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Topic: Brother Bear (2003)

Paul Salley
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 105
From: Liberal, Kansas
Registered: Jan 2001

posted 10-30-2003 03:23 PM

Brother Bear
Buena Vista

Scope
Quad
Five Reels
Runtime: 85 minutes

Enclosed:
Disney's Teachers Pet
The Haunted Mansion
Cat In The Hat
Cheaper By The Dozen

Attached: Home On The Range

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Projectionist Note Enclosed in Cans:

Brother Bear is a CinemaScope (anamorphic) film.

Even though the image for the first reel and a half of the film has an on-screen aspect ration of 1.85:1 the entire feature is to be screened through your regular CinemaScope projection lens.

All scree maskings and aperture plates are to be set for normal CinemaScope projection in your auditorium for the entire showing of the film.

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John Pytlak
Film God

Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 10-30-2003 09:41 PM

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All screen maskings and aperture plates are to be set for normal CinemaScope projection in your auditorium for the entire showing of the film.

So they don't want you to use adjustable side masking, even if you have it? Guess the worry is that some theatres will forget to open it to full 2.39:1 at the appropriate time.

And CinemaScope is a trademark --- the generic terms would be "scope" or "2X anamorphic" or "2.39:1 aspect ratio".

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Greg Routenburg
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 178
From: Toronto, ON, Canada
Registered: May 2003

posted 11-03-2003 11:40 PM

John, I tried adjusting the side adjustable masking today to see if it could be made to work but the first part of the film didn't fill the full width of the 1.85 aspect ratio. It appears to be 1.80 tops. This could be why they made this recommendation.

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Mike Olpin
Chop Chop!

Posts: 1852
From: Dallas, TX
Registered: Jan 2002

posted 11-04-2003 03:02 PM

----chit chatted. sorry. ----

for discussion: Brother Bear - Multiple ARs in FHF.

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Dan Harris
Film Handler

Posts: 86
From: Bristol, UK
Registered: Jun 2003

posted 12-05-2003 04:36 PM

Quick note for UK prints: The BBFC certificate and FACT tag are both in 1.85:1 and look awful and barely legible played in 'scope. I've found it looks much better to set the masking to 'scope, but leave the lens as 1.85:1 and quickly change before the BV logo, or for automated houses, join in some spacing after the FACT tag, and set the aspect to change there.

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Steve Kraus
Film God

Posts: 4094
From: Chicago, IL, USA
Registered: May 2000

posted 12-07-2003 12:10 AM

Transition is at 6 min 24 seconds into Reel 2. There are a couple seconds of black there. The beginning portion is narrower than 1.85. Maybe more like 1.75-within-Scope.

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