Scenios™ (New York) today unveiled the first public showcase of its next-generation online collaborative platform for film and television production at the National Association of Television Production Executives (NATPE) conference.
The Scenios platform enables producers to manage film, television and commercial projects in a cloud-based environment. As an online service, Scenios works with all the major operating systems – Apple® Mac® OS X, Microsoft® Windows® and Linux®.
Scenios includes a suite of apps that streamline workflows through all aspects of a shoot – from pre-production, through shooting and on to post. The apps that are available at launch include:
• Cast & Crew, which allows the producer to easily add cast and crew members to each project
• Script, which enables all team members to have access to the current script, in popular formats like Final Draft and Screenwriter
• Schedule, which provides a shared production calendar to keep everyone in sync
• Locations, which uses the power of Google Maps to manage shooting locations
• Budget, which allows certain team members to share and review the production budget, in popular formats like Movie Magic Budgeting and Excel
• File Cabinet, which provides a place for team members to share documents related to the production
• Call Sheets, which streamlines the process of creating and distributing call sheets
The Scenios platform also includes robust video management capabilities, supporting virtually every pro video format. Scenios enables members of a production team to share and review dailies, rough cuts and final cuts in any Web browser with a broadband connection.
With this suite of tools, Scenios enables real-time collaboration across the production team, whether in the office or on location.
The Scenios platform is free to use for a first project, including unlimited users and 20 GB of cloud storage. Producers only begin to pay if they need to add more projects or storage. There is no software to install, as the solution is completely cloud-based and does not require any contract to sign in order to use the service.
Scenios is available today for private beta users, by invitation only. If you would like to become a beta tester, please email your request for an invitation to beta@scenios.com
Scenios is led by a team that collectively holds more than 70 years of experience in film, television and digital media. Scenios CEO and co-founder Mark Davis is a William Morris Agency alumnus who was also the founder of streaming video pioneer Fresh Baked Studios in the late 90’s. More recently, Davis was a founding manager and director of BT Digital Media, a consortium between London-based BT Group (NYSE: BT) and private equity firm Quadrangle Group. Co-founder and Chief Evangelist Jeff Wurtz is the Emmy® Award-winning producer of Inside the Actor’s Studio™, now in its 15th year on Bravo®.
“We’ve been building the Scenios platform for the last 18 months and I’m thrilled that we’re able to debut it today at NATPE and to release it into private beta,” said Mark Davis, CEO of Scenios. “We believe that we’ve created an amazing platform that will help producers do what they do best — produce great content.”
To learn more about Scenios, please visit www.scenios.com.
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