UMaine Digital Curation · @DigitCurator
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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:

digitalcuration.umaine.edu/tel

#museums #libraries #glam #digitization #DigitalCuration #collections #archives #filmpreservation #film

Last updated 1 year ago

edonline · @edonline
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โ€˜Weโ€™re not taking care of itโ€™: 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

theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/

#film #filmmaking #filmpreservation

Last updated 2 years ago

GeekProjects News · @news
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IT News · @itnewsbot
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Collection of Old Films Rescued for Preservation - PeriscopeFilm owners [Doug] and [Nick] just released a mini-documentary about the ... - hackaday.com/2023/02/28/collec

#35mmfilm #16mmfilm #filmscanning #classichacks #filmpreservation #digitalcamerashacks

Last updated 2 years ago

UCLA CalRBS · @calrbs
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Jess McGrath · @JessMcGrath
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Back at MOMA in NYC for a double feature in their To Save and Project seriesโ€ฆ

#classicfilm #filmpreservation

Last updated 2 years ago

Janet Rosen :toad: · @jrosen707
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WhirlUpSea · @WhirlUpSea
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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:

youtube.com/watch?v=MjKXcwCPNg

#filmstrips #digitalpreservation #digitization #filmpreservation #uncommonephemera #obscuremedia #mediapreservation

Last updated 2 years ago

Andrew (R.S Admin) · @ajroach42
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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: mountaintown.video/videos/watc where you can download it directly to use and abuse as you see fit.


#publicdomain #filmpreservation #film #scifi

Last updated 3 years ago

Andrew (R.S Admin) · @ajroach42
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Finally ordered the 4k Telecine, so that I can up my 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.

#filmpreservation

Last updated 3 years ago

Andrew (R.S Admin) · @ajroach42
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Alright! I got a new setup for my 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.

#filmpreservation

Last updated 5 years ago

Andrew (R.S Admin) · @ajroach42
3662 followers · 59797 posts · Server retro.social

When I say "video gear" I mean two 80s ENG cameras, a hardware video mixer, my 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.

#filmpreservation

Last updated 5 years ago

Andrew (R.S Admin) · @ajroach42
3662 followers · 59797 posts · Server retro.social

A development in my 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?

#filmpreservation

Last updated 5 years ago

Jon Ippolito · @jonippolito
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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 ๐Ÿ”ซ ๐ŸŽž ๐Ÿ—„ digitalcuration.umaine.edu/tel

#filmpreservation #digipres #filmhistory

Last updated 7 years ago

joshuatj · @joshuatj
228 followers · 265 posts · Server glammr.us

Whoa, This is FUN! Must-try for those doing advocacy

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NEW GAME! Why do groups of people act smart, dumb, kind, cruel? An interactive guide to networks & humans:

THE WISDOM and/or MADNESS of CROWDS
๐Ÿ˜ ncase.me/crowds ๐Ÿ˜
source tweet: t.co/oRAQh7dSFt

#digipres #filmpreservation #glam #glammr

Last updated 7 years ago

joshuatj · @joshuatj
228 followers · 265 posts · Server glammr.us

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

Last updated 7 years ago

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

#filmpreservation #restorationasiav

Last updated 7 years ago

joshuatj · @joshuatj
371 followers · 388 posts · Server digipres.club

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

#stateofmotionsg #digipres #sejarahku #filmpreservation

Last updated 7 years ago