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Author Topic: New prints...quality going downhill? Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 11-17-2004 12:02 AM                    quote: I would be requesting replacement reels for EVERYTHING that had them visible! The problem is you'd probably get another reel with dots on it. Maybe we should organize a massive reel recall on some movie to make our point.  |  IP: Logged Phil Blake Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 558 From: esperance western australia Registered: Nov 2003 posted 11-17-2004 09:18 AM                        I am also inclined to wonder about print quality. Althought I have not received any prints to date with scratches or time code problems, but I do wonder about the overall print processing quality. For example bridget jones 2 the trailer was excellent , bright sharp clear image , however the actual print is very grainy and pale . Quite a few films are this way , some clear some very grainy .  |  IP: Logged David Yauch Expert Film Handler Posts: 206 From: Mesa, AZ, USA Registered: Oct 2004 posted 11-17-2004 09:34 PM                     quote: Barry Martin In the outer edge of the film where the SDDS soundtrack is printed (blue tint) there should be a code number in magenta (pinkish) color. These codes are printed on the raw stock and can be used to track the reel and who handled it. Ah I've noticed those. I didn't check today what the ID was so I'll have to check in on saturday as I'm going out of town tomorrow.  |  IP: Logged Barry Martin Expert Film Handler Posts: 203 From: Newington, CT USA Registered: Jul 2002 posted 11-18-2004 01:32 AM                        Just remember to look at the part that has the damage/error. and go to the nearest code. Those codes are on the RAW stock so I would assume if there was a lab splice in between the code would be different for each side of the splice. At least that's how I've come to understand it.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 11-30-2004 03:18 AM                     I even heard that the major cities even receives IB prints of the major movies at their theatres whereas the rest of us gets the thousand-prints-a-minute Eastman stock. - Monte  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 11-30-2004 03:22 AM                     Monte, you should consider using the search function of these forums and search for "IB" and/or "dye transfer".  |  IP: Logged

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