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Author Topic: Printing Faults in Cellular and The Aviator Dick Twentyman Film Handler Posts: 21 From: Highton, Victoria, Australia, Registered: Oct 2004 posted 02-11-2005 09:30 PM                  Has anyone else noted flashes of coloured dots in "Cellular", about 65 minutes from the start? Also, we have noticed occasional "shadows" during dark scenes in our print of "The Aviator", occurring about 125 minutes from start. Imagine a fade out to black, and imagine a rogue foil stuck mid frame during the black. That is the sort of effect on the screen.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 02-11-2005 10:18 PM                     quote: Dick Twentyman Has anyone else noted flashes of coloured dots in "Cellular", about 65 minutes from the start? Sounds like CRAP code to me. -Aaron  |  IP: Logged Scott Balko Expert Film Handler Posts: 136 From: Redwood Falls, Minnesota, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 02-11-2005 11:30 PM                     I noticed strange coloration in the first three reels of Aviator. The plants were very blue. The grass on the golf course was blue and the shadow areas under the trees were red. At first I thought it was supposed to be an interpretation of older filming techniques, but when it goes into reel four, the color instantly comes alive and looks fine. Miramax said that they didn't have any more reels and I would just have to live with it. Plus they couldn't verify if that's the way it should be or not.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-12-2005 10:52 AM                     The overall colour tint is probably either a filterpac misaligned or a printed light out  |  IP: Logged Ivo Noorlander Film Handler Posts: 20 From: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Registered: Jun 2002 posted 02-12-2005 11:02 AM                     quote: Scott Balko At first I thought it was supposed to be an interpretation of older filming techniques It is. For the first part of the film the 2 color Technicolor process has been recreated digitally. Later on(apparently in reel 4) they made the film look like 3 strip Technicolor. This coincides with the rise of Howard Hughes' success. More information in The American Cinematographer ( American Cinematographer Web Site )  |  IP: Logged Scott Balko Expert Film Handler Posts: 136 From: Redwood Falls, Minnesota, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 02-12-2005 02:37 PM                     Yep, I'm a dumbass! I just stumbled on the whole color thing over in "Reviews". F#$@, I hate it when I can answer my own questions.  |  IP: Logged Bill Carter Expert Film Handler Posts: 162 From: Minneapolis, Minnesota Registered: Sep 1999 posted 02-14-2005 11:04 PM                     Still, whether you're right or wrong, I don't like their answer that you'll just have to "live with it" because they're out of reels.  |  IP: Logged

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