Bartliff, Z. , Kim, Y. , Hopfgartner, F. and Baxter, G. (2020) Leveraging digital forensics and data exploration to understand the creative work of a filmmaker: a case study of Stephen Dwoskin’s digital archive. Information Processing and Management, 57(6), 102339. (doi: 10.1016/j.ipm.2020.102339)
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Abstract
This paper aims to establish digital forensics and data exploration as a methodology for supporting archival practice and research into a filmmaker's creative processes. We approach this by exploring the digital legacy hard drives of the late artist Stephen Dwoskin (1939-2012), who is recognised as an influential filmmaker at the forefront of the shift from analogue to digital film production. The research findings of this case study show that digital forensics is effective in extracting a timeline of hard drive activities, data that can be explored to reveal clues about the artist’s personal/professional history, stages of creative processes, and technical environment. The paper further demonstrates how this is related to current thinking around user-centred archival workflow and understanding of creative processes. The broader impact of the work for advancing digital archiving and research into creative processes is highlighted, concluding with a discussion of how, going forward, the approach can be coupled with deeper content analysis to reveal what influences editing choices taking place over time.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Additional Information: | This work was supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council [AH/R007012/1]. |
| Keywords: | Digital forensics, data exploration, creative process, filmmaking, timeline analysis, digital archives. |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Bartliff, Dr Zoe and Hopfgartner, Dr Frank and Kim, Dr Yunhyong |
| Creator Roles: | Bartliff, Z.Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Data curation Kim, Y.Project administration, Supervision, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review and editing Hopfgartner, F.Project administration, Supervision, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review and editing |
| Authors: | Bartliff, Z., Kim, Y., Hopfgartner, F., and Baxter, G. |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Information Studies |
| Journal Name: | Information Processing and Management |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0306-4573 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1873-5371 |
| Published Online: | 26 June 2020 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. |
| First Published: | First published in Information Processing and Management 57(6): 102339 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy |
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