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Author Topic: DCP-trailers showing off digital sound systems Knut Erik Slettum Film Handler Posts: 4 From: Trondheim, S-Trondelag, Norway Registered: Jan 2006 posted 11-15-2011 04:00 AM                        I was wondering if anyone have seen (and heard) DCP-trailers that are specially made for showing off digital cinema sound systems, just like the trailers we used to run for THX, SDDS, Dolby Digital and DTS back in the days of 35mm. I'm not sure who would produce these trailers, but I'd guess the equipment producers? Doremi, Christie and so on?  |  IP: Logged Peter Castle Expert Film Handler Posts: 220 From: Wollongong University, NSW ,Australia Registered: Oct 2003 posted 11-15-2011 06:39 AM                     Try Texas Instruments - DLP.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 11-15-2011 06:54 AM                     THX has their set. The 3D folks have theirs, DLP has a set, Barco and Christie do...Dolby has several...including "Sphere" that shows off Surround 7.1 So yeah, they are out there. And if you are really desperate, you can use one of the Channel ID "test" DCPs. -Steve  |  IP: Logged David Zylstra Master Film Handler Posts: 432 From: Novi, MI, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 11-15-2011 10:16 AM                     TI did one a few years ago with clips of various films, I'm not sure if they are still sending it out but we played it at our locations.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 11-15-2011 10:23 AM                     Does anyone know if THX has made a DCP of the old WOW montage? AJG  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-15-2011 11:38 AM                        Dolby's "Countdown" is pretty good. The part of "Sphere" where it says "All! Around! You!" always gets some good reaction from the audience.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 11-15-2011 12:43 PM                     THX needs to re-create the Cimarron and Grand trailers in DCP format. As far as sound systems go in d-cinema theaters, THX is the only one that has any sort of legitimate branding. D-cinema audio is "generic" uncompressed linear PCM. It's better than the lossy compressed Dolby Digital, DTS and SDDS formats, but doesn't have a nifty brand attached to it. Dolby is trying to brand Dolby Surround 7.1 in theaters, but the audio isn't encoded in a Dolby-owned process. It's still LPCM. All Dolby can really do is publicize its booth hardware. I suppose if you have a Dolby Digital Cinema system and a Dolby Cinema Processor then the Dolby 7.1 thing might make at least a tiny bit of sense. Commercial movie theaters use a wide variety of cinema processors, cross overs, amplifiers, speakers, etc. That makes it tough to stick any sort of brand on the audio process. At least with THX there's an overall system or concept that is being achieved (or at least trying to be).  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 11-15-2011 03:46 PM                     The THX "WOW!" montage is still film-only, as are most of the earlier trailers.  |  IP: Logged Paul Eckhardt Film Handler Posts: 7 From: Minneapolis, MN, United States of America Registered: Oct 2011 posted 03-13-2012 12:24 AM                     I know this is kinda an old thread, but I'm actually working on a 7.1 sound system demo in between other projects. It's gonna be a fighter jet vs a dragon - and instead of showing light bouncing off stuff, I'm going to show sound bouncing off things to show you a little of what they are - and the rest of their presence will be blasting through your lovely 7.1 systems. And, since I'm really just doing it for fun, I'll be giving it out free to cool theater owners.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-13-2012 01:41 AM                        I wish there was a softer, melodic sound clip to go with movies that appeal to older audiences, or dramas like "The Vow." The whooshing banging clattering synthesized clips sound really out of place on movies like those. Some of Dolby's older ones would be good IF THEY WERE AVAILABLE ON DCP HINT HINT HINT!  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 03-14-2012 09:51 AM                     You're right -- and it shouldn't be that hard to get 'em on DCP since they're all-digital animation anyway...  |  IP: Logged Steven J Hart Master Film Handler Posts: 282 From: WALES, ND, USA Registered: Mar 2004 posted 03-14-2012 12:23 PM                        To me, its kind of tough to "brand" sound from digital projection. Whether you have a Dolby or USL processor, you are still getting exactly the same sound format, although the processing in the "B" chain is different.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-14-2012 12:27 PM                        I think that is part of the reason why the newer Dolby clips just say "Dolby" rather than putting the words "Digital Sound" on there. It's a way to show off the sound system, plus get their name out in public a little more.  |  IP: Logged

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