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Kurt Zupin
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 989
From: Maricopa, Arizona
Registered: Oct 2004

posted 01-04-2009 04:00 AM

quote: Mike Blakesley

I wonder if people trying to set "speed records" for threading are the ones responsible for all the out-of-frame starts we hear about?

I should of said, they can do it in 45 seconds, this does not mean that they do. The average projectionist probably takes one and half to two minutes to thread a projector after it has been cleaned.

With a new position I have been given within my company I have the chance to make sure everyone in the company is threading the proper way now. Not just my own theatre, but all of them.

I also agree that it will be some time before Projectionist will be obsolete. At least 10 more years before its gone for good and taken over my digital.

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Damien Taylor
Master Film Handler

Posts: 493
From: Perth, Western Australia
Registered: Apr 2007

posted 01-04-2009 04:43 PM

I get out of frame starts sometimes because I like to thread on the junk film when the top rollers aren't aligning properly and the film keeps slipping off. I just wind enough through to get to the ring, then thread, and motor through (BOOO HISS) from there. Someone else didn't cut the scrap in frame.

I usually take a minute or so to clean the projector, but thats because I take the back of the gate out, which no-one else seems to do at my place, so theres always super hard crud to be found. (Vic 8)

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Monte L Fullmer
Film God

Posts: 8367
From: Nampa, Idaho, USA
Registered: Nov 2004

posted 01-04-2009 05:56 PM

You know, you could put a two foot section of clear frame leader in the middle of this junk film so you can eliminate out-of-frame starts since you stated in "threading up in the junk area" - which looks like someone who can't do their job in the eyes of the patron. Also, inspect your lead splices to make sure that every splice is in frame......(HINT,HINT! - tips for you...)

You can also do two things when framing: keep the framelight slit clean so you can see the frameline in the lighted slit, or frame in the trap using the aperture plate itself.

I've worked with V8-s before and never had a framing problem with these excellent units.

-Monte

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