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Author Topic: DCI compliant or not for non-first run operations? Sean McKinnon Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1712 From: Peabody Massachusetts Registered: Sep 2000 posted 01-06-2013 01:09 PM                        Please excuse my ignorance but how come you cannot put a motor on a curtain that only flies?  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-06-2013 01:17 PM                        Frank--thanks for the update. I guess I'll have to check with them myself, since I am in the position of booking 35mm films for a performing-arts center. Argh.  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 01-06-2013 08:18 PM                     Generally Grand Drapes are part of the hand driven counterbalanced fly set on stage, generally line #1 or #2. The Grand may have several trim points for different stage uses; different opening speed based on the cues called for a show.....motor control would be a pain in a Performing Arts Center  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 01-24-2013 09:08 PM                        quote: Sean McKinnon Please excuse my ignorance but how come you cannot put a motor on a curtain that only flies? Like most things, Sean, you can do it if you have enough money. There are electrical fly systems, in fact, we have some of our really heavy pipes like the electrics motorized, but they do cost a pretty penny. But these do only one thing -- UP and DOWN -- no speed variation or a varity of stop positions. As Richard says, there is a flexibilty issue with the Grand Curtain which may need a variety of stop trims that you don't have with the less active pipes. More than not, the Grand Curtain is called on to fly and drop at a wide variety of speeds depending on what the stage manager calls based on what's happening on the stage, at times even varying the speed in mid-pull. It requires a more dynamic action. So the answer is, yes, it can all be motorized, but again, at what cost; stage hands wind up being cheaper, if not a lot more frustrating when they miss a curtain cue!  |  IP: Logged

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