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Reading path 02 / Production operations

Plan for the work after generation.

For producers and small teams deciding what to make, how to resource it and what another team needs at handoff. An approved asset is the unit of delivery; a pile of candidate files is not.

See the decisions in the work.

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Two characters face each other through glass beneath the Morgan title in the official trailer thumbnail.
The studio’s published thumbnail for the IBM-assisted Morgan trailer. This is the original video artwork, not a newly generated illustration. 20th Century Fox / 20th Century Studios / IBM; official YouTube thumbnail.

Campaign reference / 2016

Morgan: Watson found the moments; an editor made the trailer

The 2016 Morgan trailer used machine analysis to shortlist footage, then a human filmmaker assembled the promotional edit. It is an early case of AI helping a marketing team choose from existing material.

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