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Topic: THX reel inspection/grading of Gladiator
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Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!
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From: Annapolis, MD
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 05-07-2000 05:28 PM
For goodness sakes......my print of Gladiator has the hippy, hippy shakes.....Compared to U-571 (which was crisp and steady) Gladiator is rather soft and shakey...credits and all. Steve ------------------
"Old projectionists never die, they just changeover!"
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Chris Rhode
Film Handler
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From: Tampa, FL, USA
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 05-08-2000 07:47 AM
Out of the 3 prints of Gladiator that I got, two of them dropped out of SDDS twice through the whole movie and the other one just decided to go south because I ran that film-guard on the print when we got it. Is this normal???------------------
Chris Rhode chrisrhode@hotmail.com My reputation preceeds me..... in fact, it arrived about 45 years ago!
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Chris Rhode
Film Handler
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From: Tampa, FL, USA
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 05-08-2000 05:16 PM
Well you are probably right about the failing SDDS unit. I agree wholeheartedly with you when you say that sdds is the anti-christ. I've been trying to convince my manager to get some Dolby-digital readers or some DTS units for our large houses but they can't do that because we have a contract with Sony... we get a discount on an already over-priced piece of crap, and they get to reem us when these things break down because they won't do anything to get them repaired.I hope that sony gets out of the theater business. ------------------
Chris Rhode chrisrhode@hotmail.com My reputation preceeds me..... in fact, it arrived about 45 years ago!
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Chris Rhode
Film Handler
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From: Tampa, FL, USA
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 05-09-2000 07:49 AM
Brad, if someone were to put too much film guard on the print, would it distort the light as it was trying to shine through the sdds track??------------------
Chris Rhode chrisrhode@hotmail.com My reputation preceeds me..... in fact, it arrived about 45 years ago!
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Ted Costas
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 119
From: Hollywood, CA, USA
Registered: May 2000
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posted 06-05-2000 12:51 PM
Sorry it took so long to get back to you all regarding TAP Grading... A very basic approach would be, if there is anything distracting, picture or sound, it cannot be a Select Print Reel. Select Prints are composed of "A" or "B" graded reels. "C" graded reels are deemed acceptable for general release by lab standards, meaning a lab splice is acceptable, a single, short digital reversion is acceptable, a miniscule amount of horizontal or vertical unsteadiness is acceptable, and so on. A "Rejected" reel is any combination of the above, and / or any badly distracting defect. The following is TAP's current reel grading standards: "A" = Perfect reel, including built-in problems approved on the internegative.
"B" = Minor negative or positive dirt. Reels given "A" or "B" grades are set aside for L.A./N.Y. select release prints.
"C" = A moderate amount of positive or negative dirt, or quick scratches. Minor developer rubs.
Splices (clean and well-made with a mild pop in the sound). Minor color and/or density shift from what
was approved on the original answer print (not by no more than 2 points) . A single, quick digital reversion.
"RP" = Reject Picture. Multiple combinations of "C" grade problems. Excessive negative and positive dirt or scratches.
"RS" = Reject Sound. Any reel with a major sound problem, including prolonged and/or repeated digital errors / reversions. Regarding the "B-" in the Gladiator reel, that is a reel that is deemed borderline Select Print quality. We put the "minus" on the reel to say, "Hey, it's a good reel, and Select Print quality, but there is something wrong with it, so keep it out of Theatres that Ridley Scott may be going to." In other words, the filmmakers would know why it's a "B-", but very few others would. Hope that helps. Yours, Ted Costas
Manager, THX Theatre Alignment Program
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