructions from a user which instructions are representative of a list of pre-planned audio/video content items related to the types of shots to be included in the completed audio and/or video production, the pre-planned audio/video content items comprising a format or sequence of audio/video material to be included in the completed audio and/or video production, an audio and/or video capturing means arranged in operation to receive information representative of the list of said pre-planned audio/video content items, and operable in use to generate audio and/or video signals in accordance with said pre-planned audio/video content items of said list by capturing sounds and/or images, and an ingestion processor which is arranged in operation to receive said list of pre-planned audio/video content items, and said audio and/or video signals and to form said audio and/or video production by associating said audio and/or video signals with said list of pre-planned audio/video content items, wherein said audio and/or video capturing means is provided with a thumbnail generation tool which is arranged in operation to generate thumbnails describing said audio and/or video signals in combination with said pre-planned audio/video content item list, and wherein said audio and/or video signals are representative of a plurality of takes captured by said capturing means in association with said pre-planned audio/video content items, and wherein said ingestion processor is arranged to form said audio and/or video production by selecting, for at least one of said audio/video content items, at least one of a plurality of takes associated with said at least one pre-planned audio/video content item using the thumbnails generated by said thumbnail generating tool, wherein said thumbnail generation tool is arranged to indicate a preferred one of said plurality of takes to be used for said at least one pre-planned audio/video content item, and said ingestion processor is arranged to select said preferred take for said at least one pre-planned audio/video content item consequent upon said indication.