Dr. Kristin Eva Albrechsen Veel
Social and behavioural sciences, Languages, Comparative Literature and Modern Culture
Social and behavioural sciences, Journalism and information
Technological developments and aesthetics, Digitization of film production and restoration of archival films, CGI and VFX
Film restoration
New technologies
ERC Advanced Grant 2015
Fellow of the Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image
English, French, German, Italian, Latin
Prof. Dr. Barbara Flückiger worked as a film professional in Europe, Canada and the USA before her studies in German philology, film theory and journalism in Zurich and Berlin.
Monographs
2008: Visual Effects. Filmbilder aus dem Computer. Marburg: Schüren. 528 Seiten
2001: Sound Design. Die virtuelle Klangwelt des Films. Marburg: Schüren. 2nd edition 2002, 3rd edition 2006, 4th edition 2010, 5th edition 2012, 530 pages
Both monotographs are established text books in their respective fields.
Editorship
Digital Humanities Project
2013 f. Interactive resource Timeline of Historical Film Colors. Comprehensive database on the technology and aesthetics of film colors, with more than 5'000 photographs of vintage film prints, primary and secondary sources, filmographies, links and downloads.
Timeline of Historical Film Colors: http://zauberklang.ch/filmcolors/ und http://filmcolors.org
Project leader:
ERC Advanced Grant FilmColors (09.2015–08.2020). Budget: EUR 2.9 Mio. by European Research Council ERC. University of Zurich.
Film Colors. Technology, Cultures, Institutions. (11.2015–10.2018). Budget: CHF 663'519, Swiss National Science Foundation. University of Zurich.
Research project DIASTOR. Bridging the Gap Between Analog Film History and Digital Technology (05.2013–010.2015)
Budget: CHF 2 million, CHF 1.4 million by implementation partners, CHF 625,000 by the Commission of Technology and Innovation CTI. Project partners: Federal Institute of Technology, ETH, Zurich (main research partner); Disney Research Zurich (main implementation partner), five additional implementation partners (film labs, film archives, software and hardware developers). University of Zurich.
Research project Visual Effects (10.2004–09.2006). Budget: CHF 279'146, funded by a merit-based grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation. University of Zurich.
Research project Analog vs. Digital – The Emotional Impact of Film Recording Processes on the Audience (05.2012–09.2014)
Budget: CHF 450,000, CHF 225,000 financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation. Budget: CHF 225,000, financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation. Leading house: Zurich University of the Arts, Prof. Christian Iseli.
Research project AFRESA – Automatic Film Restoration for Archives (10.2008–05.2011) Budget: CHF 1,850,000, 50% from industry, 50% Commission for Techncology and Innovation. Leading house: University of Basel, Dr. Peter Fornaro.
Research project Sound Design (05.1997–06.1999). Budget: CHF 70'110, funded by a merit-based grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation. University of Zurich.
Research project Digital Cinema (05.2000–09.2002). Budget: CHF 800'000. Leading house: Zurich University of the Arts
Society for Cinema and Media Studies SCMS
Founding member of the European Network for Cinema and Media Studies NECS
Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image SCSMI
Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft GfM
Mitglied des Forschungsrats des Fachbereichs Darstellende Künste und Film, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste ZHdK
Member of the Schweizer Filmakademie
Member of the Digital Society Initiative of the University of Zurich
International career in professional film production, 1980 – 1992
Engineering
Web programming
Professional career as a journalist in Switzerland and Germany, 1979 – 1983
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Social and behavioural sciences, Languages, Comparative Literature and Modern Culture
Journalism and information, Arts, Musicology
Social and behavioural sciences, Social anthropology, ethnology, sociology
Social and behavioural sciences, Social psychology, industrial and organisational psychology