Projection flaw

Nov 28, 2007 23:11


I've been looking all over Google for this, and I'm having no luck at all. Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

Sometimes when I'm watching a movie in a theatre, there will be a defect in the upper-right corner. It's a black ellipse, with a slightly spiky orange halo. The ellipse has an aspect ratio of about 3:2. It appears for just one ( Read more... )

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slimey_limey November 29 2007, 08:22:01 UTC
OK, thanks. As far as I know, modern theatres put their film on flat platters, which can hold something like three hours of film. tsukiyomijapan told me on IM that they're cue marks, and I disbelieved him. Thanks for the evidence!

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slimey_limey November 29 2007, 10:43:44 UTC

From TFA:

Such newer platter-based projectors would eliminate the need for cue marks, but the marks are still present on modern-day motion picture projection prints, mainly for older theaters and studio screening rooms still using 2-projector setups, and also to aid the projectionist in identifying reel ends during the splicing together of the reels onto a platter in newer theaters.

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malicious_pengy November 29 2007, 07:57:03 UTC
If you've read or seen Fight Club, they mention this. "Cigarette burns."

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malicious_pengy November 29 2007, 07:58:01 UTC
Lol, apparently that's not the usual term for them, but I like it.

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default_hell November 29 2007, 18:53:45 UTC
Ha, someone beat me to the Fight Club reference... dammit.

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