Film digitization of 16 mm, 35 mm film in NRK. 25000 hours digitized using FDL90 and 60, and Pogle and DaVinci colourcorrectors.

1. DIGITIZATION OF FILM
IN NRK
-RESTAURATION , RE-USE OF OL EQUIPMENT

2. RESTORATION PROSESS
• The prosess started 1980’th copying tapes
• First 1’’B and then 2’’
• Digibeta for winter Olymics94 at Lillehammer.
• Re-use of Digibeta
• Videotapes copied to Digibeta
• Film scanned to Digibeta.
• Filmscanning project started in 1993

3. THE PROJECT
• 25000 hours
• 16mm, some 35mm
• Sound separate on16mm
• Problems:
• shrinking and dryness
• Vinegar syndrome
• Scanning project started with FDL90 and 60, and Pogle and
DaVinci colourcorrectors.
• The Telecine dept. scanned for re-use and archiving, besides
colorcorrection of new programs.

4. COLD STORAGE
• Rigth temperature (6-8°C) and humidity (20-30%)
• Room for acclimatize (12-14°C)
• Seperate storage for film affected by vinegar syndrome

5. IN HOUSE DIGITIZATION
• Filmscanners:
• URSA Diamond, Cintel Y-front (DaVinci)
• Memory, CTM Debrie (Colibri)
• Film cleaning: Ultraclean with HFE, Debrie

6. DIGITIZION WORKFLOW
Film cleaning
Film splicing
Filmscanning
PB
FCP

7. NEWS
• Newselements are spliced in half hour reels and scanned.
• All shunts are checked and replaced.
• Scanned to digibeta
• From 2010 scanned to file in our
productionsystem/digital archive
• News are cut in elements, and
connected to metadata from
our old arcivesystem.
• All news are prepared, latest 1982.
• 670 h left to scan.

8. METADATAFLOW
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What’s
On
SIFT
Media
DB
Manual clips
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Programplayer

9. STAFF
Restoration group in A&R from 2010
Spesial expertise
Senior employees
Online service for our
producers.
• Efficient workflow
gives short dealine.
• Filmscanning for archive.
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