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Author Topic: Sneak Preview Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 10-29-2003 04:24 AM                     The normal way is to thread straight down. However there is absolutely nothing detrimental to the film or the equipment to thread "behind" the rollers like is shown in that picture. Personally, I always thread straight down just like any standard platter threading. However the reasoning I have been given for threading "behind" the rollers is that it is quicker to whip the film behind them. What does that save, a second??? Regardless, it just doesn't matter.  |  IP: Logged Daniel Fuentz Expert Film Handler Posts: 230 From: Fresno, CA, USA Registered: Apr 2003 posted 10-29-2003 06:20 AM                     quote: Anyone who does not check out the Mann Highland 1 & 2 Theater pics currently on the front page can not be qualified as a human being. Only someone with no rights, no intelligence, and no saavy would miss these pics. These are the best pics on Film-Tech. If you do not check them out, then you do not deserve to be alive. Sigh... I guess I'll have to wait and see these when they come off sneak, as I just can't seem to think of anything worthy of posting, and I can't bring myself to post for posting's sake, like I'm doing right now.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 10-29-2003 08:31 AM                        According to the manual, you thread like this: The Speco LP-270 is sure an ambiguous platter. Nate, I will assume it doesn't matter, just as long as you thread on the '9'. If it were up to me I'd go in front of one roller and behind the other depending on what day it was or how the weather was outside. Oh, and Jon.... your first assumption was correct.  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 10-29-2003 10:49 AM                     The only times that I've threaded to the left of the rollers is when I was having static problems and the two layers of film (going down and coming back up) were attracted to and rubbed against each other or the tree. I see nothing wrong with threading this way so long as the rollers spin freely. This may also slightly (unnoticeably?) increase tension between the platter and projector.  |  IP: Logged Jon Miller Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 973 From: San Diego, CA, USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 10-29-2003 11:20 AM                     Joe...the ghostwriter? Now, if an oddball print arrives with a SMPTE Universal leader, does that mean the projectionist is automatically fired?  |  IP: Logged Scott D. Neff Theatre Dork Posts: 919 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Oct 1999 posted 10-29-2003 11:33 AM                        I need me some good Speco time. Maybe Cinemark will hire me somewhere...  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 11-05-2003 12:20 PM                        Wow! Is that William T. Parr in the Plano Movies 10 pics? It must be. He has on a red shirt. I remember the day(s) he wore that shirt!  |  IP: Logged Charles Everett Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: New Jersey Registered: May 2001 posted 11-06-2003 04:41 PM                     Dig that marquee at Movies 10! They're encouraging people to wait for "Ghetto Tuesday".  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 11-10-2003 02:53 AM                        Damn, I look like a reanimated corpse in the first pic of the Film-Tech Halloween gathering pics. Brad, don't you think you could have picked a frame where my mouth was closed? I am obviously mid-word.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 11-10-2003 06:37 AM                     It's a lot like when people hear their own voice on tape for the first time. They're never happy about it. That's just how you look, dude.  |  IP: Logged Andrew McCrea Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 645 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Registered: Nov 2000 posted 11-10-2003 08:51 AM                        I've always wandered how you thread on the "7" or on the "9"... Is this feet or the number on a countdown leader? Or does it not matter with automations the way they are today? How do you properly thread a show (what number and how) so that it becomes a true presentation?  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 11-10-2003 09:07 AM                     Andrew -- this would have been a great question for the FHF. If you are using an automation that is based on physical cues then it isn't so much of an issue as long as you provide enough time for the motor to come up to speed. In this case, you would need to work out where to insert the cue in relation to the "First Frame of Action" or "FFOA." This kind of automation can provide *very* precise show starts. Another type of automation uses a one-button "auto-start" routine that is based around a series of timed relays. If you're using one of these, you'd have to know what the delay setting is and thread accordingly. The actual threading point in the leader could vary between projectors due to variances in motor ramp-up speeds. For instance, a motor that gets up to speed quickly may need to be threaded at "8" whereas a motor with a slower start could need to be threaded at something like "7." As you already guessed, tho numbers refer to those printed on the countdown leader.  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 11-10-2003 01:44 PM                     quote: Brad, don't you think you could have picked a frame where my mouth was closed? No ... you were all in awe of the servers being violated. Lots of things were violated that week. Besides, Joe's mouth is always open anyway.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 11-10-2003 01:49 PM                     My #1 projector will never be the same, Adam.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 11-10-2003 02:10 PM                        Manny, I've seen many pics of me, and that's the worst. Brad chickened out and didn't put the pic I took of him up.  |  IP: Logged

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