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Author Topic: "The Master" in 70mm in Denmark Thomas Hauerslev Master Film Handler Posts: 451 From: Copenhagen, Denmark Registered: Aug 2000 posted 05-04-2013 04:04 PM                        Last summer in 2012, all Danish cinemas switched to digital projection. Nearly all cinemas sent their 35mm projectors to the eternal film heaven. One cinema kept the 70mm projectors. "Biffen" in Aalborg ran "The Master" in 70mm in February 2013. I was there to enjoy it - and a few beers - with Orla, the manager. With my Nikon D5000 I captured a few moments of this event. Orla ran the film in 70mm once a day for two weeks. Here's my video report titled "The Power of 70MM": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8AXY-kq6UU  |  IP: Logged Victor Liorentas Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 800 From: london ontario canada Registered: May 2009 posted 05-04-2013 04:59 PM                     Thanks for making that Thomas!  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-04-2013 06:52 PM                     Something wrong with your Nikon Film camera?  |  IP: Logged Bajsic Bojan Expert Film Handler Posts: 190 From: Ljubljana, Si, Eu Registered: Aug 2008 posted 05-05-2013 01:32 AM                     why does it look like a scope aspect ratio?  |  IP: Logged Marcel Birgelen Film God Posts: 3357 From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2012 posted 05-05-2013 02:17 AM                     If you look at 12:28, that doesn't really look like scope to me.  |  IP: Logged Brian D. Whitish Expert Film Handler Posts: 103 From: Seattle, WA, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 05-05-2013 04:21 AM                     Is that a Norelco or Kinotone platter? Now I really miss my Norelcos.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-05-2013 06:44 AM                     That is a Kinoton platter. Of course, with two machines...it begs the question as to why they used the platter.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 05-05-2013 08:45 AM                        They only have one 70mm DTS reader?  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 05-05-2013 12:14 PM                     quote: Steve Guttag it begs the question as to why they used the platter. They ran the film 14 times (15 if they previewed it, which surely they did). At 14 or 15 passes, the handling wear (or chance of it) would be less with a platter than running changeovers. Remember Steve, very few projectionists were like us and added extra head and tail leader to handle the film at. Not doing that is why the beginning and end of the reels looked bad at most every changeover theater. Since I only saw a few seconds of preroll when they fired up the projector to Weinstein logo, that tells me this wasn't a location that understood and appreciated the need for additional protection leader. For example, at Northpark we would use 100 feet of leader (in addition to what was needed to thread) which gave us plenty of "abort time" well before the actual movie, should anything not fire up perfectly. Same for the end of the movie.  |  IP: Logged Thomas Hauerslev Master Film Handler Posts: 451 From: Copenhagen, Denmark Registered: Aug 2000 posted 05-05-2013 01:05 PM                        More heavy duty stuff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5TIn5JmDk4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qSVYxBNUEg Thank you Victor, glad you liked it Canada: 1 USA: 0  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-05-2013 10:02 PM                     Hmmm no problems at the AFI/Silver and it was run much more than 14-15 times with changeovers. They also cleaned the film regularly. They would have Film-Guarded it if the studio would have allowed (they asked). -Steve  |  IP: Logged Jim Henk Master Film Handler Posts: 364 From: San Diego, CA Registered: Feb 2006 posted 05-05-2013 10:05 PM                     That was fun. Thanks.  |  IP: Logged Jason Metcalfe Expert Film Handler Posts: 134 From: Austin, TX, U.S. Registered: May 2010 posted 05-05-2013 10:17 PM                     Ah I wish we had had a 70mm platter system here, showing that thing changeover was a workout  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-05-2013 11:20 PM                     Lazy!  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 05-06-2013 02:51 AM                        quote: Jason Metcalfe Ah I wish we had had a 70mm platter system here, showing that thing changeover was a workout I once ran a 70mm showprint of Gandhi. Because it was not one of the main run of release prints, each reel corresponded to the 10-minute 35mm reels used in the editing process. That meant a 20-reel movie in total, and we didn't even have motorised rewind heads (chief didn't agree with them; said that anything other than hand winding was bad for film). Lacing, the changeover, cleaning, manual rewinding and relacing all in 8-9 minutes, repeated 18 times ... now that was a workout!  |  IP: Logged

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