Jack Lane explains how to lace a Cinemeccanica CX21H 35mm Cinema Projector. Filmed at the Capitol Theatre, Horsham, Sussex on 20th May 2013 by Chris Bell. Digital non linear Editing by Chris Bell, Using Edius NEO 6
Shame they did away with this. Digital is a disaster. Every time there is a problem ( SO sound, no picture, etc) WIth DIgital, you have no real way of knowing what the hell is wrong, and just have to click things on a computer screen, hoping it will work. Whereas with film, you can physically SEE what is wrong, and actually fix it.
@@DylanCarverFilm digital cinema is rubbish I would throw digital cinema in the Cat Litter Box. Did it in the 20th real 35mm. 21st is rubbish and now covid has done cinema in good couldn't care less about new movies or cinema anymore cos its the same as home cinema the magic is dead with cinema today.
Digital is rubbish? Yeah I long for the days of jitter, scratches, splices and out of sync sound. The latitude of digital now matches film. I think old school film people can't get used to how clean it is.
@@ksteiger I wouldn’t go that far, but there’s a certain feel to film. Film and digital should co-exist, and one should have the preference to choose: filmmakers can choose their style of filming, while passionate audiences get to see many films in different formats. But I argue that film hasn’t exactly matched digital, as you can see when you compare digital IMAX with 70mm IMAX.
It's amazing that this archaic and expensive technology stayed with us for so many years, over a century really in its basic principle! I guess because they were making money out of it they just didn' care. But cinema tickets started to dwindle with increased digital offerings for movie enthusiasts and in 10 years the whole industry jumped the digital bandwagon
Hi, I’m trying to find the messages from the person asking for the name of the audio I used on this recording. I saw your messages, clicked on them , then they just seem to disappear and I can’t re- locate. 😮 I really don’t know the name of the track , I downloaded it from a Royalty Free site and then renamed the track myself. I’m happy to send you the file via Dropbox. I did find one message from you , saying you do not have Dropbox on your phone. I replied, explaining that you can download the file if I send you the Dropbox link, you won’t need Dropbox to open it. My email is chrispbell@aol.com If you message me with your email, I will be happy to upload to DropBox and send you the link 😬
This is my local cinema... I'd love to think that in 2019 they still have the ability to show film. I'd love to see more older movies shown in 35mm to give it that unique factor.
I learned how to run movies on a 35mm projector in 1963. Different then, had to use 20 min. reels with a change over switch. Keep you busy during the movie. When the 3 min bell chimed you started the other carbon arc lamp house on the other projector. Watched intensely at the upper right of the film for the changeover dots. Stated the other projector running (of course the other lamphouse was lit) and with your foot hit the change over button. stopped the used film projector. Dismounted the used reel and put it in the carry case and mounted the next reel then had about of maybe 15 min until the repeat of the cycle. Of course you were in the booth about 1 hour to 30 min. to rewind the in coming film from tails out to heads out and inspecting all splices. Keep you busy.
As a projectionist myself who operates digital cinema equipment 99.9% of the time nowadays, it's such a nice trip down memory lane to watch a video like this and now I'm kicking myself for not making a video myself back when I was working with film all of the time. The only thing I'm not a fan of is your bottom loop, it's a bit too big for my liking ;)
same here. i had 2 x massive VIC 8's. a phillips cake stand, and i managed to do change over once because we only had the film for one special matinee so it wasnt worth spinning it onto the cake stand. i was only 16 when started at the REGENT ipswich. which was the old odeon.
Nice video. A bit different from my day, but not so difficult that an old proji like me couldn't quickly pick it up. Aperture plates have truly changed. We had two separate plates: 1:175 for standard wide screen and 2.35:1 for cinemascope. No cake stands, just six reel features, 4 or 5 reel B movies, aka second features, no xenon lamps. Good old carbon arcs. I did 17 years in the business from Cinema to Studio and loved every minute of it (apart from always working on a Saturday.
The Projector is a Cinemeccanica Victoria 5, and NOT a CX21H CX21H refers to the Console its attached to the front of, containing the Lamphouse and rectifier, plus automation adaptions....... Cinemecclunker was probably one of the most popular Projector mechs around in Europe, guess now everything gone digital--That mech featured is out the back of that cinema--in the rain, quietly rusting.....,......
I like this video he talks about the soundtrack, I twisted the lead, because I was trained by 2 different people. The second person, that trained me was my lead. He did not twist his when it came out of the to of the tree. So if I had to finish threading the projector after him I had to pay attention to the soundtrack. I threaded the soundtrack backwards once.
i was thinking it was too small. i had big fingers i would have it finger size or a bit more . I suppose we were all trained different. He uses a red leader to know where the ad's end. I just used to wait for "NOW ITS TIME FOR ICE CREAM. OR MAYBE SOME NUTS. WHY NOT TRY A HOT DOG" hahahahahaha. I had a phillips cake stand and it once got stuck and wouldn't stop spinning. i was lucky to be there and had to hand steer it while trying to clean the sticky microswitch
This is a beautiful tribute to a medium that has shaped our lives for over 100 years. I know this will be one of my favorite videos for the next few weeks as I await the arrival of my very own Victoria 5 projector. Thank you for such a detailed explanation and wonderful closeups :)
Thanks very much for your kind reply. I was quite new to making little films back then and could really kick myself now for not mic’ing him. His dialogue is really lost with the mechanics of the projector 😵💫
@@chrisbell5066in a way i'm glad i get to hear all the sounds going on around you guys. the details are nice. I watch this vid a few times a year. its also great to send to others that ask questions. I now have my setup running 100% with great audio. this vid is a great inspiration.
I can't see cinemas recovering from Covid, not because people won't go after this scandemic is over but the companies making the films won't see cinemas as viable anymore, the writing been on the wall for years this is the last straw.
I used to work at The Odeon Horsham, just down the road from what is now the Capitol (formerly the Ritz/ABC), but I did visit this box a few times when it was a two projector set up, Very different now ! But at least if someone put a wrong reel on in those days it was easier to recover !
