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Author Topic: Mouse pointer visible on movie screen? Thomas Pitt Master Film Handler Posts: 266 From: Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: May 2007 posted 12-20-2015 06:02 PM                     A few days ago I went to see the new Star Wars movie (no spoilers here). About halfway through the movie I suddenly noticed a mouse pointer moving around on the theatre screen and some iTunes-style playback controls. Surely the movie wasn't just running off a simple PC or Mac? The playback controls and pointer disappeared after a few seconds though. A friend of mine told me that he also saw the mouse pointer appear on the screen, before the actual movie started - not halfway through like me. Any ideas why the mouse pointer and playback controls appeared on the screen briefly?  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 12-20-2015 06:28 PM                    If you are certain it was during the presentation of the feature and not some pre-show thing, is it possible they use a separate projector for pre-show?  |  IP: Logged Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 12-20-2015 08:17 PM                     I can't think of any digital cinema system that would put a mouse pointer on screen. I agree with Steve that it might have come from some sort of 2nd projection system that shares the screen. One of the screening rooms I work at has a 2nd Christie non-dcp projector they use for powerpoint presentations and video conferences for corporate clients. One night during a DCP press screening, I accidentally bumped into the panel that controls the 2nd projector, and a corporate logo suddenly popped up on screen in the middle of the movie for a few seconds before I realized what happened and killed it. (It was superimposed over the DCP image) So, maybye it was something like that. . .  |  IP: Logged Marin Zorica Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 671 From: Biograd na Moru, Croatia Registered: May 2003 posted 12-23-2015 05:18 AM                     Or, i know on film festivals they often use second projector for subtitles. So it is projecting picture, but only visible is titles.....maybe someone left projector ON and other pc was connected to it....  |  IP: Logged Gary Benn Film Handler Posts: 23 From: Leeds West Yorkshire Registered: Sep 2013 posted 01-03-2016 11:23 AM                     Interesting, which cinema? You can get DCP players for Mac and Windows btw. Just can't imagine any cinemas actually using them.  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 01-03-2016 01:46 PM                     Well, some actually do, but no one would get a KDM to play SW7 on them, so... - Carsten  |  IP: Logged

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