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Author Topic: Gods & Generals (& dts) Question Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 02-01-2003 08:45 AM                     When I ran Gettysburg in 1993, we had the 4.5 hour film on two platters. After the Intermission title card, the projector stopped and we threaded the second half. Depending on how long the intermission was, we waited a few minutes and then started up the second half, which had 5-10 minutes of intermission music on black film.  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 02-03-2003 08:58 AM                    quote: Bring it on. Afterwards I'll be long home reading F-T while a platter operator would still be unbuilding. Good platter operators would be tearing down while it's running without damaging the print. I'd be right behind you, Steve.  |  IP: Logged Karen Hultgren Master Film Handler Posts: 492 From: Agoura Hills, CA, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 02-03-2003 11:34 AM                        We know there will be playback challanges with this film. We'll have to wait and see what the studio/film maker wants to do. Karen at DTS khultgren@dtsonline.com  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-03-2003 11:54 AM                        quote: Good platter operators would be tearing down while it's running without damaging the print. I think a real good platter operator would not attempt this.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-03-2003 12:08 PM                     Mark, you have a typo in your post above. You mispelled "shitty" and typed in the letters "good" by mistake.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 02-03-2003 12:14 PM                        Ha Ha Ha, He He He, Ha Ha Ha... I can't believe some people are in such a hurry to leave. By the time you wait for your lamp house to cool off you'd have that print have broken down. What's another 10 to 15 minutes (tops) on top of that?  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-03-2003 12:18 PM                     Yes indeed, if you hate your job that much, go find another.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 02-03-2003 12:56 PM                        You know, maybe I'll start threading my projectors while they are running. It's sure to save time. I could come in to work the second the show was supposed to start -- and since the distances involved are much shorter than that of a platter, it's sure to be even easier, therefore reducing damage even further! Almost forgot, I can save even more time by not threading the analog sound head when I'm using DTS! This is great! AND while I'm at it, I might as well just run the last show straight on to the MUT. Why even bother with those pesky platters? [ 02-03-2003, 02:57 PM: Message edited by: Daryl C. W. O'Shea ]  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 02-03-2003 02:44 PM                        Several wise sayings come to mind: "Haste makes waste" "Film Done Right" "Penny wise and pound foolish" How many prints have YOU damaged this year? (The answer should be ZERO. )  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 02-03-2003 08:07 PM                        Brad, did you actually recieve the three DTS discs with your print? reference  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 02-03-2003 08:29 PM                    Wait for the lamp(s) to cool down? Hey that's what timers are for. Brad, maybe you need to set a special status for people who talk like Mark above...like DOOFUS FILM HANDLER!  |  IP: Logged John Carpenter Film Handler Posts: 96 From: Fort Walton Beach, FL, USA Registered: Nov 2002 posted 02-03-2003 08:48 PM                     Brad - with someone actually running it now, was there a good spot to insert an intermission? Also if so, and it is not prohibited, is there anyplace that sells an "intermission" reel of film (what I mean is more than black film - something that might say intermission on the screen and may have music???) Thanks for letting us all know about the film. SPOKE TOO SOON, SORRY - JUST SAW MORE IN ANOTHER POST ABOUT AN EMAIL FROM WB SAYING THERE WILL BE AN INTERMISSION...  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-03-2003 08:57 PM                     No dts discs have been made yet. Will report back once the print has been screened as to a possible intermission. The run time will be clocked as well.  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 02-04-2003 12:19 AM                        From Jonathan's post, the intermission is in the middle of reel eight. Why would they do that? During the road show era during the intermission , projection was stopped and about ten to fifteen minutes later, it was resumed with the playing of the entr'acte recorded on black film. I do recall listening to music that was recorded on the film during the intermission of "GETTYSBURG" and I also recall about ten minutes of in house music when the projectors were turned off during the break. The long defunct Cinerama Theatre in Honolulu eventually put in a platter system but "GETTYSBURG" played at this theatre in 70mm with the film on reels with change over. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 02-04-2003 11:53 AM                    quote: How many prints have YOU damaged this year? The answer IS zero. quote: You mispelled "shitty" and typed in the letters "good" by mistake. You're a funny guy. Just because one uses a techniques that's not approved or undertsood by you or others here doesn't make one shitty, Brad. I have a lot of respect for you. You're just as much of a nit picker as I am. I have NEVER damaged a print doing this. I never touch more than a frame or two of the film. The film never touches the floor. No scratches, no dirt, no stress, zip. And when done, it's film guarded, the cue tape is removed, the splicing tape is removed, and the heads and tails are re-spliced back on their proper reels with the TES bands intact (if there - and assuming they got to me in one piece). quote: I can't believe some people are in such a hurry to leave. By the time you wait for your lamp house to cool off you'd have that print have broken down. What's another 10 to 15 minutes (tops) on top of that? Ask the management. When one has one round of shows to turn around four build ups and three tear downs (one of which is the last show to get out) and you care about "film done right" but the management cares more about going home, then you come up with creative ways to get the job done. I care a great deal about the quality of the presentation and making sure that prints leave in better condition than they arrived in, and I will GLADLY take back any print that I've broken down using that technique for a second run. I'd even take it back over a virgin print because at least I know that I've already removed the lab splices. quote: Brad, maybe you need to set a special status for people who talk like Mark above...like DOOFUS FILM HANDLER! You really need to lighten up. You always look so serious.  |  IP: Logged

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