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Author Topic: Film Storage Ideas? William Collins Film Handler Posts: 18 From: Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand Registered: May 2006 posted 05-04-2006 04:03 AM                     Hi all found this website yesterday and I find it amazing! I'm only young and have been working as a projectionist for about 15 months, been in two very different cinemas so far, a 6 screen multiplex, and now im working in a small 2 screen. Im shocked at the way im told to store prints in my new work place, previously films that we didnt have room for on the platters we would store on a rack, like a kind of mock up platter if you wish, and where I am now I have to store around 6-7 prints on their sides against a wall. I have thought up a few ways to solving this, but the booth is so small and cramped i have bearly enough room to breath. i have asked the directors of the place to build me a cupboard just outside the booth door in a small foyer , but nothing has come around. so i have been wondering if there is a way that i can ultimatly store prints vertically on the wall with the rings still in place but with out resting them on the floor! Cheers  |  IP: Logged Jeffry L. Johnson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 809 From: Cleveland, Ohio, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 05-05-2006 11:51 AM                        Carlsson Equipment CE-system?  |  IP: Logged William Collins Film Handler Posts: 18 From: Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand Registered: May 2006 posted 05-06-2006 01:56 AM                     Looks good, have you used them before?  |  IP: Logged Raphael Friedland Film Handler Posts: 37 From: Raanana Israel Registered: Nov 2005 posted 05-06-2006 05:19 AM                     ITS LOOK VERY GOOD THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THE PRICE  |  IP: Logged Jeffry L. Johnson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 809 From: Cleveland, Ohio, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 05-06-2006 10:32 AM                        Have only seen their advertisement in Cinema Technology.  |  IP: Logged Paul Trimboli Master Film Handler Posts: 274 From: Perth Western Australia Registered: Dec 2002 posted 05-06-2006 11:16 PM                     Just make something simlar out of plywood, thats what we did at one place I worked. We did not have a trolley like that, the sleves just had handles on either end, most prints you could move by yourself, although I remember things like Gangs of New York needed 2 people.  |  IP: Logged William Collins Film Handler Posts: 18 From: Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand Registered: May 2006 posted 05-07-2006 07:17 PM                     Im working for a private cinema, the kind that rakes in the dosh, the cost is nothing, I want a clean booth, and seeing as the customers can see straight into the booth, its got to be tidy! i used to use a plywood board to move fims on in my old job but that was a big chain cinema and stingy with money, but its not just around the booth, its between my site and a couple of others in my area so the cases for the cassettes will make life easier in general.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 05-08-2006 09:53 AM                        quote: Paul Trimboli Just make something simlar out of plywood, thats what we did at one place I worked. We did not have a trolley like that, the sleves just had handles on either end, most prints you could move by yourself, although I remember things like Gangs of New York needed 2 people. If you make your own cabinet to store unprotected rolls of film, avoid materials like unfinished plywood, or painted surfaces that are likely to flake and generate debris. Plastic laminate surfaces (e.g., "Formica"), or hard finishes that won't chip or flake (e.g., polyurethane floor finish) are good choices.  |  IP: Logged William Collins Film Handler Posts: 18 From: Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand Registered: May 2006 posted 05-08-2006 06:01 PM                     What about just a large metal rack?  |  IP: Logged

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