John Bailey on The Digital Dilemma 2

Last month, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences released The Digital Dilemma 2, a report on the issues facing movie preservation in light of the death of film and the unstable nature of digital archiving. The report specifically focused on the problem as it exists for independent filmmakers who may not have the money (or, sometimes, the knowledge) to provide for the long-term preservation of their work.

Says cinematographer John Bailey in a post on The ASC, "I doubt any of us knows just how all this will play out in the next several years. The dilemma of The Digital Dilemma 2 is just that— a catalog of challenges seeking solutions. The new digital image generating systems that we embrace with such passion are also the sources of their own content demise: in short, unless we find solutions beyond the limits of our current technology—many filmmakers are facing a digital fadeout. Or a total blackout."

Read his full post here.