2013 Archive

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Ronny Temme

Production Company:

EYE Film Institute Netherlands

Miriam Walsh

Synopsis

London - The Modern Babylon

Lawrence of Arabia

Production Company:

Sony Pictures Entertainment

Country of Production:

USA

Involved Partners:

Restored in 4K at Sony Pictures Colorworks; Audio restoration by Chace Audio by Deluxe; 8K Film Scanning by FotoKem; Digital Image Restoration by MTI Film, Prasad Group and Colorworks

Synopsis

One of the screen's grandest epics, this monumental story recounts the true life experiences of T.E. Lawrence, better known to the world as Lawrence of Arabia. A young, idealistic British officer in WWI, Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) is assigned to the camp of Prince Feisal (Alec Guinness), an Arab tribal chieftain and leader in a revolt against the Turks. In a series of brilliant tactical maneuvers, Lawrence leads fifty of Feisal's men in a tortured three week crossing of the Nefud Desert to attack the strategic Turkish held port of Aqaba. And following his successful raids against Turkish troops and trains, Lawrence's triumphant leadership and unyielding courage gain him nearly god-like status among his Arab brothers. Lean's masterpiece from 1962, stands not only as one of the great films in the Columbia Pictures library, but one of the greatest films ever made. In preparation for its 50th anniversary release on Blu-ray Disc and in theaters, the film has undergone an extensive, fully 4K digital restoration.

Archival highlights

1. Describe the element/s used for restoration, stating gauge and nature and specific problems associated with them:
The work to create a newly restored Lawrence of Arabia for 2012 came about because we wanted to present the film in the best way possible for its anniversary. The plan was to fix the damage to the film that couldn't be fixed during the 1988 restoration simply because the technology to do so did not exist at the time. This version of the film, as it exists in the restored 65mm original negative, was the basis of the new restoration work.

2. State the original aspect ratio and format:
The original 65mm negative has an aspect ratio of 2:2:1 and was intended for 70mm projection. For it's original release the film was also made available in "reduction" 'scope 2.35:1 35mm prints.

3. Outline the restored aspect ratio and format:
The restoration will preserve the original 2:2:1 aspect ratio in all available formats.

4. Explain where the work was carried out for each title (including labs and facility houses) and broken down where there are multiple titles in an entry:
The film was scanned on two large format 65mm Imagica XE scanners at FotoKem laboratory in Burbank. The files were then reduced to a 4K file size and moved to digital image restoration facility Colorworks at Sony Pictures Studios, where all the restoration work came together. Based on the type of work that needed to be done, reels were sent to Prasad Corporation in India for general image cleanup, while other particularly distressed frames were sent to MTI Film in Los Angeles. The 6-channel stereo masters created during the 1988 restoration were the source of additional restoration and re-mastering at Chace Audio in Burbank.

5. What methodology was used?:
The 65mm original picture negative was scanned at 8k (the equivalent resolution of the 65mm negative), generating a file size of 8192 x 3584 pixels. The files were then reduced to a 4K file size for the restoration process. Two things were striking about the 4K images when we first viewed them. One was how sharp and detailed the images were and, two, how much damage and wear and tear was evident on the film. The negative itself manifested many of the kinds of issues one would expect from a film of this vintage, including slight color fading and the wear and tear of many original prints having been struck from it. The negative was warped, dried out, with chemical stains in many places. Throughout the film there were sections, which we thought were mostly in the 2nd unit footage, where the camera rolls had suffered an exposure that resulted in the emulsion drying and cracking, resulting in hundreds of small vertical fissures in each frame. Although this problem had always existed, looking a bit like white columns of light or streaks on release prints, the problem had clearly gotten worse over the decades. These cracks are thin, irregular lines 1 to 3 pixels wide separated by as little as 1 pixel in a 4K frame. We found this particular problem to be evident in almost every reel of the film, so it was not relegated to the 2nd unit footage. Each defect was unique and one solution would not work for all. MTI Film developed new algorithms as the months went by modifying existing software to help repair this problem and with much manual intervention. Some scratches running through multiple shots in certain scenes proved especially difficult to remove while being careful not to alter the underlying imagery and grain structure, particularly with faces of characters.

6. What preservation elements have been generated and where will they be stored?:
Unrestored 8K files, restored 4K files, new 65mm DI, new 4K and 2K DCP, new HD masters.

David Attenborough's Life on Earth and Trials of Life

Production Company:

BBC Worldwide

Country of Production:

BBC

Synopsis

The ground-breaking 'Life on Earth' in 1979 followed by 'The Living Planet' and 'The Trials of Life' cemented David Attenborough's compelling ability for presenting the wonders of the natural world. These series focused on the pitfalls and hazards faced by many species in the effort to survive. Memorable for many classic scenes featuring new filming techniques and fantastic photography ranging from being in the heart of an ants nest to swimming for your life to escape killer whales. Creating new High-Definition masters with stunning colour and clarity for Blu-ray release and future HD transmissions. Pictures derived from the camera original negative and handled at 2K resolution using the latest scanning and restoration tools to produce the ultimate version of this ground breaking classic and in a quality never see before, even when first produced.

Archival highlights

1. Describe the element/s used for restoration, stating gauge and nature and specific problems associated with them:
Standard 16mm camera original A/B negative Variable quality and sources of stock, physical wear such as fine scratches, emulsion digs. Wide range of grain and exposure. This restoration presented a number of challenges including variable elements with differing characteristics requiring meticulous matching to create a consistent final result. Due to the original production workflow for Trials of Life, A/B negatives did not contain the entire programme having both video archive inserts and electronically generated graphics and captions. Some inserts were up-converted using the latest software and carefully rematched to the film. Graphics were recreated in HD using Smoke and Avid.

2. State the original aspect ratio and format:
Original Life on Earth transmission 4:3 ratio originated in Standard Definition PAL direct from Rank Cintel MKII using graded 16mm showprint. Trials of Life and subsequent transmissions and DVD releases taken from later models of Telecine (Cintel MKIII and Spirit) transferred to digital videotape formats (D3 or Digibeta) but still from best available 16mm graded showprint.

3. Outline the restored aspect ratio and format:
Original 4:3 aspect ratio retained on all versions of restored masters however scanned area of frame maximised shot by shot providing greater image and higher resolution compared with underscanned existing masters. Delivered for Blu-ray and future High Definition transmission on HDCAM SR masters.

4. Explain where the work was carried out for each title (including labs and facility houses) and broken down where there are multiple titles in an entry:
BBC Studios and Post Production, BBC Television Centre, Wood Lane, London, W12 7RJ

5. What methodology was used?:
* Physical inspection and ultrasonic film clean. * 2k scan of 16mm negatives using DFT Scanity with IR dirt suppression. * Conformed and residual picture movement on joins removed using Nucoda Film Master. * Grading and processing of image as necessary (grain, scratch, steady etc) also on Film Master. * Manual digital clean-up via Diamante Dustbuster for large markings, damage and other defects. * D3 elements passed through BBC PAL Transform Decoder and up-sampled in Dark Energy. * HD titles generated in Avid. * HD graphics re-created in Smoke. * Final assembly in Film Master, shot matched against earliest available BBC tape copy.

6. What preservation elements have been generated and where will they be stored?:
Restored High Definition 4:3 pillar-box masters on HDCAMSR videotape. One copy now with BBC Information and Archive as BBC archive copy and one copy with BBC Worldwide for use as production master. Both stored in separate temperature and humidity controlled vaults at BBC I&A Perivale. Original film reels also held at Perivale in their Film Vault.

London - The Modern Babylon

Director:

Julien Temple

Producer(s):

Julien Temple, Amanda Temple, Stephen Malit

Footage Archive Researcher:

Miriam Walsh

Archival Sources:

BBC Information and Archives, BFI Archive, Studio Canal Plus, British Pathe, All fifty archives and individuals on the credits.

Production Company:

Nitrate Film

Country of Production:

UK

Synopsis

London " The Modern Babylon is legendary director Julien Temple's epic time-travelling voyage to the heart of his hometown. From musicians, writers and artists to dangerous thinkers, political radicals and above all ordinary people, this is the story of London's immigrants, its bohemians and how together they changed the city forever. Reaching back to London at the start of the 20th century, the story unfolds through film archive and the voices of Londoners past and present, powered by the popular music across the century. It ends now, as London prepares to welcome the world to the 2012 Olympics. Thousands of documentaries, travelogues, newsreels, home movies and feature films were viewed in the process of creating this film. The selected archive material ranges from early black and white 35mm to the high-def colour of today, assembled in layers just as London has been endlessly layered over by new arrivals and influences. The story of London's evolution since it was first captured on camera is not simply illustrated by the archive. Instead, the narrative emerges through the material itself, thrown up out of the vast sea of voices on the screen.

From Headlines to 'Tight-Lines' - The Story of ATV Today

Director:

Peter Raven

Producer(s):

Stephen Thwaites, Lee Bannister, Peter Raven, Emma Morley (Executive Producer)

Footage Archive Researcher:

Philip Leach

Archival Sources:

Media Archive for Central England (ITV Collection), Dr Paul Collins (Private Collection), Kaleidoscope

Production Company:

ATVLAND.productions

Country of Production:

UK

Synopsis

This two disc DVD chronicles the story of ATV Today from its beginning in 1964 to the last programme on 31st December 1981 and looks back at some of the big news stories that made the headlines throughout the three decades through new, exclusive interviews and over 150 pieces of archive film that hasn't been seen since broadcast. With contributors Chris Tarrant, Gary Newbon, Nick Owen, Bob Warman, Sue Jay, Reg Harcourt, Bob Hall, Wendy Nelson, Barbara Bradbury and Tony Wadsworth the DVD is packed with poignant and humourous memories of a hugely popular regional programme. MACE are very proud to introduce the Focal judges to this brand new DVD production which is the second DVD to made for MACE by ATVLAND.productions. The DVD, commissioned by MACE, has been made on a very small budget using footage preserved at MACE and, we believe showcases the high quality of production that can be made at a low cost through very close collaboration with archives and producers.

From The Sea To The Land Beyond

Footage Archive Researcher:

Tony Dykes, Bryony Dixon

Archival Sources:

BFI National Archive, Scottish Screen, Mosaic Films

Production Company:

Crossover in association with BFI and Sheffield Doc/Fest, with British Sea Power and Illumina Digital, for The Space

Country of Production:

UK

Synopsis

A web site which allows users to create/send digital postcards made up from 100s of coastal clips sourced from the BFI National Archive accompanied by music by British Sea Power. Initially designed to support the launch of the film at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival. A rare and possibly unique joint venture between a mighty fine rock band (British Sea Power) and the BFI National Archive to allow users not only to browse archive by coastal location but also to create a bespoke ePostcard, completely free!

www.landbeyond.co.uk

Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild

Director:

Miles Barton

Producer(s):

Miles Barton

Footage Archive Researcher:

Patrick Aryee, Lawrence Breen

Archival Sources:

BBC NHU Library, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, National Geographic via BBC Motion Gallery, Crossing the Line Films, Transit Film GmbH Munich

Production Company:

BBC Bristol

Country of Production:

UK

Synopsis

David Attenborough has witnessed an unparalleled period of change in our planet's history. In three personal films he looks back over the last 60 years, revisiting key places and events in his career including swimming with dolphins and catching a komodo dragon. He recalls the challenges of filming on a seething pile of guano in a bat-cave, standing in the shadow of an erupting volcano as lumps of lava crashed around him and being charged by a group of armed New Guinean tribesmen. He reveals what inspired him to become a conservationist and reviews our changing relationship with the planet. This series uses a wide variety of historical and HD archive to highlight events in David Attenborough's 60 year career, and the people that influenced him. Archive footage is at heart of this series, iconic wildlife sequences and memorable Attenborough performances are carefully crafted with his personal reflections to keep viewers gripped and amazed. The series also showcases rare footage of Prof. Konrad Lorenz, Prof. Stanley Miller, young Attenborough himself, as well as unseen photos from his 1979 mountain gorilla encounter. Care was taken to obtain the highest quality footage and where possible, Super-16mm film was re-telecined to full HD.

Witness 20th Anniversary Video

Director:

Stalkr, Dan Kern (Creative Director), Lizzie Eves (Creative Director)

Producer(s):

Colleen Cavanaugh Anthony

Footage Archive Researcher:

Maureen Cavanaugh, Christina Slater, Oliver Merchant, Katarina Horrox, Gordon King, Alexis Owens, Brad Glasser

Archival Sources:

Witness Archive, Getty Images, Al Jazeera, National Film Board of Canada, Catma Films

Production Company:

Stalkr

Country of Production:

UK, USA

Synopsis

Directed and produced by Stalkr, this video reflects on twenty years of exposing truth through footage, one video at a time. For twenty years Witness has been empowering activists to expose human rights abuses through video. They have seen and taught men, women and children to speak out about the injustices they have experienced and filmed their stories to share with the world and change lives. This video was central to successful efforts by WITNESS to raise additional funding for their twenty-year anniversary.

View the film online: http://www.stalkr.com/commerci...

Demonstrating archive can deliver scale and authenticity that's unparalleled as a breakthrough storytelling tool.

Faster Higher Stronger (Stories of the Olympic Games)

Producer(s):

Alastair Laurence, Francis Welch, Matt Pelly

Footage Archive Researcher:

Tim Jordan

Archival Sources:

Olympic Museum, Lausanne / OTAB, Ina, Kratky Film-Prague, National Film Board of Canada, Yleisradio-Helsinki

Production Company:

BBC Productions Bristol

Country of Production:

UK

Synopsis

History of the Olympics seen through the development of speed, strength, skill and beauty in four iconic events. The 100m,1500m, Gymnastics and Swimming. Interviews with Jim Hines who broke the 10 second barrier in winning the 100m at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, Nadia Comaneci explains how she scored the first ever perfect ten on the uneven bars at the Montreal Olympics of 1976 and Mark Spitz tells the story of his record haul of medals in the pool in Munich, and Lord Coe explains how he won 1500m not once, but twice. To illustrate these stories our award winning archivist Tim Jordan has found a veritable treasure trove of archive material " stills and footage " providing images from the 1896 Games to Beijing in 2008. For Faster Higher Stronger, BBC Productions Bristol, secured unique access to the film archive of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The series uses archive from the 1896 Games through to Beijing in 2008. Much of the archive used in this series has never been screened on television before. In addition to this collaboration with the IOC, our researcher sourced films from archives from around the World, much of which has never been seen in the UK.

Crossfire Hurricane

Director:

Brett Morgen

Producer(s):

Victoria Pearman, Mick Jagger

Footage Archive Researcher:

Jessican Berman-Bogdan, Jim McDonnell

Archival Sources:

Historic Films, T3 Media, Reelin' In The Years, Global Imageworks, ABC News Videosource

Production Company:

Tremolo Productions

Country of Production:

USA

Synopsis

A documentary about The Rolling Stones' unparalleled journey from blues-obsessed teenagers in the early 60's to rock royalty. The film was crafted with nearly 100% rare and never-before-seen archival footage of the band from the 60's to today, and was told from the unique perspective of the band members reflecting on their incredible career.

Finding the Footprints - A Look Back at Mise Eire (Lorg na gCos - Suil Siar ar Mise Eire)

Director:

Colm Bairead

Producer(s):

Cleona Ni Chrualaoi

Footage Archive Researcher:

Colm Bairead

Archival Sources:

Irish Film Archive, Gael Linn Archive, BBC Motion Gallery, ITN Source, WDR Mediagroup

Production Company:

Colm Bairead Ltd / Midas Productions

Country of Production:

Ireland

Synopsis

More than fifty years on, the definitive story of Ireland's most famous documentary film, Mise Eire (I Am Ireland) is told through the eyes of its director, George Morrison, key creative personnel behind the production and ordinary Irish people who experienced the film upon its theatrical release in 1960. Lorg na gCos is eminently suitable for consideration in the Focal awards, not only for its careful, intertextual use of archival footage of Ireland over a range of key periods in its 20th century history, but because it is a film that deals fundamentally with the inherent power of archive footage, charting as it does, the complicated creation and cultural impact of Ireland's great archival film, Mise Eire (I Am Ireland).

The Great British Workout

Producer(s):

Elaine Shepherd

Footage Archive Researcher:

Phil Clark

Archival Sources:

Scottish Screen Archive, British Pathe, Baim Collection, AP Archive/British Movietone, ITN Source

Production Company:

BBC

Country of Production:

UK

Synopsis

The madness of the British in pursuit of health and fitness. Wall-to-wall archive and comedic narration. These productions could so easily go wrong, being a three-headed beast - writers, producer and Phil " things could very easily slide out of control. In fact, this is a joyful and surreal examination of the British at their daftest. Phil sourced the most wonderful and mad archive and just when you thought things couldn't get dafter, up would pop another terrifying contraption to drop the jaw. Brilliant.

Booker's Place - A Mississippi Story

Director:

Raymond De Felitta

Producer(s):

David Zellerford

Footage Archive Researcher:

Alessandra Bellizia

Archival Sources:

NBCU Archives, Getty Images, Iowa State University/Motion Picture Services, Prelinger Archives, Univ. of Mississippi, Southern Media Archive, Special Collections

Production Company:

Eyepatch Productions

Country of Production:

USA

Synopsis

In 1965, filmmaker Frank DeFelitta made a documentary for NBC News about the changing times in Mississippi that featured Booker Wright -- an African-American waiter who worked in a 'whites only' restaurant. Booker went on national television and exploded the myth of who he was and his position serving the white community. 46 years later, Frank's son, director Raymond DeFelitta, documents a journey into the past and current day Mississippi with Booker's granddaughter, in search of who Booker Wright was, the intricacies surrounding his courageous life and untimely murder, and the role Frank DeFelitta's documentary may have played in it. We were recommended to submit by Clara Fon-Sing, VP/GM of NBCU Archives. We were also nominated for an IDA ABC News Video Source Award for best use of news footage in a feature documentary winner TBD 12/07/12.

Ukraine - From Democracy to Chaos

Director:

Jill Emery, Jean-Michel Carre

Producer(s):

Sallah Edine Ben Jamaa

Footage Archive Researcher:

Tatiana Woinarskaia

Archival Sources:

Yulia Tymoshenko personal archives, Zakryta Zona Ukrainian producer, Kanal 5 TV, The Barbarians - fiction film, amateur footage

Production Company:

Les Films Grain de Sable

Country of Production:

France

Synopsis

In 2012 Yulia Tymoshenko, muse of the Orange Revolution and former prime minister is jailed for 7 years. Such is the fate of Ukraine. To the west of Russia, Ukraine is already a democracy in the 17th century, Obsessed with these rebels Stalin eliminates 7 million in a state genocide. After Independence pro-Russian President Leonid Kuchma brings repression, corruption and murder. Revolt grumbles and In 2004 the Orange Revolution for democracy overthrows him. But, Its leaders fail to implement their promises and five years later under former criminal, President Yanukovych, Ukraine becomes a 'bandit state'. The regime forcibly takes over small businesses, its oligarchs control all the country's wealth, the Russian language is imposed... Omnipresent, Putin's Russia is back in the game. For Yanukovych to remain in power, Yulia must 'die or rot' in prison: A tragedy and comedy of errors, combining poisoning, murder, and geopolitics. This country is widely unknown, so is a lot of the footage from Ukrainian sources , (including private footage of the leaders of the Orange revolution and other amateur footage ) In the present political climate, the transport of much of this footage was somewhat hazardous... Typically Ukrainian, apart from the facts, the more recent archives also illustrate the 'colour' of the country and its excentricities, its sense of humour. This is notable, particularly in the film's portrayal of some political characters. Footage also shows the fantastic soviet-type celebrations, the wealth of the oligarchs who control the country. (eg the 2012 European World football championships...), footage of criminal dealings or the people's gift for organizing festivities: all elements which form a theatrical backcloth for the story. The footage clearly underlines how the criminal behavior of the current president is equal only to his ridicule by European standards and his total mis-understanding of democratic functioning.

The Secret Life of Rubbish

Director:

Chris Durlacher

Producer(s):

Emma Hindley

Archival Sources:

BBC, Birmingham City Council, British Visqueen, BFI/COI, Footage Direct

Production Company:

Lambent Productions

Country of Production:

UK

Synopsis

With tales from old binmen and film archive that has never been broadcast before, this two-part series offers an original view of the history of modern Britain - from the back end where the rubbish comes out. The first programme deals with the decades immediately after the Second World War. 90-year-old Ernie Sharp started on the bins when he was demobbed from the army in 1947, and household rubbish in those days was mostly ash raked out of the fire-grate. That's why men like Ernie were called 'dust'men. But the rubbish soon changed. The Clean Air Act got rid of coal fires so there was less ash. Then supermarkets arrived, with displays of packaged goods. And all that packaging went in the bin. In the 1960s consumerism emerged. Shopping for new things became a national enthusiasm. It gave people the sense that their lives were improving and kept the economy going. And as the binmen recall, the waste stream became a flood. As the programme sifts through the rubbish of the mid-20th century, we discover how the Britain of Make Do and Mend became a consumer society.

Grover Crisp

Synopsis

Over his long career at Sony Pictures, Grover Crisp has been responsible for overseeing the preservation and restoration of not only well-known classics such as Lawrence of Arabia, Dr Strangelove, From Here to Eternity, On the Waterfront, and Bridge on the River Kwai, but also many lesser-known titles from Sony Columbia's rich back catalogue, including the early films of Frank Capra and the spectacular Westerns of Delmer Daves. Grover's experience spans both traditional photo-chemical restoration and today's digital technology; in both, he has been a pioneer and a leader, and represents the state of the art.