Searchable multi-dimensional Data Lakes supporting Cognitive Film Production & Distribution for the Promotion of the EuropeaN Cultural HeritagE

Projektinformationen

SCENE

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 101095303

DOI

10.3030/101095303

Projekt abgeschlossen

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 6 Dezember 2022

Startdatum 1 Februar 2023

Enddatum 31 Januar 2026

Finanziert unter

• Culture, creativity and inclusive society

Gesamtkosten

€ 3 966 875,00

EU-Beitrag

€ 3 966 875,00

Koordiniert durch

ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS
Greece

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - SCENE (Searchable multi-dimensional Data Lakes supporting Cognitive Film Production & Distribution for the Promotion of the EuropeaN Cultural HeritagE)

Berichtszeitraum: 2024-05-01 bis 2026-01-31

Zusammenfassung vom Kontext und den Gesamtzielen des Projekts

The SCENE project supports the European filmmaking industry by making it easier to find, use, and protect digital cultural and location-based content. The project combines AI with Europe’s cultural heritage, such as monuments, historic places, landscapes, audiovisual material, and other cultural resources, aiming to help creative professionals use these resources in film production in an easier, smarter, and more responsible way. In practical terms, the SCENE platform brings several digital tools together in one online environment to help users store and organise cultural and audiovisual material, search for useful locations and cultural content, receive AI-based suggestions, access 3D digital models of European cultural sites, connect cultural and historical information with filming locations, manage intellectual property rights and distribute the films they create. Instead of using many separate tools, users can work through one integrated platform that supports different steps of the filmmaking process.
During M16–M36, SCENE made strong progress across all seven Work Packages, while the SCENE platform moved from a set of separate tools into a more complete and connected platform. The platform was tested through pilots in Greece, Cyprus, and Italy, showing how it could be used in real cultural and creative settings. Its potential users include film producers, directors, location managers and scouters, visual effects and post-production teams, cultural heritage organisations, museums, archives, tourism bodies, regional authorities, and other organisations working with film, culture, and digital innovation. The project also continued its dissemination, stakeholder engagement, business planning, coordination, risk management, and ethics-related activities. These efforts helped to prepare the platform for real-world use and strengthened its contribution to Europe’s cultural and creative sectors.

Arbeit, die ab Beginn des Projekts bis zum Ende des durch den Bericht erfassten Berichtszeitraums geleistet wurde, und die wichtigsten bis dahin erzielten Ergebnisse

During M16-M36 SCENE consortium submitted 33 deliverables & reached 5 Milestones.
Main achievements:
• The SCENE platform matured from a set of separate tools into an integrated platform environment.
• The Data Lake and SCENE ontology (SCENE-O) were finalized and operationalized.
• Implementation and operationalization of blockchain-based infrastructure for IPR protection, licensing, and secure asset management.
• Development of audience analysis, recommendation systems, and distribution services as audience-facing functionalities.
• Validation of SCENE technologies through structured evaluation frameworks, KPIs, and stakeholder feedback from pilot activities.
• Finalization and integration of all tools in SCENE platform.
• Successful execution and validation of pilots in Greece, Cyprus, and Italy.
• Stakeholder engagement, including collaboration with cultural institutions, creative professionals, and industry actors.
• Preparation of 4 videos of all pilots, prepared using SCENE’s tools.
• Delivery of dissemination, exploitation, and business planning outputs, including scalable business models and exploitation strategies.
• Contribution to policy-making through structured consultations, scenario development, and recommendations for the European audiovisual sector.

Fortschritte, die über den aktuellen Stand der Technik hinausgehen und voraussichtliche potenzielle Auswirkungen (einschließlich der bis dato erzielten sozioökonomischen Auswirkungen und weiter gefassten gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen des Projekts)

The project results are the following:
1: SCENE platform that offers AI-enabled tools to filmmaking industries for all phases to increase competitiveness
2: AI-based audience helps filmmakers and distributors in creative and distribution decisions with data-driven insights, helping European productions reach the right audiences more effectively.
3: European cultural sites/assets 3D representations for usage in the production phase by the audio & light simulation engine to reduce planning costs, improve creative preparation, and support more sustainable production choices.
4: Development of the SCENE-O ontology and the associated ontology formulation tools, facilitating the ontology preparation process and allowing information to be semantically organised, searched, linked, and reused across different tools of the platform.
5: Datalake formulation for uploading/ using (IPR protected) multimedia assets. SCENE goes further by creating a Data Lake where multimedia assets can be uploaded, organised, accessed, and connected. The Data Lake does not only act as storage, but as a shared foundation for AI services, asset management, location scouting, licensing, and reuse.
6: MAM (Media Assets Manager) that will facilitate the filmmaking content management. MAM is a framework designed to enhance content management in the filmmaking industry by streamlining the handling, organization, and accessibility of multimedia assets throughout the production and post-production phases.
7: Location Scouting tool. SCENE goes beyond standard location search by connecting location scouting with 3D assets, audio simulation, and the SCENE-O ontology to enhance search and contextual understanding. It also uses AI to extract features from images, improving visual search functionality, and is supported by a chatbot that allows users to retrieve fact-checked information from the Location Scouting system’s database.
8: Licensing services via Blockchain technologies for IPR protection since rights information can be linked more directly to the assets themselves, supporting clearer reuse conditions and greater trust among content owners and users.
9: Distribution engine & Recommender systems, for distribution of the film support by matching audiovisual content with suitable audiences, markets, and channels through recommendation technologies.
10: Evaluated SCENE solution to 3 use cases. SCENE goes beyond isolated technical testing by validating the integrated platform in three practical filmmaking and cultural heritage use cases.
11: Preparation of pilot videos that used the SCENE tools for its preparation and distribution. SCENE goes beyond prototype demonstration by applying the tools in real pilot videos, showing their value across preparation, production, and distribution.

The project impacts are listed as follows:
EI#1: Open access benchmark data and publications;
EI#2: Fostering diffusion of knowledge and creation of synergies in the filmmaking value chain
EI#3: Reduced visits to sites for testing, resulting in carbon footprint reduction
EI#4: Friendly user interfaces, increasing the UX
EI#5: SCENE open-source community will transfer innovations across the EU economy
EI#6: New growing strategies and business goals and business models
EI#7: Social practices and social sustainability
EI#8: Efficient energy management, resulting in costs reduction
EI#9: Filmmaking market liberalisation – Business opportunities for replication
EI#10: Strengthen position in relevant networks –development of synergies