FILM 350 Moving Images Archives: The Politics of Preservation and Circulation Units: 3.00
This course will introduce the history, procedures, and policies of audiovisual archives. Topics may include: the history of film archives (e.g. the National Film Board Archives); best practices in preservation and digitization; procedure and politics of digitization; and challenges in the preservation of born-digital art and video.
Learning Hours: 108 (36 Lecture, 24 Laboratory, 48 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite Registration in a FILM, MAPP, or COFI Plan.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Apply knowledge of historical social inequalities in film and video archiving to contemporary social movements and marginalized people's filmmaking.
- Gain practical skills in film and video inspection, preservation, and digitization.
- Synthesize, critique, and apply key theoretical concepts in the Department of Film and Media Archives and the ³ÉÈË´óƬ Archives.
- Understand the history of film and video formats and be able to identify audiovisual material.