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Author Topic: Times I Sucked as a Film Handler Demetris Thoupis Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1240 From: Aradippou, Larnaca, Cyprus Registered: Apr 2001 posted 12-16-2006 03:27 PM                     There is threat for outing other bad film handlers, but lets make a threat for times when WE sucked as film handler! This can include anything from wrong film placing to careless splicing, brain wraps, film thrown e.t.c I'll go first. I recall a few years ago when I was replacing a projectionist for a night off in one of the local theaters, we were showing 4 films at that time in a 2 screen cinema. I started the afternoon show only to find out that the film I was showing was the wrong one! It was one of the few times I felt really embarrased. I did a change in the film in no less than 15 minutes (after we discovered the error). This was a changeover venue with 1 projector in each theater running of 1800m spools so intermission was made at each film. 13 minutes after the trailers and concession ads finished, I realised that I had the wrong print on! Sorry to the people who attended that embarassing night. Demetris  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-16-2006 04:33 PM                        The first time I ever built film onto a platter, I put in a "reversed" splice between the trailers and the feature, and it was one of those times when there was no time for a pre-screening. That was in 1980. There have been other "events" of course, but that was probably one of my most red-faced moments because I'd bragged our new system up to everyone for days previous.  |  IP: Logged DeeAnn Little Film Handler Posts: 10 From: Sacramento, CA, U.S. Registered: Oct 2006 posted 12-16-2006 04:37 PM                     Transporting an unprotected film in a VW bug.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 12-16-2006 05:50 PM                     My first night in the booth I had three brain wraps. Ever since, I've had, maybe, three, and they were either due to mechanical error or water leaking from an HVAC vent. AJG  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 12-17-2006 01:02 AM                     See this thread.  |  IP: Logged

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