HELPING FILMMAKERS PRESERVE THEIR WORK - WORKSHOP MATERIALS
The International Documentary Association (IDA) hosted a workshop on September 12, 2025, to help guide filmmakers on how to preserve their film, video, audio, and digital elements. Presenters Linda Tadic from Digital Bedrock and Sandra Schulberg from Indie Collect offered long-term preservation strategies and best practices filmmakers can follow to keep their assets viable and safe into the future. This event was co-presented by Women In Film, Outfest, and NewFilmmakers Los Angeles. Here are the resources that Linda Tadic shared:
Case Study: Digital Bedrock and Quobyte - Putting High-Performance Storage at the Heart of Digital Preservation
Click here to read Quobyte’s case study on Digital Bedrock. Digital Bedrock uses Quobyte’s software-defined storage to help manage client data while it is undergoing digital preservation processing.
PBCore Cataloging Tool
Digital Bedrock was proud to partner with public media leader WGBH to develop an open source PBCore Cataloging Tool for the American Archive of Public Broadcasting’s PBCore Development and Training Project. The PBCore metadata standard is used by broadcasters, archives, and producers to organize and catalog their television, film, and radio holdings.
PBCore Cataloging Tool (http://pbcore.org/cataloging-tool.html)
Physical Distancing Your Data
Article on securely managing and preserving data in the era of COVID-19 quarantines by Digital Bedrock Founder/CEO Linda Tadic. Published in the Spring/Summer 2020 issue of the MESA M&E Journal.
Abstract: The only absolutely fool-proof way to protect data from hackers and ransomware vulnerabilities is the same as what protects humans from viruses: physical barriers. Storing assets offline protects companies from ransomware attack and unauthorized access.
The Art of Self-Preservation: DIY Digital Preservation Tips for Independent Producers
A presentation by Digital Bedrock Founder/CEO, Linda Tadic, on the issues and difficulties in preserving documentary productions’ digital files as part of a panel entitled Documenting the Present, Preserving the Future, at Getting Real '18. The event, produced by the International Documentary Association, was held September 25, 2018, at the Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study, in Hollywood.
The Art of Self-Preservation (slides) (PDF)
Are We in a Post-Metadata Standard World?
Presentation by Linda Tadic at the 3rd annual Entertainment Technology Center@USC vNAB Conference. This year’s vNAB featured thought leaders and catalysts from the entertainment, consumer electronics, technology, and service industries presenting their insider’s perspective on emerging and disruptive technologies. The talks were recorded March 20-21, 2017, at Google’s offices in Venice, California.
The Entertainment Technology Center @ the University of Southern California (ETC) is a think tank and research center that brings together senior executives, innovators, thought leaders and catalysts from the entertainment, consumer electronics, technology and services industries along with the academic resources of the University of Southern California to explore and to act upon topics and issues related to the creation, distribution and consumption of entertainment content.
Managing Static and Active Metadata in Support of Content Preservation
Abstract: Digital content being preserved for future use requires careful management of the assets. Equally important to preserve are the potentially hundreds of metadata elements describing the digital object’s creation, characteristics, environment, and sustainability that should also be retained along with the assets. Encapsulating critical metadata in a container along with the objects is one metadata preservation method, for example using AXF, TAR, or ZIP. Objects that are actively managed for preservation, however, will also have metadata that can change over time. This article outlines the metadata types that can be considered static or active, with recommendations on metadata management methodologies for preserving the metadata along with their related objects.