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Topic: Change lens turret to Flat in between EVERY show?
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Darren Briggs
Master Film Handler
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From: York, UK
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 07-23-2002 06:19 AM
Brad
So are you saying you would show your adverts and trailers in scope if the feature is scope, just so that your feature image isn't vertically smaller than the support?
So you are agreeing to stretch all the support, dont you think a flat trailer for a scope film (i.e leterboxed 1.85:1 image) would look mighty shitte!
I agree that it looks best if the feature, if in scope is a bigger picture than 1.85, but all stectching support just so you can have the same size picture would be just bad bad presentation i belive. Most late 80's early 90's mulitiplexes in the U.K use just a top mask in there smaller screens, hey it looks shitte but if you want good presentation you would be best to go to a modern mulitplex with larger screens, or search for the local quality independent cinema.As long as the feature is shown in the correct ratio and sound format, and in a perfect world all scope would be bigger than 1.33/1.66/1.85, but due to money being the final decider in mulitiplex design.
I often show 1.66 and 1.33 films and run 1.85 support before them. In one of my three screens 1.66 uses the biggest screen area, 1.85 and scope use about the same screen area, as I have top and side masking, so the shape changes but doesnt reduce the screen area.
In the other two screens with side masking only, 1.33 is obviously smaller than 1.85, but as it is still 4.5m high, its a big picture. So I say if you want 'FILM DONE RIGHT', show the correct ratio's even for the adverts and trailers. Darren  )
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Lewis Bohannon
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From: Stow, MA, USA
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 08-13-2002 02:40 AM
Here's my 2 cents worth...My theater is set up to return the masking, and the turret to flat after every show. One of the stipulations for having Val Morgan as our advertising company. This is how it has been since my theater opened in '97. We do not use timers, so at the start of each show, I have the oppertunity to tripple check the laceing of the projector, check the format, and when I'm happy with it I press start. Even though there is a que set to change evertyhing to scope, we do it "manually" by pressing the scope button that changes the turret and the masking. Doing this, I found I am GIVING my customers a wider screen, and if it's flat, there is no change, but I am not taking something away from them.
BUT, over the years, it has come to our tech's attention that the turrets are falling out of alignment too soon, and too frequently. Now the company wants to have us leave them in format, but that now the masking stays open. The solution is going to be to move the masking controlls to an unused button on the automation panel, while having the masking still close at the end-of-show ques. How it works out I'll have to wait and see. Hmmm, I said 2 cents, and I gave 2 bucks.. Oh well BTW, I run Erniman 15 projectors, and Maxi 12 pc automation if anyone's interested.
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Checked out some of the neighboring screens and saw that they are still having the top-masking raised for the slides (they haven't gotten "The 2wenty" yet), but the lens turrets don't change anymore. I still find this distasteful and would not want to do this- the masking should not move when people are in the auditorium to see it, unless it's a double feature.![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
(someone should also have caught me theater-hopping too.) Nice to see they're getting along so well without me ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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