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Author Topic: Markings on top of trailers Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 06-22-2002 01:52 PM                     I've noticed that occasionally trailers come marked with somekind of coloured Tip-ex on the edge of the roll. On one side reaching from the core to the edge of the film roll is a rectangle or triangle shape marked out. Of course it only lasts until the trailer is ran. When the trailer is wound back onto a core the marking has spread out coating the edge of the film. Meaning you can tell if a trailer is used or not. Is that what the purpose of the marking is for? Meaning you can tell if a trailer is used or not. Is that what the perpose of the marking is for?  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-22-2002 02:09 PM                     It was probably a chinagraph marking the splice at the head and tail for breakdown pureposes  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 06-22-2002 02:38 PM                     Yes I've seen that, but not since the days of 16mm back in junior high. (Normally chalk was used.) The purpose was as you guessed, to tell if the reel had been ran, so the exchange would know if they needed to re-inspect it or not before shipping it out to another playdate. I have never seen that with 35mm before though.  |  IP: Logged Andy Muirhead Master Film Handler Posts: 323 From: Galashiels, Scotland Registered: Dec 2000 posted 06-22-2002 06:12 PM                     It's actually colour coding for the certificate of the trailer. One colour for U, one for PG, 12, 15 etc. I've never paid much attention to the colours, i couldn't tell you which is for which as i am slightly colour blind. I think the system was changed in recent years, but i notice a lot of ads/trails still have the colour code. It's quite handy for finding the end of ads, etc, when pulling out ads-trails for drop-ins.  |  IP: Logged Bernard Tonks Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 619 From: Cranleigh, Surrey, England Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-23-2002 11:59 AM                     I heard that the practice of edge colour coding trailers was to be discontinued. Up until the time I was in the trade 3 months ago, trailers in the UK were colour coded as follows: Green for ‘U’ Yellow for ‘PG’ Blue for ‘12’ White for ‘15’ Carlton Screen Advertising, always white edge marked any ‘alcohol’ adverts for easy identification to avoid mistakenly showing during children’s programmes.  |  IP: Logged

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