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Author Topic: On flats WITHOUT cores... John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 11-25-1999 05:07 AM                     Why, oh why? We have been running a few festivals lately and there are sooooooo many films coming in on flats (but that's ok) but without cores! Just what the &$#@ are you supposed to do to get this thing made up without damaging it? Obviously, they were wound onto a core, so why then would you then push it out? Are cores so expensive (!) that you have to save every last one for yourself? Sheesh! ------------------ John  |  IP: Logged Scott Ribbens Expert Film Handler Posts: 118 From: Los Angeles Registered: Oct 1999 posted 11-25-1999 09:35 AM                     Been there, done that. I know what you mean. Is the print from out of the country? As I understand it, there are some places that charge an export fee on the plastic cores, so they remove them from the film to avoid the fee, at least that is what I was told. ------------------ Scott  |  IP: Logged Jim Ziegler Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 753 From: West Hollywood, CA Registered: Jul 99 posted 11-26-1999 03:05 AM                     The only prints we have recieved that way were Indian movies that were already so badly damaged that we didn't really worry about it...  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 11-26-1999 03:44 AM                     Most were Mexican. 6 different prints in one weekend and not a single core to be seen. They came by way of Indonesia.  |  IP: Logged Chuck O'Connor Film Handler Posts: 5 From: San Francisco, ca Registered: Aug 1999 posted 11-27-1999 03:07 AM                    Regarding film received without cores. Have been there, done that. Here is what has worked for me, Take a core that is smaller than the open hole, then pack foam between the core and the film roll. This usually saves tearing up the film with the pin on the split reels. Good luck...  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-27-1999 01:37 PM                     Goldberg makes the ASIAN SPLIT REEL that ahs a expandable core centre It is expensive around $250.00  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 11-27-1999 05:04 PM                     Thanks Chuck. I do that when I can, unfortunately these guys had pushed out the smallest core there is, so there was no room to play.  |  IP: Logged

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