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Bruce McGee
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From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular.
Registered: Aug 1999
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posted 11-14-2006 09:18 PM
Im running Santa Clause III in two houses. I never adjust framing to the trailer pak, but wait for the feature. On this movie, I have noticed that if I get what I think is good framing, I will cut off the top of the yellow line at the top of the screen when the out-takes are playing. I've set the framing so that I can just see the yellow line.
Other operators at this theatre are driving me crazy with their adjustments of my framing. Gawd, I wish I could lock the framing knob!
On a similar topic, Running With Scissors has titles very low on the scope screen. After adjusting the framing to make it look good, someone came along and set the framing low on the screen so that when the title came up, it was slightly cut off by the masking on the screen. My warnings posted at the projector, have been ignored.
How do you handle several people running the equipment?
I never thread out of frame, either. It's not rocket science, as you know.
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Bruce McGee
Phenomenal Film Handler
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Posts: 1776
From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular.
Registered: Aug 1999
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posted 11-15-2006 10:03 PM
Thanks for all the comments. I am not alone. I know that.
Joe: My lenses and masking are all right. With no film in the gate, there is just a very slight even overshoot of the white light on the masking. My tech is very careful about this.
We are running Christie PG35's in all houses. Today, I put big "NO" stickers on the framing knobs. Probably wont make a difference, but its an effort.
You guys are right. I am not the supervisor, but am the only person besides my GM that build prints, and we both do it the same way, and never have framing issues. I have had several good "school" sessions for the other operators, and only one will admit to ever adjusting the framing, and I tend to think he thought he was doing things right, until I pointed out to him that trailers are allover the place in the frame.
I will continue doing things right if it kills the kids!!!
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