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Author Topic: Take Dangerous Reels Out of Circulation Sean Goodrich Film Handler Posts: 22 From: Dallas, TX, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 02-11-2001 01:53 PM                     After reading about Rachel Carter's mishap with a dangerous reel, I've decided to start this thread. At my theatre, we toss out faulty reels, and send the film back on cores. I'm calling on all Film-Tech members to spread this practice. If word gets out, I'm sure that TES would have to replace all their disappearing reels. Within a year, we'd be using brand-spanking new reels. what do you guys think? Ben Wales Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 602 From: Southampton. England Registered: Jul 99 posted 02-11-2001 02:34 PM                     IN the US why they don't adopt the European practice and ship prints on 35mm cores as we have in the UK. except Indian prints that normally shipped without cores!. Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-11-2001 03:39 PM                     Already doing it. Anyone else care enough about the safety of their fellow projectionists to join in? John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 02-11-2001 05:52 PM                        If you do ship a print back on cores, be sure to protect the roll from dirt by tightly enclosing it in a clean polyethylene bag (e.g., a clear polyethylene small wastebasket liner). Also, to prevent dishing of the rolls in the regular octagonal shipping cases, be sure to put dividers (e.g., 15-inch diameter disks cut out of corregated cardboard) between the bagged rolls. Also put a note in the case stating why the damaged reels were not returned. ------------------ John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging Eastman Kodak Company Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419 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 Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-11-2001 06:18 PM                     I have been doing that for some time. I just put the reels in bags like you said, John. Although I don't build movies as a regular part of my job anymore I will suggest that people who work "with" me do the same. If these hazardous things get taken out of circulation then they'll have to be replace with good one. (Improvement by attrition! ) Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-11-2001 06:21 PM                     Reels or not, ALL of my prints go back individually wrapped in a plastic liner. Those cans are just WAY too dirty to ship a film that I work hard to keep in immaculate condition. Now if only we could get TES to take all of those cans that have the flaky cardboard insert out of circulation. Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 02-11-2001 09:04 PM                     Brad, you forgot to mention that TES should take those orange film cans of theirs (which must be made out of Budweiser beer cans) and replace them when they get so badly beat up to the point where they look like they have been through a trash masher.

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