We built the Texas Movie Operating System.
We asked producers what they need most to make it easier to make movies in Texas. Here's what they told us:
-accurate incentive forecasting and multi-scenario modeling and comparisons
-production "heat maps" showing in near real-time what productions are filming in Texas, and where
-estimated crew availability and shortages by area, ideally in real-time
-updated location data and photos for producers, since many of the commonly-used tools are outdated
-compliance tracking, so that Producers don't lose their incentives because they forgot to send in the paperwork
-all of these things under ONE login!
In short, all the boring parts of production planning and accounting, but which can mean tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in rebates to producers.
So... we built it. We call it the Texas Film Scene: the Texas movie operating system. We are in beta, but are getting strong pricing signals and feel strongly that the various film commissions will soon want our system to complete the other side of this marketplace, which can save the film commissions hours of work, and help their understaffed offices to do more with less.
