Semi-Automated Logging for Professional Media Applications

We report a novel method for logging and annotating video footage specifically for professional post-production and archivist end users. SALSA – Semi-Automated Logging with Semantic Annotation – is a hybrid system that utilises automated footage analysis for cut detection and camera movement classification, in conjunction with a stenographic-like keyboard input system to enable the logging of higher-level semantic information. Output is presented in both standard printed log form, with the addition of mosaic visual representations of shots, and in a fully searchable database. Results from preliminary experiments are reported.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: VVG
• Authors: J. W. Mateer, J. A. Robinson
• Keywords: Archivist End Users, Camera Movement Classification, Computer Vision, Stenographic-like Keyboard Input, VVG 2003