ctio, Author at Academy Digital Preservation Forum

File Systems and the Cloud for Digital Archival of Motion Picture Assets

By ctio | January 6, 2025 |

1. Introduction Motion picture productions generate vast amounts of digital data. To provide a sense of scale, imagine a motion…

Digital Storage Considerations and Devices for Archiving Motion Picture Assets

By ctio | January 6, 2025 |

1. Introduction Motion picture productions generate vast amounts of digital data. This data can be in the form of text,…

Understanding the forgotten world of analog film sound workflow to improve sound preservation and restoration

By ctio | July 26, 2024 |

It will be hard to forget how analog film sound technologies and techniques influenced our modern sound postproduction workflow after…

The Legacy of Chace Audio: An Archivist’s Perspective

By ctio | June 28, 2024 |

By Alejandra Espasande Bouza Dedicated to the unsung heroes of audio preservation and restoration Film preparation work bench with brittle…

Filmmaker Perspective: Debra Granik

By ctio | May 25, 2022 |

Director Debra Granik and cinematographer Michael McDonough discuss the evolution of digital filmmaking reflected in their twenty-year collaboration.

Why Well-Transferred Magnetic Masters Still Sound Wrong

By ctio | May 24, 2022 |

Featured image taken from The Miracle of Todd-AO, 1958 Why do well-transferred magnetic sound recording masters still sometimes sound “wrong”…

Practical Cloud Archive

By ctio | April 5, 2022 |

The ETC’s Archive Working Group has released a new white paper, Practical Cloud Archive, an exploration of digital asset preservation challenges.

Digital Preservation and the Consumer

By ctio | February 17, 2022 |

A number of questions arise out of the need for digital preservation to maintain its relevance in today’s file-based, fast-paced environment as the entertainment industry seeks to continue supporting the delivery of digital content to clients and customers.