The fact that our audience appreciates the love of analog has not escaped us. The screening room has often been opened on request. But from now on, the doors will be open here - come along to the workshop when it's FILM AB!
Around a decade ago, digitization abruptly and completely changed the cinema landscape. Within a short space of time, films were no longer delivered to cinemas as 35mm film reels, but almost exclusively in the then new standard format DCP (Digital Cinema Package): initially on hard drives and now mainly as downloads via specialized platforms.
Although digital projection offers many advantages, Kino im Blauen Salon attaches great importance to continuing the tradition of analog film screenings. If a 35mm print of a film is available, it is preferred to the digital format whenever feasible and sensible.
The workshop offers the following content:
- a detailed look behind the scenes of the analog film screening in the Blue Salon
- an introduction to the history of film screening and the identification of various
film materials as well as image and sound formats - the analysis of the film material and preparation for the screening
- Manual loading and screening of analog film material, also in cross-fade mode with two projectors
We offer the four-hour taster course for €40 per person (free for
HfG students).
