Cinevator
Product overview
The Cinevator Keeper is a new and unique concept for the archiving of digital media on film. Developed as a highquality, cost-effective complement to tape storage, the workflow and technologies incorporated in the Keeper are designed, first-and-foremost, to preserve and maintain the integrity of the source material. 35mm motion picture film is an ideal alternative to magnetic tape for preservation of a broad range of media formats. While largely unexplored as an archival medium for anything other than theatrically released production, the proven longevity and certainty as to future support of the format make the medium ideal for extended storage and preservation of valuable digital content. Such content could include high-definition broadcast television, camera original data from digitally acquired production, or digital-cinema content that does not see 35mm release.
How it works
The concept for the Cinevator Keeper is truly unique. The system will record both image and sound to 35mm colour negative film in a manner that allows for easy scanning and faithful recreation of the original: Key to the development of the Keeper was the simple assumption that if the archival reel is being accessed in decades to come, it will be a process of content recovery and that no digital reference to the look and feel of the original element exists. Thus, more than simply storing an image on film, the Keeper ensures that all information necessary to recover the original element is included in the archival film-reel itself. The Cinevator Keeper is about more than just recording HD video and audio on film. It’s a strategy for preserving digitally originated content on a proven archival medium, and preserving the creative integrity of that content for generations to come.
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