Archiving Tomorrow 2013
20-22 November 2013
Manchester & Media City UK
www.archivingtomorrow.com/

Archiving Tomorrow seeks to welcome, archivists, academics, producers, industry professionals, creatives and manufacturers to come together to learn, discuss and debate with an option of submitting a paper on a wide range of topics surrounding the transitional period from film to digital and the issues of archiving the various forms of moving image. We invite authors to submit a paper for presentation at the conference, or those who wish to attend to mix with others interested in the field.

Archiving Tomorrow takes an in-depth look at the revolution of film from specialised photochemical film to instant digital imaging. We invite directors, cinematographers, film students, academics, producers, technologists, editors, exhibitors and archivists to learn, discuss, and debate the issues surrounding the film industry. Archiving Tomorrow will consider all aspects of filmmaking, recording, editing, visual effects, color correction, distribution, archive and everything in between. At this time of change we investigate the effect of the options now available to film makers, the positive and negative effects they bring and what is possible in the future.

Topics: Transitions from film to digital, The future of film: relevance of film in cinemas and for the archives, Sharing knowledge of historical media technology, Archiving for the future and archiving future broadcasts, Digitizing: methods, best practice and innovation, Reaching consensus: industry wide standards, Online archive material and access rights, Metadata systems and management, Emerging technologies in archiving, Commercial and business development of archives, Digital asset management, Embedding archiving in production and creation.

Key Contributors

• Sue Malden, Chair of FOCAL International.
• Rachel Baker, Company Director of Frame 24 and formerly of Fujifilm.
• Dr. Christopher Lee, Programme Leader:  Film Studies, Media, Music and Performance at University of Salford and of Mancunian Film Archive.
• Dr Sian Barber, Lecturer in Film for the School of Creative Arts at Queens University Belfast.
• Professor Vanessa Toulmin, Director of the National Film Archive and Head of Cultural Engagement at University of Sheffield.
• Sam Fisher, Research & Development Business Manager at BAFTA.
• Karena Smith, Archive Consultant at BAFTA
• Sue Howard, Director of the Yorkshire Film Archive and North East Film Archive.

Submission of Papers

Full Track papers (8-12 pages) submitted for the conference will be peer-reviewed and if accepted included in the proceedings published in KES Transactions on Film and Television Archiving. Authors give the publisher the right to publish the paper, but apart from this, keep rights to the paper themselves.

Short Track papers in the form of an abstract (1-4 pages) may be submitted for presentation without inclusion in the proceedings.

First Submission of Papers: 12 July 2013

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