This diploma thesis deals with design and implementation of complex software system for post-production of popular music. The system was implemented as a plug-in module in C++ language using JUCE application framework. The emphasis was on creating a well arranged and intuitive graphic user interface. The plug-in provides a set of audio effects and processors that can be connected into the desired graph structure. For less experienced users, there is a database of preset configurations usable for a variety of input signals.

The goal of this project is to inform a reader about compact workflow of creating complex computer animation using 3D modelling and animation software 3ds Max. It guides him through the whole process from creating models, texturing and skinning them, to animation pointed at more difficult parts of the animation process. Beside the practical examples, this paper includes necessary theoretical explanation of particular problems. After reading this paper, the reader should be well acquainted with the compact process of creating the complex animation.

The process of producing entertaining video and films is complicated and time consuming. One of the complicated parts of post-production of entertaining content is getting feedback and reviewing the draft edit. After the filming process of a series or a film completed, the editors start working on the cut materials. This is a stage in the process where the editor will get their cut reviewed and receive feedback from different teams on the rough-cut or editor cuts. Today the review and the feedback between the editor and reviewer is done online directly through email.

Performance-based contracting (PBC) redefines the relationships between suppliers and buyers and differs from traditional contracting approaches with its reward/payment scheme, emphasis on the performance outcomes, increased supplier autonomy, and transfer of risk and responsibilities to suppliers. Given the 70% of life cycle costs of products/systems reside in sustainment, PBC has led to substantial improvements in availability, maintainability, reliability, and thus total cost of ownership of systems/products. Though PBC has changed the way of doing business and its presence has increased across multiple industry, private and public sectors, for profit and not-for-profit, its implications on various aspects of logistics and supply chain management have been understudied. It is important to explore and establish evidence regarding these implications through academic rigor. Therefore, this three-essay dissertation aims to give some insight regarding structural and behavioral implications of PBC using a multi-method approach. Specifically, it (1) explores the relationship between PBC and supply chain resilience (SCRES), (2) examines the supplier goal commitment (i.e., motivation) in PBC, (3) proposes a mathematical model to find optimal contract length, periodic contract price and investment that concurrently maximizing supplier profit and satisfying buyer requirements. This dissertation offers theoretical and managerial contributions as well.

[pt] Este trabalho discute a ascensão do cinema digital e o papel da curadoria na programação e seleção de curtas-metragens brasileiros contemporâneos em três festivais de cinema: Cine PE - Festival do Audiovisual, Festival de Brasília do Cinema Brasileiro e na Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes. O recorte temporal se dá entre os anos de 2017 e 2021 por conta do encontro entre uma progressiva popularização ao acesso dos sensores digitais e a imersão do Brasil em uma severa e polarizante crise político-social. O trabalho retoma e analisa a noção de aura, tal como proposta por Walter Benjamin em seu ensaio A obra de arte na era de sua reprodutibilidade técnica; retoma igualmente a ideia de programação e curadoria como formas de pós-produção, tal como proposta por Thomas Elsaesser. Um dos objetivos é analisar a mudança de cenário - favorecida pela entrada da tecnologia do digital - onde o curta-metragem brasileiro passa a ter um valor simbólico e cultural gradativamente mais significativo. Os três festivais de cinema, já citados, foram escolhidos porque suas curadorias ou condições de acontecimento sofreram grandes reviravoltas em função dos diferentes contextos político-sociais do país. Por fim, interessa discutir o papel da curadoria e dos festivais dentro do processo de legitimação histórica e artística de filmes assim como a relação entre os realizadores e a construção de um imaginário sobre o cinema nacional / [en] This study discusses the rise of digital cinema and the role of curatorship in the programming and selection of contemporary Brazilian short films in three film festivals: Cine PE - Festival do Audiovisual, Festival de Brasília do Cinema Brasileiro and Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes. The time frame takes place between the years 2017 and 2021 due to the encounter between a progressive popularization of access to digital sensors with the immersion of Brazil in a severe and polarizing political-social crisis. The study resumes and analyzes the notion of aura, as proposed by Walter Benjamin in his essay The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction; and it also takes up the idea of programming and curation as forms of post-production, as proposed by Thomas Elsaesser. One of the objectives is to analyze the change in scenario - favored by the entry of digital technology - where the Brazilian short film starts to have a gradually more significant symbolic and cultural value. The three aforementioned film festivals were chosen because their curatorship or event conditions underwent major upheavals due to the different political and social contexts in the country. Lastly, it is relevant for the study to discuss the role of curatorship and festivals within the process of historical and artistic legitimation of films as well as the relationship between filmmakers and the construction of an imaginary about national cinema.