|
|
This topic comprises 4 pages: 1 2 3 4
|
|
Author
|
Topic: Can anyone top us?
|
|
|
Manny Knowles
"What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???"
Posts: 4247
From: Bloomington, IN, USA
Registered: Feb 2002
|
posted 04-24-2002 04:11 PM
Oh dear...I hope I'm not getting anyone in trouble.Mark at Pennywise in Australia did mine for me...in like...December 1998. There was no mention of this being a problem. I hope they're not going to tell me I can't get my new ones done to match... ------------------
And, hey! Let's be careful out there. ~Manny.
| IP: Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
Michael Schaffer
"Where is the
Boardwalk Hotel?"
Posts: 4143
From: Boston, MA
Registered: Apr 2002
|
posted 04-24-2002 09:10 PM
The discussion has indeed strayed very far from the original subject, but that is what lively discussions are about, really. Anyway, I too think we should open a discussion about customising the Pennywise automation, as I am also considering doing that for our cinema.
I promised more information on the SDDS print quality issue, but since I have very little time at the moment, that will have to wait. Cohen asked about working conditions in cinemas in Germany. This and a few other questions I will answer a little bit later, too. Sorry! But since youīre all cinema professionals, you can imagine how much work I have at the moment, especially because I am not only in charge of the projection management, but of the management of all other technical issues in the house as well...
The idea behind the project is quite simple: to bring back optimal standards of presentation and service to the entertainment form we all love, to bring back the idea of the movie THEATER when most of the old theaters are gone and have been replaced by macdonaldised megaplexes. If we manage to do that, we could have the best of both worlds.
By the way, I am still waiting for information why platter projection should be inferior to changing over! Brad, I am still very curious about your amp and speaker configuration. Your cinema appears to be really interesting. I havenīt quite understood if itīs a one-screen theater or the big screen in a plex.
And finally, I had originally opened the discussion to find out if there is any other multiplex theater with 8 channels on all screens, so if anyone knows about such a theater, please let me know!
Donīt hold back with comments/questions, even though I may not be able to answer you for a couple of days!
| IP: Logged
|
|
Gerard S. Cohen
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 975
From: Forest Hills, NY, USA
Registered: Sep 2001
|
posted 04-25-2002 06:15 PM
Michael Schaffer's Alhambra invites comparison with Sony Theatres At Lincoln Center in New York City, which suggests a way to have septuplets maintain individual identities.When Sony acquired the Loews' Theatres,they built a state-of-the art flagship theatre a block long in the center of New York's theater-opera-ballet and film center, Lincoln Square. It's twelve auditoria were stacked vertically on both sides of a series of stainless-steel escalators rising "to the sky" within a central atrium. To utilize the memory of Loews' movie palaces of the 1920's and 1930's, all of which were by then demolished, abandoned or converted to other uses, Sony revived the name and theme of eleven of its grande
dame single-screen theatres, creating a thematic fascade for the entrance to each auditorium in the new 12-plex. The last to be completed was an Imax. As a child I enjoyed family trips to Loews' Valencia, with its Spanish decor, goldfish pond in the lobby, and domed ceiling displaying moon, stars and clouds, all in motion as in the outdoor sky. Double features, newsreel, cartoons, short subjects and ten acts of live vaudeville in this wonderful castle-theatre were a real treat.
As a union relief projectionist I often worked vacations at a Loews'
theatre in the Bronx, with a gilded interior and an articulated statue, St.George slaying a dragon above the marquee.[Loews' Paradise]
Each Loew's palace had its own exotic, magical environment, named after a city or land of enchantment. And unless memory fails me, there was also a Loews' Alhambra, the fabulous Moorish citadel popularized by Washington Irving into a tourist attraction every US traveler longed to visit. Perhaps its Berlin namesake will have similar popularity... [Photos of Sony Theatres At Lincoln Square are in the PICTURES
section of Film-tech.com ]
| IP: Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Glenn Conatser
Film Handler
Posts: 73
From: Northern California
Registered: Aug 2001
|
posted 04-25-2002 09:47 PM
Hi Michael,Thanks for the input on my center channel problem and the SDDS unit im using. What you mentioned makes alot of sense and will be looked at when my tech comes by. He was suppose to be here today but things fell through. God i hope its up when Spidey comes swingin in. UA has a wonderful single screen here in San Francisco named the Coronet. This theatre is equipped with two Norelco's and set up for change overs if needed. However the second projector is used for back up if the other fails. The theatre is equipped with eight channel SDDS and Dolby Digital. Speakers are all Electro Voice with double stacked bass bins. Four subwoofers are used behind the screen with 20 TS12-2 surrounds along the side walls. All the amplification is QSC with a Dolby CP200 processor. The system is biamped with EV electronic crossovers. From what ive been told by some reliable sources is this sound system was all re done personally by Lonnie Jennings from Dolby back in 93 or 92 when they remodeled the whole place. I must say this is probably one of the best sound systems ive ever heard. THX or not. The subs integrate beautifully with the stage speakers. There is a seamless transition from stage to surrounds with the surrounds having a tremendous amount of punch and clarity. I think one of the main reasons this place sounds so damn good is the massive amount of amps up there. This is one of the places where the proper amount of power was used and it really pays off . The sound is really open and uncompressed with tremendous punch in the sub bass section. The only weak point to the Coronet are the acoustics, which cause some echo and some movies can sound a bit bright but other than that its a great theatre and still gets two prints on major films. The screen is roughly 60 feet wide and 30 to forty feet high. I could be off a bit on the height and seats 1235. This is also one of George Lucas's favorite theatres and opened Star Wars when it was first realesed and has played all the others except for Empire Strikes Back when it was first realesed but played it on the re - release in 97. There gearing the place up for Episode 2 in May. This will be the place to be in SF when Episode 2 opens. Cheers,
Glenn
| IP: Logged
|
|
|
|
Don Sneed
Master Film Handler
Posts: 451
From: Texas City, TX, USA
Registered: Aug 2001
|
posted 04-26-2002 05:06 AM
I just finish installing one of Japan's largest screens theatre, this was a 10-plex, All THX, using Dolby CP-650 with Ex on all screens, QSC DCA amplilifiers, JBL 3632T, DTS-6D, on the large screen I installed Sony DFP-3000, Dolby DA-20, Dolby SA-10, & DTS-6D, the speaker used was (5) JBL-5674 with (6) JBL 4645 sub woofers (24) JBL 8340 surround speakers....the total installed amplifiers was (17)..this 700 seat house was the cleanest & loudest sound I ever heard...& believe me I cranked the system almost to max without clipping, reading 131db with program material, thanks to the DFP-3000, also I have the speakers properly aimed for a 3db difference from the front row to the rear row, all this is a very large room...it doesn't get any better than that !!
| IP: Logged
|
|
Michael Schaffer
"Where is the
Boardwalk Hotel?"
Posts: 4143
From: Boston, MA
Registered: Apr 2002
|
posted 04-27-2002 04:00 AM
Thank you all very much for your replies. As I had explained from the beginning, my main motivation to start the topic was curiosity. The feedback has been really interesting. I would just like to stress once more that I never intended to start a which-sound-format-is-the-best or which-projector-is-the-best sort of discussion. That would have been rather futile, since we have all contemporary sound formats on all screens anyway. They all have their merits, or else we wouldn`t have them all huddled together in our racks!
Still, I love the 8-channel thing, it has the advantages of the good old 70mm format (5 front channels) and of modern digital sound combined.
Glen, thank you for the information about that theater in San Francisco. We love classic movie theaters, and that is exactly why we want to bring that feeling back with Alhambra, which is built on a site where there has been an old big cinema also called Alhambra for decades. Hopefully your problem can be solved. You don`t have to wait for the technician. Get the SDDS setup software from SDDS.com (or indeed from these pages) and see for yourself. As every sound system, SDDS performs best at 0dB.
Gordon, I am not sure I understand your question. THX is not a speaker system, it`s a quality program and counseling service started by Lucasfilm to help build better cinemas. They have a lot of good ideas, but no one says you have to do everything exactly the way they suggest. Well, you have to if you want the logo on your door. But then even George Lucas doesn`t seem to mind about that too much, as Glen`s post (2 below yours) suggests.
My boss, who, as his shopping list suggests, is a real cinema enthusiast, checked out a lot of different sound equipment. He decided to get HPS simply because he was won over by its effortless and balanced sound quality. And so was I after we had aligned the first system and listened to it. If you want to know why, I can tell you a little more about that later.
To be honest, I am rather confused by your statement that printing
laboratories would prefer SDDS to go away because it is a little more difficult to print...
Well, I think it`s their job to deliver good prints, isn`t it? Would anyone prefer film to go away because it is more difficult to manufacture than DVDs?
And Brad, you remind me that the standard of presentation is what counts in the end, you are very right about that! This is exactly why I think one needs both experience AND the right tools. I care very much about quality, and this is why I do care whose fault it is if things don`t go the way they could. Addressing the print quality issue is very important to me, not only for the sake of the SDDS track, but also because image quality is often a problem that goes hand-in-hand with it.
| IP: Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All times are Central (GMT -6:00)
|
This topic comprises 4 pages: 1 2 3 4
|
Powered by Infopop Corporation
UBB.classicTM
6.3.1.2
The Film-Tech Forums are designed for various members related to the cinema industry to express their opinions, viewpoints and testimonials on various products, services and events based upon speculation, personal knowledge and factual information through use, therefore all views represented here allow no liability upon the publishers of this web site and the owners of said views assume no liability for any ill will resulting from these postings. The posts made here are for educational as well as entertainment purposes and as such anyone viewing this portion of the website must accept these views as statements of the author of that opinion
and agrees to release the authors from any and all liability.
|
Home
Printer-friendly view of this topic