Kensington Communications & Creative Anarchy Fonds

Biographical History


Date 1997-2008

Creative Anarchy is a Toronto-based film production company. Creative Anarchy co-produced the crime documentary series Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science with Kensington Communications, and co-produced a similar series, 72 Hours: True Crime with Kensington Communications and Meech-Grant Productions.

Extent and Medium

Video
• 296 video cassettes: Digital Betacam (ca. 143 hrs)
• 290 video cassettes: Betacam SP (ca. 117 hrs)
• 1 video cassette: Betacam SX (ca. 30 mins)
• 2 video cassettes: Betacam (ca. 1 hr)
• 1 video cassette: U-matic (ca. 30 mins)
• 308 video cassettes: DVCPRO50 (ca. 392 hrs)
• 9 video cassettes: VHS (ca. 9 hrs)
• 37 video cassettes: HDCAM SR (ca. 14 hrs)
• 2 video cassettes: HDCAM (ca. 1 hr)
• 199 Professional Discs: XDCAM, 23GB (ca. 150 hrs)
• 286 DVDs (ca. 184 hrs)
Audio
• 72 audio cassettes: DA8 (ca. 41 hrs)
• 1 audio cassette (ca. 1.5 hrs)
• 38 CDs (ca. 52 hrs)
• 31 DVDs (ca. 66 hrs)
Photographic
• 3 DVDs (digital photographs)
• 5 CDs (digital photographs)
Textual
• 1 CD
• 63 Floppy disks ; 3.5 in.
Graphic
• 9 Floppy Disks ; 3.5 in
This fonds consists of two series corresponding to two television programs co-produced by Creative Anarchy:
1. Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science (Seasons 1-5), and its French language counterpart Pieces a Conviction (Season 1-3)
2. 72 Hours: True Crime (Seasons 1-3), and its French language counterpart Indices pour l’Eternite (Season 1-2).

Included are raw footage (here called source tapes - interviews, b-roll, re-enactments, establishing shots, graphics such as newspaper headlines, credits, stock footage), audio elements (stems, dialogue, narration, music, master mixes), and video masters.
There are numerous versions represented in the video masters including closed captioned distribution master, anamorphic version, layback master, PAL master (U.K.), “Teaser” version, APTN version, Astraltech version, Canal D version, CBC broadcast version, ContentFilm PLC version, and Discovery Canada version.

Textual and photographic records related to Exhibit A and 72 Hours can be found in the Kensington Communications Fonds, accession number 2018.017.

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Kensington Communications & Creative Anarchy Fonds

Description
This fonds consists of two series corresponding to two television programs co-produced by Creative Anarchy: 1. Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science (Seasons 1-5), and its French language counterpart Pieces a Conviction (Season 1-3) 2. 72 Hours: True Crime (Seasons 1-3), and its French language counterpart Indices pour l’Eternite (Season 1-2). Included are raw footage (here called source tapes - interviews, b-roll, re-enactments, establishing shots, graphics such as newspaper headlines, credits, stock footage), audio elements (stems, dialogue, narration, music, master mixes), and video masters. There are numerous versions represented in the video masters including closed captioned distribution master, anamorphic version, layback master, PAL master (U.K.), “Teaser” version, APTN version, Astraltech version, Canal D version, CBC broadcast version, ContentFilm PLC version, and Discovery Canada version. Textual and photographic records related to Exhibit A and 72 Hours can be found in the Kensington Communications Fonds, accession number 2018.017.
Extent and Medium
Video
• 296 video cassettes: Digital Betacam (ca. 143 hrs)
• 290 video cassettes: Betacam SP (ca. 117 hrs)
• 1 video cassette: Betacam SX (ca. 30 mins)
• 2 video cassettes: Betacam (ca. 1 hr)
• 1 video cassette: U-matic (ca. 30 mins)
• 308 video cassettes: DVCPRO50 (ca. 392 hrs)
• 9 video cassettes: VHS (ca. 9 hrs)
• 37 video cassettes: HDCAM SR (ca. 14 hrs)
• 2 video cassettes: HDCAM (ca. 1 hr)
• 199 Professional Discs: XDCAM, 23GB (ca. 150 hrs)
• 286 DVDs (ca. 184 hrs)
Audio
• 72 audio cassettes: DA8 (ca. 41 hrs)
• 1 audio cassette (ca. 1.5 hrs)
• 38 CDs (ca. 52 hrs)
• 31 DVDs (ca. 66 hrs)
Photographic
• 3 DVDs (digital photographs)
• 5 CDs (digital photographs)
Textual
• 1 CD
• 63 Floppy disks ; 3.5 in.
Graphic
• 9 Floppy Disks ; 3.5 in