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1.1.1#Digitising#and#consolidating#existing#information#The#main#tasks#include:#•#Digitising'and'uploading'existing'interviews:#Due#to#the#upload#limits#on#Vimeo#and#issues#with#quality#of#digitised#recordings,#this#task#is#currently#being#carried#out#exclusively#by#Mike#Dick.###•#Collecting'and'digitising'existing'transcripts:#This#task#is#being#led#by#David#Sharp#Where#conversion#to#OCR#format#is#difficult,#this#is#best#done#using#Adobe#Acrobat.#Alison#Bancroft#has#a#copy,#and#others#may#also#have#access#to#the#full#programme.#Once#transcripts#are#digitised#and#available#in#OCR#format,#they#can#be#uploaded#by#any#project#member#with#appropriate#permissions.#•#Filling'gaps'in'existing'data:#this#includes#photographs,#and#additional#information#from#the#physical#archive#and#online#research.#Data#can#be#collected#by#anyone#and#uploaded#by#any#project#member#with#appropriate#permissions.#•#New'transcriptions'of'existing'interviews:#Transcriptions#can#be#carried#out#by#anyone#using#interviews#published#on#the#website.#Use#of#Speechmatics#tests#is#proving#successful#and#may#help#to#speed#the#process.#New#transcripts#can#be#uploaded#by#any#project#member#with#appropriate#permissions.#•#Resolving'issues'with'existing'data'fields:#The#best#ways#of#recording#data#from#the#physical#archive#(i.e.#interview#formats)#are#evolving#as#work#with#the#physical#archive#progresses.#Taxonomies#need#review.#In#particular,#the#work#area/craft/role#taxonomy#needs#urgent#review.##•#An#interviewer’s#manual#needs#to#be#written.#2.'MEMBERSHIP'AND'PERMISSIONS'Criteria#for#BEHP#mebership#and#joining#procedures#need#to#be#reviewed#and#agreed#by#the#Management#Committee#for#two#main#reasons:#•#Now#the#BEHP#is#formally#constituted,#all#members#have#voting#rights#and#the#BEHP#is#now#more#accountable#to#official#members,#and#open#to#legal#challenge#on#governance#and#administrative#matters.#What#conditions#need#to#be#met#for#someone#to#become#a#member?#•#BEHP#members#have#rights#of#acces#to#additional#information#and#actions#on#the#website,#and#this#right#needs#to#be#accompanied#by#appropriate#terms#and#condiUtions.#At#the#moment#only#BEHP#members#should#have#access#to#the#members#pages.#Is#there#a#need#for#a#category#of#users#who#are#not#BEHP#members,#but#who#are#given#access#to#the#database#on#specific#terms.#Comment'[David'Sha1]:'Request#for#others#inside#the#team#and#possibly#externals#(eg#Dan#Thurley)#to#upload.#Also#=#what#if#the#BFI#agreed#to#directly#upload#copies#of#"our"#material#to#our#website?#Context#is#reUlaunch#of#BFI#Mediatheque#(2.0)#soon#and#their#desire#to#add#audio#and#other#content.#Comment'[David'Sha2]:'No#"e".#Comment'[David'Sha3]:'Need#to#update#and#edit#rules#for#transcription#and#clarify#formats.#As#I#edit#transcripts#I’m#developing#more#"rules".##Comment'[David'Sha4]:'#Need#to#utilise#worktable#to#prevent#duplication#of#effort#Need#clarity#as#to#process#maybe#need#to#extend#range#of#item#types#to#include#interview#notes#as#interim#content#until#transcript#has#been#created.#Comment'[David'Sha5]:'Need#to#ensure#preUupload#guidelines#are#are#followed#and#transcription#format#adhered#to.#Comment'[David'Sha6]:'Based#on#existing#protocols#where#they#exist.#Eg#paperwork#held#on#production#hub.#Comment'[David'Sha7]:'Ty 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Terry Marcel

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Chris Menges

Chris Menges (CM) Cinematographer Interviewers: Paul Frith (PF) & Keith Johnston (KJ) Date 10/05/2019 Total Length 01:26:43 Part One[00:00:09]PF: Well first off, thank you Chris for taking part in the interview today. I think we should begin where your interests in film […]

Agnes Wilkie

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Louise Willcox

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Chris Strachan

[…]about what used to go on here, behind the scenes. And I don't know whether you recall the story of the maybe again, the legendary story of one of the projectionists who was having an affair with a fisherman's wife, and the fisherman found out, and the entrance to the projection box was by a an iron […]

Graham Hartstone

[…]ch would of course be in the 35 mirror quarter upstairs in the sound department and a camera on the set and could also have been a projector for back projection and you had to run them up to speed and then lock them so as well as getting the mics and and cables out on the mixer. I had to plug up the[…]
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