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Media Archival
Since FTP Media’s inception in 1999, FTP Media has worked to assist clients with media management and archival services. From the digital capture, transfer and archival of historical media found on VHS, Beta or Super 8 film, to the digital cataloguing of all media for future use, FTP Media has worked with organizations large and small, as well as individuals and groups, to ensure the online protection, preservation and future use of all pre-digital media.
Art Gallery of Ontario
FTP Media was called upon to video archive and capture still frames for two of the Art Gallery of Ontario‘s 2010 exhibition catalogues: Julian Schnabel: Art and Film, and Black Ice – David Blackwood’s Prints of Newfoundland.
Bruce Mau Design
FTP Media was hired for a one-year contract to consult on and digitally archive Bruce Mau Design‘s entire body of work, firstly by taking more than 8 terabytes of offline digital media assets (located on hundreds of CD- and DV-ROMs) and transferring them to the BMD servers. Then, through a process of cataloguing all materials, FTP established a comprehensive, locally-based media archive. As a result of this lengthy and detail-oriented process, many items representing significant areas of client work were now available internally, allowing the design firm the means to access and showcase their extensive body of work and develop a complete website redesign.
FTP Media was then invited to help commemorate the launch of the design studio’s new location at 469C King Street West, Toronto. To celebrate the occasion Bruce invited fellow innovator Uffe Elbæk, founder of Denmark’s KaosPilots School of Business Design and Social Innovation, to join him in a fireside chat about design and social entrepreneurship. The discussion was webcast live to ustream.tv and simulcast to audiences that evening at the Bruce Mau Design studio party.
View the live webcast here:
The ‘Mischief and Merrymaking’ event was produced by Paddy Harrington, Greg Judelman, Jim Shedden, and Eha Hess of Bruce Mau Design. The video webcast was produced and uploaded by Lisa Santonato at FTP Media Inc. for Bruce Mau Design.
Big Rude Jake – Consulting
From 2004 to 2007 FTP Media provided media consulting services to Big Rude Jake, helping the Canadian swing punk legend reclaim his online web presence at http://bigrudejake.ca/.
I first met Jake when I was riding home from work on the Bathurst streetcar in Toronto on one sunny summer day in, oh, 1992. A drunk sat down next to me and was harassing me, asking me dirty questions and such, until a rather large man dressed in a fine three-piece grey pinstripe suit stood up and told the man in no uncertain terms that he ought to stop. I got off at the next stop, and so did Jake, and standing there on the corner of Bathurst and College Street, I became friends with one of Canada’s finest musicians, songwriters, and greatest of gentlemen, Big Rude Jake. Our friendship has crossed provinces, decades and technologies, and whenever Jake is playing, I do my best to make it out to see his show.
Sometime around 2004 or 2005 I began consulting Jake on how to bring his music back to audiences via online tools and social media. I encouraged Jake to rebuild his website and get his extensive–and terrific–body of work online. In 2007 Jake brought me six videos which I digitized for him from old VHS tapes, saving him the high cost and trouble of digital video transfer from old, unknown and more or less lost Beta sources, and posted them on YouTube for the world to see, thereby bringing Jake’s music video archive to the internet.
For a taste of Jake’s ‘swing punk’ style, check out Swing, Baby!, Queer for Cat, and 7th Avenue too, and enjoy the great musical stylings of Big Rude Jake singing here with his Gentleman Players.
Here is a selection of all videos archived by FTP Media for Jake:
Swing, Baby!
From Jake’s unforgettable 1996 “swing punk” album, Blue Pariah, this is Big Rude Jake singing, Swing, Baby!
Queer for Cat
In this music video for Queer for Cat from Big Rude Jake’s incredible self-titled 1999 album, you’ll find Big Rude Jake at his “swing punk” best.
7th Avenue
In this video Big Rude Jake performs 7th Avenue on Rita & Friends. The song was released on Jake’s 1994 album, Butane Fumes and Bad Cologne.
Aqua Vitae on CTV News
In this CTV News’ “Success Story” segment, Jake describes how his company, Pivotal Productions, brings great music to senior citizens in nursing homes across Canada. For more information on Aqua Vitae, contact info@bigrudejake.ca.
View all posts featuring Big Rude Jake.
Big Rude Jake – Aqua Vitae on CTV News
In 2007 FTP Media provided video archival services to Canada’s legendary musician and songwriter, Big Rude Jake by digitizing and uploading a series of old VHS videos to YouTube. In this CTV News’ “Success Story” segment, Jake describes how his company, Pivotal Productions, brings great music to senior citizens in nursing homes across Canada. For more information on Aqua Vitae, contact info@bigrudejake.ca.
View more posts featuring Big Rude Jake.
Spookey Ruben – Content Management & Consulting
From 2003 to 2008, FTP Media provided content management, media archival, video production and consulting services for the phenomenally-creative musical genius, Canada’s own Spookey Ruben.
View work produced by FTP:
Bed and Breakfast EPK: Electronic Press Kit for Spookey Ruben featuring songs from the double-disc album release of 2001, “Bed” and “Breakfast”. © FTP Media Inc. 2003. Produced with the assistance of the VideoFACT (A Foundation To Assist Canadian Talent) PromoFACT Award Program, supported by the MuchMoreMusic Network.
And from the San Francisco Sessions: Tug of War and Fast is Worse.
Play Records – Content Management & Consulting
From 2001 to 2007, FTP Media provided content management, web development, video production, editing and consulting services for the electronic music record label, Play Records.
View work produced by FTP:
OM Festival (2001)
Play Records and FTP Media present the OM Festival (2001) featuring ‘Wide Stride’ by Peace Harvest con Pan Con Queso and ‘Fever’ by Steve Yanko. This video was shot by Melleny Melody, Play Records. Edited by FTP and included in Play Records’ sampler and catalogue DVD (also produced by FTP Media). © FTP Media Inc. 2001.
Play Records EPK-DVD
Play Records hired FTP Media to produce an enhanced DVD highlighting the label’s main publishing library and commercial releases. The DVD was built to include Play Records’ extensive catalogue in playable form, whether using a conventional DVD player or a home PC. The DVD includes an Electronic Press Kit (EPK) featuring a 30-second pre-menu opening and three promo videos describing the three divisions of Play.
Love Shower
This video was edited for performance artist, singer and producer Melleny Melody (now known as MelleeFresh), also producer of the electronic music record label Play Records. Love Shower is an experimental video for the song of the same title, produced by Melleny Melody and the Pop Machine, performed live at the Joker in Toronto in 2003. Video edited by Lisa Santonato for Play Records. © FTP Media 2003.
transcend – Carole Pope
FTP Media was hired to produce an enhanced CD-ROM for local electronic music record label, Play Records. The enhanced site was accessed through a link on the transcend | Carole Pope CD which features a compilation of remixes presented by DJ Iain for Play Records.
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