Sorry to all for the pitch, but this is brand new... As the editor, I am very glad to announce that Paul Read's long awaited, new and in-depth article: A Short History of Cinema Film Post-Production -- a summary as the basis for future research -- is out now -- and in-print as part of the "Weltwunder der Kinematographie" periodicle (Volume 8.2006. ISBN 3-934535-26-7, 336 pages) Written in 2006, Paul Read's 90-pages+ article features not only a structural and historical overview of film lab history but provides also a close focus on the coming and development of motion picture film post- production technology both at film labs and post-production facilities. This article comes with a great amount of references and sources, plus chronology (from 1834 until 2006), and has also additional chapters on: -- film dimensions, formats, gauges and aspect ratios-- continuous motion picture film processing machines-- motion picture film printers-- film grading-- digital projection technology, visual perception and the viewer-- vinegar syndrome-- the Digital Intermediate process This piece is very well suited to teach a coming generation of digital film makers and guide them to an understanding of their film making heritage on physical film material. It also serves very well to understand the "back side" of film history and focuses intensly on the basic approach and habitual differences between "film labs" versus "digital facilities". Finally, it is a great source of information for film archives and their film lab/film-preservation departments. The book contains 266 pictures on "ancient" and current motion picture film laboratory technology, some of them in full color. Here is a table of the general structure of Paul Read's article: -- In the beginning: the invent-as-you-go/kitchen sink/pre-industrial era (1896 - 1907/1908) -- The era of steady (but silent) progress, film labs and increasingdistribution (1907/1908 - 1930) -- The monochrome years (but with sound)(1930 - 1938) -- Colour, turmoil, confusion, war, and more colour and then... television(1935 - 1967) -- The years of almost no change(1965 - 1985) -- Digital in the wings(1985 - 1997) -- The digital revolution(1997 onwards) -- Where next? Digital to the rescue? I am pretty sure that Paul will give a short presentation during the forthcoming 62nd FIAF congress in Sao Paulo, Brasil (April 24-29). At the FIAF congress he will presumably discuss some of the issues that are also a hot topic in his writings: e.g. film preservation no longer on film material but on video/data-cassettes, Eastman Kodak CEO's policy towards the future of film stock production after 2008, the long-term-storage issue of data, film lab equipment becoming part of "museology", etc.... More information on the HCFPP book is available at the publishers sales page at amazon.de: http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3934535267/kulturcontent-21/ (There is also a complete TOC of the book title at the left-side column) All ten authors of this "motion picture film lab history book" are very proud to have succeeded with this publication, especially in times when only "digital hand books" seem good for sale even at speciality book stores. Currently we don't have have a book distributor in the U.S. or UK, but amazon.de does also ship to European and North American destinations. hope this info was usefull, bye, Joachim Polzer ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html