Dennis Doros <[email protected]> wrote:
>Lawrence, > >The first and foremost thing is that the Association of Moving Image >Archivists website has a brand-new Supplier Directory ><http://www.amianet.org/sites/all/files/Supplier%20Diretory%20-%202014.03.pdf> >that lists many of the resources anyone needs for the preservation of your >materials. It's being updated constantly. > >Secondly, you should have a plan for what you are doing. > >If you are thinking preservation, you have to do 2K or 4K scanning rather >than HD transfers. You should ask for copies of the digital DPX files in >both the raw scan and "fixed" scans if you are doing any timing or cleanup. >Then you should also have them deliver the final uncompressed or FinalCut >Pro files for your use. The files should be given to you on both hard drive >and LTO-6 tape (if you can get it -- if not, LTO5 would be fine.) They >should both be migrated every four or five years. For my hard drives, I >always buy a very large drive (usually 8TB to 12TB) for one or two films >since you will want a mirror raid on it. For extremely expensive projects, >I put them on two hard drives. Yes, it sound very OCD, but this is about >preservation and redundancy, not about expediency. > >As for a film at 18fps. You should first scan it at 24p and keep that raw >scan. If you are doing any dust and scratch removal, it has to also be done >at 24p and be kept. That will be your preservation master. Then, the lab >can create a 18fps umcompressed or FCP file and synch it to sound. > >I'm working with Jack Rizzo's Metro Post now and they are doing a very good >job. I've worked with ColorLab many times and I trust them implicitly as >well. It would also be a matter of doing your research and seeing what the >best transfer would be for your material. I always ask what scanners and >software they will be using and read the recent papers that are coming out >of the new research on scanners, etc. > > >Best regards, >Dennis Doros >Milestone Film & Video >PO Box 128 / Harrington Park, NJ 07640 >Phone: 201-767-3117 / Fax: 201-767-3035 / Email: [email protected] > >Visit our main website! www.milestonefilms.com >Visit our new websites! www.mspresents.com, www.portraitofjason.com, >www.shirleyclarkefilms.com, >To see or download our 2014 Video Catalog, click here ><http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0150/7896/files/2014MilestoneVideoCatalog.pdf?75> >! > > >Support "Milestone Film" on Facebook ><http://www.facebook.com/pages/Milestone-Film/22348485426> and Twitter ><https://twitter.com/#!/MilestoneFilms>! > > >See the website: Association of Moving Image Archivists ><http://www.amianet.org/> and like them on Facebook ><http://www.facebook.com/pages/Association-of-Moving-Image-Archivists/86854559717> _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
