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Topic: Make-up while the show is running
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Randy Stankey
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From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 10-07-2001 09:34 AM
I say it's perfectly OK to make up or break down a print while the show is running on almost any brand of platter system.Just remember to be careful and run the make up table SLOWLY. On certain kinds of platters (Speco comes to mind) you can blow the main fuse when you "crank" the speed control while the show is under way. Another thing to remember when using Speco: The bottom of the decks on the Speco have metal battens on the bottom which will act like a giant fan when the deck gets up a good "head of steam". If you are running the show between the top and bottom platter, for instance, and you are breaking a print from the middle, the "fan effect" will cause the film on the bottom to get tangled; thus risking a brain wrap. The solution is to make sure you build or break from the bottom deck or else run the break down table SLOWLY. There are certain times in a large theatre when you pretty much have to build and break a print while another is running on the same platter. You just have to learn the peculiarities of your system and make sure you know how the proper "work arounds."
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Randy Stankey
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posted 10-07-2001 01:26 PM
Yes, I know about putting in a larger fuse. In fact, I put them in to just about all the Specos I have.I just didn't mention it because if you do put a larger one in, you can potentially cause other problems. For instance, if you accidentally press two green buttons at the same time and both payout controls, for some reason, get moved into the "run" position at the same time, the current surge can casue things to start frying. You could simply require changing out the payout control card(s) or you could end up replacing one of those pushbutton switch assemblies. If you put a 3 amp fuse in there, as recommended, you'll simply pop the fuse. If you put a 5 amp fuse in there, there is potential for trouble. If / when I put larger fuses in the platter, I make sure to warn people about not pushing two buttons of the same color at any time. (Except for prescribed emergency procedures.)
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Will Kutler
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From: Tucson, AZ, USA
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 10-07-2001 05:23 PM
I dont know about you all, but at the theater where I worked, Fed Ex or some other shipper --such as AZ Film Delivery delivered prints.There were many times that they delivered prints late. Generally speaking, we received our prints between 12:00 and 3:00 on Thurs. If they had not delivered by 3:00, then our home office as well as the distributor was notified. In my opinion, if the projectionist does not receive the print by the early afternoon proceeding opening day, then it is his/her responsibility to notify theater management, the home office (if your company has one) as well as the distributor and shipper. There should really be no valid reason (unless a major aw shit occours) for films not to be prepped and ready to go on opening day. In any case, trying to build a print as it is running is unacceptable and is looking for trouble! If a major aw shit occours where the print is not delivered on time, maybe the distributors and shippers should be charged for the lost revenue?
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