Fleeting Film: Using Story to Seek Archival Permanence in the Transitory and Globalized Digital Visual Effects Industry

Samaras, E; Johnston, A

Fleeting Film: Using Story to Seek Archival Permanence in the Transitory and Globalized Digital Visual Effects Industry

Samaras, E

Johnston, A

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Preservation, Digital Technology and Culture, 2018, 47 (1), pp. 12 - 22
Issue Date:: 2018-04-25

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dc.contributor.author	Samaras, E https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5683-722X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Johnston, A https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8306-7507	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-05-25T19:03:15Z
dc.date.issued	2018-04-25	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Preservation, Digital Technology and Culture, 2018, 47 (1), pp. 12 - 22	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2195-2965	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/126022
dc.description.abstract	© 2018 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston. Archiving is a long-standing vocation, founded on principles such as provenance, original order, truth, evidence, preservation and permanence. A far cry from the visual spectacle and movable feast of film visual effects (VFX) - a transitory and globalized industry of disposable firms, ever-advancing technologies and a roving workforce which craft digital animations and seamless effects for the big screen. In this paper we utilize the concept of "story" as a premise to bring together the seemingly different vocations of archival science and film VFX. Through an exploration of digital film production and archival practice under the context of storytelling, we aim to highlight the need for archivists to work with the VFX industry to ensure evidence of this culturally significant aspect of filmmaking and cinema discourse is preserved into the future. As well present the argument that archives are more than collections of historical evidence. Archives are story - and archivists are storytellers.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Preservation, Digital Technology and Culture	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1515/pdtc-2018-0001	en_US
dc.title	Fleeting Film: Using Story to Seek Archival Permanence in the Transitory and Globalized Digital Visual Effects Industry	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - HCTD - Human Centred Technology Design
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pubs.volume	47	en_US

Abstract:

© 2018 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston. Archiving is a long-standing vocation, founded on principles such as provenance, original order, truth, evidence, preservation and permanence. A far cry from the visual spectacle and movable feast of film visual effects (VFX) - a transitory and globalized industry of disposable firms, ever-advancing technologies and a roving workforce which craft digital animations and seamless effects for the big screen. In this paper we utilize the concept of "story" as a premise to bring together the seemingly different vocations of archival science and film VFX. Through an exploration of digital film production and archival practice under the context of storytelling, we aim to highlight the need for archivists to work with the VFX industry to ensure evidence of this culturally significant aspect of filmmaking and cinema discourse is preserved into the future. As well present the argument that archives are more than collections of historical evidence. Archives are story - and archivists are storytellers.

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