[ecrea] Colour on Film: 1st International Conference

*Colour on Film: 1st International Conference*

*2^nd and 3^rd March 2016, BFI Southbank and Friends House*

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The Colour Group GB with the BFI and Hochscule fur Technik and
Wirtschaft, Berlin are organising the first international conference
about Colour on Film focusing on issues around colour film restoration,
and how and where these relate to the discipline of colour science.

The Conference will open on March 2^nd , 2016, 14.00 in London at BFI
Southbank with specially selected colour film screenings contextualised
by expert introductions, as well as an opening reception, and then
continue with all-day presentations on March 3^rd , 9.00-18.30 at
Friends House.. Keynote speakers include Prof. Barbara Flueckiger
(University of Zurich /,/ European Research Council project /Film Color
-. Bridging the Gap Between Technology and Aesthetics/), Prof.  Andrew
Stockman (/Colour & Vision Research Labs/ database), and Prof. Sarah
Street (University of Bristol, Leverhulme Trust research project,
/Colour in the 1920s: Cinema and Its Intermedial Contexts/).

Please see conference programme and booking details below

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*1st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE COLOUR IN FILM*
In collaboration with British Film Institute
and Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft, Berlin

BFI logo

HTW logo

murnau logo

old film photoI

Image from Im Land der Morgenstille
(Germany / South Korea 1925) courtesy
of So Won Choi, HTW Berlin with kind
permission of Benedictine St. Ottilien
Archabbey, Landsberg, Germany.



Wednesday and Thursday, 02 and 03 March 2016
National Film Theatre 3, BFI, Southbank, London
Friends House, 173 Euston Rd, London

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*Programme:*
DAY ONE*(02 March)* - *NFT3, BFI, South Bank*

14:30 - 15:30

	

*/Registration/*

15:30 - 15:40

	

Opening of the Conference

15:40 - 16:00

	

1Kieron WebbIntroduction and screening

16:00 - 16:20

	

2Prof Ulrich RűdelIntroduction to the screening /Das Raetsel von
Bangalor/(1918) a tinting restoration comparison

16:20 - 16:40

	

3Prof Barbara FlueckigerIntroduction and screening

16:40 - 17:00

	

4Bryony DixonIntroduction and screening

17:00 – 18:00

	

*KEYNOTE SPEAKER*
Prof Sarah StreetUniversity of Bristol, Leverhulme Trust research
project,/Colour in the 1920s: Cinema and Its Intermedial Contexts/
*/British Cinema in Colour: Creativity, Culture and the Negotiation of
Innovation/*
Choice of titles included in the talk: /The glorious Adventure, This is
Colour, Blithe Spirit, Black Narcissus, The red shoes, the Tales of
Hoffman, Moulin Rouge/ as well as Ealing Studios /Saraband for Dead
Lovers/ and /The Ladykillers/.

18:00 - 18:20

	

*/Q&A /*

18:30 - 19:30

	

*/Reception/*the Blue Room, BFI South Bank*//*

DAY TWO*(03 March)* - *Small Meeting House, Friends House, 173 Euston
Rd, London, NW1 2BJ*

09:00 - 09:10

	

*/Opening and introduction to the first session /*

	

*Session One*
Histories of Colour in Film– Chaired by ProfUlrich Rűdel

09:10 - 10.00

	

*KEYNOTE SPEAKER*
Prof Barbara FlueckigerUniversity of Zurich, Timeline of Historical Film
Colours
Bridging the Gap between Analogue Film History and Digital Technology

10:00 - 10:20

	

*COFFEE*

10:20 - 11:10

	

Kieron WebbBFI National Archive, Film Conservation Manager
A Colour Box: conservation of colour films in the BFI National Archive

11:10 - 12:00

	

Prof Ulrich RűdelHTW, Berlin, Conservation and Restoration of Modern Media
An Archaeometry of Colours

12:00 -12:30

	

*/Discussion/**//*

12:30 - 13:15

	

*LUNCH*

	

*Session Two*
In the Eye of the Beholder– Chaired by DrElza Tantcheva-Burdge

13:15 - 14:00

	

Anke WilkeningF. W. Murnau Foundation
Lost and Forgotten Colours – Case studies of Fritz Lang`s DER MÜDE TOD
and DIE NIBELUNGEN

14:00 - 15:00

	

*COLOUR GROUP KEYNOTE SPEAKER*
Prof. Andrew StockmanSteers Chair of Investigative Eye Research at the
UCL's Institute of Ophthalmology, Honorary Consultant at Moorfields Eye
Hospital
Colour & Colour Vision

15:00 - 15:30

	

*HALSTEAD-GRANVILLE TEA*

15:30 - 15:45

	

Prof Mike PointerVisiting Professor at the University of Leeds,
Secretary of CIE Division 1
Briefing on colour measurements

15:45 - 16:45

	

Round Table– *Q & A*
Chaired by DrElza Tantcheva-Burdge*
**plus all the speakers from days one and two*

16:45 - 16:55

	

*Concluding remarks, introduction to the 2017 Conference *

16:55 - 17:00

	

*DEPARTURE*

*Venue:*
Wednesday, 02 March: National Film Theatre 3, BFI, Southbank, London
Thursday, 03 March: Friends House, 173 Euston Rd, (opposite Euston
Mainline Station)

*Time:*
Wednesday, 02 March: 14:00 -19:30
Thursday, 03 March: 09:00-17:00

*Admission:*
There are several different ticket options available as specified in the
table below. Choose the type you
want and then purchase using the orange */Eventbrite/*button below. You
do not need a PayPal account
to do this but may use one of the popular debit or credit cards.

Tickets for the *Conference Lunch*(on Thursday 03 March) must be booked
in advance with your Conference ticket.
Otherwise you may purchase lunch in the in-house Bistro and Restaurant
or in one of the many local cafes or pubs.

*ENTIRE MEETING*

	

EARLY BIRD - before 18.30hrs  29 Jan 2016

	

Colour Group Member

	

£48.00

	

Non-Member

	

£68.00

	

Student

	

£15.00

	

LATE BOOKING - before 18.30 hrs29 Feb 2016

	

Colour Group Member

	

£63.00

	

Non-Member

	

£83.00

	

Student

	

£15.00

	

*DAY RATE- either day*

	

EARLY BIRD - before 18.30 hrs 29 Jan 2016

	

Colour Group Member

	

£33.00

	

Non-Member

	

£53.00

	

Student

	

£10.00

	

LATE BOOKING - before 18.30 hrs 29 Feb 2016

	

Colour Group Member

	

£48.00

	

Non-Member

	

£68.00

	

Student

	

£10.00

	

LUNCH on 03 March

	

£12.00

	

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your fee will be refunded to you in full. Apart from their
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liability for any other losses or expenses you may incur as a result of
cancellation.

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