Restoration of Motion Picture Film
This is the first book to bring together the work of a modern motion picture film laboratory together with the specialist techniques for preservation and restoration of archival film.\ The books data has its origins in a training programme called FILM which was written by members of the Gamma Group with funding from the EU fund Force. The committee comprised senior film archivists and technicians in charge of film conservation departments or working film laboratories within national film...
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This is the first book to bring together the work of a modern motion picture film laboratory together with the specialist techniques for preservation and restoration of archival film.The books data has its origins in a training programme called FILM which was written by members of the Gamma Group with funding from the EU fund Force. The committee comprised senior film archivists and technicians in charge of film conservation departments or working film laboratories within national film archives, together with technicians from commercial laboratories which specialise in archival film conservation and who do not work for national and local archives. The final group consisted of many of the most experienced individuals in their fields.Restoration of Motion Picture Film is an extremely informative, well-researched book which is an unmissable addition to the bookshelves of conservators, archivists and curators worldwide. Film history and film conservation students will also find it of great interest and use.* Only book in English on this subject* Prepared by leading specialists in their field* Includes coverage of digital technologyBooknewsWritten by the Gamma Group, this guide details the technical, theoretical and practical aspects of film restoration. It opens with some background information on the history of film technology. The heart of the book describes the process of both sound and image restoration that sometimes requires manipulating the process of duplication and editing sequences in a different order. The concluding collection of specialized techniques and case studies includes , , deshrinking, scratch treatments, production of a grader training aid, flashing techniques, and black and white separations for duplicating color negatives. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Editors' prefacevii1Introduction to the restoration of motion picture film1Part 1Cinematographic Technology2Light, sound and audiovisual perception93Before motion pictures124The film making industry185Talking motion pictures256Editing, cutting and post-production357Colour408Motion picture film materials45Part 2Reconstructing A Film9Identification of archive film and interpretation of historical data5310Principles of film restoration and film reconstruction69Part 3Image and Sound Restoration11Film damage, repair and preparation8312Sensitometry and quality control10513Printing12614Grading14915Principles of duplication and contrast control15716Processing16717The restoration and duplication of early coloured films18018Restoration of natural colour film19519Restoration of film sound21020Video images and digital restoration of archival film216Part 4Techniques and Case Studies21Menschem am Sonntag: a reconstruction and documentation case study Martin Koerber23122The reconstruction of F.W. Murnau's Faust (1926): a case study Luciano Berriatua24223Film bases and tests24724Deshrinking and other treatments25225Scratch treatments25526Film cements25727Printers for shrunken film25828Production of a grader training aid26229Black and white duplication methods26630Flashing techniques for film26931Original tinting and toning techniques and their adaption for the restoration of archive film27132Recording and reproducing the original tints and tones of Quo Vadis (1912): a technical case study28133The Desmet method for restoring tinted and toned films28734Laboratory Aim Density values and other useful data for duplication29135Duplication of colour negatives using colour intermediate film stocks29336Duplication of colour prints using colour internegative (or camera negative) film stocks29537Black and white separations for duplicating, preserving and restoring colour negatives and prints29838Notes on the schematic diagrams of Technicolor restoration routes30439Notes on restoring subtractive two-colour process prints31040Sound restoration case studies314Glossary of terms317Bibliography342Index357
\ From the Publisher'This book has been written by those who care for motion picture film. And it shows.'\ New Heritage Magazine\ 'Extremely useful'\ Lecturer, Columbia College Chicago\ \ \ \ \ \ BooknewsWritten by the Gamma Group, this guide details the technical, theoretical and practical aspects of film restoration. It opens with some background information on the history of film technology. The heart of the book describes the process of both sound and image restoration that sometimes requires manipulating the process of duplication and editing sequences in a different order. The concluding collection of specialized techniques and case studies includes , , deshrinking, scratch treatments, production of a grader training aid, flashing techniques, and black and white separations for duplicating color negatives. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
