[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https:\/\/premierepicturesinc.com\/metro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/DSC01480.jpg” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” text_font_size=”1.2em” link_font=”||||on||||” link_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_font_size=”3em” custom_padding=”10em||8em|10em|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
In collaboration with Premiere Pictures<\/a> International, I<\/a>nc.<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”2em||2em||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” width=”50%” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font=”|700|||||||” header_3_font_size=”1.5em” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n PRESERVATION \/ ARCHIVAL<\/strong> is preservation of images \/ sound without manipulation. This could mean simply subjecting the best original element to highest quality long term storage conditions available. And further, funds permitting, production of best quality duplicate copies placed in highest quality long term storage conditions, which are completely separate and removed from the location of the original elements.<\/p>\n RESTORATION<\/strong> is the correction of unintended defects which exist in an available original element so as to enable a best possible reproduction of the original viewing experience.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#484d53″ custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||||true|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” width=”50%” custom_margin=”-4em||5em||false|false” custom_padding=”3em||3em||true|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_enable_color=”off” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” text_font_size=”1.2em” ol_font_size=”1em” ol_line_height=”1.7em” header_3_font=”|700|||||||” header_3_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_3_font_size=”1.33em” header_3_line_height=”1.5em” background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” custom_margin=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” admin_label=”there is still time” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n What we do:<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.5)” background_image=”https:\/\/premierepicturesinc.com\/metro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/AstronautsArriveonEarth.png” background_blend=”screen” custom_margin=”-10em||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” width=”50%” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”|700|||||||” header_2_text_align=”left” header_2_text_color=”#484D53″ header_2_font_size=”2.5em” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,3_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” width=”50%” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/premierepicturesinc.com\/metro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/PasoliniInternetPosterx2000.jpg” title_text=”Pasolini+Internet+Posterx2000″ _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_margin=”6em||||false|false” custom_padding=”1em|1em|1em|1em|true|true” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Funded by the J&J Arts Initiative, we are remastering the documentary film Piero Paolo Pasolini: A Filmmaker\u2019s Life<\/em>. Working with the original camera negatives that were being held in The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Archives for preservation, along with the original Italian soundtrack, the project will save this deteriorating film and create a new 4K digital master. Pasolini was regarded as one of Italy\u2019s greatest intellectual figures, often misunderstood and constantly at the center of controversy.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_4,1_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” width=”50%” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_margin=”2em||||false|false” custom_padding=”1em|1em|1em|1em|true|true” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Our current project in film preservation involves the N.A.S.A. motion picture library. This includes more than 350,000 feet of 16mm, 35mm, and 70mm film tracing the development of the United States space program from 1946 through the late 1990s. 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They are rare and unique records of people, places and specific times in history. Each offers a completely first-person view into the time it was recorded, making them especially valuable as historical documents. Everyone creates home movies even today, although cell phones and digital cameras have replaced 8mm and 16mm movie cameras.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” width=”50%” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” width=”50%” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/premierepicturesinc.com\/metro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JFK.jpg” title_text=”JFK” _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Augustus Sassa JFK Films<\/strong> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/premierepicturesinc.com\/metro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/CAAM.jpeg” title_text=”CAAM” _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n CAAM Memories to Light<\/strong> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/premierepicturesinc.com\/metro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/snubpollard.jpg” title_text=”snub+pollard” _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n \u201cLost\u201d Snub Pollard Comedy<\/strong> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https:\/\/premierepicturesinc.com\/metro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bunchoffilmstuffx1920.jpg” height=”20em” custom_margin=”-6em||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Film Preservation In collaboration with Premiere Pictures International, Inc.What is preservation and what is restoration? PRESERVATION \/ ARCHIVAL is preservation of images \/ sound without manipulation. This could mean simply subjecting the best original element to highest quality long term storage conditions available. And further, funds permitting, production of best quality duplicate copies placed in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":40,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-44","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat is preservation and what is restoration?<\/h3>\n
There is still time to save our precious film heritage, but decay is catching up with these important documents of history.<\/h3>\n
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Preservation Projects<\/h2>\n
Piero Paolo Pasolini<\/h3>\n
The Ken and Jacki Widder NASA Collection<\/h4>\n
The Ken and Jacki Widder Home Movies Collection<\/h4>\n
Past Film Preservation<\/h2>\n
With support from The National Film Preservation Foundation, we were able to preserve a newly discovered collection of JFK an RFK home movies shot by Augustus Sassa. The footage, over 40 minutes in length, offers glimpses of JFK as a personable young candidate on the presidential campaign trail, as well as footage of him years later, riding in the limousine in which he would be fatally shot. Using a wet-gate and a computer to control exposures and color correction, Film Center Laboratory made a preservation copy of the material that perfectly matches the original. The 8mm and Super 8mm originals, along with a 16mm print will go to The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Archive in Hollywood. The 16mm color inter-negative will be deposited in The Library of Congress along with a digital screening copy. The second 16mm print as well as a digital screening copy will be deposited with The UCLA Film and Television Archives.<\/p>\n
The Center for Asian American Media has an ongoing program of finding Asian-American home movies, and transferring them to digital files so that the families can reconnect with the memories preserved there. Our foundation has supported the project through the sharing of film handling and scanning equipment, personnel, and expertise. We also acquired a rare 16mm Kodachrome color film of an Asian family living in San Francisco in 1939, celebrating Christmas and visiting the fair on Treasure Island. The film was preserved by our archivists and screened at The Asian Art Museum in San Francisco in conjunction with a photo exhibit.<\/p>\n
The silent film era had many great comedians who never reached the level of fame achieved by Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd. Sadly many of them are no longer remembered by the general public. Snub Pollard, was one of the better lesser-known comics. The foundation recently acquired a beautiful 16mm black and white print of one of his one-reel films, entitled \u201cCash Customers.\u201d When we talked with a number of our archive partners in the USA and around the world, we learned that this might be the best surviving print of the film. With the help of Rob Byrne, Board President of the Silent Film Festival, the film has now been stabilized, corrected for speed, exposure and contrast. It is now ready for output to a new 35mm preservation negative and prints. This will assure a long life for this neglected little masterpiece of the silent screen. The preservation elements (negative and two prints) will be deposited with the Library of Congress, The UCLA Film and Television Archives, and The Academy Film Archives for long-term preservation, study and screening.<\/p>\n