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Background
This subgroup will identify, explore, and develop ideas and tools that pertain to key issues in the reformatting of historical video recordings and motion picture film. For the reformatting of video recordings, one such issue is the identification and thorough documentation of potential target formats for digital-file-oriented approaches. In this arena, there are a number of very promising "working" solutions that will benefit from careful documentation, thereby increasing their standardization. For motion picture film, the subgroup will track emerging specifications from the industry, notably work being carried out by the Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. A preliminary analysis suggests that these specifications will be a prerequisite to a thoroughgoing specification for digital-file-form reformatting of historical film, especially for works in color. As those specifications take shape, the federal agencies subgroup will draft a "meanwhile" guideline: what are the best approaches for reformatting motion picture film before the new specifications have been drafted? It is worth noting that the field of digital-file-based moving-image reformatting is not as mature as its cohorts for still images and sound recordings. For this reason, this subgroup does not anticipate drafting a comprehensive sets of guidelines in the near term
Last Updated: 09/29/2008