JP2005044258A - Casting support work system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a casting support work system that enables a video production staff member to quickly know performers who can be cast on desired filming conditions such as a filming schedule and the latest and detailed characteristics of the performers without directly inquiring to each performer or an agency for the performance management of the performer. <P>SOLUTION: The casting support work system has performer terminals 101 carried by a plurality of registered performers or agencies for the performance management of the performers as a terminal capable of updating performer information such as a performance booking schedule through communication when necessary, staff terminals 201 carried by a plurality of registered video production staff members as a terminal capable of specifying filming conditions to find performers who can be cast through communication when necessary, a casting support work computer 301 for processing and communicating registrant information including the performer information, and a network 401 such as the Internet for connecting them together. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

   The present invention is a casting service in which a video production staff determines a performer of a video work, and in particular, a cast that enables the efficiency of the cast work by checking the performer's possible schedule and information of the performer using the Internet and a computer. This is related to the support business system.

   Currently, in the video industry such as TV, movies, and commercials, a cast support business system that manages performer information such as a schedule of performers and profiles of the performers widely using computers and networks is not used. For this reason, the video production staff uses communication means to contact each performer or each production that manages the appearance of the performer and decides the performer in order to perform casting suitable for the shooting schedule and shooting conditions.

   In the conventional casting business as described above, telephone, verbal, e-mail, and the like are used as communication means for confirming the schedule for performing performers. In addition, since the latest information on performers is not always in the hands of video production staff, if necessary, performers or productions can be sent by fax, e-mail, mail, etc. Send to.

 However, there are various communication environments at the shooting site, and mobile phones may not be usable in the studio or on the move, so it is difficult to always check the date when performers can perform. Also, when sending performer information to video production staff, it is often difficult to send and receive faxes at outdoor shooting sites.

 The performer information is often placed in each production company as a profile, but the number of copies to be distributed is limited, and conversely, as the number of copies increases, much effort is required to update the content. There are some performers or productions that have their performer information on the WEB, but it is not always easy to use because they are scattered on the WEB. .

 As described above, in the casting work of performers, there is a thing that cannot be ignored for the time loss spent for confirming the performer's possible performance schedule and performer information, and the administrative costs for transmitting / receiving and updating the performer information.

As for video performers, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1012-7863 is a system for recruiting promotional video performers via the Internet. Although it uses a network to exchange information such as images and audio data, it is used as a database means. Is not touched, and the casting process is not much different from what is currently done. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1012-041727 is a system that mediates between a person holding a professional and a company, and includes a database unit and a search unit, but is not particularly assumed for the video industry, and schedule management is explicitly performed. Not handled. Furthermore, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1012-56318 includes database means for storing schedules and search means, but relates to rental work such as CDs, DVDs and videotapes.
JP1012-7863 JP 1012-041727 A JP 1012-56318 A

   The problem to be solved is that there is a wide variety of performer information including the cast schedule information held by the video performer or the production management of the performer in various formats. It takes a lot of time for the production staff to check the performers that can be cast according to the shooting conditions such as the shooting schedule, and it takes time to update the performer information, and the latest information is not necessarily obtained. is there.

   The casting support business system of the first invention of the present application includes a staff terminal held by each of a plurality of video production staff, a performer terminal held by each of a plurality of video performers or a production managing appearances of the performers, A caster support business computer; and each of the terminals and a communication network connected to the computer, wherein the performer terminal includes a performer schedule that is registered for the caster support business computer. Performer information request means for requesting transmission of performer information, performer information display means for displaying performer information of the performer received from the cast support business computer, and change of the performer information to the cast support service Performer information changing means for requesting the computer, and the staff terminal is connected to the casting support business computer Casting person confirmation means for requesting transmission of information on performers who can cast under the shooting conditions by sending shooting information including the ID of the video production staff and shooting schedule, and caster information received from the casting support business computer The caster support business computer displays the identification information of the registered video production staff and the performer, or the production managing the performer of the performer, and the castable schedule of the performer. Registrant information storage means for storing and storing performer information, and registrant information confirmation means for reading out performer information from the registrant information storage means after authentication in response to a request for transmission of performer information received from the performer terminal. And performer information generation means for transmitting performer information after being converted into a format suitable for the performer terminal, and castability received from the staff terminal Appearance that can be cast according to the shooting conditions from the logical calculation of the shooting information including the shooting schedule sent to the performer's confirmation request and the performer information including the schedule of performing performers held in the performer information storage means A castable person extracting means for extracting a person, and a castable person information generating means for transmitting the extracted castable cast information after converting it into a format suitable for the staff terminal.

   In the casting support business system according to the second invention of the present application, in the first invention, the performers include actors, talents, models, entertainers, extras, and other video performers.

   The cast support service system of the third invention of the present application is the first invention, wherein the performer information includes the performer's registered ID, name or stage name, gender, body photograph, age, in addition to the performer's possible schedule Including information such as physical characteristics, entertainment history, special skills, audio data, and moving images.

   According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the shooting support information includes information related to shooting conditions such as a shooting location, a role, age, and galley in addition to the shooting schedule.

   In the invention of the present application, the latest performer information including the performable schedules of the performers received from a plurality of performer terminals through the network is centrally stored and managed by the casting support business computer, and at the same time, the photographing received from the staff terminals By creating a cast support business system that generates cast information that can be cast from the logical operation of the shooting conditions such as the schedule and the cast information, the video production staff can perform each cast or the cast. It is possible to quickly know the performers who can be cast and the latest detailed characteristics of the performers without directly inquiring the production management of the performers, and the efficiency of the cast work can be improved.

   Performer information including the performers' schedules that can be updated from time to time by a communication terminal that can be updated at any time by a plurality of performers or production management of the performers is centrally stored in a caster support business computer connected to the network A system that manages and sends information on performers that meet shooting conditions such as shooting schedules to staff terminals in response to inquiries from the video production staff through the network.

   An embodiment of a casting support business system of the present invention is shown in FIGS. The casting support business system includes a plurality of staff terminals 201, a plurality of performer terminals 101, a casting support business computer 301, and a communication network 401 such as the Internet that interconnects them.

   The performer terminal 101 is owned by a user-registered performer or a production managing appearance of the performer, and includes an information processing device such as a personal computer, a mobile phone, or a PDA. The performer terminal 101 stores and saves the performer support work computer 301 via the network 401. The performer schedule and ID, name or stage name, gender, body photo, age, physical characteristics, art history, special skill, Performer information requesting means 111 for requesting transmission of information such as audio data and moving images is provided.

   In addition, the performer terminal 101 receives the performer's possible schedule and registration ID, name or stage name, sex, body photograph, age, physical characteristics, history, received from the casting support business computer 301 via the network 401, Performer information display means 112 for displaying information such as special skills, audio data, and moving images on the screen of the performer terminal 101 is provided.

   Furthermore, in order to keep the performer information of the performer stored and stored in the casting support business computer 301 up-to-date, the performer terminal 101 transmits the cast information to the cast support business computer 301 via the network 401. Performer information changing means 113 for transmitting the change request and the latest performer information is also provided. Thus, the performer or the production managing the performer can keep the performer information including the performable schedule of the performer constantly updated.

   The staff terminal 201 is owned by a user-registered video production staff and includes an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer, a mobile phone, and a PDA. The staff terminal 201 includes a caster confirmation unit 211 that requests the caster support business computer 301 via the network 401 to transmit information on performers who can cast under shooting conditions including a shooting schedule.

   The staff terminal 201 also includes a castable person display means 212 for displaying castable person information that conforms to the shooting conditions sent from the caster support work computer 301 via the network 401 on the screen of the staff terminal 201. ing. In addition to the performer's ID, name, or stage name, the information displayed here may include information such as the performer's body photo, age, physical characteristics, stage history, special skills, audio data, video, etc. The video production staff can confirm the characteristics of the performers in more detail.

   The cast support business computer 301 is used for performing cast support services for performers, and includes an information processing device such as a workstation or a high-performance personal computer.

   In addition, the casting support business computer 301 includes the identification information for identifying the registered video production staff and the performer or the production management of the performer by ID etc., and the scheduled performance schedule and profile of the registered performer. And registrant information storage means 311 for storing and storing performer information. Thereby, it is possible to provide a cast support service to a plurality of video production staff and performers or productions that perform appearance management of the performers.

   Further, when receiving a request for confirmation of performer information from the performer terminal 101 via the network 401 from the performer terminal 101, the cast support service computer 301 reads the performer information of the performer from the registrant information storage unit 311 after authentication. Person information confirmation means 312 is provided.

   Further, the casting support business computer 301 converts the performer information extracted from the registrant information storage unit 311 by the performer information confirmation unit 313 into a format suitable for the performer terminal 101, and then transmits it through the network 401. Performer information generating means 313 is provided.

   Furthermore, when the cast support service computer 301 receives a request for changing performer information from the performer terminal 101 via the network 401, the latest performer sent using the registrant information storage unit 311 after authentication. Performer information registration means 314 for storing and storing information is provided.

   Further, when receiving the request for confirming the castable person from the staff terminal 201 via the network 401, the cast support service computer 301 receives the shooting conditions of the shooting information including the shooting schedule and the like, and the registrant information storage unit. A castable person extracting means 315 is provided for extracting performers who can be cast according to the shooting conditions from the logical calculation of the performer information including the castable schedule of the performers obtained using 311.

   Further, the casting support business computer 301 converts the castable person information including the performer list extracted by the castable person extraction unit 315 and the performer information of the performer into a format suitable for the staff terminal 201, and then the network 401 A castable person information generating unit 136 is provided for transmitting via.

   Next, the operation of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3 and the block diagram of FIG. First, a registered performer or a production managing the performer of the performer is stored and stored in the caster support business computer 301 connected by the network 401 using the performer information request unit 111 of the performer terminal 101 as needed. It is possible to request the transmission of performer information such as the performable schedule and registration ID, name or stage name, gender, body photograph, age, physical characteristics, entertainment history, special skills, audio data, moving images, etc. of the performer (process 521) .

   When requested to transmit performer information, the casting support business computer 301 uses the performer information confirmation unit 312 to read out performer information stored in the registrant information storage unit 311 after authentication and perform the performer information. The data is converted into a format suitable for the performer terminal 101 by the generation means 313 and transmitted (process 522).

   The performer or the production managing the performer can check the performer information such as the schedule of possible performances sent to the performer terminal 101 by the performer information display means 112 (process 523), and is displayed. If there is a need to change the performer information, the caster support service computer 301 can be requested to change the performer information using the performer information changing means 213 (process 524).

   When the caster support business computer 301 is requested to change the performer information from the performer terminal 101, after performing authentication, the caster support computer 301 stores and saves the performer information of the performer sent using the registrant information storage means 311 (process) 525). As described above, the registered performer or the production managing the performer can keep the performer information including the performable schedule of the performer constantly updated.

   In addition, when it becomes necessary for the video production staff to search for performers to be cast, it is possible to use the caster confirming means 211 of the staff terminal 201 to perform the shooting schedule and appearance on the caster support business computer 301 connected via the network 401 as needed. Shooting information including shooting conditions such as a person's age can be transmitted to request confirmation of performers that can be cast (process 621).

   When the caster support business computer 301 is requested to confirm performers that can be cast, after the authentication, the caster extraction means 314 is used to photograph the shooting schedule sent, the age, sex, and height of the performers. By performing a logical operation to check the consistency between the conditions and the performer's possible performance schedule read from the registrant information storage means 311 and the consistency of the performer information, performers who can be cast according to the shooting conditions indicated by the video production staff are extracted ( Process 622), and using the castable person information generating means 315, the data is converted into a format suitable for the staff terminal 201 and transmitted (process 623).

   The video production staff uses the caster display means 212 on the staff terminal 201 to check the castable person information including the list of castable performers received from the caster support business computer 301 and the performer information of the performers. Yes (process 624). With the above, the video production staff can promptly select the performers who meet the shooting conditions without confirming the consistency between each performer or the production management of the performers and the individual schedule and other shooting conditions. Can know.

   The castable performer information displayed using the castable person display means 212 on the staff terminal 201 includes the caster's possible cast schedule, body photo, age, body, in addition to the performer's ID, name or stage name. There may be information such as special features, artistic history, special skills, audio data, moving images, etc. Since these performer information can be kept up-to-date as described above, the video production staff will depend on the shooting conditions It becomes possible to perform suitable casting.

It is a block diagram which shows embodiment of this invention. It is a detailed block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

101 Performer terminal 111 Performer information requesting means 112 Performer information display means 113 Performer information change means 201 Staff terminal 211 Casting person confirmation means 212 Castable person display means 301 Casting support business computer 311 Registrant information storage means 312 Performer information confirmation means 313 Performer information generation means 314 Performer information registration means 315 Castable person extraction means 316 Castable person information generation means

Claims (4)

   A staff terminal owned by a plurality of video production staff, a caster terminal owned by a plurality of video performers or the production management of the performers, and a casting support business computer are connected via a communication network. In the casting support business system, the performer terminal includes performer information requesting means for requesting transmission of performer information including a schedule for performing performers stored and stored in the casting support business computer; Performer information display means for displaying the performer information of the performer received from the support business computer, and performer information change means for requesting the cast support service computer to change the performer information, The staff terminal transmits the shooting information including the shooting schedule to the casting support business computer, and the shooting conditions A caster confirmation unit for requesting information transmission of performers capable of casting, and a caster display unit for displaying caster information received from the caster support business computer, wherein the caster support business computer includes: Received from the performer terminal, the registrant information storage means for storing and storing performer information including the registered staff and the performer or the production identification information for performing the performer of the performer and the performable schedule of the performer After authenticating the transmission request for performer information, registrant information confirmation means for reading the performer information from the registrant information storage means, and performer information generation for transmitting the performer information after conversion into a format suitable for the performer terminal And a performer to be held in the shooting information and performer information storage means including the received shooting schedule in response to a caster confirmation request from the staff terminal Casting person extraction means for extracting performers who can be cast according to the shooting conditions from the logical operation of the performer information including the schedule of possible performers, and a format suitable for the staff terminal of the extracted castable cast information And a castable person information generating means for transmitting after conversion to a cast support business system.     The cast support business system according to claim 1, wherein the performers include actors, talents, models, entertainers, extras, and other video performers.     The performer information includes information such as the performer's registration ID, name or stage name, gender, body photo, age, physical characteristics, art history, special skill, audio data, moving image, etc. in addition to the performer's possible performance schedule The casting support business system according to claim 1.     2. The cast support business system according to claim 1, wherein the shooting information includes information related to shooting conditions such as a shooting location, a role, an age, and a cover in addition to a shooting schedule.

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