Sony Pictures Entertainment Opens 'Colorworks' Digital Intermediate Facility
November 16 2009 - 1:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
World Renowned Colorists Join State-of-the-Art 4K DI Facility on
Historic Lot to Work on Hollywood's Top Pictures CULVER CITY,
Calif., Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sony Pictures
Entertainment has opened a full-service digital intermediate (DI)
facility located on its historic lot in Culver City, it was
announced today by Chris Cookson, President of Sony Pictures
Technologies. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20091116/LA11866) "Sony
Pictures is uniquely positioned at the intersection of
entertainment and technology," said Cookson. "Colorworks represents
an important blending of the highest level of talent and the most
powerful tools in our industry." The 14,000 square foot center,
housed in the studio's "Stage 6," features state-of-the-art
technology offering real-time, 4K processing in a full digital
workflow for top filmmakers from across the industry. World
renowned colorists John Persichetti, Steve Bowen and Trent Johnson,
whose credits include a combined total of hundreds of pictures from
across the major studios, have joined the Colorworks team. "Digital
intermediate and mastering are a lesser known, but critical piece
of the film-making puzzle," said Gary Martin, President of
Production Administration and Sony Pictures Studio Operations. "We
are thrilled to have our own center here on the lot, but more than
that, the facility and the personnel are truly top-of-the-line."
Colorworks adds to an array of Sony Pictures Studios
industry-leading post production services and facilities available
to the industry including sound editorial, stock footage, visual
effects and more. The new DI facility will serve Sony Pictures' and
other clients' projects beginning immediately. Initial projects
completed at the facility include the studio's own "Michael
Jackson's This is It," "Zombieland" and "Cloudy with a Chance of
Meatballs" in 3D. Colorworks is designed around the industry's
leading technologies. The new facility can scan and manage film in
high-resolution 4K to ensure the highest quality archival and
distribution product for both new and restored motion picture
projects. To manage the extraordinary size of digitized motion
pictures, the DI center houses nearly 3.5 petabytes of computer
storage. In fact, the Colorwork's digital file-based workflow leads
the studio's development of a digital production and distribution
infrastructure called the Digital Backbone. About Sony Pictures
Entertainment Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of
Sony Corporation of America (SCA), a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony
Corporation. SPE's global operations encompass motion picture
production and distribution; television production and
distribution; digital content creation and distribution; worldwide
channel investments; home entertainment acquisition and
distribution, operation of studio facilities; development of new
entertainment products, services and technologies; and distribution
of filmed entertainment in more than 130 countries. Sony Pictures
Entertainment can be found on the World Wide Web at
http://www.sonypictures.com/.
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CONTACT: Ann Burkart of Sony Pictures Entertainment,
+1-310-244-3683, Web Site: http://www.sonypictures.com/
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