About SPARC
The SPARC archive is constantly adding material.
If you would like your work preserved in the archive, please consult the contribute page.
The SPARC Story
The idea for SPARC started germinating around 2015 when I was teaching production design at Victorian College of the Arts at the University of Melbourne. Despite visual material being the foundational vocabulary most filmmakers converse in, I was having difficulty finding a range of mood boards and other process documents to show my students.
In and of itself, visual development material is often beautiful to look at, but also fascinating for what it reveals about creative process.
This apparent lack led me to my doctoral research through which I was able to compile a limited selection of material from directors, production designers and directors of photography.
Whilst visiting a range of film archives in Australia, US and Europe, it became clear that there is very little proactive formal preservation of this kind of material, despite its beauty and value. The establishment of this online archive is an attempt to provide a formal repository for this material for colleagues, students and future generations.
Juliet John
Research Archivist
