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Author Topic: Have you noticed the reel numbering on most prints now days? Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 10-24-2008 02:38 AM                        I didn't see any mention of this in a quick search, so I wanted to share the info. In the last few weeks I've discovered that almost every reel is "numbered" at the head and tail. The image shows the marks on Fireproof. Reel 3 is the tail, I believe the rest are heads. There are 4 sets of marks on each head and tail, 2 sets on either side of the first frame. [ 10-24-2008, 04:08 PM: Message edited by: Justin Hamaker ]  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 10-25-2008 12:02 AM                     That's awesome! Never noticed that before.  |  IP: Logged Max Biela Film Handler Posts: 89 From: Dortmund, Germany Registered: Sep 2003 posted 10-25-2008 03:41 AM                     Over here its only a feature of Deluxe prints. Who made the print shown in the photo?  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 10-25-2008 09:29 AM                    That's too close to the end of the reel. The theater down the street will probably chop that off.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 10-25-2008 10:32 AM                        No kidding. People LUVS to chop of ID frames... sometimes the more the merrier.  |  IP: Logged Kenneth Wuepper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1026 From: Saginaw, MI, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 10-25-2008 01:33 PM                     What a tremendous inventive solution to the reel ID problem! If these markings were to become a standard, there would be absolutely no reason to remove even one frame of image from the print. I would like to see this marking system adopted for all prints in the future. I don't think this would add any measurable mount to the cost of the finished product. I would especially like to see this on the foreign product that often comes without any leaders at all. KEN  |  IP: Logged Marin Zorica Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 671 From: Biograd na Moru, Croatia Registered: May 2003 posted 10-25-2008 02:56 PM                     This is sure great! i hate when some guys put some stickers and similar to tail/foot of prints so the know where is end.  |  IP: Logged Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 10-25-2008 03:38 PM                        quote: Mark J. Marshall That's too close to the end of the reel. Actually, someone would have to cut off almost a foot into the reel. There are a total of 4 sets of these marks. There is one set about 3"-4" from the first frame on both the reel side and the leader side. And then there is another set about 6"-8" further on. Fireproof is a Technicolor print, but I've also seen them on Deluxe prints. I don't know enough to know if the marks are only applied by certain labs or what not.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 10-25-2008 05:27 PM                       Yeah, too bad it's a day late and a dollar short. Won't be an issue much longer.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 10-25-2008 07:38 PM                        My sentiments exactly. Suddenly many good ideas are finally making their way into reality... makes me wonder why some of these ideas weren't thought of 20 years or more earlier. Anyway I wouldn't say it's a dollar short. According to my count it is even. It is definitely late, though. That's a write-up!  |  IP: Logged

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