DOSSIER GL-102-07 · COCKPIT 07 OF 08 · MEDIA & ASSETS · /backlot

The Backlot

Every frame on your disk — findable, traceable, yours.

The Backlot manages studio pools, story folders, custom folders, previews, filters, and media hierarchy so local files stay usable at production scale — every reference and generated asset organized and traceable.

"I need every reference and generated asset organized and traceable."

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MEDIA SOURCE TYPES

PREVIEW FORMATS

local

STORAGE MODEL

GENLOCK · THE BACKLOT — /backlot · MEDIA MANAGER

ALLIMAGEVIDEOAUDIODOCS

SOURCES

● GLOBAL MEDIA POOL

○ STORY FOLDER
projects/welcome-story/

○ CUSTOM · refs-drive

847 FILES INDEXED
0 UPLOADED ANYWHERE

PNG

signal-core_ref01.png

00:08

sh05_take2.mp4

WAV

mara_line_04.wav

PNG

relay9_plate.png

{ }JSON

video-map.json

NO LINK

untitled_render_31.mp4

FILE GRID · SORT: RECENT1 ORPHANED RENDER FLAGGED

PREVIEW INSPECTOR

sh05_take2.mp400:08

PATHrenders/sh05/take2.mp4 SIZE18.4 MB · 1920×1080 SOURCEhiggsfield-video · T2 LINKEDSH 05 · STORY-LINKED ✓

RENDER OUTPUT AUDIT:
846 story-linked · 1 orphaned → assign or archive

FIG. 1 — SOURCES + FILE GRID + PREVIEW INSPECTOREVERY FILE KNOWS WHERE IT BELONGS

WHY THIS IS
ITS OWN COCKPIT

Media management cannot be a tiny file picker.

The Backlot resolves global pools, story folders, and custom locations with real previews, filtering, metadata, and output auditing. Generated media is traced back to the shot that made it — and anything orphaned is flagged instead of silently rotting in a downloads folder.

INSIDE THIS COCKPIT4 FOCUSED SURFACES

Backlot surfaces

▸ Sources/backlot

Global Media Pool, project Story Folder, and custom folders.

▸ File Grid/backlot

Browse with all / image / video / audio / docs filters.

▸ Preview Inspector/backlot

Image, video, audio, text, and JSON preview with path details.

▸ Render output audit/backlot

Find story-linked and orphaned generated assets.

"Local files, production scale — nothing uploaded, nothing lost."

BUILT FOR · EDITORS · ASSET MANAGERS · POST SUPERVISORS · SOLO CREATORS

CALL SHEET · BACKLOTHOW IT MOVES THE PRODUCTION

01 · POOL

Resolve sources

Global Media Pool, the project story folder, and any custom location — one hierarchy.

02 · BROWSE

Filter the grid

All, image, video, audio, and docs filters with real previews at production scale.

03 · INSPECT

Read the metadata

Preview image, video, audio, text, and JSON with full path details and story links.

04 · AUDIT

Trace the outputs

Separate story-linked renders from orphans, then assign or archive the strays.

READS & WRITES: global media poolstory folders + _inbox/renders/ auditvideo + audio maps