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Author Topic: Mr. Bean as a projectionist Bastiaan Fleerkate Film Handler Posts: 85 From: Linschoten, Utrecht, The Netherlands Registered: Jun 2006 posted 03-31-2007 08:22 AM                        Mr. Bean's Holiday shows a projection booth at the end of the movie. I have just a few questions about that. There is a Kinoton 35mm projector tilted up instead of down. Is this because this is a flaw in the movie or is there an explanation for this (behind screen projection) and does somebody know where this booth (and cinema) are located?  |  IP: Logged Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 03-31-2007 01:27 PM                     Is it a drive-in?  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 03-31-2007 01:35 PM                        And there are some (not many I imagine) indoor booths situated such that the projector(s) point upwards to the screen, much like a drive-in. The El Capitan in Hollywood is an example.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 03-31-2007 07:48 PM                     There are even some booths that aim any which way and the image goes to screen through mirrors.  |  IP: Logged Bastiaan Fleerkate Film Handler Posts: 85 From: Linschoten, Utrecht, The Netherlands Registered: Jun 2006 posted 03-31-2007 07:55 PM                        quote: Chris Slycord There are even some booths that aim any which way and the image goes to screen through mirrors. I think this is the most logical explanation... it is not like a drive-in and it is most probably filmed in Cannes. But I hope there is someone that can give me more information. It's just a nice (and clean) looking booth with Kinoton 35mm, Kinoton Digital projector, Dolby CP65.  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 04-01-2007 02:06 PM                     There are continuity errors in the scene which lead me to believe that while it may be a real booth, it's at least been setup for the scene. In the first shot, the 35mm and DLP are not even aimed at the same place. In the second shot, the 35mm isn't even in the same place and is aimed differently and the 35mm is just spooling film onto the floor.  |  IP: Logged Kenneth Wuepper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1026 From: Saginaw, MI, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 04-01-2007 02:09 PM                     Looks like a booth under distruction!  |  IP: Logged William Phillips Expert Film Handler Posts: 117 From: Cardigan, Wales, UK Registered: Feb 2002 posted 04-02-2007 04:41 AM                        Just saw that scene in the film. It looks like the 35mm projector is on a strange base and if it was pushed forward would be pointing at the screen not the roof. Maybe for easy access ????  |  IP: Logged Demetris Thoupis Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1240 From: Aradippou, Larnaca, Cyprus Registered: Apr 2001 posted 04-02-2007 02:00 PM                     The first picture looks like a Kinoton Digital Projector!! The second picture !!???? I can not tell Demetris  |  IP: Logged Alban Birch Film Handler Posts: 63 From: Luxembourg-city , Luxembourg Registered: Jan 2007 posted 04-02-2007 02:43 PM                        I think it's a FP30  |  IP: Logged Brian Guckian Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 594 From: Dublin, Ireland Registered: Apr 2003 posted 04-02-2007 03:22 PM                     I think I can get the info. I know a company that did some work on that picture. Additional equipment did have to be supplied. Leave it with me...  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-02-2007 04:51 PM                     Remeniscent of when Mr. Bean re-tuned the ride film equipment for "more excitement in the ride". Mark  |  IP: Logged Brian Guckian Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 594 From: Dublin, Ireland Registered: Apr 2003 posted 04-03-2007 07:59 AM                     Got the information for you, Bastiaan. The main location used was a Preview Theatre in Paris. They needed to shoot some additional inserts later (elsewhere) and for this they hired in an FP30D (supplied by Avcom Ltd., London) which matched one in the Paris location. No special projection arrangements were reported, thus I think the machine was tilted because it was meant to be a "crazy" projection booth if you like, for the purposes of the story. It was not meant to be realistic in any way. It does look like a major continuity error in having one shot with the machine at a "crazy" angle, but the other with the machine vertical. But it depends on the duration of the latter shot I guess and the way it was shot (pan / track, etc.). Hope that helps.  |  IP: Logged Bastiaan Fleerkate Film Handler Posts: 85 From: Linschoten, Utrecht, The Netherlands Registered: Jun 2006 posted 04-03-2007 08:17 AM                        Thanks for the info!  |  IP: Logged Jean-Michel Grin Expert Film Handler Posts: 222 From: Geneva & Lausanne, Switzerland Registered: Jul 2002 posted 04-08-2007 12:35 PM                        An another error in this scene: If You watch closely, you can see two Dolby CP65 in the soundracks, right ? and You can ear the sound of the "Artistic Movie" running during the scene. But one of the CP65 is in format 10 and "Mute" mode and the another is in bypass mode ! LOL Maybe the local tech of this theater wanted to exagerate "the crazy booth" argument... [ 04-08-2007, 01:46 PM: Message edited by: Jean-Michel Grin ]  |  IP: Logged

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