Film Restorating 1

Course unit code:

373RE1

Course unit title:

Film Restorating 1

Mode of delivery:

zápočet

Range:

2/T

Type of course unit:

compulsory optional subject

Level of course unit:

Year of study

předmět nemá určen ročník studia

Semester when the course unit is delivered

zimní

Number of ECTS credits allocated:

1

Garant předmětu:

Name of lecturer(s):

Study Objectives:

Studenti se naučí pracovat s historicky cennými klasickými materiály,

osvojí si metodologii a postupy restaurátorské práce, obsahující teoretické a filmově-historické studium, a získají praktické dovednosti při práci s přístroji, které se k restaurování používají.

Po skončení studia mohou najít své místo ve filmovém archivu v Praze i jinde mimo Českou republiku, nebo se mohou soustředit na badatelskou práci v tomto oboru v jiných příbuzných institucích (vysoké školy, ústavy pro humanitní směry apod.). Znalost činnosti filmových archivů a jejich restaurátorské práce je užitečná i pro studenty, kteří se v budoucnu budou věnovat aktivní filmové činnosti (režiséři, střihači,?).

Mode of delivery:

Instruction takes place in the workplace, the screening room and in the restorer's workshop of the National Film Archives, Praha 3, Malešická 12. A presentation of the instructor's and technician's experience is used.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

No requirements.

Recommended optional programme components

Course contents:

Instruction location: dependent upon the number of students: theory lectures may be in the screening hall NFA Praha 3, Žižkov, Malešická 12, the practical instruction section in the restoration workshop NFA Praha 3, Žižkov, Malešická 12.

History of conservation activity and its issues in general and specific film categories.

Basic questions and issues in film restoration.

Practical activity: restoring selected films in all phase from the beginning of restoring to the final verson of the film (or its parts) and final documentation.

Introduction to the National Film Archive and its activities.

1) Introduction

- History of art monument conservation

- Modern approaches in restoring art monuments with an emphasis on the basic practices in that trade which also play a role in film conservation

- The demarcation of the four virtues of object conservation: aesthetic, historical, antiquity value and use value

- Introduction to the International Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and Sites, Venice, 1964 and other recommendations

- New trends in conservatorship in the 20th century when photography and film entered the care of cultural heritage

Number of class hours 3.

2) Terminology in Czechoslovak Filmography

Number of class hours: 1

Literature:

3) Introduction and instruction of practical activity necessary for film conservation

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3) Introduction and instruction of practices necessary for film conservation.

- introduction to the workplace and restoration equipment, their use (spooling machines, traction table, editing comparison table with two image, splicers, welders)

- introduction to film old and new film material, its damage and that which threatens it (emulsion and film base damage, ribbing, shrinkage, non-funtional perforations, moulds, up to material decomposition, vinegar syndrome, etc.)

- salvage potential

- pracitcal working skills with materials (ex; classic splicing, welding splicing, perforation repair, etc.

Number of Class hours: 5

4) Film conservation theory in comparison with classic artwork conservation (visual arts, architecture, commercial art, rare printings, etc.): What is film? - its particular considerations and structure, the position of film in the past and it significance in the present in relation to changes in aesthetic values in time. Issues with the double history of a work, issues of the original in cinematography

- the aim of film conservation

Number of Class hours: 4

5) Film technology in a historical overview to the present

- overview of the development of equipment for recording and projection

- the journey to production of celluloid film, various film materials (nitrate, diacetate, acetate, polyester

- B/W film, color - variations

- formats

Number of class hours: 5

6) Film arhchives as a guarantee of film heritage protection

- historical overview of the origins of the first film archive

- origins of the International Federation of Film Archives

- origins of the Association of European Film Archives

- the activities of both organization in the field of film conservancy

- inclusion of a film into UNESCO monument protection

- UNESCO and Council of Europe recommendations for the protection and preservation of film heritage

- origins of the Czech Film Archives, its formation and changes through the years

- historical overview of conservation activities in the FIAF archives

Number of class hours: 4

7) Care of film material

- a visit to the NFA in Hradištěk and Třebsín

- preservation (preventative conservation)

- regular inspection of preserved materials

- damaged material repair

- preparations for copying nitrate and acetate materials

- film post-copying inspection

- comparison of color process results (coloration, bending ,chemical toning)

- the final phase in preserving film material - reconstruction and conservation of films which require a conservator's intervention

Number of class hours: 4

Total: 26 hours.

Study materials:

Alois Riegl, Moderní památková péče, Národní památkový ústav, Praha 2003

Vlastimil Vinter, Úvod do dějin a teorie památkové péče, Státní pedagogické nakladatelství Praha 1971

Recommendation for the Safeguarding and Preservation of Moving Images, UNESCO, Generální konference (21. zasedání, Bělehrad, 27. října 1980

Il cinema ritrovato Teoria e metodologia del restauro cinematografico, Grafis Edizioni Bologna 1994

Mark-Paul Meyer,L´emploi des nouvelles technologie dans la restauration du film: probl?mes techniques et éthiques, Bologna 1996

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Assessment methods and criteria

Credit is awarded based on attendance and the completion of a brief essay from the selected literature.

There is an oral exam containing questions from lecture and practice activities.

Language of instruction:

Czech

Work placement(s):

Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.

Course web page:

Note:

Further information:

No schedule has been prepared for this course

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Audiovizuální studia - magistr (qualification subject)