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Caleb Johnstone-Cowan
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 593
From: London, UK
Registered: Mar 2006

posted 11-15-2006 10:46 PM

Why would anyone start a film out of rack? It is easier to get the film in the proper position whilst lacing up than to fiddle around with the framing knob during the show. On the model I worked with if you had the intermittent sprocket in the right position you could do the framing and upper loop 'blind'.

If you want to let people know about issues with machines don't you have a noticeboard for the team? We had one where people could leave messages and it was expected that you read it at the start of every shift. Techs would leave things for us to do and we would let techs know if something was up with a projector. This was very useful for us where we usually worked alone with 14 screens to run. You have decent grounds for disciplinary action if staff don't take heed of any notices.

Trailers framed like 'Deja Vu' aren't unusual, seem several this year although can't remember which titles. They look shoddy, don't see what is wrong with cropping a scope film to create a flat trailer.

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Michael Coate
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1904
From: Los Angeles, California
Registered: Feb 2001

posted 11-15-2006 11:12 PM

Are the flat trailers for "Deja Vu" really printed as described, or did the person building up the print simply splice away an extra one-fourth of a frame? Is the MPAA approval green band intro printed off-center too? (I've only seen the trailer in scope, so naturally the imagery filled the frame.)

Even if printed as described, where's the problem?? Just don't program the trailer first in your sequence. Or, if it bugs you that much and you can afford to babysit the projector for the duration of the trailer, simply adjust the framing when the trailer begins and re-adjust the framing upon the trailer's conclusion.

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Brad Miller
Administrator

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From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99

posted 11-16-2006 03:28 AM

I already removed a couple of Deja Vu trailers once I saw that misframing in the printing. As policy, my theaters will no longer promote that film. We threw them all in the trash!

Problem solved. I recommend everyone else follow suit.

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Caleb Johnstone-Cowan
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 593
From: London, UK
Registered: Mar 2006

posted 11-16-2006 12:25 PM

If you misframed a flat trailer for a scope film when making up wouldn't the rest of the film go out of rack? Probably a stupid question but in my short stint as a projectionist I made up three films and really wish I'd had the chance to become proficient in it especially since I can break down films fine.

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Blaine Young
Master Film Handler

Posts: 477
From: Kirkland, WA, USA
Registered: Sep 2006

posted 11-16-2006 02:37 PM

quote: Michael Coate
Are the flat trailers for "Deja Vu" really printed as described, or did the person building up the print simply splice away an extra one-fourth of a frame? Is the MPAA approval green band intro printed off-center too? (I've only seen the trailer in scope, so naturally the imagery filled the frame.)

The trouble is with the printing of the trailer, not the framing. The green band fills the screen if I remember correctly. That is what I thought too the first time I ran the trailer pack fully assembled. I'd recenter the image and then the next trailer would be completely screwed up. I'm not above making a framing mistake - but two in one trailer pack is not likely.

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