Sony Pictures Confidential Creating New 4k Content Shoot in 4k Finish in 4k Obstacles: Arri Alexa 2k camera is very popular with film makers and TV producers Significantly more data to store and transfer High cost of memory cards for Sony F65 4k camera F65 is not a finished product Red Epic does not look as good as Alexa or F65 Obstacles: Not all post houses can view 4k Not all finishing systems can handle 4k HD TV workflows are established and time critical – finishing in 4k will be incremental Effects in 4k Rendering in 4k will take 4x as long as rendering in 2k Some effects can take 100 hours per frame to render just in 2k Can render in 2k, and up scale to 4k Can render in more than 2k but less than 4k and up scale to 4k 4/11/2019 Sony Pictures Confidential
Sony Pictures Confidential 4k Restorations Can restore anything shot on 35mm or 65/70mm film in 4k Decreasing number of titles shot on film in last 10 years All SPE restorations were scanned in 4k but many were finished in 2k Dirt and scratch fixes done in 2k have to be repeated in 4k Some studios have restored a number of titles in 4k Many 4k restorations done at Colorworks or Warner Bros’ MPI facility Not a large number of titles 4/11/2019 Sony Pictures Confidential