Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Moo Print

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Posted by Matt Richardson (Member # 1348) on 09-17-2002, 07:17 PM:

Hi-
What's a "moo print?" I saw the term on a pre-show advertisement slide at a theater recently, and I can't seem to find a definition of the term anywhere. They never showed the answer slide at the theater, and it's driving me up a wall.

Thanks,
Matt
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Student, New York

Posted by John Walsh (Member # 168) on 09-17-2002, 09:50 PM:

I think this is like "cigarette burns." I never heard of it.

Posted by Mitchell Cope (Member # 32) on 09-17-2002, 10:16 PM:

A search on google came up with this moo print.

Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 09-18-2002, 12:21 AM:

The first thing I thought of was the Tex "Moo" THX trailer, but what that has to do with pre-show slide advertising is beyond me.

Posted by John Schulien (Member # 215) on 09-18-2002, 12:26 AM:

I saw the same advertising slides.

The question was, approximately, "What is the
term for a perfectly manufactured film print?"

Answer: a Moo print.

I never heard of the term either.

Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 09-18-2002, 12:56 AM:

The "Tex 2: Moo Can" THX trailer is on the new "Monsters Inc." DVD. I know it is a little off topic, but I thought I'd pass it along.

I have no idea what a Moo print is. Perhaps film reels printed in Wisconsin? Or a commerical on film for Gateway Computers?

Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 09-18-2002, 05:49 AM:

John Schulien wrote: "The question was, approximately, "What is the
term for a perfectly manufactured film print?""

The THX TAP print standards refer to "EK Select" and "EK Show" prints, and "Select" and "Show" prints. No "Moo" prints:
http://www.thx.com/professional_services/labgrad.pdf

But maybe someone developed that slang with the tie to the THX TAP print grading program and the THX "Tex" mooing trailer?

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 09-18-2002, 12:29 PM:

quote:
The question was, approximately, "What is the term for a perfectly manufactured film print?"

They still make those?!

Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 09-18-2002, 12:45 PM:

Adam Martin asked: "...a perfectly manufactured film print?...They still make those?!"

Welcome to the real world of sometimes having to ship 5000 prints only a week after you receive the final cut negative. As the saying goes: "FAST, CHEAP, GOOD --- choose two."

Posted by Gerard S. Cohen (Member # 994) on 09-18-2002, 07:50 PM:

I'm shocked that all you moo-vie mavens chickened out on "moo print",
so I won't "duck" my responsibility to enlighten yo'all.

A moo print is a shortened term for a film from the Hong Kong laboratories made with a Cantonese flame-hardening process after being filmed with a special form of camera movement. The proper term is "Moo-Goo-Gai-Pan." Because its outer layer is somewhat oily, handling is usually followed by "War-Shu-Op."

Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 09-18-2002, 07:52 PM:

Does that come in a low fade, low-MSG version?

Posted by Dave Williams (Member # 299) on 09-19-2002, 01:49 AM:

On the topic of Moo Goo Gai Pan, has anyone here ever seen the old Bob Newhart show episode of the same fame?

Dave