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Author Topic: Print Tracking Database Chad Smith Film Handler Posts: 13 From: Lafayette, IN, USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 07-09-2005 10:31 PM                     This idea was inspired by the thread talking about odd messages in film cans, but I thought that it'd be fun to have a website or a feature on film-tech that tracks prints, much like "Where's George?" does with dollar bills. Does something like this already exist? What does everyone else think?  |  IP: Logged Peter Mork Expert Film Handler Posts: 181 From: Newton, MA, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 07-10-2005 12:44 AM                     I'd be curious, though I'm guessing the great majority of release prints go to the chop shop when we're done with them. But somewhere in North Dakota, there's a warehouse with 1,273 used prints of "Benji the Hunted" in it. (Because you never know.)  |  IP: Logged Dominic Espinosa Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1172 From: Boulder Creek, CA. Registered: Jan 2004 posted 07-10-2005 05:34 AM                     The trick would be getting the non-Film-Techers to do it.  |  IP: Logged Alex Rolfe Film Handler Posts: 37 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 07-11-2005 10:19 AM                        A print tracking database could actually be *extremely* useful for the rep (and maybe second run) houses to (1) keep track of whether a decent print exists for a given title and (2) be able to request prints by number so you don't get a faded, scratched print that's 10 years old if something better exists. It could also be a good way to share booking contact info for foreign or indie films that can be tough to track down.  |  IP: Logged Tao Yue Expert Film Handler Posts: 209 From: Princeton, NJ Registered: Apr 2001 posted 07-11-2005 09:24 PM                        As far as the repertory prints issue is concerned, in a database-happy mood three years ago, I wrote: Proposal for Web Site with Technical Info on Films The problem now, as before, remains the data entry part. How do you get enough, high-quality data into the system for it to be useful? How would it fare against popcorn projectionists doing midnight shows and chopping ID frames like crazy?  |  IP: Logged Dominic Espinosa Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1172 From: Boulder Creek, CA. Registered: Jan 2004 posted 07-12-2005 01:29 AM                     It would only work if the exchanges were sharing information and inspecting prints between every single house.  |  IP: Logged

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