Applications of Data Storage on Cinematographic Film for Long-Term Preservation of Digital Productions

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Volume: 121, No. 1, pp. 39–42
Abstract: Long-term preservation of digital film productions is a challenging task. Conventional storage media with relatively limited lifetimes require data migration at certain time intervals. As a result, today's digital archives need permanent care, maintenance, and thus financial resources. On the other hand, many cinematographic film materials offer an excellent long-term stability, and traditional archiving of the (analog) film negatives is both a safe and cost-effective long-term storage solution. This paper discusses an innovative approach that aims at using these well-established film materials for storage of digital data by means of “Bits on Film.” Various arrangements of the digital data on the film are suggested, optionally also with analog image information on the same medium. A major focus of the paper is on possible applications including a discussion of their practical relevance.
Publication Date: 2012-02-01
DOI: 10.5594/j18134
ISSN: Print: 1545-0279 | Electronic: 2160-2492
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/j18134
Author(s): C. Voges
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Christoph Voges studied electrical engineering at Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany, and University of Southampton, U.K. He received a Dipl.-Ing. degree in 2005 and joined the Institute for Communications Technology in Braunschweig, Germany, as a research associate after graduating. Currently, he is working as a consultant in the field of digital archiving, especially “Bits on Film.” — Voges has significantly contributed to several research projects and is author of various scientific publications. His specific research interest is digital data storage on film, including signal and image processing as well as error correction coding. Voges is a member of SMPTE, IS&T, OSA, and IEEE as well as the German societies FKTG, AWV, VDE, and ITG. He is also a delegate at the ITG Technical Committee 3.4 “Film Technology,” the AWV Working Committee 6.3 “Data and Storage Management,” and the AWV Project Group 6.3.2 “Digital Archiving on Film.”
J. Frohlich
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Jan Fröhlich is technical director of CinePostproduction GmbH. He joined CinePostproduction in 2004 leading the company to one of the most renowned digital intermediate facilities in Germany. During his first years at CinePostproduction, he developed the PNG-LUT format. Since then, Fröhlich has been involved in a large number of technically groundbreaking film projects, most recently Europe's first animated stereoscopic feature film “Animals United.” — Fröhlich contributed to a research project on the development of new production and archiving systems for digital television and cinema together with the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS), Erlangen, Germany. Furthermore, he gives lectures on color science and post-production at Germany's University of Television and Film (HFF), Munich and Baden-Wuerttemberg Film Academy, Ludwigsburg. Fröhlich is member of SMPTE, FKTG, and the German Society of Cinematographers (BVK).
Copyright: © 2012 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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