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Topic: Ever have one of those weeks?
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John Pytlak
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From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 06-04-2002 07:27 AM
Tom said: "Oh man, I don't know what got into me but I just had a really bad film week. I ended up scratching a print REALLY bad. (I havn't ever scratched a film in 3 years of projecting)"...."Oh, I forgot... being that I don't have a projectionist right now, in addition to doing all of the management work I was hurring to do film work on thursday night and managed to drop a print for the first time."Ouch! I know the feeling. Just for the sake of helping others avoid the same problem, how did the scratching happen? I suspect that the understaffing was a contributing factor. ------------------
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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John Pytlak
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Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
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posted 06-06-2002 07:22 AM
In an interview about Digital Cinema, SW2-ATOC producer Rick McCallum said: "Then once a release print goes on a platter system at a multiplex it's run 25 to 50 feet over wires to a projector and it becomes degraded very quickly. Within a couple of days it doesn't even resemble the film we made. It's absolutely imperative to us to change that."John Hendrickson said: "We were approaching our booth record of 156 days without a scratched print...On Wednesday afternoon I got a call from one of my operators that we had just scratched a print on day #154." John, you need to "get with the program" and damage your prints sooner!  In a 13-plex, scratching only one print every 154 days just won't cut it. Maybe you need to run the prints over wires?  ------------------
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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Thomas Procyk
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1842
From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 06-06-2002 01:18 PM
I found it all too easy to scratch a print on a Strong platter. (Being that I only worked with Strongs, I can't say anything about other systems) Came in on Friday morning to find NIETHER of our 2 "Beloved" prints built yet. Apparently, someone was supposed to relay a message to me to arrive early or whatever. So I frantically built up the print while my GM threaded the rest of the shows for the time being. We're both  and in a hurry. I finish "Beloved" in time, just 5 minutes after start time and everyone's happy, right? WRONG!When threading in a hurry, (or inexperienced people who aren't careful) it's very easy to accidentaly thread around the pin/spring on the elevator. Threading and starting the second show of that print, there were 4 straight green lines evenly throughout the picture. Occasionally they would inch to the right as the spring rotated from the film running under it. Quite possibly the worst day of my life in the booth because it was such a dumb, careless mistake. Luckily, that print left after just a week. Still "film done wrong" on my part  =TMP=
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John Pytlak
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From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
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posted 06-06-2002 01:32 PM
Thomas said: "...So I frantically built up the print while my GM threaded the rest of the shows for the time being. We're both and in a hurry... When threading in a hurry, (or inexperienced people who aren't careful) it's very easy to accidentaly thread around the pin/spring on the elevator.""Film Done Right" requires more than just threading correctly. It requires CHECKING the film transport, picture, and sound several times during each show to be sure there are no problems that may have been missed. With a check again before the feature began, the problem could have been caught, and the feature spared any damage. Another reason that the booth should be adequately staffed with skilled people, and the projectionist(s) not given distracting responsibilities unrelated to projection. ------------------
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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John T. Hendrickson, Jr
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 889
From: Freehold, NJ, USA
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 06-06-2002 06:02 PM
Ah yes, the pin below the dancer on the older Strong platters!
Several years ago when I was working relief, I came in on a Friday night to find a pile of emulsion on the floor under the dancer. Didn't take me long to figure out what happened. The afternoon operator had missthreaded around the pin and it stripped a brand new print of Larry Flint like a grape. I was nearly sick to my stomach. We had to call for a new print and gave out passes for the Friday night shows. We got charged for the print, too. The operator was told that the next time that happened, he would buy the print.We still have the old print- used it for test film when we opened our new complex. When training new people, I always point out the potential hazzards of threading too fast, being inattentive, etc. and use this story as an example. That's the worst damage I have ever personally seen done to a print. Never want to go there again. John P: We'll just have to get those wires installed next week!
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John Pytlak
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Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
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posted 06-06-2002 08:44 PM
In a feature interview without tight deadlines, wouldn't a reporter generally provide a draft of the story to the person interviewed, and ask for any corrections, especially of technical content?------------------
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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