|
This topic comprises 4 pages: 1 2 3 4
|
Author
|
Topic: Set the dwell
|
David E. Nedrow
Master Film Handler
![](/ubbmembers/4981a.jpg)
Posts: 368
From: Columbus, OH, USA
Registered: Oct 2008
|
posted 01-04-2011 05:09 PM
quote: Phil Hill + make sure pull-down is at dwell when threading "in frame".
This was a note from Phil in another thread, which put me in mind of a recent "incident" here.
There's a guy who used to manage this theatre and is willing to come in a night or two a month to give me a day off in the booth.
Since his days, I've changed from a platter to a spool tower, and added DTS. So, he came over for some intro/review on the equipment.
I showed him how the feed/rewind setups for the tower, went over the threading path, etc.
I walked him through the threading, including setting the dwell. Showed him how to advance the frame by hand to check gross framing, etc. He did fine.
When it was showtime and he actually hit the start button, he then immediately made a grab for the framing knob!
"STOP, STOP, what are you doing?!?!," says I.
"In case it's out of frame," says he.
So I explained how setting the dwell properly would mean that a film should never start out of frame. He commented that when the theatre was run by the former operators, framing was almost always wrong and they had to rack the framing knob on virtually every show!
The people that used to run this theatre have a local reputation with the public as being a "classy" art film house, but their presentation is generally described as horrible. I know of a couple of theatres that won't even take prints that have been run by them.
| IP: Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
John T. Hendrickson, Jr
Jedi Master Film Handler
![](/ubbmembers/849b.jpg)
Posts: 889
From: Freehold, NJ, USA
Registered: Apr 2001
|
posted 01-06-2011 03:10 PM
When training new operators, not only do I constantly preach "RESET THE INTERMITTENT" before threading, but also demand that they advance the flywheel several frames after their thread is completed. These were old habits I learned from my changeover days many moons ago. It was considered a sin to come in out of frame.
If you beat this into their heads, there is absolutely NO excuse to come in out of frame, or for that matter, chowder a leader.
Speaking of the old days, I had heard that if you came in out of frame at Radio City Music Hall just once, you had a quick ticket out the door. Any truth to that? Maybe some of our older members who worked in the IATSE New York City local could confirm or refute.
| IP: Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All times are Central (GMT -6:00)
|
This topic comprises 4 pages: 1 2 3 4
|
Powered by Infopop Corporation
UBB.classicTM
6.3.1.2
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.
|