Film, the Living Record of Our Memory

Film, the Living Record of Our Memory

Film Preservation (˝Get Involved˝)

What is Film Preservation?

FILM PRESERVATION: For many years, the term preservation was synonymous with duplication. When archivists inquired if a film had been “preserved”, they generally were asking if it had been duplicated onto new and more stable film stock. However, a broader definition of preservation has gained acceptance. Increasingly it is understood as the full continuum of activities necessary to protect the film and share the content with the public. Film preservation now embraces the concepts of film handling, duplication, storage, and access. Film preservation is not a onetime operation but an ongoing process. Even duplication must sometimes be repeated as techniques and standards improve. Like other museum objects and library materials, film needs continuing care to extend its useful life.

CONSERVATION: Conservation is the protection of the original film artifact. Film has value as an object and as a carrier of information. Many organizations guard the original from unnecessary handling by creating surrogate copies to carry the content. The copies are used for exhibition and research. The film original can then be stored under conditions that slow physical decay.

DUPLICATION: Duplication is the making of a surrogate copy. Preservationists consider film fully safeguarded only when it is both viewable in a form that faithfully replicates its visual and aural content and protected for the future by preservation masters from which subsequent viewing copies can be created. When making a preservation copy, preservationists generally try to work from the material that most closely represents the film as it was originally shown.

RESTORATION: Restoration goes beyond the physical copying of the surviving original materials and attempts to reconstruct a specific version of a film. Ideally this involves comparing all known surviving source materials, piecing together footage from these disparate sources into the order suggested by production records and exhibition history, and in some cases, enhancing image and sound to compensate for past damage. Film restoration, unlike art or paper restoration, always involves duplicating the original artifact.

ACCESS: Access is the process through which film content is shared with the public. Depending on the institution, access embraces a range of activities, from support of on-site research to exhibition on the Internet. In museums, libraries, and archives, the most common access media at this time are film and video.
(Source: NFPF The Film Preservation Guide, 2004 - filmpreservation.org)

Film Preservation: Continuum of activities necessary to protect film for the future and share its content with the public.

Film Restoration: Reconstruction of a specific version of a film.
(Source: NFPF The Film Preservation Guide, 2004 - filmpreservation.org)



Guides


A Self Preservation Guide for Film/Video Makers

(by Bill Brand with Toni Treadway)
http://helios.hampshire.edu/~wsbPF/downloads/Self%20Preservation%20Guide/Self%20Preservation%20Guide%20final%20edit.pdf

Analog Video History

(by Ashley Blewer, 2022)
https://archivesoftomorrow.com/data/video

Audiovisual Archiving (Fundación Patrimonio Fílmico Colombiano)

(in Spanish)
http://patrimoniofilmico.org.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Libro-Principos-y-te%CC%81cnicas-en-un-archivo-audiovisual.pdf

Audiovisual Archiving: Philosophy and Principles

(By Ray Edmondson - UNESCO)
https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000243973

Cataloguing Manual

(FIAF)
https://www.fiafnet.org/pages/E-Resources/Cataloguing-Manual.html

Digital Agenda for the European Film Heritage

(European Commission, 2012)
https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/c3ec2507-74fe-4631-9a44-21b7e8666e8c/language-en

Digital Cinema – Preservation (European Comission):

https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/rolling-plan-ict-standardisation/preservation-digital-cinema

Digital Film Archiving / Digital Preservation: The Cinema Preservation Package (CEN - European Committee for Standardisation)

[CSN EN 17650 - A framework for digital preservation of cinematographic works - The Cinema Preservation Package]:
https://www.en-standard.eu/csn-en-17650-a-framework-for-digital-preservation-of-cinematographic-works-the-cinema-preservation-package/

Digital Preservation Resources

(Digital Bedrock)
https://www.digitalbedrock.com/resources-2

Digital Technology

(FIAF)
https://www.fiafnet.org/pages/E-Resources/Digital-Technology-Guidance-Papers.html

https://www.fiafnet.org/pages/E-Resources/Digital-Statement.html

https://www.fiafnet.org/pages/E-Resources/Digital-Statement-part-III.html

https://www.fiafnet.org/images/tinyUpload/2019/04/Preservation_Digital_Statement_Final.pdf

Film Identification

http://www.brianpritchard.com/35mm%20Film%20Identification%20Version%203.2.pdf

(Brian Pritchard)
http://www.brianpritchard.com/16mm%20Identification%20Version%201.02.pdf

(NFSA)
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/preservation/guide/handbook/identification

(Alfonso del Amo - in Spanish)
https://www.culturaydeporte.gob.es/dam/jcr:3c3760a4-e887-4c78-a4ca-e8e2423746ee/clasificarparapreservar.pdf

Home Movie Preservation Guide

(AMIA)
http://www.filmforever.org/

Home Movies: A basic primer on care, handling, storage

(by Toni Treadway, 2009)
https://www.littlefilm.org/

Know Your Carrier: Identify Audiovisual Content

(Meemoo - Flemish Institute for Archives)
https://knowyourcarrier.com/

Kodak Resources

https://www.kodak.com/en/motion/page/storage-information

https://www.kodak.com/en/motion/page/storage-and-handling-of-processed-nitrate-film

https://www.kodak.com/en/motion/page/handling-of-processed-film

https://www.kodak.com/en/motion/page/chronology-of-film

https://www.kodak.com/en/motion/page/super-8-history

https://www.kodak.com/en/motion/page/filmmaker-resources

https://www.kodak.com/en/motion/page/kodak-cinema-tools

LTO specifications

(IBM)
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/STCMML8/com.ibm.storage.ts3500.doc/ipg_3584_meesi.html

Media Preservation & Digitization Principles

(by Mike Casey - Indiana University's Media Digitization & Preservation Initiative)
https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/27446

Patrimonio Audiovisual

(in Spanish - Compiled by Clara Sánchez-Dehesa)
https://csdehesa.wordpress.com/recursos/recursos-en-castellano/

Preservation & Care

(Library of Congress)
https://www.loc.gov/preservation/care/film.html

Preservation Best Practice

(FIAF)
https://www.fiafnet.org/images/tinyUpload/E-Resources/Commission-And-PIP-Resources/TC_resources/Preservation%20Best%20Practice%20v4%201%201.pdf

Preservation Guides

(NFSA)
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/preservation/guide

SOIMA Unlocking Sound & Image Heritage

(ICCROM/KIK-IRPA)
https://www.iccrom.org/sites/default/files/2017-12/00_soima_unlocking_sound_and_image_heritage_0.pdf

Storage

(AMIA)
https://amianet.org/wp-content/uploads/Resources-Storage-Standards-2000.pdf

Sustainability of Digital Formats

(Library of Congress)
https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2014/12/comparing-formats-for-video-digitization/

https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/

https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/video_fdd.shtml

The Digital Dilemma

(Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Science and Technology Council, 2007-2012)
https://www.oscars.org/science-technology/sci-tech-projects/digital-dilemma

https://www.oscars.org/science-technology/sci-tech-projects/digital-dilemma-2

The Film Preservation Guide

(NFPF)
https://www.filmpreservation.org/preservation-basics/the-film-preservation-guide

Timeline – Audiovisual Heritage

(Girona CRDI)
https://www.girona.cat/web/sgdap/cat/CRDI_Cronologies/angles/index.html

Tools

(Film Care / IPI)
https://filmcare.org/about_film

https://filmcare.org/ad_strips

https://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/research/environmental.html

https://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/education/publications.html

Video Preservation Resources

(BAVC)
https://bavc.org/preserve-media/preservation-tools

(Howard Besser)
https://www.academia.edu/22623846/Collaboration_for_Electronic_Preservation

(Jim Wheeler)
https://amianet.org/wp-content/uploads/Resources-Guide-Video-Handbook-Wheeler-2002.pdf

(Folkstreams - Resources)
http://www.folkstreams.net/vafp/video.php

(Cool Heritage - Resources)
https://cool.culturalheritage.org/bytopic/video/

(Video Data Bank - Resources)
http://www.vdb.org/category/resource/video-preservation

Videotape Identification & Assessment Guide

(Texas Commission of the Arts)
https://www.arts.texas.gov/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/video.pdf


The Living Record of Memory
A Spanish/Canadian co-production by El Grifilm Productions and Filmoption International
DIRECTOR & WRITER INÉS TOHARIA  PRODUCERS ISAAC GARCIA, PAUL CADIEUX  DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY DANIEL VILAR  MUSIC COMPOSER ROBERT MARCEL LEPAGE  CAMERA JAVIER TRUEBA, JOHN ASHMORE, ALMUDENA SÁNCHEZ, DANIEL VILAR  SOUND ÁLVARO SILVA WUTH, KYLE STANFIELD, SERGIO FERNÁNDEZ, XANTI SALVADOR  EDITORS ABRAHAM LIFSHITZ, INÉS TOHARIA  SOUND EDITOR MARTIN CADIEUX-ROUILLARD   MIXER MICHEL LAMBERT  ONLINE EDITOR & COLORIST PHILIPPE CARBONNEAU  COMPUTER GRAPHICS JULIEN CHABOT–PAQUET  POST-PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR ISABELLE BOUCHARD  TRAILER LUIS BERNADAS
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