Technicolor's Genesis platform integrates the separate stages of filmmaking into a smooth virtual process. It allows collaborators like directors and cinematographers to work together on a project from anywhere in the world. Using virtual production capabilities and networks, Genesis can combine live footage with computer graphics for viewing. Changes can be made almost instantly as filming occurs. The system includes a complex security system called Tessa to ensure only authorized people can edit the project.

1. Technicolor’s Genesis
Integrates Separate
Elements in a Smooth
Process
Attorney Jeffrey Navon

2. Introduction
• Jeffrey Navon is a patent attorney for Thomson Licensing in Princeton, New
Jersey. Since 2014, attorney Jeffrey Navon has litigated intellectual property
infringement cases for Technicolor, the company that owns Thomson.
Technicolor is best known for creating the film processing method that gave
motion pictures their bright hues through the 1950s. The firm is now a provider
of digitized visual technology, such as the Genesis platform.
Conventional filmmaking has always been divided into pre-production,
production, and post-production stages. Collaborators such as lighting
designers, directors of photography, and directors all worked under one roof.
Genesis’ virtual production capabilities allow artists to contribute to filmmaking
from anywhere in the world. For example, live footage and computer-generated
images can be combined over data networks for viewing on desktop PCs and
virtual reality headsets. Changes can be made almost instantaneously as filming
is actually underway. With workplace and management methods now spread
across the world, a complex security system known as Tessa makes sure that
only authorized people can make changes.