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Topic: Halloween screening
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Sam James
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 114
From: London
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted September 03, 2007 01:52 PM
Hello again gents (why still no ladies?), Have not posted on the forum for almost 8 months as I've gone through a life change. Sold the house in London, packed in the "career" as a jobbing actor gurning for cheesy commercials (see Derann's Ad reel number 17 - I think) and bought a restaurant with the missus in beautiful West Wales. Thankfully the cafe has been up and running for 4 months and we've been extremely busy, but the season's coming to a close and it was always our plan to do "themed" dinner/screenings to bring in the locals when winter draws on. My gear: Portable pull up screen approx 7ft wide in Academy format. Kowa Prominar 8z scope lens and bracket. Elmo GS1200 Xenon. My aim: Fill the 30 cover restaurant with ticket only customers. Feed them a set supper. Turn down the lights and show a collection of old ads, the Pearl and Dean thing and then a full feature. I don't have Pedro's box so the sound will have to be from the mag stripe and on to external speakers (not ideal I know) but once I can finally place an order with Pedro (is he still supplying?) that'll change. A licence to provide entertainment will cost me about 25 quid for the night and I aim to do my first event on Halloween night. The dining area is 9.5 metres long by 4.5 wide and in the June, when we were closed on a Sunday evening I screened The Railway Children for some visiting pals and their kids - it looked fantastic. I own just a few features: The Railway Children, Jungle Book, Singing In The Rain, Carry On Up The Khyber, The Elephant Man - Scope (Thanks Ricky) and Star Wars - Scope (Thanks Kev). Can anyone suggest a horror/thriller feature for the first screening? (I'm hoping to do it on a monthly basis through the winter months.) John Carpenter's "Halloween" is the obvious choice, but the customers who are likely to buy into, and have already expressed a great interest, in the whole idea are in their late fifties/early sixties and would probably prefer somthing more classicly chilling and less violent (saps!). I will be coming down to the BFCC in October (if she lets me) but any suggestions or offers would be very welcome. The Scope Star Wars I have looks superb but I'm unlikely to be able to show it at any point for the above reasons (obviously not the violence!) so I would be prepared to swap it if anybody could offer something of close to equivalent value and interest. Sorry, long dull message but it's great to have the time to look at what's been written over the last months and I'm delighted to be able to get out my toys again. Life, by the way, is fabulous if you are able and dare to change it. Best Regards all, Sam P.S. Kev, the offer of putting you up for a couple of nights is still there if you'd be happy to oversee the first showing (drinks and fine food on us!) Really sorry the Ninja was nicked - that's part of the reason we left!
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Paul Adsett
Film God
Posts: 5003
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted September 06, 2007 10:31 AM
Hi Graham, I understand your sentiments about keeping the sound on the super 8 stripe, but I have seen and heard (at the BFCC)the stunning effect that can be obtained by syncing S8 to DVD sound. And after all, this is what professional DTS sound is, 35mm film (with optical time codes)synced to a CD sound track ( too bad no one has found a way to get magnetic time codes onto one of the S8 tracks). But I am not sure that I would have the nerve to attempt it in front of an audience of 200 people like they do at the BFCC, so you are probably right in suggesting that Sam keep the sound on the stripe. But, as you say, re-recording would improve the quality immensely.
-------------------- The best of all worlds- 8mm, super 8mm, 9.5mm, and HD Digital Projection, Elmo GS1200 f1.0 2-blade Eumig S938 Stereo f1.0 Ektar Panasonic PT-AE4000U digital pj
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