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Author Topic: Winged Migration Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-16-2003 12:42 AM                        6 reels (most rather short) flat/1.85 (shot on HDCAM, hard matte at 1.77:1) SRD, DTS (no disks with my print) Sony Pictures Classics Reel Easy depot no trailers attached/enclosed leaders on all reels have LAD girl images between the "3" and the first frame of picture (why?)  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 05-16-2003 07:32 AM                        quote: leaders on all reels have LAD girl images between the "3" and the first frame of picture (why?) They assume that Scott Norwood will ALWAYS have "Changeovers Done Right", and never show leader on the screen. Maybe being a transfer from video, the negative cutter was not familiar with the proper location of the Control Frames (specified in SMPTE 301M)  |  IP: Logged Mathew Molloy Master Film Handler Posts: 357 From: The Santa Cruz Mountains Registered: Nov 2000 posted 05-20-2003 11:49 PM                     We have two prints of Winged Migration and the LAD girl only appears for three frames in the appropriate place. Perhaps only the EK prints have the leaders done right?  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-22-2003 10:47 PM                        Also, according to the credits, this film is in EX. (did anyone get DTS disks for it?)  |  IP: Logged Mathew Molloy Master Film Handler Posts: 357 From: The Santa Cruz Mountains Registered: Nov 2000 posted 05-23-2003 03:22 AM                     No DTS discs with either print here. Also told that another exhibitor across town did not receive discs either.  |  IP: Logged Charles Everett Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: New Jersey Registered: May 2001 posted 06-01-2003 12:36 PM                     BOOTH ALERT: US prints may not have a rating card. If this is the case, time your shutdown cue before the Sony Pictures Classics logo at the end.  |  IP: Logged Brad Haven Master Film Handler Posts: 300 From: fremantle, West Australia Registered: Aug 2001 posted 06-17-2003 07:21 AM                     winged migration has been renamed for australian audiences it is called TRAVELLING BIRDS in australia the prints are exactly the same as the american prints, the only diffrence is that there is a black tag with a white TRAVELLING BIRDS title attached to the front of the feature. it's the same with the trailers! HOPSCOTCH is the australian distributer.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-11-2003 06:33 PM                        I just ran another print of this today; this one did have the DTS disks. Perhaps there was a second print run, as this print was apparently new (the leaders were not cut).  |  IP: Logged Tao Yue Expert Film Handler Posts: 209 From: Princeton, NJ Registered: Apr 2001 posted 12-06-2003 10:58 PM                        FTR, this film was shot on 35mm, Jacques Perrin has stated this in several interviews. Also, some artifacts from the physical hard-matte are visible on the right side of the frame on certain scenes (either dirt or an unevenly cut plate). Suggest running with 1.66 plates (unless you have 1.75 plates) and masking down. In a few places, 1.85 will clip off a wing, while 1.75 will keep an entire formation of birds in frame.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 12-08-2003 01:00 PM                        "Winged Migration" was shot using Kodak film: http://www.filmandvideomagazine.com/2003/07_jul/features/wingedmigration.htm quote: Cameras used were Aaton 35mm and Arriflex BL IIIs, because of their reliability and ruggedness, and film stocks used were Kodak 50D 5245 and Vision 250D 5246. DPs ranged from such veterans as the late Bernard Lutic (The Luzhin Defence, I Dreamed of Africa) and Luc Drion (The Abyss), to such first-timers as Philippe Garguil.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-08-2003 04:46 PM                        Thanks, Tao and John. That explains why it looked so great. I'm not sure where I read that it was HD.  |  IP: Logged

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