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Stephen Furley
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From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England
Registered: May 2002
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posted 05-29-2012 06:22 AM
What exactly are these adjustments? What happens if you don't make them?
I wouldn't be happy about it, but I suspect that they're fairly minor compared to the modifications which you would have had to make if you'd wanted to run The Robe on it's original release, likely to include:
Probably alterations to proscenium.
New screen frame.
New 'Miracle Mirror' screen.
New Curtains, tracks and boarders.
New sprockets, mag penthouses, aperture plates, anamorphic lenses and mountings for them for both machines.
Possibly moving both projectors back to allow the anamorphics to be fitted.
Possibly enlarging the ports, and possibly fitting new larger fire shutters if these were still in use.
Extra amplifiers and speaker systems plus 12 kHz. surround switching system.
Possibly replacing steel spools with aluminium ones,
Necessary cabling installation including machine changeover and format changeover for magnetic/optical for new sound system.
New splicer.
De-gaussing tool.
Possibly new arcs, many older ones had to be replaced to get enough light on the screen, which in turn would probably have required new rectifiers or generators.
I've probably forgotton something, but what would that list alone have cost? Of course, Cinemascope was a success, and many films were released in the format, but it could have died out as quickly as 8-perf Vistavision, or Fox Grandeur did, in which case it could have been a very expensive upgrade for just a handful of films.
Of course, if you also wanted to show Todd-AO you would also have needed:
New projectors. More new spools. Another new splicer. Two additional sound channels. New rewinds. Probably new film storage cabinets. New lenses for both machines.
What would all that have cost compared to the upgrades to the digital system for this film?
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Per Hauberg
Jedi Master Film Handler
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From: Malling, Denmark
Registered: Jul 2000
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posted 05-29-2012 08:00 AM
Njyeah, Stephen
What You are listing here, are the alterations to be done for launching two all-new formats, as it is right now going from analog to digital. In the Prometheus-case it's the never-ending upgrade of the barely installed digital gear for one film - next being The Hobbit HFR and next Avatar even higher FR. What I claim is, that only the biggest cinema chains can afford this "new film, new technique" proces. I am simply asking for a standard in film projection for an amount of time, making it possible for us to pay the gear, before the next is coming.
As a very young lad, I installed 70mm in my little flea circus, as I did DTS, SRD, EX and so on, and kept my core audience from time to time (still about 25.000 tickets a year). The funds for my retirement went digital - still not pulling a bigger crowd. Pic and sound have been fine all the way, and I've had fun doing it, -but profit: None - and the next investments to keep status quo in box office, should be on morgage. -No way. People will this time have to go elsewhere for "Prometheus".
Greetings from Downtown Malling - which for a mayor city urban citizen must be the most far out, poor misery ever seen
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