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Gracia L. Babbidge
Jedi Master Film Handler
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From: Bowdoin, Maine
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 06-29-2002 01:29 AM
'the Print Pocket'?Earlier this week, I voiced an opinion to someone near the 'top of the totem pole'. That opinion being that playing three different prints a day in one auditorium is very impractical from the projectionist's point of view. As lifting and moving a print is a 'two person job', and getting assistance in shuffling prints around all day tended to be pretty difficult. That got some wheels spinning in the mind of the person to whom I was speaking, and he told me that the home office had recently gotten some 'literature' on some gizmo that facilitated one person print moves. A few days later, a fax came in, addressed to me, about something called 'the Print Pocket'. From what I read and saw on the fax, it looked as though it would work, and be quite slick about it. ...So, has anyone encountered one of these? Does it work well, or is it just one more annoyance? ...Or should I go ahead and try it out myself??
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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 06-29-2002 10:21 AM
Point:CounterpointI'd just assume equip all theatres reel-to-reel and not worry about moving prints around! Mr. Lucas would just assume he tells the Master Control Program to load the different movies into the various DLP via the eithernet port that HE controls. Steve ------------------ "Old projectionists never die, they just changeover!"
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Manny Knowles
"What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???"
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From: Bloomington, IN, USA
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 06-29-2002 02:21 PM
This must be another Texan thing...Does "just assume" = "just as soon" ? Gordon, I've heard of "bicycling" prints but that goes beyond!
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Frank Angel
Film God
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From: Brooklyn NY USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 06-29-2002 03:41 PM
We used to bicycle prints back and forth all the time. The theatre I worked in in College Station, TX and the one the next town over in Bryan TX (the towns are referred to as Bryan/College Station -- it's a Texan thing) were owned by the same man, Mr. Schulman. He would schedule the start times staggered about half the running time of the film and he had an old guy named Gus with a pickup truck (everyone in Texas back then had pickup trucks) to carry the prints between theatres. It took a bit of getting used to seeing your film cabinet always half empty, but you just put your trust in your "team" as he called it, and tried not to worry. It only came down to the wire once or twice when I was on my last reel with 15min to go and no Gus. He did show in time. We never missed so the team thing worked.I LOVE Brad's idea about putting the platters in the center of the room and threading to whichever machine you need. This could really work, couldn't it? Or even just placing film rollers and guides strategically in a conventional platter booth so that when needed, you could actually thread to a different projector regardless of which projector the platter sits next too. In a 12-plex booth, they are always stringing a print from a platter thru two and three machines in interlock, sometimes the projectors are on opposite sides of the booth. I've never seen this in actual operation -- just the thought of interlocking three projectors playing off the same platter is enough to give me nightmares. But I would think it would be even easier to do this if it were just to get to a particular machine with no interlock involved. Putting the dust and static pickup issues aside as has to be done with platter operation anyway, in theory, stringing film from any one platter to any other, regardless of location, >should< be able to work, no?
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