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   The Historical Value of the film Manifest is unprecedented.

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In 1982, the Austin Community at large participated and collaborated in a full blown Production of the Film Manifest.

Talent, Crew, Businesses, Local Authorities and Institutions contributed In-Kind; with the aspiration to achieve the long dream of film-making in Austin; as an Art form.

The Film Production Shooting was carried out on weekends only,  with few Friday nights. Most had jobs and students class activities.

Pre-Production meetings with Crew positions, Casting Calls, Auditions and Screen Test started in late September of 1981.

The first Shooting weekend was in January 16th of 1982.

The last Shooting weekend was in January 15th of 1983.

 

Many life events hindered the Film Post-Production, Completion and Distribution.  At the core of the Film financing issues was, the plunge in oil prices in Texas -heating bottom in 1986; creating an economic crisis through the decade and some.

The untimely passing of UT graduate Leah Ann Riklin (1960-1992): the Film Producer and Casting Director -left a void in the process.

Since the Production phase, the Film footage was rightfully kept and stored by UT graduate Cecilia Garza-Trevino; the Executive Producer who invested with equipment, film stock, lab processing for the Production of her Original Story. Acting as well as Director and Cinematographer. 

The 90s marked the beginning of the internet age and digital HDTV broadcast. By the 21st century the digital  evolution  loomed over the original celluloid film technology and equipment. That, and age shrinkage of the footage, made the Film Manifest an outcast.

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                                      The Restoration, Digital Scan and Remastering of the Film.

Notwithstanding technology change, the Digital Scanning capabilities brought to the Industry the means of Film Preservation.  The restoration and remastering of old movies, gave light and a path to the completion of the film Manifest.

 

For years, Cecilia Garza-Trevino research the process, scanners available, as well as the cost. In the

early years  the Motion Picture scanners worked with a Pin system; to catch the sprocket holes as per the conventional method of the celluloid technology. That presented a problem -just the same with celluloid equipment; to the precise threading in an old shrunk footage.

Through a UK review in 2019, she learned of a Pinless scanner made in Utopia Texas by MovieStuff.

Owner/inventor Rogers Evans expressed: "your are home".  The scanner uses a Plate to capture the moving film and a flexible Lens adjustment to frame different size footage. In addition, the most affordable.

In 2020, the Film was unpacked; 157 cans of film 400ft/ea -approximately  63,000 ft.  And along with Productions Logs, the footage was organized by scenes with a 16mm Minette Viewer Editor. Through the COVID years, she engaged in cleaning, revitalizing and various Restoration process of the aged film.

 

In August 2021, she invested in the RetroScan Universal Mark II as well as Nagra 4.2 Sound Recorder; to carry out the Scanning and Remastering of the film with the sync reel to reel audio tapes  -into digital technology.  In 2024, the result is: a 2K  4:3  (2048x1536) Film  -brimful with Austin Memorabilia.

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In these times of Diversity it should be emphasized, that the creation of Manifest came about by the participation of three women in key positions.

  • Producer and Casting Director Leah Riklin; who liked and believed in the story possibilities,  mobilized and engaged the Austin Community.

  • Production Manager Karen Comiskey; who coordinated and scheduled actors, crew, locations and log books for more than a year -with an outstanding professionalism.

  • Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Cinematographer Cecilia Garza-Trevino; who then -provided all the elements for the Production to evolve. To the present -overcoming many life obstacles; she is committed and invested to bring to reality the dream of many.  The purpose of this media presentation.

 

 

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