The Reel Thing
August 24-26th

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The program includes:

  *   Recovering Early Optical Sound: Joseph Tykociner's 1922 Composite Sound-on-Film System
  *   The Digital Post-It: Cataloguing Unstructured Metadata for Preservation in Distributed Databases using Open Standards
  *   Restoring The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez: The Result of a Long Partnership Between an Archive and a Festival
  *   Artificial Intelligence for Automatically Repairing Vertical Scratches
  *   HDR Video Mastering for Classic Cinema
  *   The Troop: Redux - An ACES Reformatting and Archiving Case Study Project
  *   Capacitance Cavalcade: The sorrowful spinning saga of RCA's SelectaVision CED Videodisc
  *   Analyzing Image Bit Depth in Digital Archive Deliverables
  *   FILMIC Virtualization Model for Digital Motion Picture Film Preservation: Harvesting more that is FILMIC in Digital Film Preservation
  *   Active Digital Preservation: Combining Digital Asset and Preservation Management Workflows
  *   Case Study: Restoring Behind the Door (1919)
  *   A 20th Anniversary Salute to the National Film Preservation Foundation
  *   The 1920s Western Electric Sound Recording System's Role in Developing the Architecture for Modern Film Sound
  *   Cinema Framerates: A Progress Report
  *   Case Study: Restoring Howard Hawks' Scarface (1932)
  *   The Rules of Restoration: Issues, Ethics and Choices in Digital Restoration
Evening screenings will include new 4K restorations - the US premiere of Howard Hawks' Scarface on Saturday evening, and the world premiere of Alex Cox's Sid and Nancy on Friday evening.

Curated by Grover Crisp and Michael Friend, The Reel Thing addresses current thinking and most advanced practical examples of progress in the field of preservation, restoration and media conservation.

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