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Posted by Steve Matz (Member # 1890) on 08-27-2014, 03:35 PM:

Don't think this has been posted before;Interesting Read!

http://silverscreenmodes.com/?p=165

Posted by Chris Slycord (Member # 4239) on 08-27-2014, 06:02 PM:

Teaser topics are against the rules.

Posted by Steve Matz (Member # 1890) on 08-27-2014, 06:39 PM:

Nothing teasing about it;I was showing how the Film Studios did everything inhouse and had their own processing labs, etc. What! are you the new Forum Police! [Roll Eyes]

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 08-27-2014, 06:40 PM:

The article has a lot of inaccuracies, such as a 90-minute movie requiring nine 2000-foot reels, the last Paramount movie distributed on film being Anchorman II, and of course this fun typo:

quote:
Only now the actors don’t get so many beaks.

And this:

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A 90 minute movie is usually 10,000 feet of film. If you’ve ever looked through developed film stock, it’s amazing how many frames it takes to advance a scene. Modern reels of film come in 2000 ft. lengths, so that’s almost nine reels of film per movie, and many movies last longer than 90 minutes.

Huh? First off, a 90-minute movie is closer to 8100 feet of film. And, his basic math is wrong; and even if he was right about 10,000 feet, that would fit (duh) on five 2000-foot reels.

Some of these bloggers really need fact checkers and/or proofreaders before they put their words out for posterity.

Steve - a better forum thread title would have been "Article with pics showing how film was processed in the past" or something describing the article.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 08-27-2014, 06:46 PM:

There's a very touching documentary video in the comments.

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 08-27-2014, 06:48 PM:

Please fix your teaser subject title Steve.

Posted by Steve Matz (Member # 1890) on 08-27-2014, 07:09 PM:

The touching Documentary Video Buck Mentioned [thumbsup]

http://vimeo.com/101235645
Going Dark...The Final Days of Film Projection

Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 08-27-2014, 07:28 PM:

quote: Article
A 90 minute movie is usually 10,000 feet of film. If you’ve ever looked through developed film stock, it’s amazing how many frames it takes to advance a scene. Modern reels of film come in 2000 ft. lengths, so that’s almost nine reels of film per movie, and many movies last longer than 90 minutes.

So firstly this "journalist" can't even get the basic math right, and secondly, look closely at the picture labelled "Theater projection room, circa 1930s". Those rectifiers are Irems, circa 1990s.

Posted by Steve Matz (Member # 1890) on 08-27-2014, 07:34 PM:

Actually LEO it says Projection Room 1950's,but I agree those Rectifiers are newer looking than ones from the 50's [Wink]

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 08-27-2014, 08:52 PM:

I noticed that too. Passes pretty well otherwise. My first thought seeing those rectifiers was "Hey! We had one of those up until we closed! Surely they aren't THAT old....."

Posted by Terry Lynn-Stevens (Member # 7349) on 08-27-2014, 09:30 PM:

The pictures from the old times are pretty cool. Other than that, the article write up sucks.

I have said in a few other threads that film will still be around on a very limited scale going forward.

Posted by Chris Slycord (Member # 4239) on 08-28-2014, 12:49 AM:

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What! are you the new Forum Police! [Roll Eyes]

You'll find that usually whoever happens upon a thread first is the one that tells someone about the mistake. And because of the time zone difference here in South Korea, I was up at work before most of the other members...

And really, when I mention a rule like this, it's only because I've seen Brad respond extremely negatively to them and he's the one in-charge. And incidentally, he responded exactly as I expected...

Posted by Jarod Reddig (Member # 6363) on 08-29-2014, 01:02 AM:

Really cool article! Great vid too.