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Author Topic: Take Your Cues Off!!! Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 12-11-2006 05:57 PM                        Regardless what your experience is, it's only wise to assume as a matter of course that a used print needs closer inspection, including a search for the "other guy's" cues. There's always going to be someone who doesn't care who gets his print next, and it's unlikely that any of us will change that here. Besides... I wouldn't use the last guy's cues anyway... even if they were where they needed to be (which isn't likely). I want MY cues and MY tape on there, laid in the way I place them. I have a lot more confindence in the operation that way.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 12-12-2006 02:57 AM                     ..cuz, yu don't know if those cues are worn out or not. I do the same thing: same place on the film, but don't trust them to work, thus replace them with my own.  |  IP: Logged Gilles Elbhar Film Handler Posts: 21 From: pavillons sous bois / France Registered: Mar 2006 posted 12-15-2006 04:10 PM                        I have this probleme. I work in theatre who get films about six weeks out. There is + - 40 movies. I build 5 movies / week (some time more !). Cues are always in the same area - the end. If I do not find it, I look at the movie during exibition. But cues can be in the middle of the movie, because they come from dual projectors (rock'n'roll) or other system. I have bad surprise.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 12-17-2006 03:18 PM                        Jack is right....same as packing your own parachute!  |  IP: Logged Ron Curran Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 504 From: Springwood NSW Australia Registered: Feb 2006 posted 12-20-2006 05:34 PM                        I just removed several cues from a print. They were edge cues covering all sound track formats. That can't be a good position.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-20-2006 08:48 PM                        Won't matter if it's DTS or Sony....analog or Dolby, yes: Bad.  |  IP: Logged Ron Curran Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 504 From: Springwood NSW Australia Registered: Feb 2006 posted 12-20-2006 10:51 PM                        Yes, Mike. I was thinking that as our print of Charlotte's Web was running in DTS. In the first week, before we received the discs, Dolby Digital would dorp out at a lab join.  |  IP: Logged Jeff Logan Film Handler Posts: 15 From: Mitchell, SD, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 12-25-2006 11:29 AM                     The defensive driving analogy really sums it up. You're responsible for what happens in your own booth. I appreciate when the previous projectionist removes the cues; but this can cause a more serious and devious problem to find....when you remove your cues, REMOVE THE ADHESIVE RESIDUE THE CUE TAPE LEAVES BEHIND! I've had some show shutdowns and a few nasty brain wraps caused by cue tape adhesive left on the film. This adhesive is hard to see during inspection and unless you're touching that part of the film (you shouldn't be touching where center cues were), you won't find them. The power of the rewind overcomes the adhesive, but the adhesive is strong enough to pull another layer into the brain and cause a shutdown when running. When I remove cues, I use a solvent (aeresol contact cleaner is handy but expensive) to disolve the adhesive and wipe it off with a soft cloth. The solvent disolves the ahesive but doesn't disturb the emulsion. When someone leaves their old cues on the film, at least I can easily find them and remove any problem causing adhesive.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 12-25-2006 11:13 PM                     quote: Jeff Logan When I remove cues, I use a solvent (aeresol contact cleaner is handy but expensive) to disolve the adhesive and wipe it off with a soft cloth. ... and a small squirt of Film-Guard on the corner of a rag does very good as well...  |  IP: Logged

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