The restoration, preservation and mastering of the Lantz Cartoons

Cassandra Moore
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Cassandra Moore: NBCUniversal, USA

Journal of Digital Media Management, 2024, vol. 12, issue 4, 294-307

Abstract: This paper describes the workflow and approval process for bringing Lantz Cartoons from the Universal Pictures vault into a DolbyVision HDR workflow, and preserving film and audio elements as part of the Universal Pictures initiative to preserve and restore its 112-year-old library through digitisation. The paper describes the unique processes undertaken in accomplishing a request to master the films for a broadcast distribution deal and how the dedicated professionals used their technical knowledge, workflow expertise and understanding of library history to preserve, restore and master 139 short films to fulfil the sale. The paper details the challenges of creating a viable budget for the work and demonstrates the significance of technology in protecting historically essential films.

Keywords: Dolby Vision mastering; successive exposure negatives; nitrate film; negative; restoration; preservation; Universal Pictures (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M11 M15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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