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Author Topic: When should you stop a movie Manuel Francisco Valencia Expert Film Handler Posts: 151 From: Oklahoma City, OK, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 03-28-2004 02:47 AM                     Never had to turn a platter as fast as Gordon but I did have to turn two on those damn Super Platters. It was a loooong time ago at the first theatre I worked at. In fact I was still a concessionists so they figured "hey lets get this poor sucker to do this." Later I was told that it was the Variable Autotransformer that went out. Now thats a shoulder workout!  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 03-28-2004 10:30 AM                     IMAX is 24fps? I recall seeing a show and learning in the pre-show that IMAX was 30fps. No? Never mind. I just looked it up and everyone seems to agree it's 24fps.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-28-2004 01:28 PM                     yes it is 24fps but we can also run IMAX HD at 48fps as well  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Fuentes Mmmm, Dr. Pepper! Posts: 1168 From: Corpus Christi, TX United States Registered: Jan 2004 posted 03-29-2004 01:33 PM                     I've also had to spin a super platter for about half an hour, but then I decided to get some poor sucker from downstairs finish it for me.  |  IP: Logged Chris Hipp Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1462 From: Mesquite, Tx (east of Dallas) Registered: Jul 2003 posted 03-29-2004 05:16 PM                     Test question: Q:What do you get when a platter goes down? A:An usher OR you can use a make up table to spin the platter, of course I know nothing about IMAX so that may not work for it.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 03-29-2004 05:35 PM                     Using the MUT assumes that the motor is still working. BTW, I would stop a film if the REWIND platter had died. Move the print to a working platter and start again. Otherwise, you will probably wind up with film "dipping and kissing" the floor occasionally. Spinning a platter by hand (or using a MUT) is okay for a dead payout platter.  |  IP: Logged Chris Hipp Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1462 From: Mesquite, Tx (east of Dallas) Registered: Jul 2003 posted 03-29-2004 05:39 PM                     If only one motor goes out I either swap platters or motors real qucik. The only time that I have had to use a MUT is when the DMC takeup control board went out, twice so far.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 03-29-2004 06:03 PM                     Trouble with changing platter parts around is that you probably don't really know right away which part just died. I think it's best to move the print and get the show back on-screen ASAP and then try swapping parts later to find out what went wrong. Because what if you change out the motor and then it still doesn't work? Now you could have 2 dead platters instead of just the one.  |  IP: Logged Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 04-02-2004 02:04 AM                     Stopping a show should be an absolute last resort whether it's a full house or a Monday afternoon. Bad presentation amounts to anything that takes the audience out of the story, so shutting down a show ranks way up there. That said, there are times when it happens... My fault: - Started the wrong print. (multiple prints in different aud.) - Caught the film misthreaded on a roller or something (during the first trailer. You can "hear" something's not right!) - I looked out the port window and saw a streak or something on the screen. I couldn't tell if it was a scratch or a stain. This was back in my "early days" so I went to check the film on its way back to the platter and (like an idiot) tried to tilt it towards the light to see, causing the failsafes to drop. Not my fault: - Power failures. In the summer, 4 or 5 a week due to the thunderstorms. The stupid ushers always called up to let me know the movie had stopped. - Weekend cop came up to the booth once. He said that he thought he saw some "punks" run into the movie and he wanted to look from above. So he goes to look and trips over the film going back to the platter, stopping the show and bringing the lights full up. - Fire alarms. Never a real fire, thank God, but they used to go off at random until it was traced to a smoke alarm with a short or something. It was the type of fire alarm system that would call the firefighters automatically, so that sucked. - Various emergencies. Someone having a medical emergency in the auditorium (couple times. Once a show was delayed because it was ME!), the print about to be thrown on the shitty mistimed platter, rectifier blew a thingamajig and the bulb shut off, sound completely cut out for no reason and no format(s) would work, or a shutter gear box breaking mid-show. Fun! =TMP=  |  IP: Logged

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