Sony Pictures Digital Backbone From the lens to the screen

Camera Near-set Data Management Production Post production Editorial Data Management Digital Intermediate EFX Production Asset Storage Mastering (Digital Cinema & Home Ent.) Data Management Authoring (Subtitles, etc) Long Term Asset Repository Archive Management Archive Distribution Regionalization Format Encoding Distribution Asset Repository Metadata Management

Production Backbone for Motion Picture Production Sony Pictures Production Backbone Colorworks Digital Media Group Production Colorworks Conform / DI VFX Facilities Dailies Facilities Aspera Access via Internet SPE Asset Management Marketing Vendors Trailers Imageworks Production Editorial Creative Editorial

Distribution Clients Business Services (Order Management, Library, Reporting, Financials, Physical Asset Mgmt) Business Services (Order Management, Library, Reporting, Financials, Physical Asset Mgmt) Media Vault (Multi Tier) Media Vault (Multi Tier) Content Processing (Core Media) Content Processing (Core Media) Infrastructure & Operations Infrastructure & Operations Ingest (Content and Metadata) Ingest (Content and Metadata) Services Platform (Workflow Orchestration, Manufacturing, Security) Services Platform (Workflow Orchestration, Manufacturing, Security) Acquire Content (Highest Quality) Acquire Content (Highest Quality) Distribution Requests Package Assembly (Trailers, Box Art, Meta-data) Package Assembly (Trailers, Box Art, Meta-data) Delivery DMG Integration (i.e EAGL, ACORN) DMG Integration (i.e EAGL, ACORN) GPMS (i.e. Metadata) GPMS (i.e. Metadata) EST Blu-ray/DVD TV Ancillary Mobile VOD Networks Distribution Backbone