Abstract: A system comprises a frame array memory for storing frames of a scene, each frame including a set of objects; an advertisement library for storing advertisements; an advertisement selection engine coupled to the advertisement library operative to enable selecting a number of the advertisements from the advertisement library; and an advertisement manager coupled to the advertisement selection engine and to the frame array memory operative to incorporate selected advertisement into the scene.

Abstract: A system comprises memory for storing a 2D background object and a 2D object for a 2D storyboard frame, the 2D background object including 2D background metadata defining attributes of the 2D background object, the 2D object including 2D object metadata defining attributes of the 2D object; a camera module for creating and positioning a camera object relative to a 3D image plane based on the 2D background object and the 2D background metadata; a 3D background module or creating and positioning a 3D background object relative to the 3D image plane based on the 2D background object and the 2D background metadata; and a 3D object module for creating and positioning a 3D object relative to the 3D image plane based on the 2D object and the 2D object metadata.

Abstract: A method comprises receiving input text; decomposing the input text into segments, e.g., single line segments; using a dictionary to identify at least one object in one of the segments for inclusion in a frame; and using cinematic conventions, e.g., proxemics, to arrange the at least one object in the frame. The input text may be received via a keyboard, via a disk drive, or via a network interface. The dictionary may include a slug line dictionary, a character dictionary, a prop dictionary, an action dictionary, an environment dictionary, etc. The method may further comprise determining the relative importance of the at least one object, and positioning the at least one object in the frame based on its relative importance. The method may further comprise analyzing a segment adjacent to the one of the segments to determine relevant objects for the one of the segments.