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Topic: Fun Fact about Projection; Need to know
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Randy Stankey
Film God
Posts: 6539
From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 10-26-2002 05:43 PM
Add up the total number of hours on the meters on all of your projectorsMultilpy by 1.022 and then divide by 24,900. The result is the (approximate) number of times around the world all the film that has ever run through your projectors would reach if you strung it all out, end for end. Yes there are some reasons why this would be inaccurate:
- Are readings on your meters accurate?
- Dosen't account for hours racked up during installation and testing, etc.
- Don't know if your meters have "turned over".
- The distance around the world is measured at the equator. (My figure is from memory I don't know what the exact, decimal accurate, measure is unless I look it up.)
On the whole, your average 10 screen theatre that runs 4 or 5 shows in each house per day will rack up enough film to go 1/2 to 3/4 the way around the world every year. In 5 years, it would be safe to say enough to go around the world 3 or 4 times!
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John Pytlak
Film God
Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 10-26-2002 09:48 PM
How many perforations in a two hour 35mm film print?1,382,400 How much film was used to print a given feature release? (number of prints made is usually published in the Hollywood Reporter) For example, 5000 release prints of a two hour movie uses 54 million feet of 35mm print film, not including leaders. The NATO website has lots of facts and figures:
here As does the MPAA:
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John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7525A
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: +1 585 477 5325 Cell: +1 585 781 4036 Fax: +1 585 722 7243
e-mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion
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