a method and apparatus are described for embedding information in digital cinema content , including accepting a scene from a digital cinema content file , selecting a scene object in the scene to be modified with the information , determining a characteristic for the selected scene object and generating a scene build based on the characteristic , wherein the characteristic is representative of the information . the method and apparatus further include time - stamping , compressing and storing the scene build . further , a method and apparatus are described for embedding forensic information in digital cinema content , accepting a digital cinema content file having therein a plurality of scene builds , accepting a forensic code and selecting a scene build from the digital cinema content file based on the forensic code . the scene build , having forensic information , is thereafter displayed .