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Author Topic: My Projection Efforts Have Been Compared to Cannes Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 04-02-2007 07:04 PM                     Yesterday we completed the 15th annual Virginia Commonwealth University French Film Festival. Thirteen feature films and twelve shorts across two days and one evening, all run on 2000 ft. reels. Sunday afternoon during the second from last film, the director of one of the features came to the booth and said the only place he's seen screenings of this calibre is Cannes. About an hour later the director of one of the shorts came in and made a similar comment. I thanked both of them and asked them to make the same remarks to my boss and the director of the festival. I have no knowledge Cannes, have I received a compliment or what. I asked the second guy if he was acquainted with the other and he said he had never met him. [ 04-02-2007, 08:57 PM: Message edited by: Bill Enos ]  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-02-2007 08:11 PM                        Cannes (pronounced "can") = The world's most-famous film festival. It is held in May, in a resort town of the same name in the south of France. I don't know what the projection is like there, but would assume it's excellent. So I would say you got a compliment.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 04-03-2007 12:33 AM                       Bill, I don't think they would've said that if it was a put-down. Congratulations! You do film right!  |  IP: Logged Rick Raskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1100 From: Manassas Virginia Registered: Jan 2003 posted 04-03-2007 03:39 PM                     Way to go Bill! It was definitely a compliment. And for two guys to climb up there to deliver it in person adds even more value. See you in mid June...Rick  |  IP: Logged Jim Bedford Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 597 From: Telluride, CO, USA (733 mi. WNW of Rockwall, TX but it seems much, much longer) Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-03-2007 10:37 PM                        Cannes is the granddaddy festival of them all. They do reel-to-reel changes at all Cannes venues with very few screwups. They have good projection teams there. You did proud.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 04-03-2007 10:42 PM                        Sounds like a compliment to me.  |  IP: Logged Cameron Glendinning Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 845 From: West Ryde, Sydney, NSW Australia Registered: Dec 2005 posted 04-04-2007 07:40 PM                     Good work Bill, its professionals like you that gives film a good name. Extra points for maintaining standards under the high pressure of a film festival workload.  |  IP: Logged Cory Isemann Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 500 From: White Plains, MD, USA Registered: Jun 2004 posted 04-05-2007 07:33 AM                        Bill, Awesome!!  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 04-05-2007 08:07 AM                        Good for you. It is definately not a complaint; therefore it is a compliment. What I have heard of Cannes is very good as to presentation. Louis  |  IP: Logged Jon Miller Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 973 From: San Diego, CA, USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 04-05-2007 07:32 PM                     Bill! Two years ago I was paid a similar compliment by a director, but in that case he said my presentation was better than Cannes. I was surprised such a well-known film festival could have relatively lax presentation standards but the more I think of it, maybe his showings there were run by a burned-out relief projectionist nowhere near the top of his (or her) game. It's possible...  |  IP: Logged

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