4-5 September 2012 Vietnam Film Institute Workshops 1

Preserving Sound and Moving Images –

and Providing Access !

Introduction of participants

Significance of film and broadcast archives

Significance of all sound and moving image collections

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Preservation

"Preservation is the totality of the steps necessary to ensure the permanent accessibility – forever - of an audiovisual document with the maximum integrity" –

CCAAA/UNESCO publication - Audiovisual Archiving: Philosophy and Principles, Revised edition – Ray Edmondson

Preservation of what?

Significant objects and information: things that matter So: does film (and broadcasting and other sound and moving

image content) matter?

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Significance of audiovisual heritage

Cinema Broadcasting: Radio and TV Recorded Music Other film, video and audio

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Cinema

The one medium that people love Popular for over a century Very wide reach compared to TV – for most of

the 20th century More diverse than TV (many more production

companies, including individuals) British cinema clips:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQiTf5lRC0g&feature=plcp

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Broadcasting

What people listened to and watched in the 20th Century (and still do!)

- 80% of young adults in the USA use broadcasting as a primary source of news

- 30% use newspapers

Americans watch 38 hours of television per weekBritons are not far behind:- 31 hours per week of television- 22 hours of radio[2007 data]

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Recorded Music

Oldest of all – Edison cylinders Widest reach of all Widest production base Economic significance:

UK £3.8 billion/year UK cinema: £1.6 b/yr

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“Other” audiovisual content

Most videotape is NOT bought by broadcasting Even in professional formats

Film, video and audio used widely in Industry: pharmacy, oil exploration, space ... Research: documentation, disseminaton, data ... Academia: ethnology, endangered languages ... Advertising and Entertainment Personal use: note the YouTube explosion

72 hours uploaded every minute 1 trillion views in 2011 = 140 per every living person !!

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Break – our collections

What does the VFI collect? What else is being preserved in Vietnam? What is the access?

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Tea/Coffee

After the break: Conservation, Digitisation and Preservation