{"schema_version":1,"research_id":"eoa_inverse_innovation_exp06_external_evaluation_20260803","source_assessment_id":"catalytic_pathway_enablement__film_media_production:P3:v0","cell_id":"catalytic_pathway_enablement__film_media_production","search_queries":["film set continuity reset between takes props wardrobe makeup script supervisor official guidance","scene reset workflow between takes film production continuity photos software","SyncOnSet continuity software photos wardrobe props official","Scriptation continuity photos film set official","site:dga.org first assistant director safety responsibility set production","site:screenskills.com script supervisor continuity role film TV reset","film production continuity errors cost reshoots research","film set reset time between takes workflow continuity","\"reset station\" film set props continuity","\"reset table\" film set props","\"reset board\" film production takes","film set continuity workflow department heads confirm ready reset","site:bls.gov 2025 occupational employment wage film video production producers directors makeup artists theatrical wages","site:dga.org 2025 2026 assistant director rate card","SyncOnSet pricing official","Scriptation pricing teams official","site:dga.org \"coordinates and supervises crew and cast activities\" 1st AD","site:dga.org \"prime responsibility\" \"1st AD\"","site:csatf.org first assistant director safety set responsibilities"],"sources":[{"source_id":"S1","title":"Monitor script coverage, continuity and technical camera details during shooting (SKSC32)","publisher":"UK National Occupational Standards","url":"https://www.ukstandards.org.uk/en/nos-finder/SKSC32/monitor-script-coverage%2C-continuity-and-technical-camera-details-during-shooting","source_class":"STANDARD","publication_date":"n.d.","accessed_at":"2026-08-03","claims_supported":["Scripted productions formally require monitoring continuity of props, lighting, costume, hair, makeup, actors and cameras.","Script supervisors must identify discrepancies, explain continuity problems promptly and communicate rewrites or action changes to relevant people.","The standard explicitly recognizes that continuity issues can affect production budgets and that health-and-safety procedures remain applicable."]},{"source_id":"S2","title":"Safety Bulletin #5: Safety Awareness","publisher":"Industry-Wide Labor-Management Safety Committee / Contract Services","url":"https://csatf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/05SAFETY_AWARENESS.pdf","source_class":"OFFICIAL_GUIDANCE","publication_date":"2002-06-19","accessed_at":"2026-08-03","claims_supported":["Safety takes precedence over expediency on a production set.","The production company must identify safety authority, communicate hazards and maintain procedures for identifying and correcting unsafe conditions.","On-production safety meetings should be conducted by the first assistant director or stage manager; department heads retain responsibility for discussing hazards and safe working zones."]},{"source_id":"S3","title":"Continuity and Script Supervision","publisher":"F7 Studios","url":"https://www.f7-studios.com/copy-of-set-and-location-security","source_class":"COMMERCIAL_FIRST_PARTY","publication_date":"n.d.","accessed_at":"2026-08-03","claims_supported":["An operating production workflow already uses initial reference photographs of sets, props, wardrobe and performers to support resets between takes.","After each take, continuity logs are checked, discrepancies are corrected and the director, DP and affected departments are informed.","Props, costume and set personnel collaborate with the script supervisor on resets, while the assistant director coordinates adjustments and readiness."]},{"source_id":"S4","title":"SyncOnSet for Props","publisher":"SyncOnSet / Entertainment Partners","url":"https://www.synconset.com/home/customer-resources/synconset-for-props/","source_class":"OFFICIAL_PRODUCT_DOCUMENTATION","publication_date":"2018-12-15","accessed_at":"2026-08-03","claims_supported":["A deployed commercial product already provides digital continuity books, photo uploads, continuity notes, prop inventory and actor notes.","The product supports on-set offline use and cross-department scene descriptions, schedules and script-day organization.","The vendor reports use by prop teams across episodic, independent and major feature productions, although its time-saving claims are not independently verified."]},{"source_id":"S5","title":"Pricing — Scriptation PDF for Film, TV, Video","publisher":"Scriptation","url":"https://scriptation.com/pricing/","source_class":"OFFICIAL_PRODUCT_DOCUMENTATION","publication_date":"2025-08-28","accessed_at":"2026-08-03","claims_supported":["Existing production software provides shared Live Layers, group licensing and team onboarding rather than requiring a new collaboration platform.","Published 2026-accessed prices range from free and $8.33 monthly individual service to team plans of roughly $169, $299 or $499 monthly, depending on device count.","A 14-day trial makes a software-assisted comparator inexpensive to configure."]},{"source_id":"S6","title":"Film Logic — Film Production Management Software","publisher":"Film Logic","url":"https://www.film-logic.com/","source_class":"COMMERCIAL_FIRST_PARTY","publication_date":"n.d.","accessed_at":"2026-08-03","claims_supported":["A current product already combines an AD command center with mobile asset capture, versioning, approved options, continuity reference frames and role-based permissions.","Its continuity workflow ties decisions and revisions to particular assets and scenes, retains approval history and supports cross-department live synchronization.","These capabilities closely overlap the proposed manifest, approved-state history, status surface and department-specific access controls, although the proposed physical reset dock is not shown."]},{"source_id":"S7","title":"Occupational Employment and Wages — May 2025","publisher":"U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics","url":"https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ocwage_05152026.pdf","source_class":"GOVERNMENT_OR_REGULATOR","publication_date":"2026-05-15","accessed_at":"2026-08-03","claims_supported":["National May 2025 mean hourly wages include about $31.07 for audio/video technicians, $37.68 for lighting technicians, $40.01 for film/TV camera operators and $41.41 for film/video editors.","These wages provide conservative labor-resource proxies for costing preparation, observation and review, but do not represent union production rates, overtime, fringes or specialist script-supervisor rates."]},{"source_id":"S8","title":"DGA Rate Cards 2025–2026","publisher":"Directors Guild of America","url":"https://www.dga.org/Contracts/Rates-2025-to-2026","source_class":"OFFICIAL_ORGANIZATION_DATA","publication_date":"2025-07-23","accessed_at":"2026-08-03","claims_supported":["Official minimum salary schedules exist for directors, unit production managers, assistant directors, associate directors and stage managers for July 2025 through June 2026.","Production-specific resource estimates must account for applicable agreement category and cannot rely only on national average wages.","The presence of formal assistant-director classifications supports treating AD coordination time as a real cost rather than free overhead."]}],"problem_evidence":{"support":"STRONG","rationale":"The occupational standard makes continuity monitoring, discrepancy reporting and budget consequences explicit, while a production SOP describes reference-based resets and interdepartmental correction after each take. Commercial continuity systems further demonstrate recurring demand for shared photographs, notes, inventories and approvals. What remains unverified is the prevalence and magnitude of reconstruction-driven delay specifically, as distinct from physical replenishment, performer recovery, creative changes, equipment work or safety procedures.","source_ids":["S1","S3","S4","S6"]},"stakeholder_evidence":{"support":"MODERATE","rationale":"Identifiable adopters and authorizers are production companies, producers/UPMs, first assistant directors, script supervisors and affected department heads. Their roles are externally credible: the standard assigns continuity work to script supervision, the production SOP assigns reset collaboration and AD coordination, and safety guidance assigns on-set safety coordination to the 1st AD while preserving department-head authority. Existing commercial tools indicate purchasing behavior, but no source documents a production requesting this exact integrated physical dock or committing funds to test it.","source_ids":["S1","S2","S3","S4","S6"]},"prior_art":{"proximity":"ESTABLISHED_PRACTICE","closest_analogues":[{"name":"Reference-photo and continuity-log scene reset","similarity":"F7 Studios describes initial reference photographs, after-take continuity-log review, correction before the next take, collaboration among script supervision, props, costume and set personnel, and AD coordination. This is the proposal's core operational pathway.","remaining_difference":"The source does not describe one fixed physical dock with keyed trays, measured markers, explicit per-department readiness states, regeneration metrics or a controlled turnover/selectivity assay.","source_ids":["S3"]},{"name":"SyncOnSet digital continuity book","similarity":"Provides shared photographs, continuity notes, prop inventory, actor information and cross-department scene descriptions on set, including offline operation.","remaining_difference":"It is primarily an information and inventory system; the searched documentation does not show the proposed physical reset interface, dependency sequencing, advisory global-ready interlock or repeated-cycle experiment.","source_ids":["S4"]},{"name":"Film Logic on-set asset and AD command system","similarity":"Combines approved asset versions, continuity frames, searchable decision histories, department synchronization, permissions and an AD-facing live command surface.","remaining_difference":"The public product description does not establish keyed physical reset fixtures or validate cut-to-ready improvements with full setup and regeneration costs.","source_ids":["S6"]},{"name":"Scriptation Team Live Layers","similarity":"Offers inexpensive shared note layers and group licensing suitable for a software-only shared-reference comparator.","remaining_difference":"It does not itself specify physical scene restoration, department completion gates, cofactor screening or facilitator regeneration.","source_ids":["S5"]}],"distinctive_claim_remaining":"Relative to both ordinary photo-and-note resets and a software-only shared-reference workflow, a fixed scene-edge package that combines an approved state manifest, keyed physical reset items, explicit dependency/status signals and a continuity exception lane will reduce fully burdened cut-to-camera-ready time across successive comparable resets without increasing continuity deviations, false-ready declarations, safety or welfare holds, or per-cycle steward effort. The claim is falsifiable but unverified and is narrower than the original intervention description.","confidence":"HIGH"},"implementation_evidence":{"support":"STRONG","rationale":"The technical elements—reference images, tagged inventories, approved versions, role permissions, shared status displays, removable markers and trays—are available and already used separately in production workflows or commercial products. Workflow integration is feasible, but production data may be confidential and device/network policies vary. Authority must remain distributed: the dock cannot supersede the director, 1st AD, department heads or safety personnel. Safety guidance expressly makes expediency subordinate to safety, so the advisory-only ready signal, non-stunt initial scope, conventional fallback and local hazard review are necessary operating constraints.","source_ids":["S1","S2","S3","S4","S5","S6"]},"scores":{"meaningful_impact":{"score":3,"rationale":"Continuity failures and reset coordination matter to usable footage and production budgets, but neither prevalence nor attributable delay magnitude for the proposed target setup has been quantified.","source_ids":["S1","S3"]},"stakeholder_pull":{"score":3,"rationale":"Recognized roles, operating SOPs and several paid products demonstrate demand for continuity coordination, but no adopter has expressed need for or committed to the exact dock.","source_ids":["S1","S3","S4","S6"]},"incremental_advantage":{"score":2,"rationale":"Most informational, collaborative and authority components are established practice; plausible advantage is confined to the integrated physical interface and measured readiness/regeneration cycle.","source_ids":["S3","S4","S5","S6"]},"distinctiveness_plausibility":{"score":2,"rationale":"No exact fixed-dock match was found in bounded searching, but the proposal substantially recombines existing continuity, asset, approval and AD-dashboard practices. World novelty remains unmeasured.","source_ids":["S3","S4","S6"]},"technical_implementability":{"score":5,"rationale":"The required software, photographs, labels, trays, removable markers, permissions and logs are technically routine and can be tested without custom research infrastructure.","source_ids":["S3","S4","S5","S6"]},"adoption_authority_feasibility":{"score":4,"rationale":"Production, AD, script-supervision and department-head roles provide a credible authorization route. Local producer, safety, performer and asset-owner approvals are still required.","source_ids":["S1","S2","S3"]},"evidence_readiness":{"score":4,"rationale":"Cycle times, search and waiting time, errors, false-ready calls, regeneration effort and blinded visual state scores are directly observable; learning, ordering and disturbance equivalence require controlled design.","source_ids":["S1","S3"]},"safety_net_benefit":{"score":4,"rationale":"Explicit exception routing, department confirmation, a conventional fallback and continuity sampling could catch stale or incomplete resets, provided the status signal never overrides safety or departmental authority.","source_ids":["S1","S2","S3"]},"scalability":{"score":3,"rationale":"Digital templates and inexpensive team software scale, but each setup requires validated references, physical preparation, inventory and steward attention; creative changes and complex scenes constrain reuse.","source_ids":["S3","S4","S5","S6"]}},"score_confidence":"MODERATE","costs":{"first_evidence":{"band_2026_usd":"UNDER_10K","scope":"One non-principal-photography rehearsal probe covering one reversible dialogue setup, 12 controlled reset cycles, basic trays/labels or approved removable markers, data capture and independent continuity scoring.","confidence":"MODERATE","assumptions":["Existing crew and set are already scheduled; only incremental resource-equivalent time is counted.","Approximately 40–100 combined specialist hours are required for protocol preparation, operation, observation and review.","No stunt, effects, unique-prop, performer-sensitive or hazardous work is included.","National wages are conservative proxies; applicable union rates, overtime and fringes may push the probe toward the top of the band."],"source_ids":["S5","S7","S8"]},"initial_deployment_startup":{"band_2026_usd":"10K_TO_50K","scope":"Configure manifests, permissions, reset kits, training, data handling and governance for several eligible setups on one production.","confidence":"MODERATE","assumptions":["Uses existing tablets or phones and commercial collaboration software rather than custom development.","Includes script-supervisor, AD and department-head preparation time plus physical kit fabrication and contingency.","Excludes major set duplication, new permanent staff and hazardous-scene engineering."],"source_ids":["S4","S5","S6","S7","S8"]},"operational_launch":{"band_2026_usd":"50K_TO_250K","scope":"Production-wide launch across multiple eligible sets or units, including workflow integration, onboarding, duplicate kits, quality auditing, support and evaluation.","confidence":"LOW","assumptions":["The launch spans enough setups that dedicated coordination and support are required.","Resource equivalence includes displaced department and AD time, not only purchased hardware and licenses.","Union category, overtime, production scale and location can change cost substantially.","No custom computer-vision system or major construction is included."],"source_ids":["S4","S5","S6","S7","S8"]},"annual_recurring":{"band_2026_usd":"10K_TO_50K","scope":"For a small production company maintaining the capability: subscriptions, kit replacement, template refresh, training, audits and part-time stewardship across projects.","confidence":"LOW","assumptions":["Existing employees retain their ordinary production roles; this is not a full-time new department.","Commercial software remains in the published hundreds-of-dollars-per-month range for typical team sizes.","Major productions or multiple simultaneous units could exceed this band because labor, not software, dominates recurring cost."],"source_ids":["S5","S7","S8"]}},"verified_pipeline_gates":{"externally_supported_problem":{"status":"YES","reason":"Standards and operating workflows independently confirm recurring continuity monitoring, discrepancy correction and reference-based resetting as real production work with budget implications.","source_ids":["S1","S3"]},"externally_credible_adopter_or_authorizer":{"status":"YES","reason":"A production company acting through its producer/UPM, first AD, script supervisor and department heads is a credible adopter and authorization chain; safety authority remains independently protected.","source_ids":["S1","S2","S3"]},"distinct_testable_incremental_claim":{"status":"YES","reason":"The remaining claim contrasts the integrated physical/status dock with conventional and software-only workflows on time, quality, safety and fully burdened steward effort.","source_ids":["S3","S4","S5","S6"]},"bounded_next_evidence_step":{"status":"YES","reason":"A rehearsal-stage, 12-cycle, counterbalanced trial can be completed on one reversible setup with fixed metrics, comparators and stopping rules.","source_ids":["S1","S2","S3"]},"no_unresolved_safety_or_authority_stop":{"status":"YES","reason":"No inherent stop was found for a non-hazardous advisory workflow, provided safety precedes speed, department heads retain authority, the 1st AD coordinates safety and the ordinary reset path remains available. Local production approval is still a prerequisite.","source_ids":["S2","S3"]},"credible_cost_scope_and_range":{"status":"YES","reason":"Published software prices, national occupational wages and official DGA rate schedules support broad resource bands, although exact union, overtime and production-scale costs remain uncertain.","source_ids":["S5","S7","S8"]}},"next_evidence_step":"Secure one production partner and run a non-principal-photography test on one stable, reversible, non-stunt dialogue setup. After three unscored warm-up resets, conduct 12 standardized disturbance cycles over no more than two sessions: six conventional photo/note resets and six dock-assisted resets, stratified by disturbance class and counterbalanced in order. Add a software-only shared-reference arm if 18 cycles are feasible. Keep crew, inventory, approved state and safety conditions fixed. Record all preparation, training, reset, exception, replenishment and regeneration minutes; cut-to-department-ready and cut-to-camera-ready time; searches, dependency waits, false-ready calls, consumables, rework, safety/welfare holds and steward queue depth. Have an independent reviewer, blinded to method, score randomized pre-roll images against the approved state. Precommit success as at least a 15% reduction in median fully burdened cut-to-camera-ready time and at least a 25% reduction in search/dependency-wait time, with no worse blinded continuity score, false-ready rate, safety/welfare outcome or department objection, and with preparation plus regeneration amortizing by the sixth assisted cycle. Falsify the incremental claim if the advantage disappears after order/learning adjustment, if software-only references perform equivalently, if steward effort scales approximately one-for-one with cycles, or if any safety shortcut, asset damage, performer pressure, stale-state propagation or unresolved authority conflict occurs.","blocking_evidence":["No measured prevalence or distribution of scene-reset delay attributable specifically to fragmented state reconstruction and cross-department synchronization.","No production, studio, guild or insurer has expressed demand for or committed to trial the exact integrated dock.","No live comparison demonstrates advantage over established reference-photo, continuity-log and AD-coordination practice.","No comparison isolates the physical dock/status interlock from existing software-only continuity collaboration.","No observed setup and regeneration burden, steward saturation curve, learning-adjusted effect size or continuity-error distribution exists.","Local labor agreement, privacy/security, performer-consent, asset-attachment and production-safety requirements must be checked for the partner production.","The cost ranges rely on broad wage proxies and published software pricing rather than a production-specific crew schedule and vendor quotes."],"research_disposition":"PARTNERED_RESEARCH_PROGRAM","world_novelty_boundary":"This evaluation found established continuity-photo/log reset practice and close commercial systems for shared continuity records, asset versions, approvals, permissions and live AD coordination. It did not find an exact public description of the complete fixed physical dock, keyed reset kit, department-ready interlock and regeneration assay, but the search was bounded and not a world-novelty review. Patentability, freedom to operate, market size, prevalence, realized impact and world novelty remain unmeasured.","arm":"COMPLETE_PROPOSAL_PORTFOLIO","candidate_version":0,"controller_recommendation":{"action":"STOP_EMPIRICAL_RESEARCH_NEEDED","repairable":false,"material_progress_observed":true,"progress_targets":["Obtain a named production partner and written approval from the producer/UPM, first AD, script supervisor, affected department heads and safety representative.","Pre-register the counterbalanced conventional, software-only and integrated-dock comparison with standardized disturbances and blinded continuity scoring.","Measure full setup, training, exception, replenishment and regeneration costs rather than only cut-to-ready time.","Demonstrate that any benefit persists after crew learning and ordering effects and exceeds the software-only comparator.","Show zero degradation in continuity, false-ready declarations, safety, performer welfare, department authority and asset integrity.","Estimate steward capacity, exception-queue saturation and the number of cycles needed to amortize preparation."],"reason":"Bounded web research establishes that the problem, authority structure and technical components are credible, but it also shows that most of the workflow is established practice and commercial prior art. The remaining narrow claim is an incremental causal effect of the integrated physical/status dock, which cannot be resolved through further web search and requires a partnered live rehearsal test."},"proposal_index":3}