What Does a Film Archivist Do?

In order to strengthen the collection and management of film art archives, effectively protect and use film art archives, and better serve film creation, production, teaching, research and popularization, according to the "People's Republic of China Archives Law" and "People's Republic of China Archives Law" Implementation Measures "and" Regulations on the Administration of Movies ", formulated these regulations.

Regulations on the Management of Film Art Archives

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Decree of the State Archives Bureau of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television

Regulations on the Management of Film Art Archives

Article 2 These regulations apply to filmmakers and films in China

Article 8 The film art archives are composed of film and text and pictures.

Article 9 Film archives include:

Newly produced standard copies or alphanumeric versions of domestic films, films produced in cooperation with China s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macau Special Administrative Region, Taiwan and foreign countries, painting original background, painting correct, painting reverse, opening, ending, singing, etc. Various types of subtitle background, title, trailer, background background, ten-square small film, light card, international music effect, mixed sound background, mixed optical sound background, etc.

Article 10 Text and picture files include:

(1) a literary script, a split-screen script, and a translated production;

(2) Complete the Taiwan version (including the subtitle list);

(3) Translations of domestic languages released in foreign languages and domestic national languages;

(4) Director's explanation;

(5) The film review decision;

(6) The review opinions and decisions of the relevant departments on the film;

(7) film posters, posters, work photos, stills, manuals, special issues;

(8) Photocopies of relevant domestic and foreign award-winning certificates and relevant photos;

(9) Relevant basis and historical research materials for the content of the script, and the original work before material selection or adaptation;

(10) Creative ideas, music scores and lyrics of the main creators;

(11) Scene atmosphere map, clothing, makeup, prop design drawings, actors set makeup photos;

(12) relevant filming decisions;

(13) Field and scene tables;

(14) Filming work logs;

(15) Summary of filming work;

(16) Summary of the artistic creation of the main creative personnel;

(17) Other materials of preservation value formed in the process of film creation, production, distribution and projection.

Article 11 The content of Articles 9 and 10 of these Provisions is composed of story movie art files. Other films can be executed with reference to different processes and working procedures.

Article 12 The State establishes film art archives institutions such as the China Film Archives, which are responsible for collecting, sorting, keeping, and using film art archives in accordance with law.

Article 13: The film art archives shall collect the film art archives with preservation value formed in the process of film creation, production, distribution and projection according to law, receive the film art archives provided by relevant organizations or individuals through transfer, donation, etc., and actively collect and lose Domestic film art archives.

According to these regulations, when the film art archives are transferred, the film art archives institutions may provide appropriate subsidies to relevant units.

Article 14 Institutions of film art archives shall have places, equipment, conditions and professionals suitable for long-term preservation and reasonable use of film art archives, and establish a scientific management system to gradually realize the scientific and standardization of preservation and management.

The temperature and humidity of the storehouse used for preserving the film art archives shall comply with the standards set by the state, and security work such as fire prevention, theft prevention, pest control, mildew resistance, light protection, dust protection, water resistance (tide), and harmful gas protection shall be strengthened.

Article 15 A film-making unit shall establish a special department or designate a person in charge of the management of film art archives, and earnestly fulfill the obligations of transfer and storage of film art archives.

Article 16 The film art archives agencies and film production units shall do a good job of cataloging and researching film art archives.

Article 17 Film art archives institutions shall gradually convert film art archives into digital form, and strengthen the digital repair and protection of archives.

Article 18 The film art archives institutions and film production units shall regularly check the status of archives preservation, and shall repair, duplicate or perform other technical processing on damaged or deteriorated film art archives in a timely manner.

Article 19 The film art archives institution shall ensure the safety of flammable film bases, timely discover and eliminate hidden dangers; keep the flammable film bases separately and properly, and convert them into safe film bases in a planned way.

Article 20 The film production unit shall transfer the following film art archives to the China Film Archive within three months after the film has obtained a film publicity permit, and shall keep them permanently, unless otherwise prescribed by the State Council s radio and film administrative department:

(1) Standard copies or alphanumeric versions in film archives;

(2) Text and picture files specified in Article 10 (1) to (6) of these regulations.

The film production unit shall hand over other film files to the China Film Archive within one year after the film has obtained the film release license; if the film has not obtained a film release license after being reviewed according to law, if the film production unit does not re-apply for review, it shall continue to receive The film art archives shall be transferred to the China Film Archive within one year after the review decision.

For other film art archives, film production units may refer to the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article to the China Film Archive.

Article 21 The film production unit shall perform the obligation to transfer the film art archives in accordance with these regulations, and shall not refuse to file it; the film and art archives agency shall perform the management obligation of the film art archives in accordance with these regulations to provide services to the transferor.

Article 22 When a film-making unit is cancelled or merged, the film art archives it keeps shall be transferred to the China Film Archive or the newly-established film-production unit shall be properly kept.

Article 23 The film production team shall be responsible for the formation and accumulation of film art archives, designate a special person to be responsible for the collection of film art materials, and transfer the materials belonging to the scope of film art archives to the film department's archive department after the film production Archive.

Article 24 The State encourages any organization or individual to donate and deposit the film art archives it owns to the film art archives institution. The film art archives institution may make a decision on whether to accept donations or deposit according to the preservation value of the film art archives.

Article 25 The film art archives institution shall properly keep the donated and deposited movie art archives in accordance with the donation agreement and deposit agreement, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the donor and depositor in accordance with the law.

The film art archives institution may charge the depositor an appropriate fee.

Article 26 The film art archives institution shall agree with the donors and depositors of the film art archives on the use of the archives in the donation and deposit agreement.

Article 27: Organizations and individuals who donate and deposit film art archives to film art archives institutions have priority to use their files.

Article 28 The State encourages the establishment of film art archives protection social funds through donations and other methods, which are specifically used for the protection of film art archives. No organization or individual may embezzle or misappropriate them.

Article 29 The State encourages any organization or individual to actively use the film art archives. The film art archives kept by the film art archives institution shall be open to the public.

The film art archives institution shall regularly publish the catalog of film art archives to the society, simplify the use procedures, reduce the use restrictions, and create conditions and facilitate the public use of film art archives.

In the use of archives, the film art archives institutions shall provide them to the society for use in accordance with their classifications; and shall, in accordance with the relevant national laws and regulations, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the copyright owners of the film art archives.

The use of film art archives by film art archives institutions shall go through the formalities and pay the fees in accordance with relevant regulations.

Article 30 The use of film art archives that involve major national interests such as national defense, diplomacy, national security, and that may adversely affect the physical and mental health of minors, shall comply with relevant national laws and regulations. Without the approval of relevant departments, no organization or individual may use the above-mentioned film art archives without authorization.

Article 31 Without the approval of the relevant departments, the following film art files may not be taken out of the country:

(1) Cultural relics that constitute restricted exit;

(2) involving state secrets;

(3) Other film art archives that are restricted from leaving the country as provided by laws and regulations.

Article 32 In violation of these regulations, in the process of keeping and using film art archives owned by the state in any of the following circumstances, the radio, film and television administration departments of the people's governments at or above the province, autonomous region, and municipality level shall order correction. A warning is given, and a fine of less than 30,000 yuan can be imposed concurrently on the unit, and a fine of less than 5,000 yuan can be imposed concurrently on the individual; if the circumstances are serious, the person in charge directly responsible and other persons directly responsible shall be punished according to law:

(1) Excessive damage to the film art archives;

(2) damage, loss or unauthorized destruction of film art files;

(3) using film art archives for illegal gains;

(4) Using film art archives without approval.

Article 33 In violation of this provision, if the film and art archives are not handed over within the time limit, the radio, film and television administration departments of the people's governments at or above the province, autonomous region, and municipality level shall order corrections; if the circumstances are serious, the person in charge directly responsible and other directly responsible persons shall be given Punishment.

Article 34 These Provisions shall become effective on August 1, 2010. The Regulations on the Management of Film and Art Archives issued by the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television and the National Archives on June 20, 1994 were repealed simultaneously. ^[1]