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BFI National Archive Moving Image Conservation Research Laboratory (MICRL)
FunderUK Research and Innovation
Funder Contribution £998,500.00
Duration29 Sep 2024 - 28 Sep 2026
Funded underInfrastructure Fund
Project codeAH/Z506266/1
Open Access mandatePublications: NoResearch data: No
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Description
As part of the RICHeS programme, the British Film Institute (BFI) will create a national Moving Image Conservation Research Laboratory (MICRL) within our National Archive. Collections of film materials across the UK's nations and regions are huge, held within national and regional archives, Universities, Government bodies, and the wider GLAM sector. To date, they have not benefitted from applied heritage science in the same way as other media. Moving image collections can only be fully protected when the material composition and status of their objects are established and researched. There is currently no centre and no infrastructure for this work in the UK, and moving images technologies are therefore significantly less well understood than objects that are several centuries older. Newly developed research and results would be of direct value to an international moving image conservation community. To achieve this novel materials analysis, we propose to equip the MICRL with key pieces of instrumentation. Alongside, a new generation film diagnostic table will allow conservation film handling to make film reels ready for analysis. A microfading tester (MFT) will enable checking of fading of posters and other production designs prior to and after exhibition. We plan to also investigate its analogous use for motion picture film prints in projection. Interventive treatments will be investigated and fostered for wider access and use. Finally, the lab will be equipped for colour research to support increasingly accurate restoration, recording and presentation of cinema's splendidly diverse coloured eras. Moving images are important; they tell stories, have societal impact, transform and transport audiences, map societal change and more. The MICRL will enable national and international collaborative research, bridging heritage science, industry, and filmmakers, transforming strategies for care, and transforming audience engagement across generations.
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As part of the RICHeS programme, the British Film Institute (BFI) will create a national Moving Image Conservation Research Laboratory (MICRL) within our National Archive. Collections of film materials across the UK's nations and regions are huge, held within national and regional archives, Universities, Government bodies, and the wider GLAM sector. To date, they have not benefitted from applied heritage science in the same way as other media. Moving image collections can only be fully protected when the material composition and status of their objects are established and researched. There is currently no centre and no infrastructure for this work in the UK, and moving images technologies are therefore significantly less well understood than objects that are several centuries older. Newly developed research and results would be of direct value to an international moving image conservation community. To achieve this novel materials analysis, we propose to equip the MICRL with key pieces of instrumentation. Alongside, a new generation film diagnostic table will allow conservation film handling to make film reels ready for analysis. A microfading tester (MFT) will enable checking of fading of posters and other production designs prior to and after exhibition. We plan to also investigate its analogous use for motion picture film prints in projection. Interventive treatments will be investigated and fostered for wider access and use. Finally, the lab will be equipped for colour research to support increasingly accurate restoration, recording and presentation of cinema's splendidly diverse coloured eras. Moving images are important; they tell stories, have societal impact, transform and transport audiences, map societal change and more. The MICRL will enable national and international collaborative research, bridging heritage science, industry, and filmmakers, transforming strategies for care, and transforming audience engagement across generations.
