Film preservation
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| - | '''''Shadow of a Doubt''''' is a [[1943]] [[psychological thriller]] directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]]. | + | The '''film preservation''', or '''film restoration''', movement is an ongoing project among film historians, archivists, [[museum]]s, and [[non-profit]] organizations to rescue decaying [[film stock]] and preserve the images which they contain. In the widest sense, preservation nowadays assures that a movie will continue to exist, as close to its original form as possible. |
| - | Written by [[Gordon McDonell]], [[Thornton Wilder]], [[Sally Benson]] and [[Alma Reville]], it stars [[Teresa Wright]], [[Joseph Cotten]], [[Macdonald Carey]], [[Patricia Collinge]], [[Henry Travers]] and [[Hume Cronyn]]. | + | For many years the term “preservation” used to be a synonym of “duplication” only. The preservationist’s goal was to create a durable copy without significant loss of quality. Film preservation now holds the concepts of handling, duplication, storage, and access. The archivist’s job these days is to protect the film and at the same time share the content with the public. |
| - | Hitchcock himself often said that this was his favorite of all the films he had directed. | + | It should be distinguished from [[Historical revisionism (negationism)|film revisionism]], in which long-completed films are subjected to [[outtake]]s never previously seen being inserted, new music scores and/or sound effects being added, black-and-white film being [[Film colorization|colorized]] or converted to [[Dolby]] stereo, or minor [[film editing|edits]] or other cosmetic changes being made, regardless of reason. |
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| - | It has been deemed "[[culturally significant]]" by the U.S. [[Library of Congress]]. ''Shadow of a Doubt'' has also been selected for [[Film preservation|preservation]] in the [[National Film Registry]]. | + | * [[3D LUT]] |
| + | * [[Academy Film Archive]] | ||
| + | * [[Conservation and restoration of film]] | ||
| + | * [[Digital cinematography]] | ||
| + | * [[Digital intermediate]] | ||
| + | * [[Direct to Disk Recording]] | ||
| + | * [[Film recorder]] | ||
| + | * [[Film-out]] | ||
| + | * [[Inpainting]] | ||
| + | * [[List of film formats]] | ||
| + | * [[List of national archives]] | ||
| + | * [[Media Preservation Foundation]] | ||
| + | * [[Museum of the Moving Image (New York City)]] | ||
| + | * [[National Archives and Records Administration]] - US | ||
| + | * [[Orphan film]] | ||
| + | * [[Post-production]] | ||
| + | * [[Preservation (library and archive)]] | ||
| + | * [[Preservation of magnetic audiotape]] | ||
| + | * [[Separation masters]] | ||
| + | * [[Virtual telecine]] | ||
| - | The film was [[remake|remade]] as ''[[Step Down to Terror]]'' ([[1958]]) and also had a considerable [[Theme (arts)|thematic]] influence upon ''[[auteur]]'' [[David Lynch]]'s ''[[Blue Velvet]]''. | ||
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The film preservation, or film restoration, movement is an ongoing project among film historians, archivists, museums, and non-profit organizations to rescue decaying film stock and preserve the images which they contain. In the widest sense, preservation nowadays assures that a movie will continue to exist, as close to its original form as possible.
For many years the term “preservation” used to be a synonym of “duplication” only. The preservationist’s goal was to create a durable copy without significant loss of quality. Film preservation now holds the concepts of handling, duplication, storage, and access. The archivist’s job these days is to protect the film and at the same time share the content with the public.
It should be distinguished from film revisionism, in which long-completed films are subjected to outtakes never previously seen being inserted, new music scores and/or sound effects being added, black-and-white film being colorized or converted to Dolby stereo, or minor edits or other cosmetic changes being made, regardless of reason.
See also
- 3D LUT
- Academy Film Archive
- Conservation and restoration of film
- Digital cinematography
- Digital intermediate
- Direct to Disk Recording
- Film recorder
- Film-out
- Inpainting
- List of film formats
- List of national archives
- Media Preservation Foundation
- Museum of the Moving Image (New York City)
- National Archives and Records Administration - US
- Orphan film
- Post-production
- Preservation (library and archive)
- Preservation of magnetic audiotape
- Separation masters
- Virtual telecine
