This made my month. Someone made a fan restoration of the legendary PARAMOUNT ON PARADE (#ElsieJanis, et al., 1930). Featuring the great talents of #ClaraBow , #MauriceChevalier , #HelenKane , #WilliamPowell , #LeonErrol and #LillianRoth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmgpsVWKnhI

#oldhollywood #classichollywood #1930s #paramountonparade #ernstlubitsch #dorothyarzner #josephlmankiewicz #fanrestoration #filmpreservation

George Willeman's job is to preserve 100 years of film history at the Library of Congress. As one of the many speakers in our digital curation webinars, he explained to our students why nitrate film is paradoxically one of the most durable yet volatile audiovisual formats, depending on how you handle it.

You can watch our "explosive" interview with George here:

https://digitalcuration.umaine.edu/teleconferences/dig_willeman_teleconf_2018.html

#Film #FilmPreservation #Archives #Collections #DigitalCuration #Digitization #GLAM #Libraries #Museums

‘We’re not taking care of it’: why film preservation should be prioritized

A new documentary acts as a cautionary tale urging us to be more aware of how we store and preserve what we film and watch

#Film #Filmmaking #FilmPreservation

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/01/were-not-taking-care-of-it-why-film-preservation-should-be-prioritized

Collection of Old Films Rescued for Preservation https://hackaday.com/2023/02/28/collection-of-old-films-rescued-for-preservation/ #digitalcamerashacks #filmpreservation #classichacks #filmscanning #16mmfilm #35mmfilm

Collection of Old Films Rescued for Preservation - PeriscopeFilm owners [Doug] and [Nick] just released a mini-documentary about the ... - https://hackaday.com/2023/02/28/collection-of-old-films-rescued-for-preservation/ #digitalcamerashacks #filmpreservation #classichacks #filmscanning #16mmfilm #35mmfilm

INTRODUCTION TO AUDIOVISUAL PRESERVATION
instructors: Walter Forsberg & Siobhan Hagan

Apply using QR code or link in bio!

#audiovisual #avpreservation #audiovisualpreservation #preservationandconservation #libraries #archives #museums #filmpreservation #soundpreservation #mediapreservation #analogmedia #digitization

Back at MOMA in NYC for a double feature in their To Save and Project series… #classicfilm #filmpreservation

For the love of movies I am gifting this article from the NYT on film preservation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/movies/moma-to-save-and-project.html?unlocked_article_code=O1QQnU3X5n8dFnY_8Rmy6JfGXXLKVJ88sBcj4eoBw-931_A0ANYMqXNd_pTsI_ETJCPLJ08QoPC2MqTY1owNU_Ud9a5b9uUoBTz96H2nQsYnL042OhVVSHSSgA92HRMwZ_AoeuYhkL6U4Vw0cHuDEN_7llO8GWAQxpTYqgyColKIMVZiTevlxXr3UYRyWTgW7N8XByY2E6DSl-AGnqmCCgLqkRsCULo7mrY9nnNI_UDMmAdmApr_eBuMuayRmyb-o_Wq6G6kl3OC16hcbGGeU3DD8Szx6UxsDM3VrpsKM6JDK8JnRXOivMQNITeqz1pJfHHREKWEVkkrYrjW-GpAXwU&smid=share-url

#cineaste #movies #FilmPreservation #MOMA
FilmFoundation #LouiseBeavers #VeronicaLake #InvadersFromMars

Uncommon Ephemera this week, receiving and assessing the Seth Koehler collection, a massive library of filmstrips and accompanying analog audio media, recently donated for archival preservation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjKXcwCPNgw&list=PL1vMaLc8-3meEkHtesYRSXGaFysPPUc_R&index=7

#filmstrips #digitalpreservation #digitization #FilmPreservation #UncommonEphemera #ObscureMedia #MediaPreservation

Until I do my second transfer, here is a Public Domain piece of Television History that has now been liberated from oblivion, and is yours to enjoy, remix, review, re-use, re-release, abuse, archive, re-enact, study, or ignore.

It's available on peertube: https://mountaintown.video/videos/watch/1a4701a6-a754-4aa3-9feb-3100e4589e7b where you can download it directly to use and abuse as you see fit.

#publicdomain
#filmpreservation #film #scifi

Finally ordered the 4k Telecine, so that I can up my #filmpreservation game.

A few of the films we've already captured will need to be re-captured on the better equipment. Most of them, though, are probably good enough as is.

Alright! I got a new setup for my #FilmPreservation project and I was all set to spend the evening digitizing film, but I have a problem!

I blew the bulb in my amplifier section!

Film projectors make use of optical sound. That sound is delivered by a bulb glowing above a light sensitive circuit, over which the optical soundtrack passes.

No bulb, no sound.

The main bulb in this projector was replaced with an LED, but the sound bulb was left as is.

When I say "video gear" I mean two 80s ENG cameras, a hardware video mixer, my #FilmPreservation rig, my desktop which is currently my main capture rig, two newer cameras, and a couple of raspberry pis that do composite stuff.

At some point, once everything is set up, I'll do a tour video.

A development in my #filmpreservation project

It looks like many (but not all?) of my space patrol kinescopes are negatives. That's a little abnormal, and not something I've ever dealt with before.

I know I can invert the video in post, so I'm not worried about that at all, but I have no idea how/if I can capture the audio?

Anyone have any experience with this or insight?

Some takeaways from this highly entertaining convo with LoC film guru Geo Willeman: the most volatile film medium is ironically the most stable; famous directors are shooting digital and printing on analog; there's a mystery reel locked in the same safe as the Zapruder film 🔫 🎞 🗄 #filmPreservation #digipres #filmHistory http://digitalcuration.umaine.edu/teleconferences/dig_willeman_teleconf_2018.html

Whoa, This is FUN! Must-try for those doing advocacy #digipres #filmpreservation #GLAM #GLAMMR

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THE WISDOM and/or MADNESS of CROWDS
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What is inside my DPX? You can get one of these flavours and you wouldn't really know which!!

DPX was not developed for archiving, it's for production. Supposed to be just the intermediate between film and digital video. No one planned to store it for long.

#SEAPAVAA22 #filmpreservation #avpres #digipres

Janice Allen (Cinema Arts LLC.) on Digital Dilemma. "2000 years ago, Rosetta stone was created. It is still with us."

#filmpreservation #RestorationAsiaV

Caught a grey heron on a islet while a plane flew by during #stateofmotionsg offshore tour. Pulau Sekudu was a famous film location in the 50's. Some analogue films were lost. Without #digipres we won't be able to see any of the films. stateofmotion.sg #sejarahku #filmpreservation