Introduction to Moving Image Archiving
& Preservation H72.1800
Sept 9 Modes & Artifacts of Moving Image Production see entire
syllabus
Assignments due before class:
Visit American
Museum of the Moving Image for a minimum 90-minute visit. Must see
core exhibit "Behind the Screen", and be familiar with basic concepts of
film/video/audio recording and playback per "Shutters, Sprockets, and Tools"
(see http://www.ammi.org/site/online/)
Wasko, Janet. "The Way We Were: An historical
look at Hollywood and technology in Hollywood in the Information Age, Austin:
University of Texas Press, 1995, pp 7-20
Planned Topics to cover:
Who makes/has made moving image and sound material? Different
eras, modes of production have different artifacts. Role of manufacturers
and information industries.
What artifacts exist as a result of the production? What
gets saved and what gets lost? Knowing production process can aid identification.
Detective work and how ancillary materials are both cultural artifacts
and clues. Sources for gauges & types of moving image material.
Introduction of the Case Study of Production History assignment
Technical Handout
are some of the Professional Organizations
that Moving Image Archivists belong to? And at what conferences can one
learn about professional issues? (AMIA, FIAF, FIAT, AIC, AAM, MCN, SMPTE,
ALA, Orphans, SCS)
Agenda
Brief discussion of readings and visit to AMMI
Review of physical structure of film and film gauges.
Screening of film "Darling International" and discussion
with MM Serra, filmmaker and director of Filmmaker's Coop. Focus on the
production history of "Darling International" and the artifacts produced.
Introduction of assignment - Case Study of Production
History.
Review of concepts of video and audio recording and
physical structure of video and audio materials.
Scott said that when he does "Director's Cut" for DVD's,
he edits with the current idea of pacing
Producer Jack Rapke defended the idea of conning, by
saying that film itself is a con, starting with the actual modes and artifacts
Copyright
Howard got a call from an "environmentally oriented
children's film" shooting in Toronto (starring Time Curry and Jennifer
Tilly) that wanted to know about permissions to use images featured in
Howard's
T-Shirt Database
Howard got email from Electronic Arts Intermix about
restoration work on Ken Jacob's late 1950s Star
Spangled to Death. The film contains 26 questionable clips.
Do they really need to get permission to use each of them?
American
Oligopoly, The Orphanage Artist Collective, Washington Square Park,
Sunday Sept 7, 2003
On Thursday, September 11th at 6:00 p.m. At Cantor Film
Center, the Tisch Film Dept Directors Series is screening selections of
short films from the CLERMONT-FERRAND FILM FESTIVAL. Called by many the
"Cannes of short films", join for a discussion with festival director Roger
Gonin.