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Topic: Who feels like being creative?
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Michael McGillion
Film Handler
Posts: 18
From: Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 08-15-2000 06:32 AM
Who wants to help out an Australian projectionist?Here's the deal. In order to promote the upcoming Australian film "The Dish" (which is about Australia's involvement in the first moon landing, ie the first pictures were received from a satellite dish in a town called Parkes), my employer (Hoyts) is running a competition for staff only. (I think it's nation wide) My mission, as I chose to accept it; me and 8 of my colleagues are to build a mock satellite dish, somewhere in my town (Penrith, if you were wondering - it's a bit of a hole but hey.) It doesn't have to be anywhere near the complex. It has to be obviously promoting the film. We have no budget other than our own pocket. It has to be LEGAL.  If we win, me and 8 of my colleagues each win a DVD player. There are other prizes. Now, here's where you wonderfully inventive film-teckers come in. Who's got some good ideas? (Rewards for excellent ideas are negotiable, but small considering our budget ) Needless to say there'll be a plug for Film-Tech on it. This message will self-destruct....later. Kindest Regards and Advance Thanks, Michael McGillion
33 Western Ave
East Blaxland
NSW 2774
AUSTRALIA
Ph: +61 2 4739 6051
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John Pytlak
Film God
Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 08-15-2000 07:57 AM
Can a large obsolete satellite antenna be purchased as "surplus" from the military or a television network center? Moving a large dish might be a challenge however.Perhaps 2-metre (C-band?) home satellite dishes are available from users who have upgraded to small dish DSS or DirecTV type systems. If you have to make your own low-cost "dish", perhaps paper mache would be an appropriate medium. Scoop out a 2 to 4 metre diameter parabolic "bowl" in soft dirt or sand, and start building the structure with old newspapers soaked in wall-paper adhesive. At least 1 cm of thickness of the layered newspapers would be needed to give enough stiffness to the dish. Layering in some old polyester print film would give it tear strength. Let it dry in the sun. An array of old speaker horns could look quite impressive as an "antenna", although it is not a dish shape. Hope these ideas help in the brainstorming. Good luck. ------------------
John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
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Colin Wiseley
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 123
From: Blacksburg, VA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 08-15-2000 10:44 AM
Just take an old reflector and stick a piece of conduit or some other pipe through the center. The mirror surface of the reflector might make it look like it's capable of receiving something.Better yet, use a platter deck. A shiny Super-Platter deck would look good. ------------------
Colin Wiseley
Lyric Theatre
Blacksburg, VA
www.thelyric.com
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