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Don Anderson
Master Film Handler

Posts: 312
From: West Bend, WI, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 05-24-2004 01:32 AM

I'm amazed by a somewhat local competitor that constantly gets weird scratches on their prints. These scratches appear somewhat horizontally with a slight bow from one side to the other. Usually on one side of the film, but sometimes dead center across the entire surface, but always curved appearing. I was just wondering if anyone knows how anybody can get this type of scratch on their trailers/prints? What is the film hitting inside the projector???? [Confused]

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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today

Posts: 12859
From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: May 99

posted 05-24-2004 01:49 AM

Sounds like platter scratches to me. That happens on take up as the film rubs against the edge of the platter. Apparently many lower class theaters feel that this enhances the presentation.

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