my profile | my password | search | faq & rules | forum home

» Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE   » Operations   » Film Handlers' Forum   » Reel ID frames now on Film-Tech (Page 1)

This topic comprises 2 pages: 1  2

Author Topic: Reel ID frames now on Film-Tech Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-16-2004 03:22 AM                        I don't remember seeing any fanfare for the new Reel ID section of the site. Maybe because there's not a lot of movies there yet, but that'll change soon. Nice job guys!  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 01-16-2004 03:49 AM                     Wow, that took over a week for anyone to notice! (We had bets going.) It was a bit of a pain to set up (custom script kudos goes to Adam) and will be a weekly chore to maintain, but it should prove invaluable to anyone who gets a used print without leaders or mangled in some way.  |  IP: Logged Gunnar Johansson Expert Film Handler Posts: 181 From: Gothenburg, Sweden Registered: Mar 2003 posted 01-16-2004 07:10 AM                        Do the bets only include a new topic in FHF? Otherwise it´s been discussed (although briefly) in the chatroom the other day, like wednesday. Hope that it messes with the winning bet... Who won the bet, by the way? And great idea! PS What do you know, my 100th post. Moving forward, upwards! DS  |  IP: Logged Gracia L. Babbidge Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 709 From: Bowdoin, Maine Registered: Aug 2000 posted 01-16-2004 09:58 AM                        Actually, it got discussed in the chat on Tuesday - either late in the morning, or early in the afternoon. I know, I was there.  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 01-16-2004 11:24 AM                     Brad and I were discussing it months ago.  |  IP: Logged Gunnar Johansson Expert Film Handler Posts: 181 From: Gothenburg, Sweden Registered: Mar 2003 posted 01-16-2004 11:44 AM                        Gracia: if I remember correctly, so was I, so you probably got the day right. Adam: Fine, so who wins the bet? If you were all betting on when you and Brad discussed it the first time you guys sholud win... Does it get a separate entry in the FAQ for how to contribute and enter information? No problems with copyright (I don´t think there should be, but not every law agrees with me...)?  |  IP: Logged Evans A Criswell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1579 From: Huntsville, AL, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 01-16-2004 01:14 PM                        After posting a request for "Teacher's Pet" on the print info forum, I looked at the reel ID area and saw that the information for Teacher's Pet was there along with the scans. It would be nice if any print info in the reel ID area would also end up on the print info forum as well so a search will turn it up. If I'd looked in Reel ID first, I wouldn't have posted the request (although the trailer lists posted often in the print info. forum are nice). Since the reel ID area is new (I did notice it the day it turned up and think it's neat!) I figure this issue will rear its head at times. Maybe make a Reel ID post possible only if there is a thread for the movie in the "print info" forum? Redundancy doesn't hurt, as long as the information is consistent between the two areas.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 01-16-2004 05:12 PM                     The Reel ID section is only able to be updated by the Administration staff, and that's the way it will remain to guarantee accuracy. Any info posted in the FITA forum could be incorrect, even though we do specifically ask that people not post there unless they have personally handled the print. Regardless, often people are able to post useful things such as aspect ratio and trailers weeks ahead of time in the FITA forum. That's where the FITA forum comes in handy. Once the movie has opened on it's wide break, trailers are no longer an issue and the Reel ID database would be the place to seek info. This will only include typical mainstream films as it currently stands. If there are a couple of reliable members out there who work at arthouse theaters or play a lot of repertory titles and are willing to go through the extra nuisance of scanning the ID frames, I will certainly take it into account.  |  IP: Logged Carl Martin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1424 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-17-2004 02:39 AM                        re: rep titles i suppose there still needs to be a rule that the leaders must be uncut when received to guarantee the accuracy of the frames. maybe it's asking too much, but it might also be helpful to have more than 8 frames' worth, for those titles that will circulate a long time. carl  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 01-17-2004 03:11 AM                        Brad and I talked before and we were gonna put the whole reel up (every frame), but decided against it soley due to bandwidth reasons. If more that 8 frames are missing and you can't ID the reels even with the frames here, then request another print. These will be mostly mainstream movies so other prints should be available in most cases. BTW, I won the bet. The bet was $450 plus a cookie.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-17-2004 12:29 PM                        Well, I ought to get half since I helped you win it. (You can have the whole cookie though.)  |  IP: Logged Kenneth Wuepper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1026 From: Saginaw, MI, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-17-2004 03:35 PM                     Thank you for a wonderful and needed service. This week we shipped out a print of "Secondhand Lions" which was a really bad mess. The reels were loaded full except for two. The leaders had no frames of image to identify the reel's content. There were numeroous splices throughout the print. Each of the splices was made with opaque white tape, non removeable, and covering three or more frames from edge to edge. The beginning and ending of the reels on the spools were simply cut off, no tape so they were just snipped mid frame and those were the only way we could re-assemble the film by matching the snipped frames. Your ID frames page would have been a great help with this film and I am sure it will be invaluable for many others as well. Keep up the good work. KEN  |  IP: Logged Dustin Mitchell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1865 From: Mondovi, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 01-18-2004 04:37 AM                     Just out of curiosity did you actually get studio permission to do this or are you going on the 'They won't care enough to do anything about it' theory? Not that I care, its a great idea, just curious.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 01-18-2004 12:56 PM                     I've been sending letters since summer 2000 when I made the first example page. We are good to go.  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 01-18-2004 09:44 PM                    Awesome job, and kudos to all involved! Very nice!  |  IP: Logged

All times are Central (GMT -6:00)

This topic comprises 2 pages: 1  2

Printer-friendly view of this topic

Hop To: Select a Forum: Category: Operations -------------------- Digital Cinema Forum Film Handlers' Forum Large Format Forum Ground Level Feature Info, Trailer Attachments & REAL Credit Offsets Category: Community -------------------- Film-Yak Film Handlers' Movie Reviews The Afterlife Bob Maar's Joke-A-Thon Category: Classified -------------------- Equipment and Supplies Wanted/For Sale Help Wanted/Seeking Employment Category: System -------------------- Software Beta Testing Forum

The Film-Tech Forums are designed for various members related to the cinema industry to express their opinions, viewpoints and testimonials on various products, services and events based upon speculation, personal knowledge and factual information through use, therefore all views represented here allow no liability upon the publishers of this web site and the owners of said views assume no liability for any ill will resulting from these postings. The posts made here are for educational as well as entertainment purposes and as such anyone viewing this portion of the website must accept these views as statements of the author of that opinion and agrees to release the authors from any and all liability.