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Author Topic: Video: The Digital revolution in Suffolk, UK! Mike Wright Film Handler Posts: 9 From: Manningtree, Essex, UK Registered: Dec 2008 posted 08-28-2012 08:22 AM                        I though you guys might be interested to see the video we shot whilst replacing our 35mm Vic-5 with a shiny new Christie CP2220 digital projector. We are a relatively small (266 seats) independent in Woodbridge, Suffolk called The Riverside Theatre and I am lucky enough to be one of the projectionists. One of our number is an amateur film-maker and I think he did a great job documenting the changeover. We collected many of our projectionists past and present on the day we removed the old projector. We showed "The Smallest Show on Earth" as our last film and then set to work! Anyway - the short film is on Youtube if you would like to see it. Any and all comments welcome. Riverside Video Regards  |  IP: Logged Philip Jones Film Handler Posts: 90 From: England Registered: Dec 2011 posted 08-28-2012 08:34 AM                     Very nice video you've put together there. Give my regards to Tom if he is still there. He and his partner visited us here at The Kinema in Woodhall Spa last year. We actually showed The Smallest Show On Earth on 35mm this weekend as part of our 90th Birthday Celebrations - a very fitting film! It was the first 35mm film we've shown since we had digital installed in November last year. Hope you enjoy continued success with the new equipment!  |  IP: Logged Brian Guckian Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 594 From: Dublin, Ireland Registered: Apr 2003 posted 08-28-2012 09:15 AM                     Shouldn't this be in the Digital Cinema Forum?  |  IP: Logged Jarod Reddig Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 513 From: Hays, Ks Registered: Jun 2011 posted 08-28-2012 11:28 AM                     Very nice video Mike!  |  IP: Logged Mike Wright Film Handler Posts: 9 From: Manningtree, Essex, UK Registered: Dec 2008 posted 08-28-2012 11:46 AM                        I think the video worked out really well. I had setup two cameras doing timelapse, but one failed after about an hour! Luckily the other one kept going and I actually have about 4 hours of frames off that one. Fred did a great job putting it all together and, I think, the end result is a great record of our changeover.  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 08-28-2012 12:17 PM                     where's the "like" button?  |  IP: Logged Caleb Johnstone-Cowan Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 593 From: London, UK Registered: Mar 2006 posted 08-28-2012 03:43 PM                     Looks like a lovely place to see a film, it's the wrong side of Ipswich for me to go on a 'competitor visit' unfortunately! It's fantastic that people are commemorating film heritage like this. One of my cinemas in Edinburgh has a vic 5 in a glass box next to their box office with a sign showing the dates of operation (only ten years but better than nothing) and a short piece about 35mm.  |  IP: Logged Mike Wright Film Handler Posts: 9 From: Manningtree, Essex, UK Registered: Dec 2008 posted 08-28-2012 05:06 PM                        quote: Caleb Johnstone-Cowan It's fantastic that people are commemorating film heritage like this. One of my cinemas in Edinburgh has a vic 5 in a glass box next to their box office with a sign showing the dates of operation (only ten years but better than nothing) and a short piece about 35mm. The current plan is to put the Vic on display in the foyer probably with a digital picture frame showing information about the history etc.  |  IP: Logged Pete Naples Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1565 From: Dunfermline, Scotland Registered: Feb 2001 posted 08-29-2012 03:06 PM                     I see couple of weel ken't faces in that. Little and large would be a fair description.  |  IP: Logged Mike Wright Film Handler Posts: 9 From: Manningtree, Essex, UK Registered: Dec 2008 posted 08-30-2012 10:39 AM                        quote: Pete Naples I see couple of weel ken't faces in that. Little and large would be a fair description. Not sure if I should be pleased or cross?  |  IP: Logged Alan Plester Expert Film Handler Posts: 209 From: great yarmouth england Registered: Apr 2001 posted 08-30-2012 02:21 PM                     Thats a very nice video, only an hours drive from me, might have to have a look, pllllllllllease  |  IP: Logged Pete Naples Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1565 From: Dunfermline, Scotland Registered: Feb 2001 posted 08-30-2012 04:19 PM                     not you Mike, I was referring to the installers  |  IP: Logged Cameron Glendinning Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 845 From: West Ryde, Sydney, NSW Australia Registered: Dec 2005 posted 08-30-2012 08:40 PM                     Lovely Theatre and video, thank you for sharing.  |  IP: Logged Mike Wright Film Handler Posts: 9 From: Manningtree, Essex, UK Registered: Dec 2008 posted 09-18-2012 04:20 AM                        Well the transition has not gone completely without glitches! We had a relay (or something) overheat inside the projector - took us off-screen for a day and a half. Had a few problems showing a DVD via a laptop - not sure that was the wisest decision. Is it better to use a good DVD/Blu-ray player or a laptop with HDMI output? Not related - but last night our screen curtains stopped working! Anyway - on with the show :-)  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 09-18-2012 06:26 AM                     quote: Mike Wright Had a few problems showing a DVD via a laptop - not sure that was the wisest decision. Is it better to use a good DVD/Blu-ray player or a laptop with HDMI output? It definitly is the better idea to use a dedicated BluRay Player. Setting up a PC or Laptop for decent playback is a nightmare, even for the educated. - Carsten  |  IP: Logged

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