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A list of resources and further reading:


===Online===
===Sprocket School hosted resources===
* '''[[:Category:Resources|Sprocket School resource list]]'''
* [[List_of_analog_film_exhibitors|List of analog film exhibitors]]
* [[Directory_of_manufacturers_and_suppliers|Directory of equipment manufacturers and suppliers]]
* [[Technical_consultants|List of technicians]]
* [[archives|List of cinema technology archives]]
* [[International_film_glossary|International film glossary]]
 
===Community, Discussion, & Professional Organizations===
* [http://filmprojection21.org filmprojection21.org]
* [http://www.arthouseconvergence.org/ Art House Convergence] / [https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/art-house-convergence AHC listserv]
* [http://www.amianet.org/ Association of Moving Image Archivists] / [http://www.amianet.org/community/list-serv AMIA listserv]
* [http://www.amianet.org/ Association of Moving Image Archivists] / [http://www.amianet.org/community/list-serv AMIA listserv]
* [http://www.filmadvocacy.org/ AMIA Film Advocacy Task Force]
** [http://www.filmadvocacy.org/ AMIA Film Advocacy Task Force]
** [http://www.amiaconference.net AMIA Annual Conference]
** [http://www.projectionworkshop.com/ AMIA Projection Workshops]
* [http://www.fiafnet.org/ FIAF - International Federation of Film Archives]
* [http://www.fiafnet.org/ FIAF - International Federation of Film Archives]
* [http://bksts.com/ BKSTS - British Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society]
* [https://www.societyinmotion.com/ International Moving Image Society] (formerly the British Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society)
* [http://www.arthouseconvergence.org/ Art House Convergence] / [https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/art-house-convergence AHC listserv]
* [http://www.film-tech.com Film-Tech]
* [https://www.filmvorfuehrer.de/ Filmvorführer.de] (german)
* [http://www.hi-beam.net/fw/ Frameworks] email list
* [http://www.hi-beam.net/fw/ Frameworks] email list
* [http://www.filmlabs.org/index.php/site/home/ filmlabs.org]
* [http://jc3.jp Japanese Community Cinema Center]
* [http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/ Mad Cornish Projectionist] / [http://www.wecanstillshowfilm.co.uk/ We Can Still Show Film]
* [http://www.ppttrust.org/ Projected Picture Trust]
* [https://www.projectionniste.net/forums/ Projectionniste.net] (french)
* [http://www.savefilm.org/ Savefilm.org]
* [https://www.smpte.org/ SMPTE (the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers)]
* Sprocket School's own [[List of analog film exhibitors]]
 
===Online resources===
* [http://mediahistoryproject.org/technical/ Technical Journals Collection] at the [http://www.mediahistoryproject.org/ Media History Digital Library]
** [http://lantern.mediahist.org/ Media History Digital Library] intensive search interface
* [http://www.archive.org The Internet Archive]
** F. H. Richardson's ''[http://archive.org/details/bluebookofprojecsevaaro Bluebook of Projection]'', 7th edition (1942)
** SMPTE Journals from the 1910s - 1950s: '''[[http://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Society+of+Motion+Picture+and+Television+Engineers%22 1]]''', '''[[http://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Society+of+Motion+Picture+Engineers%22 2]]''' via the Prelinger Library
** [http://archive.org/search.php?query=publisher%3A%22International+Projectionist+Publishing+Co.%2C+inc.%22 International Projectionist] issues
** [http://archive.org/details/libraryofcongresspackardcampus The Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060509065153/http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/newsletters/pytlak/?id=0.1.4.9&lc=en Pytlak's Practical Projection Pointers]
* [http://www.film-tech.com Film-Tech]
* [http://www.film-tech.com Film-Tech]
* [http://16mmdirectory.org/ 16mm Directory]
** [http://www.film-tech.com/ubb/gatekeeper.html Forums]
** [http://www.film-tech.com/warehouse/index.php?category=2 Manuals]
** [http://www.film-tech.com/warehouse/index.php?category=2#Eastman%20Kodak%20Film%20Notes Kodak Film Notes]
* [http://zauberklang.ch/filmcolors/ Timeline of Historical Film Colors]
* [https://www.fproj.com/old_website/home.html Future Projections]
* [https://www.filmatlas.com/ Film Atlas] A visual guide to film formats, soundtracks, and color processes.
 
 
====Preservation, Conservation, and Film Handling====
* [https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/preservation-research/film-preservation-plan/film-projection-guidelines/ National Film Preservation Board: Handling and Projecting 35mm Archive and Studio Prints - Voluntary Guidelines]
* [http://www.filmpreservation.org/preservation-basics/the-film-preservation-guide Film Preservation Guide] from the [http://www.filmpreservation.org National Film Preservation Foundation]
* "[http://www.filmonfilm.org/projectionguidev7.htm A Guide to Best Practices in Film Handling]" from the [http://www.filmonfilm.org Film on Film Foundation]
* "[http://www.filmonfilm.org/projectionguidev7.htm A Guide to Best Practices in Film Handling]" from the [http://www.filmonfilm.org Film on Film Foundation]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060509065153/http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/newsletters/pytlak/?id=0.1.4.9&lc=en Pytlak's Practical Projection Pointers]
* [http://filmforever.org/ Film Forever: The Home Film Preservation Guide]
* [http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/ Mad Cornish Projectionist] / [http://www.wecanstillshowfilm.co.uk/ We Can Still Show Film]
* [http://www.paulivester.com/films/filmstock/guide.htm Guide to identifying color film stocks]
* [http://www.folkstreams.net/vafp/ Video Aids to Film Preservation]
* [http://www.folkstreams.net/vafp/ Video Aids to Film Preservation]
* [http://filmonfilm.tumblr.com/glossary International Film Glossary] from the [http://www.northwestchicagofilmsociety.org Northwest Chicago Film Society]
* [https://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/support/technical_information/storage/handling_of_processed_film/default.htm Kodak Film Handling and Damage Identification]
* [http://filmonfilm.tumblr.com/analogexhibitors List of Analog Film Exhibitors] from the [http://www.northwestchicagofilmsociety.org Northwest Chicago Film Society]
 
* [http://mediahistoryproject.org/technical/ Technical Journals Collection] at the [http://www.mediahistoryproject.org/ Media History Digital Library]
====Small Formats: 16mm, 9.5mm, 8mm, etc.====
* SMPTE Journals from the 1910s - 1950s at the [http://archive.org Internet Archive]: '''[[http://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Society+of+Motion+Picture+and+Television+Engineers%22 1]]''', '''[[http://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Society+of+Motion+Picture+Engineers%22 2]]'''
* [http://16mmdirectory.org/ 16mm Directory]
* [http://www.olafs-16mm-kino.de Olaf's 16mm Kino] (in German)
* [http://super8wiki.com/index.php/Main_Page Super8wiki]
* [http://www.super8data.com/ Super 8 database] / [http://www.super8data.com/database/home/links.htm external links]
 
====Large Formats: 70mm, IMAX, etc.====
* [http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/ American WideScreen Museum]
* [http://www.in70mm.com in70mm.com]
 
===Research Aids===
* [http://www.fiafnet.org/~fiafnet/publications/GlossaryMasterCombo17.htm Glossary of Filmographic Terms] from [http://www.fiafnet.org/ FIAF]
* [http://www.fiafnet.org/~fiafnet/commissions/TC%20docs/Glossary%20Technical%20Terms%20v1%203.htm Glossary of Film Technical Terms] from [http://www.fiafnet.org FIAF]
* [http://www.google.com/?tbm=pts Google Patent search]
 
===Offline resources===
*Belton, John. ''Widescreen Cinema''. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992. [ISBN: 067495260X]
 
*Blasko, Edward, Benjamin A. Luccitti, and Susan F. Morris, eds. ''The Book of Film Care''. 2nd ed. Rochester: Eastman Kodak Company, 1992. [ISBN: 0879854790; Kodak publication number H-23]
 
*Happé, Bernard, ed. ''Motion Picture Presentation Manual: A Comprehensive Handbook of Projection Practice''. Rev. ed. London: The British Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society, 1979. [ISBN: 0856580732]
 
*Kattelle, Alan. ''Home Movies: A History of the American Industry 1897-1979''. Transition Pub, 2000. [ISBN: 0965449785]


*Kloepfel, Don V., ed. ''Motion-Picture Projection and Theatre Presentation Manual''. Scarsdale, NY: Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc., 1969. [ISBN: 0940690012]


===Offline===
*Sætervadet, Torkell. ''The Advanced Projection Manual: Projecting Classic Films in a Modern Projection Environment''. Oslo: The Norwegian Film Institute and the International Federation of Film Archives, 2006. [ISBN: 2960029615]
* Kodak's Book of Film Care
* Advanced Projection Manual
* SMPTE exhibition guides


*Uren, Martin. ''British Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society Illustrated Dictionary of Moving Image Technology''. 4th ed. Boston: Focal Press, 2001. [ISBN: 024051632X]


===Fun===
===Fun===
* [http://projectionistsproject.tumblr.com/ Projectionists Draw Projectors]
* [http://projectionistsproject.tumblr.com/ Projectionists Draw Projectors]
* [http://www.caboosebooks.net/planetary-projection Planetary Projection]
* [http://www.caboosebooks.net/planetary-projection Planetary Projection]
* '''List of Films featuring film projection/projectionists'''
* [http://www.sprocketschool.org/wiki/List_of_projection_and_projectionists_in_film Projection and projectionists in film]
** '''Featured roles:'''
* "[http://archive.org/details/Murderon1958 Murder on the Screen]" (1958)
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_of_the_Road ''Kings of the Road''] Wim Wenders, 1976
* [http://www.sprocketschool.org/wiki/Letters_to_the_Projectionist Letters to the Projectionist]
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock,_Jr. ''Sherlock,Jr.''] Buster Keaton, 1924
* Complete Issues of ''International Projectionist'' and ''The Motion Picture Projectionist'' from [http://mediahistoryproject.org/technical/ The Media History Digital Library]
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Projectionist ''The Projectionist''] Harry Hurwitz, 1971
* [http://www.northwestchicagofilmsociety.org/projects/leaderladies/ China Girls/Leader Ladies]
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_Paradiso ''Cinema Paradiso''] Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988
* [http://cinematreasures.org/ Cinema Treasures]
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smallest_Show_on_Earth ''The Smallest Show on Earth''] Basil Dearden, 1957
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inglourious_Basterds ''Inglorious Basterds''] Quentin Tarantino, 2009
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye,_Dragon_Inn ''Goodbye,Dragon Inn''] Tsai Ming-liang, 2003
** ''Projection Instructions''  Morgan Fisher, 1976
:: A good description of some of Morgan Fisher's films can be found [http://www.diagonalthoughts.com/?p=847 here]
** '''Small parts/individual scenes:'''
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Comet ''Night of the Comet''] Thom Eberhardt, 1984
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gremlins ''Gremlins''] Joe Dante, 1984
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Muppet_Movie ''The Muppet Movie''] James Frawley, 1979
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_%28film%29 ''Zodiac''] David Fincher, 2007
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_Club ''Fight Club'']David Fincher, 1999
**[http://www.reelparadise.com/ ''Reel Paradise''] Steve James, 2005
 
 






[[Category:Resources]]
[[Category:Resources]]

Latest revision as of 10:50, 18 June 2025

Sprocket School hosted resources

Community, Discussion, & Professional Organizations

Online resources


Preservation, Conservation, and Film Handling

Small Formats: 16mm, 9.5mm, 8mm, etc.

Large Formats: 70mm, IMAX, etc.

Research Aids

Offline resources

  • Belton, John. Widescreen Cinema. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992. [ISBN: 067495260X]
  • Blasko, Edward, Benjamin A. Luccitti, and Susan F. Morris, eds. The Book of Film Care. 2nd ed. Rochester: Eastman Kodak Company, 1992. [ISBN: 0879854790; Kodak publication number H-23]
  • Happé, Bernard, ed. Motion Picture Presentation Manual: A Comprehensive Handbook of Projection Practice. Rev. ed. London: The British Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society, 1979. [ISBN: 0856580732]
  • Kattelle, Alan. Home Movies: A History of the American Industry 1897-1979. Transition Pub, 2000. [ISBN: 0965449785]
  • Kloepfel, Don V., ed. Motion-Picture Projection and Theatre Presentation Manual. Scarsdale, NY: Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc., 1969. [ISBN: 0940690012]
  • Sætervadet, Torkell. The Advanced Projection Manual: Projecting Classic Films in a Modern Projection Environment. Oslo: The Norwegian Film Institute and the International Federation of Film Archives, 2006. [ISBN: 2960029615]
  • Uren, Martin. British Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society Illustrated Dictionary of Moving Image Technology. 4th ed. Boston: Focal Press, 2001. [ISBN: 024051632X]

Fun

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