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Graham Ritchie
Film God

Posts: 4001
From: New Zealand
Registered: Feb 2006

posted April 09, 2011 02:03 AM

Last January just before our big shake up we were watching some old home movies, in doing so I find it easier to sit next to the projector and not in a projection room. Anyway my grandson Connor was watching me and the projector, as we had a break he climbed onto the seat and got at the projector, he will be two years old next month the following photos tells the story...dont you think.

now...where do you plug it in [Smile]

Its obovious from this above photo that he is an "Elmo" fan...a kid with good taste dont you think. [Wink]

Who says film projectors dont fascinate the young.

I have given a Elmo ST600 to my son with strict instructions that its not his [Frown]

but for Connor when he is a bit older [Big Grin]

Graham.

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Andreas Chmielewski
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 233
From: Greifenstein / Germany
Registered: Sep 2010

posted April 09, 2011 04:37 AM

Very Nice Graham,
my son is three years old...and he loves on Super 8 Micky´s Trailer from WDHM...color/sound
I had this cartoon show five times last weekend.
[Wink]

Greetings Andi

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Scott Mallory
Expert Film Handler

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From: Montreal, QC
Registered: Jan 2011

posted April 09, 2011 12:37 PM

That's great! My wife can't stand my projector, but my 9 and 4yr old love it.

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Scott

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Osi Osgood
Film God

Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005

posted April 09, 2011 01:28 PM

Really cool.

My little Devin (two years and 8 months) is endlessly fascinated with my projections, and I've set aside for him a "rust bucket" projector that just won't seem to die, (isn't it always like that? The projectors that mean something to me endlessly break down, and the old "edsel" still keeps rocking on?) for him to mess around with an some old silent super 8 cartoons and such for him to have fun with.

The old projector is a Copal. The optical and magnetic sound have been gutten out of it, yet it still runsm lights up and will play for him. The thing scratched terribly, (hence crappy old films to run through it), but it seems to do better than my cherished high price projectors.

I pay 500.00 for a projector, nearly brand new, and it breaks down in a month ...

I buy an old Copal for five dollars at a garage sale, it won't die.

GRRRR!

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Brad Kimball
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Highland Mills, NY USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted April 09, 2011 02:17 PM

What were you showing?

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Pasquale DAlessio
Film God

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From: Bristol,RI, USA
Registered: May 2010

posted April 09, 2011 02:24 PM

That boy is adorable. I love storys like that. [Smile]

Pat D

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Graham Ritchie
Film God

Posts: 4001
From: New Zealand
Registered: Feb 2006

posted April 10, 2011 12:57 AM

Brad
Just old home movies taken years ago "quite depressing really" as I cant really figure out what happend to all those years [Eek!]

Thanks everyone for your comments and hope you all enjoy sharing your films with family or friends as its a wonderfull hobby, although many outside dont really understand it.. my wife being one.

Conner reading the latest FFTC mag [Smile]

I hope many here subscribe to it. [Wink]

And if all this film stuff gets boring its back to the train set.

Graham.

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Claus Harding
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1149
From: Washington DC
Registered: Oct 2006

posted April 10, 2011 08:53 AM

Graham,

Good to see the boy getting "all the right influences", i.e. films and trains [Smile]

I like the Ron Goodwin cover in the background as well; is that a compilation of his film music?

Claus.

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Graham Ritchie
Film God

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From: New Zealand
Registered: Feb 2006

posted April 10, 2011 03:13 PM

Hi Claus

Its not a compilation of his film music but it does include themes from ET, Memories Of Ingrid Bergman, High Noon, Chariots Of Fire, On Golden Pond, Zorba's Dance etc.

There is a good CD available called The Film Music of Ron Goodwin by the BBC Philharmonic/Yuri Torchinsky its by Chandos Records 2004 and is excellent.

Graham.

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Brad Kimball
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Highland Mills, NY USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted April 10, 2011 10:16 PM

Don't you just love it when kids get hooked on such good, clean, non-compromising hobbies like ours. Hazah!

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Patrick Walsh
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Christchurch, New Zealand
Registered: Jul 2006

posted April 10, 2011 11:23 PM

Great photos Graham
Hope all is well and I will drop in next time i am over your side of town!
Pat [Big Grin]

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Lee Mannering
Film God

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From: The Projection Box
Registered: Nov 2006

posted April 11, 2011 11:49 AM

Graham. It was so wonderful to read your post and also see the lovely pictures which transported me back to the shows my Son and I used to enjoy what seems so long ago now. He also used to like using the projector and being mechanical it’s always a fascination to children. I can still see his face now trying to work out how the images got out of the projector and onto the big screen. You certainly took me back..

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