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Author Topic: Pearl Harbor reel 1 Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-13-2001 01:39 PM                        Can somebody please describe the way PEARL HARBOR's reel 1 starts (excluding the attached trailer)? We are opening the film Friday and print we got has had its beginning cut-off. I'm trying to figure out how much footage I'm missing. Of course TES is "not sure" if they can replace the reel on time so I may have to run with this. My print starts with a biplane flying in a sunrise scene. No fade-in or anything. Is the reel suppposed to start with the Touchstone logo? Thanks for helping.  |  IP: Logged Bernie Anderson Jr Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: Woodbridge, New Jersey Registered: Apr 2000 posted 06-13-2001 02:12 PM                        That's how it opens. No logo, no nothing. Just straight into the bi-plane sequence.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-13-2001 03:10 PM                        OK, thanks. I still want to get a new reel though because I want the fade-in, dammit! Also the sound is cut-off at the beginning.  |  IP: Logged Antonio Marcheselli Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1260 From: Florence, Italy Registered: Mar 2000 posted 06-13-2001 06:08 PM                        Mike, The biplane scene is the first scene but you're right, there is a fade-in. I had a little trouble cutting the beginning of the movie because the "Atlantis" trailer is very close to the movie (I've cut it because I've put a THX trailer before the film). If you cut at the end of Atlantis you'll have few sound cut on the beginning of the movie, if you cut at the soundtrack change, you will see few frames of "Atlantis" fading-out before the movie... I'm not sure that TES can provide you Pearl Harbor without trailers well-cut... Good luck Antonio  |  IP: Logged Christopher Seo Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 530 From: Los Angeles, CA Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-14-2001 03:40 PM                     The sound starts and runs for perhaps 4-5 seconds before the picture fades in. I don't think in the prints I handled that the Atlantis trailer tail was overlapped with the feature sound.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-15-2001 12:46 PM                        We got our replacement reel yesterday. The Atlantis trailer is cut off (as expected) but the audio and black film are there complete. No sign of overlap with the trailer. Good thing this print arrived Wednesday!  |  IP: Logged

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