Digital Production Pipeline From the lens to the screen
Post production Production Camera Editorial Digital Intermediate Near-set Data Management EFX Work in Progress Storage Mastering Distribution Archive Data Management Regionalization Asset Repository Long Term Asset Repository Authoring (Subtitles, etc) Format Encoding Metadata Management
Production Backbone for Motion Picture Production Trailers Marketing Vendors Sony Pictures Production Backbone Colorworks Conform / DI Colorworks Dailies Facilities DMC/DMG Aspera Access via Internet Production Creative Editorial VFX Facilities Production Editorial SPE Asset Management Imageworks
Distribution Backbone Conceptual Overview Distribution Backbone 3 Distribution Requests 5 Business Services (Order Management, Library, Reporting, Financials, Physical Asset Mgmt) 1 Acquire Content (Highest Quality) 2 Ingest (Content and Metadata) EST 4 Media Vault (Multi Tier) Content Processing (Core Media) Distribution Clients VOD Package Assembly Delivery (Trailers, Box Art, Meta-data) Blu-ray/DVD TV Networks Ancillary Services Platform (Workflow Orchestration, Manufacturing, Security) GPMS (i. e. Metadata) Infrastructure & Operations Sony Proprietary and Confidential Mobile DMG Integration (i. e EAGL, ACORN) 4