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Author Topic: blooping? Carl King Expert Film Handler Posts: 199 From: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Registered: Mar 2000 posted 01-10-2002 10:39 PM                     I've seen more than one person on the site use the term "blooping" in referance to stopping splices from making popping noises in the sound sytem as they go by. Can someone explain?  |  IP: Logged Paul Cassidy Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 549 From: Auckland, New Zealand Registered: Aug 2001 posted 01-10-2002 10:49 PM                        If you do a search on it , there quite alot of info on that topic in the Forum.  |  IP: Logged Brian Hogan Expert Film Handler Posts: 119 From: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Registered: Jul 2001 posted 01-11-2002 12:46 AM                     i have never heard such a wonderful term, but i would guess it refers to using a marker to cover up the gap on the splice where the soundtrack is. am i close?  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 01-11-2002 01:05 AM                     That's exactly it, Brian -Aaron  |  IP: Logged William Bunch Film Handler Posts: 87 From: Misawa, Japan Registered: Nov 2001 posted 01-11-2002 01:10 AM                        Something that works very well is a piece of black electrician's tape cut with a blade into an enlongated triangle shape. No wider than the soundtrack. Total length no longer than half an inch. Put it down after the first tape splice then cover it up with the second tape splice on the opposite side. In the military circuit we have the National Anthems and policy trailers that get used over and over. The splices will stretch some over time but the electrician's tape goes right along with it still blocking any light gaps that may develope. The reason for the triangular shape is to cut on/off the slit light gradually instead of all at once. (a gradient) No pop. No click. Not even a thump. You can see these on some older SMTP headers. Seems it was used on the negative to bring up the soundtract from dead zero. Those old headers had the beep at the number "2". That's how I got the idea. Otherwise I was running out of grease pencils. Bill BuncH Misawa, Japan  |  IP: Logged James Robertson Film Handler Posts: 40 From: Sydney, Australia Registered: May 2001 posted 01-11-2002 03:11 AM                     When I was in the business we used blooping ink(like printer's ink) which was supplied in a bottle and brush arrangement similar to women's nail varnish. A steady hand was required to paint a small "v" across the splice at the soundtrack to prevent popping if there was a gap in the splice. Of course the practice was entirely unnecessary if the splice was done properly in the first instance i.e. with no gap . Jim  |  IP: Logged Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 01-11-2002 09:40 AM                     At my place we cover the soundtrack gap by making a small mark with black chinagraph pencil.  |  IP: Logged Ken Lackner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1907 From: Atlanta, GA, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 01-11-2002 08:48 PM                     Wouldn't it be easier to perform the splicer modification as mentioned in the "Tips" section?  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-12-2002 02:33 PM                     I am not a great fan of overlapped splices. I have seen several trap assemblies have problems with them specificly some of the older straight gate turreted simplex and some of the prevost machines  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 01-13-2002 12:09 AM                     The first roller on a newer Nuemade platter payout head has very little clearance. If you run some film where someone got lazy and did not remove the splicing tape from the last user and applied another, the film will get stuck for a moment, but pull through. An over lapping splice might be worse.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 01-16-2002 09:45 AM                        For tungsten light readers, "Blooping" ink or tape needs to be opaque to both visible and infrared energy, or it will not fully cover the analog sound "pop" at a splice. With red LED readers, the "bloop" just needs to be opaque to red light. ------------------ John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7525A Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243 E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion  |  IP: Logged

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