I'm not sure how Scala will help you as a new video/film producer though.
I coulde see it. It could nearly be a poor man's NLE but probably only for *shoorrrt* films or vignettes. I wouldn't bank a feature film on it though.
far better NLE tools exist... jahshaka,cinelerra,mainactor
The more I use my scalaMM200 (win9x) version, the more I can see where the idea comes from. It could do some storyboarding somewhat.
just my $0.02