'Digital Decay'

Crofts, Charlotte

Abstract

The fate of 35mm as an acquisition and exhibition medium is intimately connected with questions of future-proofing, archiving, preservation, and access, which are currently at the foreground of recent debates around screen heritage in the UK. In this article, I explore the threat of digital projection to the viability of the 35mm release print, the impact of this on film stock production, and how this will affect film preservation. Whilst these issues are universal, this article is oriented toward a UK perspective.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2008
• Deposit Date: May 17, 2010
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 9, 2016
• Journal: The Moving Image, Fall 2008
• Print ISSN: 1532-3978
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 2
• Pages: xiii-35
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mov.0.0015
• Keywords: digital cinema, digital projection, celluloid, 35mm film, digital exhibition, digital distribution, practice research, UK Film Council, digital restoration, film preservation, digital film
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1017813
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/mov.0.0015
• Related Public URLs: http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2012/02/13/pandoras-digital-box-pix-and-pixels/; http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/jbctv.2012.0096; http://alcts.ala.org/lrts/digitalage_bib1111.pdf; http://www.upress.umn.edu/
• Additional Information: Additional Information : Cited in: David Bordwell http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2012/02/13/pandoras-digital-box-pix-and-pixels/ Sarah Street: http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/jbctv.2012.0096 Karen Gracy, bibliography on Preservation in the Digital Age: alcts.ala.org/lrts/digitalage_bib1111.pdf
• Contract Date: Feb 9, 2016