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Author Topic: First "Reel" Booth Disaster Andy Summers Master Film Handler Posts: 397 From: Bournemouth Dorset United kingdom Registered: Jun 2005 posted 08-15-2005 10:58 PM                 Matt, Good luck in getting it all back to the best possible working order, that’s one bird nest by the way you described it, is it a new film and would it be possible to get a replacement reel for the end credits. And talking about end credits I all ways watch and listen to the fine score music on some films which tops it off, hope it doesn’t happen again to you.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 08-16-2005 12:51 AM                     The "ring and clothspin" idea works great with the AW3 units since the three rollers on the brain actually creates the tension from brain to upper guidance (DTS loves this tension also so the film doesn't have any chance of slipping around the scanner drum...)roller, but with any other platter that has no tension from brain to upper roller, can be a bit of a problem since that section of film loves to sag some and can get hung up on that clothspin - especially if you have a mile of film from platter to machine and not using AW3(R) platters. (you then can use a paper clip so nothing is poking up from the upper edge of the filmwind). Then, the super trick of using the clear film with velcro connections on each end is the king of homemade wraps. Even the IMAX people love these wraps (using 70mm film) on their big films when spinning from the QTRU's. -Monte  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 08-16-2005 01:41 PM                     Those film or velcro wraps won't do anything but keep the tail from coming untucked. The safety rings prevent EVERYTHING from going wrong, except possibly a brain wrap. But as far as any other disaster, the safety rings stop it, and they're pretty cheap too. The next time you have a tossed print, assuming a medium sized crowd, you could've just bought safety rings with the money you lost from that show for the entire complex. Then again some people can't do the math on why Christie bulbs even though they are more expensive to purchase, are actually cheaper to operate either.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 08-16-2005 02:31 PM                     If any theatre has been having problems with wraps, they should invest into wrap detectors on their platter transports. That way they're not busting up films having those big "beehives" that gets built with those big wraps in as well having big downtimes and the lost revenue. This is one of the biggest investments any "indie" or complex should be looking into. -Monte  |  IP: Logged

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