On a Lighter Note ( sort of ...grrrrrr.).
Sony Pictures Entertainment and Thought Equity Join Forces to Offer Blockbuster Film Footage for Online Licensing at www.thoughtequity.com
CULVER CITY, Calif. & DENVER--(Business Wire)--March 27, 2006--
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and Thought Equity,
home to the world's largest entertainment motion content library,
today jointly launched the Sony Pictures Collection, a distinctive
library of film footage that includes scenes shot during the
production of SPE's box-office hits and cinematic masterpieces.
The Sony Pictures Collection is an unparalleled partnership that
marks the single largest motion content investment in the stock
footage business and unites film content from SPE (and its theatrical
brands, including Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures and Screen Gems)
with Thought Equity's exceptional technology and user experience and
is offered to the production community through
www.thoughtequity.com/sonypictures.
Thought Equity specializes in the licensing of premium film and HD
motion imagery aimed at serving world-class production professionals.
The Sony Pictures Collection provides producers worldwide with instant
access to high-caliber footage filmed for its blockbuster franchises
as well as from some of the most beautifully filmed features ever
made.
The Sony Pictures Collection features footage that is costly,
time-consuming and physically demanding to shoot, including
explosions, stunts, natural phenomena and scenes from remote
geographic locations. The collection includes technically challenging
footage depicting extraordinary atmospheric and outer space scenes,
and sophisticated special effects. Highlights of the collection
include footage specifically designed to evoke emotions that are
adrenalin-pumping, inspiring, humorous and poignant.
"Sony Pictures Stock Footage will continue to service customers
and sell content directly as we have been doing for many years.
However, taking on Thought Equity as an exclusive partner will extend
our reach and bring our library of more than 70,000 clips to the
attention of a much wider audience around the world," said Brian
Merriman, Executive Director Business Development, Worldwide Product
Fulfillment for SPE. "With Thought Equity's premiere technology, we'll
be able to show more people just how breathtaking and dramatic our
footage really is."
"Thought Equity's mission is to take the world's finest motion
content and make it available to production professionals worldwide
with a level of speed, efficiency and quality never before available,"
stated Kevin Schaff, founder and CEO of Thought Equity. "The Sony
Pictures Collection represents the best filmmaking talent in the world
and characterizes the level of quality our customers have come to
expect from us."
The collection boasts unique international footage filmed in
environments that require months or years of staging, including scenes
from remote locales, as well as ones that capture fortuitous
circumstances impossible to recreate. At the same time, the Sony
Pictures Collection includes highly usable footage in great demand,
such as establishing shots. It offers some of the best coverage of
American metropolitan cities like New York and Los Angeles and the all
important driving point of view footage. Still, the library is rich
with process plates, footage that serves as background when actors are
filmed in front of a blue or green screen.
"The Spider-Man, Men in Black, Bad Boys and Charlie's Angels
franchises didn't just provide us with amazing stunts and explosions,
they yielded a treasure trove of subway footage, driving scenes, and
riveting images of everyday life in metropolitan cities," said
Merriman. "Similarly, the library is plush with natural landscape
footage of unparalleled cinematic scope from such critically acclaimed
features as Legends of the Fall, A River Runs Through It, Seven Years
in Tibet, and Memoirs of a Geisha," stated Merriman.
The Sony Pictures Collection footage was shot entirely on film and
is hand-selected for entertainment and creative use. The collection is
available for immediate online download in HD and lower resolutions,
and can also be delivered in any film element required.
About Sony Pictures
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony
Corporation of American (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 67 countries. Sony Pictures Entertainment can be
found on the World Wide Web at www.sonypictures.com.
About Thought Equity
Thought Equity is headquartered in Denver, Colo., and is a
worldwide supplier of motion content licensing and management to the
entertainment, creative and corporate production industries. The
company's Web site, www.thoughtequity.com, is the premier resource for
production professionals who need instant access to the world's finest
film and HD content for their broadcast, cable, wireless and other new
media productions and programs. For more information about Thought
Equity, visit www.thoughtequity.com.
All trademarks, trade names, registered trademarks, service marks
or registered trade names are property of their respective holders.
Thought Equity
Holly Hamann, 303-308-3192
email: hhamann@thoughtequity.com
or
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Jim Kennedy, 310-244-6777
email: Jim_Kennedy@spe.sony.com
Copyright Business Wire 2006
27Mar06 12:15 GMT
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