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00:30I think anybody that enjoys movies, DVD can be like your new best friend.

00:44When a new title is scheduled, we work from the first release date in the world.

00:49We see what we do as a worldwide product.

00:51Like I'm in a black two, we have a team of nine that handle the title from start to finish.

00:56It begins with the planning.

01:01And it can't be stressed enough that in DVD land, it's all about planning.

01:06Timelines are very important throughout the whole process.

01:09You know, we talk about it six months in advance.

01:11Hey, will this work?

01:12The DVD center comes back to say yes or no.

01:14We can definitely bring you back to the end of the same elapsed time.

01:19I see a DVD is that it's a jigsaw puzzle and there's lots of little pieces.

01:23So a trailer may be one piece, a menu will be another piece.

01:26And we have to make sure all those pieces come together.

01:29If one piece of the puzzle falls through the cracks, you can't make this DVD happen.

01:33So everybody is dependent upon everybody else.

01:39A big thing also in the DVD world is menus.

01:42Laserdisc and VHS didn't use them.

01:44And now menus have become a huge part of the DVD process.

01:48It's when you get into these complicated discs and you start dealing with the localized menus.

01:53A French set, a German, Italian, Spanish.

01:56Menu creation is a real combination between high-end technology and the artistic world

02:01where we're trying to make things pop out to the consumer, grab your eye.

02:05But it's relatively difficult to do some of the intense stuff that we're doing for these big projects,

02:09which is really fun, though.

02:18The denuralizer.

02:20In a few moments, transverse magneto energy will surge through your brain,

02:24unlocking information that could hold the key.

02:26Dirt's very survival.

02:28Oh, okay. What's that thing?

02:29There's a kind of interactivity that's never existed before.

02:32I just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face.

02:36I should have changed that stupid lock.

02:38I should have...

02:39Frank!

02:39Alien Broadcast is going to be sort of a jump out from the actual film hosted by Frank the Pug.

02:46He's the anchor person or anchor alien for an alien broadcast.

02:49Using this green screen so that we can shoot him against that and then later we'll put him into scenes that will wind up being part of the menus.

02:59This is Mushu.

03:00I think he likes to be called Frank on the set, actually.

03:05He does like to stay in character and he gets especially excited when he's wearing his suit.

03:09Suit was made by the same tailor that made the suit for Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones.

03:13Same material.

03:15Imported from Italy.

03:15And, yes, he's very comfortable.

03:18We went for five or six fittings and they tailored it especially for him.

03:22He loves to come to work.

03:23He gets very upset when he doesn't come.

03:25You can tell by his attitude that he's just enjoying himself.

03:28Never worked with a dog and it's quite an experience.

03:31They're a lot easier to work with than some actors I've worked with.

03:35Mom! Dad! I'm going in!

03:38Stuart Little is back.

03:40I got it! I got it!

03:42The children's market has become a huge boom for DVD.

03:48It's incredibly easy for children to operate a DVD player

03:51and so we gear a lot of our special features towards them.

03:54A lot of DVDs will have a special section especially for the kids

03:57which will have games and puzzles and things that they can do

03:59without an adult necessarily being there pressing the buttons for them.

04:02One of the special features that we're going to have on this disc

04:04is similar to other discs that we've released like Monty Python and The Animal

04:09where you can link out during the movie to little mini featurettes.

04:14It's actually called, what's it called? Show and Tell?

04:15Show and Tell.

04:16I think the filmmakers really see this as the first home entertainment medium

04:21for them to have a meaningful contribution.

04:23It gives them an opportunity to clarify a possible misconception about a film.

04:28When you're doing a DVD like Stuart Little

04:30you have to figure out how you're going to allot your added value material.

04:33Are you going to gear it mostly towards the children?

04:34Are you going to gear it towards the adults?

04:36What demographic are you really trying to hit?

04:38Stuart Little embodies the dreams and aspirations of every small child

04:42that finds themselves smack in the middle of a very grown-up world.

04:47Not everyone is meant to make a difference.

04:50But for me, the choice to live an ordinary life

04:54is no longer an option.

04:57The way to really maximize Spider-Man was in addition to presenting

05:01great featurettes about the making of the film,

05:03screen tests, CGI, studies, costume designs,

05:07that we should also spend an equal amount of time on Spider-Man,

05:11the comic book character that's existed for fans for 40 years.

05:21Directors are now writing into their deals

05:25that they have final directors cut on the DVD.

05:28That's how big it's become.

05:30It gives a filmmaker an opportunity to put his preferred version of the film

05:34on a disc and explain why it's that version.

05:41When Spider-Man comes out on DVD,

05:44everyone's getting it.

05:45Not this guy or that guy.

05:47Everybody.

05:50The Digital Authoring Center is made up of different departments

05:54that all do their work separately.

05:57When you purchase the DVD,

05:59you should be getting the best picture and sound possible.

06:03A lot of people just don't realize

06:06how much technology actually is involved

06:08in bringing DVD to the marketplace.

06:11We do multiple versions of the film.

06:14We'll do a disc for North America,

06:16for Latin America, Asia, Japan,

06:19as well as all European territories.

06:21Sometimes we do as many as six discs just for PAL.

06:25The most important part of our job is listening.

06:28We have to be able to judge synchronization,

06:30which is very difficult.

06:32The rewards are huge

06:34because we're not working on a product

06:36that five people are going to use.

06:37There are millions of people who are going to see these discs.

06:40With great power comes great responsibility.

06:43Who are you?

06:44Who am I?

06:47I'm Spider-Man.

06:49Consumers are expecting more and more added value content.

06:54Men in Black 2,

06:56Spider-Man and Stuart Little 2 will be packed.

06:59When we run up against situations

07:00where there are things that we want to do

07:02that haven't been done before,

07:03we always pull out the trunk card.

07:05This is Sony.

07:05People expect this.

07:07No one else would do it, but Sony would.

07:09Definitely can't pass up

07:10the Sony blockbusters this summer.

07:12If you rent the disc, you're in trouble

07:14because you're going to pay a few days' extra rental charges.

07:16This DVD is going to enjoy a very long, prosperous life.

07:20There's no reason for it not to.

07:27You do too much.

07:28You're not Superman, you know.

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