Saving Film: Road to Film Conservation" Exhibition - Seminars
The 3-month exhibition "Saving Film: Road to Film Conservation" aims to lead the audience into the realm of film conservation, preservation and restoration. Through display of text panels, conservation equipment, video interviews of film restorers, researchers and programmers, we hope to enhance the public's understanding of the subject. Two seminars will be organized in September and October respectively. We have invited several professional film conservators and technicians to share with our audience their knowledge and experiences on various film restoration projects. Don't miss the chance!
Seminar 1 <Film Conservation 101: Inspecting the Film Stock>
Film inspection is the very first step, preceding all other conservation procedures. Through basic checking, restorers can find out any physical damages on the film stock, such as cracking, twisting, or defacement of the perforations; tearing and scratching of the film base and emulsion, as well as contamination by mould, staining and dust. All these adversely affect the film's image quality. With a fully equipped station set up at the exhibition, our film technician will go through with the audience each step of film inspection, allowing a close look at this important procedure.
Date: 26 Sept 2015 (Sat)
Time: 15:00 – 16:00pm
Venue: HKFA Exhibition Hall
Speakers: Stephen Fung (Assistant Curator II, HKFA), Ng Wang-hung (Film Technician, HKFA), Ip Ka-him (Film Technician, HKFA)
Conducted in Cantonese, Free admission
Stephen Fung
HKFA Assistant Curator, responsible for film conservation. Fung has previously studied digital film restoration in Italy, and has numerous years of experience in film conservation.
Ip Ka-him
HKFA Film Technician, previously worked at post-production companies and Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong), accumulated numerous years of experience in film inspection and processing.
Ng Wang-hung
HKFA Film Technician, acquired over 30 years of experience in numerous local film production companies and has thorough knowledge on film development and solutions to damages on film stock.
Seminar 2 <Conserving Film Now and Then: From Optical to Digital>
Since 1995, HKFA has been actively involved in the preservation of Hong Kong cinema─acquiring films, conducting research and organising historical documents. In 20 years, conservation projects of over 50 titles were done, including lost treasures such as Confucius (1940). We have invited former and current Heads of HKFA Conservation Unit Edward Tse and Koven Lo to join us at the seminar, to share with our audience their experience and challenges in protecting our film heritage.
Date: 24 Oct 2015 (Sat)
Time: 15:00 – 16:00pm
Venue: HKFA Exhibition Hall
Speakers: Koven Lo (Current Head of Conservation Unit, HKFA), Edward Tse (Curator (Preservation Service), Government Records Service and Former Head of Conservation Unit, HKFA)
Conducted in Cantonese, Free admission
Koven Lo
Current Head of Conservation Unit at HKFA, with years of working experience in handling artefacts and film conservation. Joined HKFA since the digital era, and was in charge of digital restoration projects for films such as Confucius (1940) and Colorful Youth (1966).
Edward Tse
Former Head of Conservation Unit at HKFA, thoroughly experienced in handling artefacts and film conservation. During his tenure, he was in charge of numerous optical film restoration projects, such as The Great Red Robe (1965), A Page of History (1941) and The Great Devotion (1960). He was also appointed as Technical Consultant of Southeast Asia-Pacific Audio Visual Archive Association (SEAPAVAA).