Old Versus New - Archives for Artists

 

The following information includes details of the artists and organisations represented at the event, as well as a selection of other relevant sources of further information.

Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN)
The Artists' Moving Image Network supports London-based artists working in moving image in all its forms. We work in partnership with other organisations to provide: funding, events, seminars, advice, surgeries, residencies, training and workshops.

We also run the annual London Artist Film and Video Award (LAFVA), an open submission awards scheme for artists' living and working in the London region. Offering awards up to a maximum of £20,000 for the production of new work.
www.filmlondon.org.uk/amin

 

Own It

Own It offer free intellectual property advice for London's creative people. Offering a range of services, from basic to specialist support, through online and face-to face seminars, workshops and, where appropriate, surgeries with intellectual property lawyers. Working with a network of IP advisors including lawyers and specialists at various trade associations associated with the creative industries in the UK.

www.own-it.org

 

Creative Archive Licence Group
The BBC, the bfi, Channel 4 and the Open University set up the Creative Archive Licence Group to make their archive content available for download under the terms of the Creative Archive Licence - a single, shared user licence scheme for the downloading of moving images, audio and stills.

If you wish to share, watch, listen and re-use this content as a fuel for your own creative endeavours you must comply with the terms and conditions as set out in the Creative Archive Licence. For example, you must agree that you will only use the material for non-commercial purposes.
http://creativearchive.bbc.co.uk/archives/faqs/#archive

Sean Egan

www.bateswells.co.uk/Solicitors/Detail.aspx?SolicitorID=19

Vicki Bennett

www.peoplelikeus.org/biog.htm

Paul Bush

www.paulbushfilms.com

Further Information
Archives

BBC Motion Gallery

Here you will find easy access to thousands of shots from the vast and diverse archives of the BBC. We're also your gateway to content from many of the world's leading broadcasters, news organisations and filmmakers.
www.bbcmotiongallery.com/Customer/index.aspx

 

BFI National Archive

The UK national collection of fiction film, non-fiction film and television production.

www.bfi.org.uk/nftva

 

British Pathe
The website allows you to access items from the entire 3500 hour British Pathe Film Archive which covers news, sport, social history and entertainment from 1896 to 1970.
www.britishpathe.com

Flashback

Independent production company Flashback Television has retained rights to much of the material, which has now been catalogued. The library includes landscapes and townscapes, as well as historically important locations and material of contemporary political importance including Orange Marches through Belfast and Diana’s funeral.

www.flashbacktelevision.com


Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
Footage of all filmed conflicts that have involved the forces of Britain and the Commonwealth.
http://collections.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.00g004


ITN Source

ITN Source is the gateway to the largest collection of moving image libraries in the world, housing over 750,000 hours of iconic footage captured over three centuries.

www.itnsource.com/en/


Prelinger Archive

Founded in 1983, and acquired by the Library of Congress in 2002, its stated aim is to collect, preserve, and facilitate access to films of historic significance that haven't been collected elsewhere.
www.archive.org/details/prelinger

 

Film Archive Forum
The Film Archive Forum represents all of the public sector film and television archives which care for the UK's moving image heritage.

Their website also includes contact details for all the major regional film archives
throughout the UK.

http://www.bufvc.ac.uk/faf/faf.htm

Copyright / Agencies


Creative Commons

A non-profit world wide organisation, Creative Commons offers a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors and artists. They have built upon the "all rights reserved" of traditional copyright to create a voluntary "some rights reserved" copyright. This provides a more flexible copyright license to protect your work by governing its usage to allow it to be made more widely available. For instance Creative Commons can help you publish your video online and make explicit exactly what others can and can't do with your work.
www.creativecommons.org

 

FOCAL - The Federation of Commercial Audiovisual Libraries International Ltd.

FOCAL, a not for profit organisation, represents commercial film/audiovisual, stills and sound libraries as well as interested individuals such as facility houses, professional film researchers and producers working in the industry.

FOCAL is also a central point for all enquiries relating to the content and stock footage business, information, advice and contacts being given FREE of charge.
www.focalint.org

 

Moving History
This research guide to the United Kingdom’s twelve public sector moving image archives presents detailed information on these fascinating and valuable film and television collections.
www.movinghistory.ac.uk

 

For a comprehensive guide to archives we would recommend The Researcher’s Guide of Film, Television Radio and Related Documentation, which is published by the British Universities Film and Video Council.
www.bufvc.ac.uk