Audio Mechanics http://audiomechanics.com Music and Sound Restoration Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:37:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 FOX Preservation Project http://audiomechanics.com/2012/02/02/fox-preservation-project/ http://audiomechanics.com/2012/02/02/fox-preservation-project/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:00:18 +0000 admin http://audiomechanics.com/?p=688 Audio Mechanics has been chosen to supervise the digital preservation of 20th Century Fox’s entire inventory of feature film sound assets. The process includes metadata verification, audio evaluation, digital transfer for preservation, audio QC, and detailed reports.

20th Century Fox Preservation Project

 

 

]]> http://audiomechanics.com/2012/02/02/fox-preservation-project/feed/ 0 The Elia Kazan Collection wins Film Heritage Award http://audiomechanics.com/2012/02/02/the-elia-kazan-collection-wins-film-heritage-award/ http://audiomechanics.com/2012/02/02/the-elia-kazan-collection-wins-film-heritage-award/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:00:33 +0000 admin http://audiomechanics.com/?p=666 The Elia Kazan Collection, by 20th Century Fox, has won the National Society of Film Critics’ Heritage award.  Audio Mechanics provided sound restoration for Baby Doll (1956), Viva Zapata! (1952), and A Face in the Crowd (1957).

]]> http://audiomechanics.com/2012/02/02/the-elia-kazan-collection-wins-film-heritage-award/feed/ 0 Word Is Out (1977) wins Film Heritage Award http://audiomechanics.com/2012/02/02/word-is-out-1977-wins-film-heritage-award/ http://audiomechanics.com/2012/02/02/word-is-out-1977-wins-film-heritage-award/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:00:49 +0000 admin http://audiomechanics.com/?p=659 Audio Mechanics’ restoration of WORD IS OUT: STORIES OF SOME OF OUR LIVES, by the Mariposa Collective, won the National Society of Film Critics’ Heritage award.  Restoration supervisor, Ross Lipman, UCLA Film & Television Archive. http://www.nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/

]]> http://audiomechanics.com/2012/02/02/word-is-out-1977-wins-film-heritage-award/feed/ 0 Job Posting – Audio Visual Archivist http://audiomechanics.com/2012/02/01/job-posting-audio-visual-archivist/ http://audiomechanics.com/2012/02/01/job-posting-audio-visual-archivist/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:28:19 +0000 admin http://audiomechanics.com/?p=979 [more]]]> Responsibilities: Inspect films frame by frame for all audio visual elements involved in the motion picture. Detail all problems and document any issues involved in the degradation of the film. Work with magnetic and optical tracks and inspect them for issues. Prepare detailed and specific reports on the physical condition of the film. Prepare a detailed plan for restoration, locating all elements to be preserved. Work with the company supervisors and film owner to outline the restoration and preservation protocols. Once the plan has been approved, be responsible for restoring all deteriorated elements and for then transferring the film to digital media. Utilize all engineering and archiving principals to effect image preservation, digital selection as well as heritage preservation. Utilize image cataloging principals as well. Submit inquiries to President, Audio Mechanics, 1200 W Mangolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91506.

Qualification: Master’s degree in Moving Image Archive Studies and experience using File Maker Pro.

Contact Information:

President, Audio Mechanics

1200 W Magnolia Blvd

Burbank, CA 91506

]]> http://audiomechanics.com/2012/02/01/job-posting-audio-visual-archivist/feed/ 0 Tora! Tora! Tora! http://audiomechanics.com/2011/12/07/tora-tora-tora-2/ http://audiomechanics.com/2011/12/07/tora-tora-tora-2/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:00:30 +0000 admin http://audiomechanics.com/?p=724 20th Century Fox turned once again to Audio Mechanics to restore Tora! Tora! Tora! for its Blu-Ray release on the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor. 5.1 surround, LCRS, and stereo mixes were created using new transfers of the original 6-track mag masters from 1970.

Tora! Tora! Tora!

]]> http://audiomechanics.com/2011/12/07/tora-tora-tora-2/feed/ 0 幕末太陽傳 http://audiomechanics.com/2011/10/12/%e5%b9%95%e6%9c%ab%e5%a4%aa%e9%99%bd%e5%82%b3-2/ http://audiomechanics.com/2011/10/12/%e5%b9%95%e6%9c%ab%e5%a4%aa%e9%99%bd%e5%82%b3-2/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:36:00 +0000 admin http://audiomechanics.com/?p=706 “The Sun Legend of the End of the Tokugawa Era” from 1957 is one of Japan’s most celebrated and critically acclaimed films of all time. The Japanese film company Nikkatsu hired Audio Mechanics through a recommendation by IMAGICA corp. to perform the audio restoration of this important film.

Sun Legend / Tokugawa Era

 

]]> http://audiomechanics.com/2011/10/12/%e5%b9%95%e6%9c%ab%e5%a4%aa%e9%99%bd%e5%82%b3-2/feed/ 0 Samson & Delilah http://audiomechanics.com/2011/10/10/samson-delilah/ http://audiomechanics.com/2011/10/10/samson-delilah/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:21:31 +0000 admin http://audiomechanics.com/?p=693 Paramount Pictures selected Audio Mechanics to perform the audio restoration of Cecil B. Demille’s “Samson & Delilah.” This biblical epic from 1949 won 2 oscars and will be re-released on DVD and BluRay.

Samson & Delilah

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