Preserving a Squeakyquel: Finding "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked" on the Internet Archive

For the uninitiated, the Internet Archive (archive.org) is a non-profit digital library founded by Brewster Kahle in 1996. It offers free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications, music, books, and movies. The "Moving Image Archive" within the site contains millions of films, news clips, and television broadcasts.

• What it is: Raw, unedited footage of the actors performing on a green screen stage before any digital backgrounds or characters (the Chipmunks and Chipettes) were added.
• What you see: Jason Lee (Dave) talking to blue X’s and tennis balls on sticks while wearing motion-capture dots. You also see actors in grey suits performing the Chipmunks’ movements.
• Why it’s interesting: It reveals the raw acting behind the CGI. For example, you can see the actor playing Alvin making exaggerated, frantic movements, while the actor playing Simon is stiff and precise.

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