Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Happy Anniversary Film-Tech.

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Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 4594) on 01-01-2002, 11:55 AM:

Congrats Brad!

Hope we have many many more years!

Posted by Ian Price (Member # 14) on 01-01-2002, 12:02 PM:

Happy 3rd year anniversary to Film-Tech and Happy 2nd year anniversary to our theatre the Rialto Cinemas Lakeside. We opened in Januarry 2000 so we are entering our 3rd year.

Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 01-01-2002, 01:44 PM:

Happy anniversary Film tech and Rialto and hopefully many more to come

Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 01-01-2002, 07:18 PM:

Congratulations you created have a very special and unique web site. I am proud to know each and every one of you.

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 01-01-2002, 07:38 PM:

Film-Tech couldn't have made it without everyone here, so stick around. Hopefully this year will see even more new members (with pics!)

Congratulations to Ian and Ky. They make cool t-shirts with the Rialto logo. I need more! Don't make me go to the store and BUY clothes!

Posted by Aaron Sisemore (Member # 145) on 01-01-2002, 07:38 PM:

Congratulations, Brad on three years of improving presentation quality the world over.

May the success continue for years to come!

Aaron Sisemore
Chief Technician
Cinema West Theatres
http://www.cinema-west.com

Posted by Mathew Molloy (Member # 666) on 01-01-2002, 10:31 PM:

Congratulations Brad!

Posted by Jon Miller (Member # 163) on 01-01-2002, 11:07 PM:

Long live film! Long live Film-Tech!

Congratulations, and keep up the good work, Brad!

Posted by Melany Lowe (Member # 1084) on 01-01-2002, 11:47 PM:

Congrats man..Film-tech is awesome!!!! I hope there is many more years to come

Posted by Rick Long (Member # 213) on 01-01-2002, 11:58 PM:

Well done Brad. Your efforts over the last three years are appreciated by us all, more than we can say.

No longer do many of us feel like a voice alone in the wind, protesting the decline of presentation standards we have come to know, love and respect. Instead, this forum allows us to share our concerns with many others out there that feel the same way.

This, coupled with input and advice from many industry experts in their own field, give us hope for the future.

Again, thanks Brad.

Posted by Sean McKinnon (Member # 612) on 01-02-2002, 02:21 AM:

Thanks brad, Film-Tech is the best site on the net.

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 01-02-2002, 04:57 AM:

Happy Happy!!!!!

This site rules!!!!!!

Cultivate it into and past 2002 for ALL...even if some of them are jerks!

Congrats to you Brad!1!!

>>> Phil!

Posted by Ben Wales (Member # 92) on 01-02-2002, 05:53 AM:

Happy Anniversary Film-Tech and well done to Brad for all the hard work that goes into this site!.

Best Wishes from across the pond

Posted by Joe Beres (Member # 678) on 01-02-2002, 09:17 AM:

Congratulations Brad! This far Film-Tech has proven to be a great source for information and conversation, and things keep getting better. You and Joe have been doing great work with the site!

Posted by Bruce McGee (Member # 131) on 01-02-2002, 09:32 AM:

Congratulations Brad. This is the first site that I look at almost every day. I have learned sooo much from my friends here, and have made lots of new friends in the process.

When I made the switch from 16mm to 35mm, I thought I was mostly alone. I started with four reels of trailers. Now I have 117 features, and four cartoons, in addition to many more trailers! The space I gained by selling off the 16mm stuff is gone with the wind... I dont care, though. The improvement in the screen images made it worth all the loss of space.

The first time that I sent Brad Miller an email, he was running the "Brad Miller and Associates" site. He sent me an answer almost immediately. He's been a real help to me, and is a good friend.

I wish Brad, and all of you continued success in 2002...

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 01-02-2002, 09:36 AM:

Congrats Brad on thew third anniversary!! Who exactly were your associates anyway?
Mark @ GTS

Posted by John Walsh (Member # 168) on 01-02-2002, 10:18 AM:

Yes, Happy Anniversary! I still remember the r.a.m.t. topic posting saying "Please check out Film-Tech."

I no longer post at r.a.m.t., which is kinda too bad, as I'm sure I've missed some interesting subjects. But, the "signal-to-noise" is so much better here, and you can only talk about Cinerama for so long....

Posted by Evans A Criswell (Member # 381) on 01-02-2002, 02:48 PM:

Wow. 3 years already. It seems just like yesterday when I discovered the site. I probably discovered it within a few weeks of its startup, and waited a long time before registering.

I have to say that this is definitely one of the best specialized technical forum/informational site on the net. Very rarely do so many people with a common interest come together in this manner. Typically, either the site goes well initially and after the new wears off, creating a dead site, or the signal to noise ratio drops to the point that serious posters leave. Neither has happened to film-tech. Film-tech feels like a community, and this community would not have developed without Brad Miller's strict moderation and organization of the site. It also would not have been possible without the many knowledgeable people who participate here. It's truly a one-of-a-kind site, and I've learned more about film and projection here than anywhere else. I feel that the quality of my own site (the presentation quality ratings, especially) have been greatly improved by what I've learned from film-tech members.

Speaking of anniversaries, my hsvmovies.com site will be four years old on February 9. As the Pickles comic in today's paper said, "When you're young, the days seem short and the years seem long, but when you're old, the years seem short and the days seem long."

Brad definitely deserves an award of technical excellence for film-tech. When I make the gold and silver projection quality awards for Regal River Oaks Cinema 8 and Carmike 10, I think I'll make one and put it with the film-tech.com link that I have on my site.

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Evans A Criswell
Huntsville-Decatur Movie Theatre Information Site

Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 01-02-2002, 02:53 PM:

Film-Tech = "User Group Done Right". Congratulations!

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John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7525A
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 01-02-2002, 04:46 PM:

Mark, it was nothing more than a dba name at the time. My associates were people I worked with. There was also a dba company Ron Beardmore and Associates. Yes, we were both on each other's "associates" list. Talk about your originality, eh?

Speaking of Ron, I came across a slew of pictures before Northpark closed down. My new picture to the left was one taken with Ron, Jim Green and myself on the last night of operation. I'll do a picture page update once I can get my scanner working again.

The name of the site really wasn't too important to me at the time (as was the registered business name), for I didn't ever think such a site would even be noticed. I guess I was slightly wrong about that.

Posted by Paul Konen (Member # 41) on 01-03-2002, 09:18 AM:

Congratulations Brad.

I picked up on this thanks to Ethan leaving your presentation tips around the booth at Tinseltown soon after you started the site.

Thanks for being there.

Paul.

Posted by Michael Brown (Member # 890) on 01-05-2002, 11:50 AM:

I am a 20 something who is trying to learn the cinema business, i am thankfull that http://www.film-tech.com is here. It is a wonder.