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Posted by Dave Ganoe (Member # 53) on 10-06-2000, 08:28 AM:
Anyone notice cue marks, much smaller than at
the actual reel changes, in the middle of each 2000' reel? Last night was the first time I noticed them when running the movie.
Posted by Dustin Mitchell (Member # 372) on 10-06-2000, 08:36 AM:
Maybe they run 1000' changeovers in Japan?
Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 10-07-2000, 02:16 AM:
I like them...it made for something interesting to look at. 
Posted by Stefan Scholz (Member # 147) on 10-07-2000, 06:31 AM:
One part of a movie is 305 meters. (1000ft)
One reel normally is 2 or 3 parts. (2000ft)
Reel 1 consists normally of Part 1A and Part 1B or in Asia Reel 1 and Reel 2.
That's why you do have the cues.
Posted by John Walsh (Member # 168) on 10-07-2000, 07:21 AM:
I thought the "1A" and the "1B" referred to the A and B rolls, where every other shot is put on it's own roll (with slugging in between.) True?
Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 10-07-2000, 07:30 AM:
That's for hiding splices in 16mm, John. The A and B sections of a reel are a holdover from the single reel days (1,000 ft., or "cartoon" reels, as I used to call 'em). These are also the same size reels used in production today... editors assemble the movie on them. I do not know at what point in the process they are put into 2,000 ft. sections, however.
2,000 ft. capacity reels came on the scene sometime in the late 20s or early 30s, and were referred to as "double reels".
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