Class Film Technologies

Today, cinematographic reflection and thinking increasingly consider the technological dimension throughout history and its weight in the aesthetics of the works produced. Mastering the history of technological image changes in their relationship with the history and aesthetics of cinema allows the application of theoretical and epistemological tools in the multiple areas of practice in the archive field. Students will be able to identify, qualify and situate film works based also on their technique and aesthetics, in a new perspective of cinema historiography. It is also necessary the knowledge of the film image deteriorations, in a arquivistic perspective.

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The black and white photosensitive emulsion (perforations and image formats) (The different types of cinematographic elements: negative/positive/reversible/internegative/interpositive) Base 1. Cellulose nitrate - main formats 2. Safety” film and ‘Estar’ and ‘Cronar’ film - main formats 3. The “color” techniques - stencil/tinting/toning 4. Color processes and their evolution (additive and substrative systems) Physical, chemical and biological deterioration of cellulose nitrate / deterioration of acetates Physical, chemical and biological deterioration of black and white emulsions and “color” techniques  

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