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Topic: Common Courtesy when circuiting a print
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Bruce McGee
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1776
From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular.
Registered: Aug 1999
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posted 10-20-2000 09:50 PM
I think that no theater is going to tell TES that the print that they have to tranship to another theatre is in bad shape. They dont want to be charged for the print, do they?When I worked in TV, we did this all the time, and we rarely got a print from another station that was in bad shape. Seems that the stations took better care of the prints than alot of theatres do. Of course, TV stations had Film Departments... Another station I worked for shipped a single set of Universal cartoons back and forth between 3 stations. Each station had a different way of cueing prints, and they were in horrible condition, until I worked on each of them. After I did my magic, I got comments from the control room about how the cartoons didn't break anymore... Neither of the other stations would admit to damaging anything, of course. All we can do is try to take care of the print while it is in our posession. Do no damage, and try to send the print out in the same, or better shape than when it was received.
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Gracia L. Babbidge
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 709
From: Bowdoin, Maine
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 10-21-2000 12:37 AM
I know that I do not envy the next projectionist to work with the copy od Urban Legends: Final Cut that I sent out this week. And not because of damage to the print!
(First let me state that I don't have any 'spare' plastic 2K reels. I have half a reel, for what little good that does me.  )
Reel one of the print I'm referring to, was one of the new TES reels, busted up quite badly when it arrived at my theater. Of course, it was tails up, along with a few other, non-sequential reels. 
I thought the reel was in bad shape before I put in on the rewind bench...   My rewind bench decided to exact even more abuse on the reel, much to my dismay.
Thank all higher powers that a little Yankee ingenuity and a lot of masking tape can go a long way!
The reel even held together as I broke down the print, amazingly enough. But goodness only knows how long it will hold...I did make sure to leave a note right on the reel itself, so the next person to take it out the can knows to be very very very careful...  ------------------
In some cultures, what I do is considered normal.
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Per Hauberg
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 883
From: Malling, Denmark
Registered: Jul 2000
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posted 10-21-2000 05:21 PM
DANISH RULES:#1 (written and unbreakable - even logic): If you have not filed a report/complaint at the films distributor before running your first show - or at least strict after your test-run, the print is considered to be received at your theater undamaged, and whatever damage being done execpt from "acceptable wear" is at your cost. #2 (written nowhere, but a matter of moral and behaviour to a fellow projectionist):
IF anyting happens to the print while in your hands - YOU should be the one reporting it to the distributor - not the next theater. After filing the report (and letting your insurance company about the rest), the distributor must consider to let the damaged print move on or not, and thereby be responsible to the next theater. Being a caring projectionist, not making a sport of ruining filmprints, but doing his (hers) best to make things run every day, it should not be that big a shame to confess an error. Per
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Carl King
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 199
From: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 10-25-2000 12:56 PM
Scratches on film!! They are the bane of our existence. With a little care most of them can be avoided..uh..oops, sorry, I forgot ..we're using polyester film. Let me rephrase that...With a whole lote or extra care and attention some of them can be avoided. I think a large portion of the blame for scratches must be place on the film itself. Another thing is the amount of magnification required for our large screens. Polyester film scratches much easier than the old acetate film did. Tensile strength in the new film stocks does not make up for the fact that it scratches more easily. I've had film pop off a sprocket and fail to break . On one occasion my projector was actually moved 3 feet before I got to it with a knife and cut the film. So, to get back to the theme, please do think of the next man/woman who will be running your print. Place a note in the can to let him/her know what is wrong with the print. It might be a good idea to find out where your junkie print came from and send a note to that operator. Be nice about it, though. We want to educate them not alienate them.
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