IMAX is projected at the same 24fps as 35mm. IMAX HD runs at 48fps but there were few programs photographed at this rate. Doug Trunbull's Showscan is 5 perf 70mm projected at 60fps. but this was mainly only seen in gimmicky ride-film motion seat venues and some pizza parlors in the 80's. Showscan is now bankrupt.
Prints are not designed to last around 12 screenings. Prints tend to be scratched to oblivion and filthy because theaters (for the most part) cannot afford to pay for properly trained operators to handle the film and keep the equipment clean.
Back decades ago, there were few prints that were roadshowed around the country for upwards of a year or more. At each stop, they were handled by trained professionals and looked as good as the day they were struck. A few years ago, a theater in SF ran "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the desert 5 times a day for 10 months in 35mm on a 50 year old simplex. My cousin was head projectionist over there. He screened the print for me near the end of the run and it looked brand new. It was the same print on the same projector for 10 months.
Everyone who goes to their local cinema and sees scratched prints with bad bobbing and weaving and poor focus and sound needs to complain to management immediatly! There is NO excuse for poor condition prints.
Two projectors per screen hasn't been necessary since platters were introduced in the '70's. Labs still print changeover cues (sometimes referred to as cigarette burns) to cater to those nostalgia houses that still run two projector platterless operation.
back in MY day, My burner was a JVC-2010 2 speed that I paid $899 for the bare drive in a plain box at NCA in sunnyvale. Blanks were between $11.00 and $13.00 each..
I now have an original Kodak PCD Writer 200R that was used for photo CD's and had an original MSRP of $4999.00 in 1992.
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IMAX is projected at the same 24fps as 35mm. IMAX HD runs at 48fps but there were few programs photographed at this rate. Doug Trunbull's Showscan is 5 perf 70mm projected at 60fps. but this was mainly only seen in gimmicky ride-film motion seat venues and some pizza parlors in the 80's. Showscan is now bankrupt.
Prints are not designed to last around 12 screenings. Prints tend to be scratched to oblivion and filthy because theaters (for the most part) cannot afford to pay for properly trained operators to handle the film and keep the equipment clean.
Back decades ago, there were few prints that were roadshowed around the country for upwards of a year or more. At each stop, they were handled by trained professionals and looked as good as the day they were struck. A few years ago, a theater in SF ran "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the desert 5 times a day for 10 months in 35mm on a 50 year old simplex. My cousin was head projectionist over there. He screened the print for me near the end of the run and it looked brand new. It was the same print on the same projector for 10 months.
Everyone who goes to their local cinema and sees scratched prints with bad bobbing and weaving and poor focus and sound needs to complain to management immediatly! There is NO excuse for poor condition prints.
Two projectors per screen hasn't been necessary since platters were introduced in the '70's. Labs still print changeover cues (sometimes referred to as cigarette burns) to cater to those nostalgia houses that still run two projector platterless operation.
back in MY day, My burner was a JVC-2010 2 speed that I paid $899 for the bare drive in a plain box at NCA in sunnyvale. Blanks were between $11.00 and $13.00 each.. I now have an original Kodak PCD Writer 200R that was used for photo CD's and had an original MSRP of $4999.00 in 1992.