I have always wanted to find out how my fellow filmmakers addressed this fragile state of archving of their films and rushes. Its an outstanding issue, for me especially since I (and 8 other Singapore directors) withdrew our films from the Asian Film Archive in 2010. So I thought to put this workshop together. It was well attended by about 20 filmmakers.
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“filmcommunitysg workshop
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HD Failure, Tape Mould and Other Catastrophies
Seminar on workflow management and archiving for indie filmmakers
How do we to protect our projects and rushes from HD failure, tape mould and other catastrophies – and organise them for easy retrieval and future screenings. Some filmcommunitysg members will share tips on how they manage their material and they will provide usable tips you can use for your own projects.
Date: Mon, 2nd April, 7pm sharp
Venue: Sinema Studio, Old School 11b Mt Sophia (thanks Sinema)
Free. Open to the public: but pls register email filmcommunitysg@gmail.com by 30 March so that we can get a sense of numbers (limited spaces)
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SPEAKERS
David Liu
“How I had to learned the hard way. (ie. lost data several times) how I’ve gone from stupidly using just one hard drive for all my data and backing that up, to assigning a hard drive for every project and setting up working hard drives for every year. I will talk briefly and how I shelve each hard drive and ensure that they are read every year when a certain movie needs to be screened or watched. Will also cover cloud processes, like dropbox to archive working project files.”
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Nicholas Chee
“My workflow defines each process and role from pre-pro all the way to delivery for the budget constrained indie filmmaker without sacrificing quality and security”
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Chai Yee Wei
“I will explain the philosophy behind the approach I use to archive my files on harddrives and how to set up the HD RAID for media protection. All these while considering the costs that will be incurred”
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Dustin Lau (who will be out of town)
Will read highlight his slides “Where old tapes and hard disks go to die”: What indies can learn from the ESPN experience
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Tan Pin Pin
Findings on mouldy tapes and dry cabinets
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Martyn See
Youtube as archive
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This is part of a series of presentations from members to others in the community. Previous presentations have included DSLR rigs, The Film Act, Camera demos. Everyone, even those not in filmcommunitysg are welcome to these sessions. We start at 7pm sharp
