CD-ROM Development: Hollywood Fox Movies
Interactive CD-ROM
 Fox's
Movie Division in Hollywood, CA selected LionSky Media to
create an interactive, cross-platform media CD-ROM for it's
most popular movies in the archives for selection and promotion
to Movie distribution houses and affiliate television stations.
The hybrid CD-ROM included hi-resolution logos, preview video
clips, promotional photography and text copy for detailed
and overview descriptions.
LionSky performed the preparation of the raw source materials
to make them compact and useable by the creative departments
that would work with the associated media elements. Videos
were digitized and edited with state-of-the-art technologies
at the time. Hi-resolution drum scans were included of key
artwork and promotional photos. Lower resolution preview
images were created to make the previewing and browsing
experience fast and friendly. All of the high-resolution
or memory intensive elements were contained on the CD in
a compressed format and was only accessible on an as needed
basis. The creation of the CD was a vast improvement over
the traditional distribution processes at the time. The
world wide web did not offer the high-band width and was
not very secure. The movie studio would have to process
individual requests one at a time and then ship the materials
around the country. The cost-savings and compact data storage,
enable the studio to repeat this process for several years
providing savings well over $100,000 per year.
As the technology on the web evolved, LionSky moved the system
to the internet and phased down the CD distribution process.
The CDs were still distributed to some affiliate stations
that did not have high-bandwidth access or preferred not
to wait for downloads and slower web browsing speeds. Other
CD-ROM projects included CDs for Stargate, ABC Television,
3rd Rock form the Sun, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, Martha
Stewart Living, Profiler and Hollywood Squares.
Various software was used for the development on the project;
Adobe PhotoShop & Illustrator, Macromedia Director &
various 3rd Party Plug-Ins, Microsoft Word & Excel, SoundEdit
Studio, Debablizer Pro, Media Cleaner and After Effects.
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