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Thank you for this information Aaron, and to everyone else who responded to me both on and off list.<br>It seems like there's a wealth of material for me to get going through, although it's mainly in Japanese, and even more frustratingly for me land-locked in London, in Japan!<br>Still, I shall start approaching the various figures I've been directed to at the Film Centre and elsewhere and thanks again for all the help.<br><br>Best<br>Jasper<br><br>Midnight Eye: The Latest and Best in Japanese Cinema<br>www.midnighteye.com<br><br>More details about me on http://jaspersharp.com/<br><br><br><br><br>> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:21:17 +0900<br>> From: aaron.gerow@yale.edu<br>> To: KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<br>> Subject: Re: Resources on film stock in Japan<br>> <br>> Joanne is right that talking to archivists might be a productive <br>> route. That reminded me that Itakura Fumiaki of the Film Center gave <br>> an interesting talk at the JASIAS about tinting and toning of film <br>> prints in the silent era with a representative of Imagica. He might be <br>> someone to contact too.<br>> <br>> I should also note (not for Jasper, who already knows this) that there <br>> is a major reference book for film technology in Japanese: Nihon eiga <br>> gijutsushi (Nihon Eiga Terebi Gijutsu Kyokai, 1997). It has its <br>> drawbacks--it was written and edited by technicians, not professional <br>> historians, so there are a lot of typos, etc.--but it is a great place <br>> to start out. (My copy is back in the states, so I can't check it <br>> right now.)<br>> <br>> For the 1910s, I would also recommend just leafing through Kinema <br>> Record. Kaeriyama and the gang were real technical geeks and published <br>> a lot of articles on the technical nitty-gritty of film.<br>> <br>> For the postwar, the journal Eiga gijutsu (a Japanese equivalent to <br>> the Journal of the SMPTE), which began publication in 1948, should be <br>> a treasure trove for discussions of the transitions to color and <br>> widescreen.<br>> <br>> Aaron Gerow<br>> KineJapan owner<br>> <br>> Associate Professor<br>> Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures<br>> Yale University<br>> <br>> For list commands, send "information kinejapan" to<br>> listserver@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<br>> Kinema Club: http://pears.lib.ohio-state.edu/Markus/Welcome.html<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br> <br /><hr />Get a new e-mail account with Hotmail - Free. <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/' target='_new'>Sign-up now.</a></body>
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