WIPO AIII – Focus Group D | Audio-Visual Industry Workflow

A guided tour — use the arrows, or your keyboard, to walk through the story step by step.

Brings in money
Provenance & disclosure tech
AI creation tools
Revenue & recoupment to producers and financiersResiduals & royalties to cast, crew and creators
Concept & Development
Pre-Production
Production
Post-Production
Delivery & Distribution
Picture & Story
Sound
AI Novelty — Tools, Disclosure & Open Questions
WritersScreenwriters · Showrunners · Authors
Underlying RightsBook / life-story option
Producer
Script
Development Financing
Director
Casting & Talent Deals
Storyboards & Previs
Crew & Locations
Shooting Script & Production Plan
Sound & Music PlanningComposer · music supervisor
Cast & Performers
Camera Department
Principal Photography
Camera OriginalsRaw footage · timecode · metadata
Production SoundRecordist · boom
Location AudioDialogue · room tone
EditingAssembly · offline · cut
VFXCompositing · CGI · roto
Color Grading
Final PictureLocked & conformed
Dialogue Edit & ADR
Foley & Sound Effects
MusicOriginal score · sync licences
Re-recording Mix
Final Mix & Stems
IdentifiersEIDR · ISAN
Chain of TitleClearances · E&O insurance
Final MasterDCP · IMF · mezzanine
Distributor / Sales Agent
Cinemas
Broadcast TV
Streaming Platforms
Audiences
AI now lives inside the software teams already use
AI Writing AssistIdeation · script breakdown
AI Storyboards & Previs
AI Scheduling & Budgeting
Human authorship documented?
Virtual ProductionLED volumes · real-time engines
Performer consent for digital doubles & likeness?
AI-Assisted EditingText-based edit · auto-reframe
AI VFXGenerative fill · roto · de-aging
AI Color Match
Software AI DisclosureEditing / VFX app logs each AI action
C2PA Content CredentialsSigned manifest on the file
AI Dialogue CleanupDenoise · stem separation
AI Voice & DubbingLocalisation · lip-sync
AI Sound Effects & Music Tools
Audio AI DisclosureAudio software logs AI use
Voice actor consent for cloning?
Credentials travel with the Final Master
AI Detection & Watermark Checks
Platform AI LabelsDisclosure shown to viewers
Compliance Monitoring
Consistent disclosure rules across territories?
Act 1 · Traditional workflow