Migrating from Process Automation to Process Management Support: A Holistic Approach to Software Engineering applied to Media Production

This paper presents the on-going research performed in order to migrate from process automation to process management support in the context of media production and more specifically 3D cinematographic immersive and interactive production. The endeavour has been addressed on the basis of a holistic approach to software engineering applied to media production modelling to ensure design correctness, completeness and effectiveness. The focus of the designed application is on information and metadata management throughout the process in a similar fashion to that achieved in Decision Support Systems (DSS) to facilitate well-grounded business decisions. The paper sets out the aims and objectives and the methodology deployed. The proposed solution is then described in some detail including the workflow to be supported and the experimental scenario as planned. The paper concludes with some preliminary conclusions and sets out the planned future work.