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Cameron Glendinning
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: West Ryde, Sydney, NSW Australia
Registered: Dec 2005

posted 03-26-2007 08:12 PM

quote: Mike Heenan
Umm, if ex Mcdonalds staff did all that to 35mm, then how do you expect them to graduate to A+ level with digital?

Personally in the far future, I see the bio box as being staff free, the computer in the managers office will control the signage and the servers upstairs, maintainence will be outsourced and the ports will never be cleaned! (perhaps I should reinvent windscreen wipers as an automated daily multiplex port cleaner system)
Thankfully I see this change taking many many years but ultimatly unemployment for me.

quote: Bobby Henderson
Regardless of whether a movie theater has digital or film projection, a greater level of quality control is definitely needed, more than what I think most theater chains have been providing for the past several years or so

absolutely, Mark J Marshall has some great examples of the standards that film should and can be! please keep up the good work

quote: Joe Redifer
Cameron why do you make a point to say that FilmGuard is not Kodak approved but PTR rollers are? Screw Kodak.

I only make the point because I think its inane. I think Filmguard gives film a definite advantage over digital. It should be Kodaks best friend.

I do have a bottle of filmguard in the box. I find that I only use it on the ads though as they generally have the most wear and tear, my current situation is a little unusual. I work in a large old twin (arthouse), we on average only have a print for a few weeks before they are moved on to smaller screens in the area. The chain I work for takes film very seriously, great gear, great prints (or they are sent back) experienced staff (3 of us have over 20 years experience each), some say we are an example of film done right.
Dispite the downturn in business the company is investing in the future by refurbishing its venues, by adding bars, cafes and a new look to create a more fine dinning style of experience.

My personal view on Rick McCallum was based on a 45 minute conversation with him in my projection room whist I was running c/o's. He was very complementry of the standards that that cinema had, both in picture and sound, and simply lamented that not all cinemas were of the same standard. If I hadn't meet him I would probably shared your views.

Now I have only ever been to one cinema in the US. It was in 1994 at a 16 plex in New Jersy somewhere near to Margate where I was staying. I was shocked at how bad the experience was, dark image and muffled mono sound in a dirty auditorium. For me, not a great first impression and we all know that you, no mater what industry, never get a second chance to make a great first impression. I wish I had found myself at Jack Ondracek's Drive in, now that would be a cool first impression.

The big difference between now and 1994 thanks to both DVD and HD is that people probably will not blame the movie anymore but finally the venue!

quote: Bobby
Despite the original intentions of the THX program and the arrival of digital sound playback formats in 1990-93 much of the commercial movie theater industry has sub-par quality sound, due largely to a lack of maintenance and poor auditorium design

I do not disagree with you about what THX means today, But historically it did create a shift in both audience expectations and a marked improvement or focus for cinemas to achieve, which I do believe created an overall improvement from before it was established.

[ 03-26-2007, 09:31 PM: Message edited by: Cameron Glendinning ]

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