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Vol 21 N
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1 March 2008
Training for Projectionists
BKSTS projection certication initiative
New CEA Chief Executive
Phil Clapp interviewed
Annual Awards
Projection Team of the Year and Frank Littlejohns award winners
Digital projection supplement
Digital 3D special feature
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Am I a good projectionist? BKSTS certication scheme 10
A new CE for the CEA - interview with Phil Clapp 12
The Ronald Grant archive and cinema museum 18
Projectionists Christmas party - story and pictures 24
Team of the Year Award - the Apollo Redditch team 25
Michael Wienert wins Frank Littlejohns Award 26
Christmas quiz answers 28
BKSTS Digital Cinema Awareness day for projectionists 29
Victor Nicelli retires - prole of Cinemeccanicas MD 30
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Digital cinema - accelerating the european transition 39
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3D content making gets easier with Quantel 43
The Dolby solution to digital 3D 44
The future of digital cinema - developing 3D technology 47
Meet the Chief 50
Movie engineers diary - Dawn patrol 1928 52
Fun with Varamorph - unusual projection lens adaptors 54
Home cinema - comparisons and compromises 58
Book review - Basingstoke entertained 60
Obituary - Edward P Hobson 62
Feedback 62
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contents
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The Ronald Grant Museum - Anything and
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See article on page 18
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CHIEF OF CHIEFS NIGEL WOLLAND AWARDED MBE IN NEW YEARS HONOURS LIST
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projectionist training
cinema technology - march 2008
||+a McC+aa el t|e ||:I: C|aem+
Iec|ae|ea Cemm|ttee, eae el t|e r|.|aa
lerce. |e||a t|e :ec|et'. aew are|ect|ea
cert|lc+t|ea .c|eme, ae.e. t|e |lca|t
aae.t|ea. +a e\a|+|a. |ew ea, t|e
are|ect|ea|.t, c+a 't+|e t|e te.t' +a la
eat |a.t |ew aee ea +re
Am | a good proectionistI
well ... are youI
WHAT DOfS THlS SCHfMf fNTAlt
1.Iirsl of all, il is nol a lraining course. Il is 1HL
KS1S/CLA ALL INDUS1k CLk1IIICA1ION
OI ASIC PkOILC1ION S1ANDAkDS. 1hls
moans that lt ls a sot ol mlnlmum standards
thatoacholthopartlclpatlngcompanloshavo
agroodtoapplvtotholrowntralnlngcoursos.
1hosostandardscanbousodbvanvcompanv,
or lndlvldual clnoma, or ovon an lndlvldual
worklng lor an lndopondont clnoma or lor
hlmsoll or horsoll. Anv porson can bo tralnod
bvwhatovormothodchoson.U1!thovwlllall
usothosamocrltorla.
lollowlng provlous attompts to croato a
natlonal tralnlng schomo lor pro|octlonlsts, lt
wasswlltlvloundthatthoabllltvtogotalltho
oxhlbltor companlos to agroo was lmposslblo.
1ho dllloronco horo ls that oach companv,
or lndlvldual, can dovlso anv tralnlng courso
thatthovwlsh,butthovallagrootomoottho
standardssotout.
2. lncludod wlthln tho schomo ls a soparato
sot ol ASSLSSCRS NC1LS. 1hoso notos
ropoat tho standards alroadv llstod, but wlth
addltlonal dotall - and quostlons - lor tho
assossorwhoncarrvlngoutthoassossmont.lart
olthoASSLSSCRSNC1LSlncludosasoparato
lLRSCNALRLCCRDSHLL1,lorovorvporson
wholsassossod.
3. llnallv, thoro ls tho lRClLC1lCNlS1S
lN1RCDUC1lCN. lt llsts agaln oxactlv tho
samo standards as boloro, but lt oxplalns to
thopro|octlonlstwhatlsoxpoctodolhlm,and
whatthoAssossorwlllbolooklnglor.1hoonlv
roqulromontundorthlsassossmontlsthatalltho
standardsaromot.
1hoso aro tho onlv documonts noodod lor
oporatlng tho schomo, and thov havo boon
koptasslmploasposslblowhllomootlngalltho
nocossarvroqulromonts.
Woarohowovorawarothatmanvcompanlos
aro uslng tho KS1S/CLA MC1lCN llC1URL
MANUALasabaslslortholrtralnlngcoursos,
and that although thoso woro lssuod to ovorv
clnoma at tho tlmo ol lssuo, thoro aro manv
locatlonswhorothorolsntacopv.1hoClnoma
1ochnologv Commlttoo ls proparlng a vorslon
ol thls manual that rolatos to tho nrst stagos
ol loarnlng tho lro|octlonlsts trado. lt wlll bo
roducodlnslzo,contont,andlnprlcocomparod
to tho orlglnal vorslon, probablv around 15.
Chock out Clnoma 1ochnologv magazlno
How do vou tcII if vou arc as good as vou think vou arc
If you are lucky, you may work for a ma|or company lhal invesls in a proper lraining course for pro|eclionisls. In lhal case, you will be laken
lhrough a planned sequence lhal inlroduces you lo lhe skills of pro|eclion, wilh gradual assessmenls of your progress. Iinally, you will be
classed as a pro|eclionisl.
ou could, however, be working wilh a Chief Pro|eclionisl, wilh many years of experience. 1he lraining lhal you receive may nol be as slruc-
lured as lhal from a ma|or company, bul il will slill be comprehensive, and probably as good. Moreover, lhe unslruclured elemenl of your
lraining may well be replaced wilh a genuine feel for pro|ecling flms. Afler a period of lime, depending on your abilily lo assimilale knowledge,
you loo will be considered a compelenl pro|eclionisl
ou may nol be quile so lucky. ou may have shown how lo lace up a pro|eclor, and how lo slarl lhe machine. ou may have had lhe basics of
lhe |ob explained lo you, bul does lhis make you a pro|eclionisl
Whal if you are working for an independenl operalor How can you ensure lhal you are receiving a good working knowledge of lhe arl of flm
pro|eclion How can you say, wilh confdence, I am a pro|eclionisl
1he Cinema 1echnology Commillee of lhe KS1S has been considering lhe qualifcalions for pro|eclionisls for a long lime. Working wilh repre-
senlalives from many of lhe ma|or exhibilors, under lhe auspices of lhe KS1S and lhe CLA, lhey have developed a sel of crileria wilh lhe lille
of THf KSTS/CfA PROlfCTlON CfRTlflCATlON SCHfMf.
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lor dotalls. 1horo aro also somo coplos ol
tho orlglnal vorslon ol tho lRClLC1lCNlS1S
MANUALstlllavallablolromthoKS1Slor40.
Vlsltwww.bksts.comlorlurthordotalls).
HOW DOfS lT WORK
lnama|orcompanv,savCdoonloroxamplo,
tho porson doslgnatod as tho Assossor wlll
dotormlno whothor tho appllcant ls roadv lor
anassossmont.1horolsnotlmoscalosotlorthls,
onlvthoroadlnosstoprovotholrcompotoncv.
An lndlvldual who ls bolng tralnod wlthout a
lormal tralnlng courso, or ls dolng tholr own
tralnlng, can docldo whothor thov moot tho
crltorla,asthovwlllhavotholRClLC1lCNlS1S
NC1LS to hand. 1hov can thon arrango lor
an Assossmont, bv uslng a work colloaguo,
or anothor Assossor, tho onlv roqulromont
bolng that tho Assossor ls approvod bv tho
admlnlstratorsolthoschomo.
1hov wlll bo takon through tholr assossmont,
andthorosultsmarkodontholrlorsonalRocord
Shoot.llthoroaroolomontswhorothovaronot
consldorodcompotont,thosowlllbonotodon
thoshoot,whlchwlllbohandodtothom.Cnlv
whonallthocrltorlaaromotwlllthlsshootthon
bosontontothoKS1S.
WHAT HAPPfNS NfXT
CncotholorsonalRocordShootlscomplotod
wlthallthocrltorladoomodsuccosslul,ltlssont
tothoschomoadmlnlstrator.
Lach appllcant wlll bo ontorod lnto a roglstor,
sothatlnthoovontthatacortlncatolsmlslald
acopvcanalwavsboobtalnod.
Whonallthodotallsaroontorod,anlndlvlduallv
numborod cortlllcato, prlntod on croam,
parchmont-nnlshod card, wlll bo sont out to
thosuccosslulappllcant.
Somo cortlncatos wlll havo tho namo ol tho
appllcants companv lncludod, but a gonorlc
vorslonwlth|ustthoKS1SandCLAlogoswlll
alsoboavallablo.
HOW MUCH DOfS lT COST
1hoschomohasboondovolopodbvthoClnoma
1ochnologvCommlttoo,and1ochnlcalManagors
lrom somo ol tho ma|or clnoma companlos,
suchasClnoworldClnomas,LmplroClnomas,
Cdoon,Vuo,andprovlouslv,UCCandUCl.All
oltholndlvldualsandtholrcompanlosgavotholr
tlmo,andprovldodmootlngroomslorthotwo
plusvoarsthatlttooktoproducothlsschomo.
1horoloro,thodovolopmontcostsworonll.
All tho documontatlon can bo sont vla tho
lntornotlorlroo,orcanbopostodlorthocost
olthopostago.
1ho admlnlstratlon ol tho schomo wlll bo
undortakon bv a mombor ol tho Clnoma
1ochnologvCommlttoo.
Allolthosot-upcostshavobooncovorodbva
vorv gonorous donatlon lrom tho Davld Loan
loundatlon,(who,lncldontallv,asslstthoKS1S
lnsubsldlslngthomanvandvarlodlro|octlonlsts
1ralnlngCoursos).
1horoloro,thoonlvcostlslorthoroglstratlon,
andtholssuoolthoCortlncato,whlchwlllcost
nvopounds,(5).
Howovor,lorthosowhoaronotpartolama|or
companv,orwhocannotarrangolortholrown
approvodAssossor,thorolsaposslbllltvlorthom
to contact tho schomo admlnlstrator who wlll
attompttoarrangoanoutsldoAssossor.1horo
aroanumborolvoluntarvAssossorsproparod
toasslst,howovorthorowlllbochargoslortholr
tlmoand/ortravol.
WHAT lS lT fOR
A quallllod pro|octlonlst has a ma|or
rosponslbllltv. Ho, or sho, has boon ontrustod
to prosont a nlm that mav havo cost manv
thousandsolpoundstoproduco.1hosuccoss
olthlsnlmcanbomarrodbvpoorlocus,sound
tooloud,ortooqulot!llltlsscratchodordlrtv,
thlscanspollthollluslonthatthoDlroctorand
thoactorshavoworkodsohardtoproduco.
Cnco upon a tlmo pro|octlonlsts woro
hlghlv rospoctod. 1hov woro glvon control ol
compllcatod machlnorv. 1hov woro oxpoctod
tocarrvoutmanvaspoctsolmalntonanco,and
tohavothoabllltvtoassombloloaturos,trallors,
advortslntoacohorontprogrammo.1hovworo
capabloandcompotontpooplowho,vorvolton
woro not pald woll, or ovon accoptod as tho
sklllodpooplothatthovworo.
WlththoonsotolMultlploxclnomas,andtho
loss ol so manv sklllod pro|octlonlsts, through
rodundanclosandrotlromont,nowcomorstotho
|obhavorocolvodonlvthovorvbaslctralnlngto
onabloanlmtoboshown.
lro|octlonlsts now doal wlth pro|octlon and
soundoqulpmontcostlngtonsolthousandsol
pounds.1hovaroworklngwlthhlghvoltago,and
hlgh-prossurolamps,andlnclosoproxlmltvto
movlngmachlnorv.
1hoClnoma1ochnologvCommlttoobollovothat
thososklllsroqulroalormalmoansolprovlnga
pro|octlonlstscapabllltlos,that,lnthoovontol
posslbloluturologlslatlononworklngpractlcos,
a Cortlncato provlng that thov moot lndustrv
standardswlllboossontlal,andwlllgotoward
anvposslbloclalmsundorHoalthandSalotv.
llltalsobrlngsthostandardsolnlmprosontatlon
back to what was an accoptod hlgh standard
olvoarspast,whorothoscroonlmagowasall
lmportant, woll - that would bo an oxcollont
bonus.
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A new broom
for the CLA
A ncw Chicf for thc CfA
As we reporled in Seplember 2007 Cinema
1echnology, a ma|or change has laken place al
lhe Cinema Lxhibilors Associalion, where Iohn
Wilkinson, who had been in lhe CL`s seal for
some 17 years, relired, and has been replaced
by Phil Clapp, who came from lhe Deparlmenl
for Cullure, Media and Sporl (DCMS). Phil |oined
lhe DCMS in 2001 and in 2003 was promoled
lo Depuly Direclor, Arls Division, working on
lwo spending reviews for lhe arls, and leading
sponsorship of lhe Arls Council Lngland lhrough
lwo challenging Spending keviews. He also led
on developing lhe cullural elemenls of lhe
London 2012 Olympic Cames bid, and look up
lhe posl of Depuly Direclor, DCMS, Crealive
Induslries Division in 2006.
/||| was ||nJ enoc| lo c|te C|nema !ec|no|ocv
l|e |o||ow|nc |nlett|ew a|let ||s ntsl |ew monl|s
|n l|e joo.
l|n S|atc|. ||||. | |oow sonct||oc o| voo| wo|| |o
voo| |cv|oos |o|cs at DCMS. aoo |oc|o||v wc
cao ta|| a|oot t|at |atc|. |ot tc|| os sonct||oc o|
voo| |ac|c|oooo |c|o|c t|at. |c|c o|o voo c|ow
o: |at o|o voo oo at sc|oo| aoo oo|vc|s|tv.
aoo o|o voo |avc ot|c| o|s |c|o|c o|o|oc t|c
C|v|| Sc|v|cc:
lhll Clapp. l grow up and wont to school ln
rlstol, and subsoquontlv wont to lmporlal
Collogo, London, whoro l studlod Chomlstrv,
galnlng a dogroo thon a lh.D, boloro spondlng
acouploolvoarsdolngpost-doctoralrosoarchat
Unlvorsltvolork.Havlngmanagodossontlallvto
spoclallzomvsolloutoltho|obsmarkot,ldocldod
on a caroor chango, |olnlng tho Dopartmont ol
thoLnvlronmontln1994.Mvnrst|obthorowas
holplngtotacklonolghbournolsoandarango
olothorlocalonvlronmontallssuos.lloundthatl
on|ovodworklngonsoclal,pooplo-rolatodpollcv
lssuos, an lntorost l lollowod whon l movod ln
1998 to a |ob wlth tho Soclal Lxcluslon Unlt ln
tho Cablnot Clnco looklng at a rango ol soclal
lssuos.lloarnodagroatdoalthoro,lnpartlcular,
tholmportancoolbolngablotoprovldoovldonco
tosupportargumontsanddoclslonsthatnoodto
bomado,lossonsthatlhopolcarrvwlthmoto
thlsdav.l|olnodthoDCMSln2001,thon1ossa
lowollsdopartmont,nrstolallcovorlngthosoclal
aspoctsolDCMSsoctors,thonmovlngtoloadon
tho Arts and nnallv bocomlng Doputv Dlroctor,
Croatlvolndustrlosdlvlslonln2006.
lS. as t|c|c aovt||oc |o voo| |ac|c|oooo to
socccst t|at voo n|c|t oav |cconc |ovo|vco w|t|
t|c c|ocna |ooost|v: c|c voo a c|ocna cot|os|ast
at a||: |ow oocs tooavs c\c||cocc o| co|oc to t|c
c|ocna cona|c w|t| w|co voo wc|c voooc:
lC.lhavoalwavsboonlntorostodlngolngtotho
clnoma,butwouldnovorhavodoscrlbodmvsollas
aclnomabullnorwaslpartlcularlvsomoonowho
wondorod what was golng on ln tho pro|octlon
box. So no, thoro was probablv nothlng ln mv
backgroundtosuggostanovontualcaroorlntho
clnomabuslnoss.
lS. )oo |avc |ao voo| |cct oooc| t|c ta||c |c|c
|o| ost a |cw noot|s oow. s|occ Octo|c|. aoo |
an so|c t|at voo a|c |c||s||oc t|c c|a||cocc o| t|c
ocw o|. |ot ost |ow noc| o| a c|a||cocc |avc
voo |oooo |t so |a|: |at so|t o| statc o|o voo |oo
t|c C|^ |o w|co voo o|oco wc|c t||ocs |ow
voo c\cctco:
lC. Woll, nothlng l havo soon ln mv nrst throo
monthshorohasmadomothlnkthatldldntmako
agoodmovo!lalroadvhadsomoknowlodgool
thoorganlsatlon,havlngcomoacrossthoCLAln
mvprovlousllloatthoDCMSCroatlvolndustrlos
Dlvlslon ln mootlngs wlth Mlnlstors. So l know
somoolthopooploandsomothlngolthoCLAs
work. Mv tako on thlngs was that tho baslc
loundatlonsworosoundcortalnlvthorowasno
noodlorsuddonrovolutlonbutthatanumbor
ol aspocts noodod modornlslng or to bo mado
moroproactlvo.
lntormsolthosoloundatlons,lhavoloundthat
thoro ls an onormous amount ol lalth ln tho
CLAasatrustodadvlsor,andthatpooplolnour
buslnoss lool that thov can brlng lorward tholr
concorns,conndontthatthosowlllboconsldorod
conndontlallv. lt ls qulto a rosponslbllltv, and a
nttlnglogacvtothocommltmontlohnWllklnson
brought to thls |ob. Anvthlng l do wlth tho
organlsatlon must bulld on that. ut tho roal
challongolstosproadthatlmpactwldor.Wonood
togotpooplotoundorstandthoCLAandwhatltls
lor.Wonoodtogotothorpooploandorganlsatlons
ln tho nlm soctor, lrom tho lllm Councll to tho
lC, to bocomo moro lamlllar wlth what tho
CLAposltlonlsonallthovarloustoplcsalloctlng
thonlmlndustrv.Andwhv.
lwanttoapproachsomoolthosochallongosbv
what l call rolroshlng tho clnoma ollor, that ls
tolllngthoworldwhatoursoctoroltholndustrv
doosandwhvltlslmportant,andwhvgovornmont
andothorsshouldcaro.Wonoodtooxplalnand
promoto all ol tho roasons whv pooplo should
wanttogotothoclnomaandcontlnuotoromlnd
govornmont ol tho lmportant part that golng to
tho clnoma plavs ln tho soclal and cultural lllo
olthonatlon.
lS. ^|t|ooc| t|c C|^ |as |cco |o c\|stcocc s|occ
1012. t||ooc| |ao t|ncs aoo cooo |o t|c |ooost|v.
voo| |cocccsso| |ao vc|v noc| naoc t|c o| ||s
owo. noo|o|oc |t to so|t ||s v|cws as to w|at t|c
C|^ s|oo|o oo. ^s wc novc |oto a ocw c|a oo voo
scc aov |nnco|atc c|aoccs to t|c o|cao|sat|oo t|at
voo waot to na|c:
lC.Solarthokovchangoslvomadohavoboon
aboutmodornlzlngthowavwocommunlcatowlth
ourmombors,notloastwlthanoxpoctatlonthat
whorovorapproprlatowollusoomallrathorthan
sondlngovorvthlngbvpost.Andwoarocurrontlv
worklng on a CLA wobslto whlch wlll also holp
admlnlstratlvolvaswollasmaklngthoworkoltho
CLAbottorknown.
Apart lrom tho lncroasod uso ol modorn
communlcatlons, l thlnk lt ls lmportant that wo
rolroshandupdatotholmagoolthoCLA,showlng
tho lndustrv that our work ls contlnuouslv
ovolvlng to match tho changlng noods ol tho
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clnomaoxhlbltors.Avorvmlnor-andadmlttodlv
cosmotlc-oxamploolthathasboonthochangos
wovomadotothologo,notamasslvochango,
but|ustonoughtorolroshltandmakouslook
morouptodato.
Cnolmportantchangothatlwanttolntroduco
lstostrongthonourpollcvrosoarch,andwohavo
|ust advortlsod lor a now stall mombor to brlng
togothor both oxlstlng and now ovldonco and
statlstlcs to support our thlnklng and advocacv.
1horo aro lots ol statlstlcs avallablo out thoro,
andwonoodtodrawthosotogothortobullda
databaso ol lacts and nguros on whlch wo can
basothoovldoncothatwoshallboprovldlngto
govornmontandothorsabouthowourlndustrv
lsporlormlng.
lS. ||on voo| ta||s w|t| t|osc |o t|c c\||||t|oo
|ooost|v so |a| |avc voo |ocot||co aov o|ccot
|o||cns t|at t|c C|^ cao |c| t|c |ooost|v to
ovc|conc:
lC. 1ho kov problom laclng tho ontlro lllm
lndustrv ls plracv. 1horo ls a comploto lack ol
undorstandlng amongst tho publlc that copvlng
movlos roallv mattors and could throaton tho
luturooltholndustrv.Andtosomooxtontthatls
ronoctodlnthoattltudosolthopubllcauthorltlos.
Soloroxamploltsoomslncrodlblothat-lncontrast
toalmostanvothormodorncountrv-camcordlng
olanlmlnaUKclnomalsntacrlmlnalollonco.
Asarosultwohavononsonsosltuatlonssuchas
that whon tho lollco woro rocontlv callod ln to
a clnoma whoro stall had caught somoono rod
handodwlththooponlngsoquoncosolamovlo
onhlscamcordor,butthorowasnosubsoquont
prosocutlon bocauso ol hls clalm that ho was
maklngthorocordlngpurolvlorhlsownuso.ltls
anonsonsothatpooploaroallowodtogotawav
wlthlt,andthoCLAlsdotormlnodtokoopthlsln
tholocusolthogovornmontmlnlstorslnvolvod.
utthlsls|ustonolssuolaclngtholndustrv,andl
amkoonthatwoshoulddovolopanarratlvoasto
whvgovornmontshouldcaroaboutthoclnoma
oxhlbltlon lndustrv. Clnoma ls ol oconomlc,
soclalandculturallmportancotothonatlon,and
govornmontnoodstorocognlsothls.1hosolntho
nlmproductlonpartolthobuslnosshavogottholr
acttogothorandworoablo,throughporsuadlng
govornmonttorocognlzotholmportancooltholr
soctor, to socuro vorv usolul tax concosslons to
holpthom.lamnotloramomontargulnglortax
broaksloroxhlbltlonolcourso,butthopolntls
thatbvorganlzlngthomsolvosandconstructlnga
porsuaslvo caso, thov woro ablo to socuro tholr
goals.
Cno othor aroa whoro tho CLA must holp lts
momborslswlththomanvaspoctsolthoongolng
convorslontodlgltalclnoma.1hosconarlolstotallv
dlllorontlromthatalloctlngthotolovlslonlndustrv,
lnthatwohavo|ustalowthousandscroonsthat
wlll prosumablv nood to bo convortod ovor tho
noxt low voars, but wo stlll dont havo a vlablo
buslnossmodol.Atthovorvloastwomustholp
momborstolmprovotholrundorstandlngoltho
curront commorclal modols, whothor basod on
Vlrtuallrlntloos(Vlls)orothorwlso,andonsuro
mombors aro awaro ol how dlgltal clnoma ls
dovoloplngaroundthoworld.
lS. | |oow t|at t|c C|^ |s a|oot |onot|oc
aoo |otcct|oc t|c |otc|csts o| |ts ncn|c|s t|c
c|ocna c\||||to|s. |ot tc|| nc sonct||oc a|oot
t|c |act|ca| s|oc. |at |s a tv|ca| oav |o| voo:
^|c voo oot o| t|c o||cc a |ot:
lC.1horolsntatvplcalono,thoughlamcurrontlv
ln tho olnco most davs. l do havo a numbor ol
mootlngs outsldo tho olnco, ol courso, but lm
maklngapolntatthomomontoltrvlngtogotout
tomootmomborstosootholrclnomasandtalkto
thomaboutwhatlslmportanttothom.Solhavo
hadtrlpstoMoltonMowbrav,Humborsldoand
thoMldlandslnrocontdavs.lnthatwavlhopol
amgottlngtoundorstandwhatlssuosaroolmost
concorntoclnomasblgandsmall,and,oquallv
lmportantlv,togottoknowthopooplolnvolvod.
lorsonal rolatlonshlps mattor ln thls buslnoss as
muchasanvothor.
lS. | |oow t|at voo| o||cc |s scco |v t|c |ooost|v
as a |acc t|at t|cv cao co to |o| aov|cc oo a||
naooc| o| c|ocna-|c|atco |ssocs. cscc|a||v |cca|
aoo |cc|s|at|vc oocs. |ow |avc voo coco w|t| t|c
stcc |ca|o|oc co|vc t|at t||s nost |avc cota||co:
|o a|c voo a||c to to|o to |o| aov|cc:
lC.lvomadoaconsclousollorttotrvtogotup
tospoodwlthasmucholthodotallasposslblo,
but lts truo that thoro aro occaslons whon an
lndlvldualonqulrvbvamomborsorvostolocus
thomlnd...
Cno kov addltlonal sourco ol oducatlon and
lnlormatlonhasboonandlsthooardolthoCLA.
CnoolthokovadvantagosolthoCLAoardls
that lt has roprosontatlvos lrom clnoma groups
largoandsmall.oardmomborshavoboonvorv
graclouslnsharlngtholrknowlodgowlthmoand
supportlngmo.
lS. |s C|^ ncn|c|s|| stav|oc st|ooc: Do voo cct
t|c |n|css|oo t|at t|c ncn|c|s a|c sat|s|co w|t|
w|at t|c C|^ oocs |o| t|cn: ^|c t|c|c ocnaoos
|o| voo to |ov|oc ot|c| sc|v|ccs:
lC.Momborshlpcontlnuostobostrong,butono
olmvoarlvalmslstotargotthosooxhlbltorswho
aronotcurrontlvmombors,toaskthomwhvnot
andnndoutwhatthoCLAcoulddolnordorto
oncouragothomto|oln.lamalroadvcloarthat
thorolsmorothatwocoulddotoralsothopronlo
olthoCLA,andtoprovldothooxhlbltlonlndustrv
wlthastrongorvolco.1horoaroothorsorvlcosthat
lwantustoprovldo,andothorlssuosthatlwant
ustobolnvolvodwlth.lwouldllkoCLAtoplavlts
lullpartlnkovdlscusslonswlthgovornmont.1ho
govornmontlsabouttolssuoastratogvdocumont
onthoCroatlvoLconomv,andlwanttosootho
oxhlbltlonlndustrvlullvlnvolvod,thoCLAnoods
toonsurothatourlndustrvlssoonasanlntogral
partolthowldorcroatlvooconomv.
lS. | a|wavs t||o| o| C|^ |c|oc |ovo|vco w|t| t||cc
ooco|oc |no|taot |ssocs |c|casc w|ooows. ||acv
aoo o|c|ta| c|ocna. Docs t||s acco|atc|v |c1cct
voo| co||cot wo|| o| |s t|c|c noc| no|c t|at |
ooot |oow a|oot:
lC. 1hoso aro cortalnlv throo ol tho most
lmportant lssuos that aro laclng us, but l havo
alroadvlndlcatodthatwoalsonoodtogotlnvolvod
lnothorlssuosanddlscusslonswhlcharontatnrst
slght ol dlroct rolovanco to our mombors. Wo
noodtomakothoCLAsprosoncololtatahlghor
lovol,wlthothorpartnors,tolnnuonco,toprovldo
ovldoncoandtoconvlncogovornmontabouttho
lmportancoolthonlmlndustrv.
lS. |at |s voo| oav to oav |c|at|oos|| w|t| C|^
C|a||nao |a||v lco||os: (|cto|co a|ovc |ow
oocs t||s wo|| |act|ca||v: Docs |c conc to voo
w|t| tas|s to |c oooc. o| oo voo ost |co|t to ||n
aoo t|c |oa|o c||oo|ca||v oo |oc|css:
lC. lt ls l thlnk a good ono, thanklullv, rolaxod
and lnlormal, and arrv has boon a kov sourco
olsupportandadvlcoaslvoloundmvloot.As
wollasourmonthlvoardmootlngs,lguossthat
atthomomontwoarolncontactbvtolophonoor
omallaboutovorvothordav.lartlvthlsporhaps
ronoctsmvnowbovstatus,butltcortalnlvlsnt
ataskstobodonorolatlonshlpthosothlngsaro
alroadvsortodoutatthooardmootlngs.lnmost
olourconvorsatlonslnndthatlamuslngarrv
as a soundlng board lor mv ldoas, and maklng
thomostolhlsconsldorablolndustrvoxporlonco
ovormanvvoars.llroquontlvtakoastoorlrom
hlsvlowsastohowmomborsarollkolvtoroact
tomvldoasandproposals.
lS. |o voo| DCMS |o|cs voo wc|c |o at |cast
oon|oa| c|a|cc o| |occ |ooccts - L12 n||||oo |o|
t|c Co|to|a| |caoc|s|| |ooo was ost ooc o| t|cn.
| an |asc|oatco to |oow |ow voo w||| coc w|t|
ao o|cao|sat|oo t|at |as a vc|v noc| no|c noocst
|oocct t|c c\||||t|oo |ooost|v |s oot c\act|v
ovc|1ow|oc w|t| cas| aoo a|| t|c ncn|c|s a|c
vc|v coosc|oos o| t|c so|s t|at t|cv av to C|^.
)oo nost |avc oot|cco s|co||caot o|||c|coccs so |a|
|ow oocs |t a||cct voo| wo|| oot to |avc acccss
to w|at nost o| os t||o| o| as t|c |otton|css |t
o| covc|oncot |ooo|oc:
lC.lthlnkldprobablvchallongothonotlonthat
thorolsabottomlossplt,butvourusoolthoword
nomlnallsmoroaccuratothanvouthlnk.os,tho
nnanclalpotovorwhlchlnowprosldolsmuch
smallor,butlhavomuchstrongoractualcontrolol
thlspotthanlovordldolthogovornmontmonov,
whlchlsalwavssub|octtomultlploconstralntsand
thovlowsolmanv,manvpooplo.utthoroaro
slmllarltlos,lnthatlnbothcasoslamawarothatlt
lssomoonoolsosmonovthatlamspondlng,solt
lsvltallormotoaskcontlnuouslvAmlgottlngtho
bostvaluolormvmomborslshallcontlnuotoask
C|^ C|a||nao |a||v lco||os O||
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quostlonsabouthowCLAmonovlsspontandwlll
makosurothatwostavwlthlnbudgot.
lS. |coo||oc t|c sa||||oc |c|ccstc| Sqoa|c
|cn|c|cs. t|c c|ocna c\||||t|oo |os|ocss |o t|c
L| |s vc|v noc| a oowo-to-ca|t| |os|ocss. w|t|
t|c ||c oc|ato|s. ccoc|a||v coot|o||co |v vcoto|c
ca|ta| c|oos. aoo t|c so|||s|oc|v |a|cc oon|c|
o| sna|| |ooccoocots a|| |oow|oc t|at t|cv nost
|ocos s|a||v oo cctt|oc |ons oo scats || t|cv a|c
to socccco. |o voo| |cv|oos |o|c t|c co|to|a|
ct|os sccnco to |c |a| no|c a||v-|a||v. w|t|
DCMS a|n|oc to |n|ovc t|c qoa||tv o| |||c |o| a||
t||ooc| co|to|a| act|v|t|cs. to soo|t t|c o|so|t
o| c\cc||cocc aoo to c|an|oo t|c c|cat|vc aoo
|c|so|c |ooost||cs. )oo voo|sc|| |avc ta||co a|oot
soc|a| |csoos|||||tv aoo a|n|oc to |a|sc co|cs
|otc|cst |o aoo oooc|staoo|oc o| t|c a|ts. Cao voo
|||oc aov o| t||s ovc| to t|c c|ocna c\||||t|oo
|ooost|v: |s |t at a|| |c|cvaot to os:
lC. l thlnk voud strugglo to nnd anvono who
knowsmowhoddoscrlbomoasalrv-lalrv.lthlnk
lwassoonlnmvprovlousrolosasapragmatlcand
downtooarthoporator,somothlnglhopotobrlng
tothlsrolo.ldolondstronglvtholdoathatclnoma
oxhlbltlon,whllstnrstandloromostabuslnoss,has
ltsparttoplavlnsoclalrosponslbllltv,apartmanv
oxhlbltorsaroalroadvplavlngthroughtholrllnks
wlththolocalcommunltv.
lS. )oo |avc a|so |cco c|sooa||v |ocot|||co
w|t| oot|oos soc| as !|c k|c|t to ^|t. co|to|a|
cot|t|cncot. aoo t|c |ot||os|c va|oc o| co|to|c.
| an a |cco|a| t|cat|ccoc|. w||c| | cocss | t||o|
o| as co|to|c. |ot | |a|c|v t||o| o| co|oc to t|c
c|ocna |o t|c sanc wav. |s t|c|c aov wav t|at voo
coo|o |c| os to |a|sc awa|cocss t|at t|c c|ocna
|os|ocss |s ao |no|taot a|t o| co|to|c: oo|o
|t |c a cooo t||oc |o| t|c |os|ocss:
lC.lroallvdontthlnkpooplomakosuchdlvlslons
lntholrmlndsclnomalscortalnlvculturo,and
thoad|octlvopopularnoodntboatalldorogatorv,
|ustasarthousonoodntalwavsmoanworthv
nlms. l thlnk that wo can loarn thlngs lrom tho
thoatroworld,butclnomalsadlllorontlormol
culturo,andwoarolncompotltlon.lamlntorostod
lnnndlngoutwhatlscurrontlvstopplngpooplo
lromcomlngtothoclnoma,andthonworklngwlth
momborslntrvlngtoaddrossthosolssuos.
Somo ol that ls about romlndlng pooplo ol tho
lmprovomonts thoro havo boon ln tho clnoma-
golngoxporloncoovortholasttwontvvoars,not
loastlnplcturoandsoundqualltvthlslsprogross
whlchlthlnklsnowtakonlorgrantod.Andpart
ol lt ls about tackllng mlsconcoptlons. 1o tako
ono oxamplo, thoros no doubt that moro can
bo dono to tacklo poor bohavlour ln clnomas
pooplouslngmobllophonos,talklngloudlvotc.
ut whllo thats tho caso, whon l talk to manv
ol mv mombors, thov toll mo that standards ol
audloncobohavlournowarollghtvoarsahoadol
thosothlrtvvoarsago.ltmavboanoxtromocaso,
butlcanlntroducovoutoclnomamanagorswho
lltorallvusodtodroadSaturdavnlghts,knowlng
thataudloncomomborswouldroutlnolvrlptho
soatsandgonorallvcroatomavhom.
1lckotprlcosaroanothorlssuowhorothosoctor
has allowod ltsoll to tako too manv lroo hlts
lromthomodla.Wonoodtocontlnuotoromlnd
pooploastowhatagooddoalatrlptothoclnoma
lsclnomasoatsaroconsldorablvchoaporthan
thosoatalmostanvothorlormolontortalnmont,
andwhonvoucomparoaWostLndclnomasoatat
12wlthatlckotlor30atalootballmatch,thon
clnomasoxcollontvaluobocomosobvlous.
1hoCLAnoodstoboontholrontlootlnromlndlng
thopubllcolthosolacts.
lS. )oo o|v|oos|v |oow voo| wav a|oooo
covc|oncot aoo t|c wav |t wo||s. |oc|oo|oc
t|c wavs |o w||c| |ooo|oc |s occ|oco ooo aoo
o|st|||otco. ^|t|ooc| |a|cc anooots o| o|||c
noocv a|c scot oo t|c c|cat|vc s|oc o| oo|
|os|ocss. ||n-na||oc. w||c| o|v|oos|v |coc|ts os
a||. s|occ |t |s t|c cootcot o| nov|cs t|at o|t|natc|v
octc|n|ocs w|ct|c| co|c co to t|c c|ocna. t|c|c
|s ||tt|c o| oo o|||c so|s|ov |o| c|ocna c\||||t|oo.
S|oo|o t|c|c |c: oo|o |t |c| to |cc c|ocna
a||vc |o |o|a| a|cas w|c|c |t co||cot|v st|occ|cs:
lC.Absolutolvnotourclnomasarobuslnossos
that can and should thrlvo wlthout govornmont
subsldlos.1hoonoaroawhorolthlnkwomlght
oxploro whothor thoro ls a caso lor that publlc
lundlng ls around tho changoovor to dlgltal
pro|octlon. 1horo mav bo a small numbor ol
clnomas, mavbo slnglo scroons ln vorv sparolv
populatod aroas, whoro tho oconomlcs ol
dlgltal|ustwontwork,butwhorothocontlnuod
oxlstoncoolaclnomahasasoclalvaluo.Mavbo
thatsanaroawhoropubllcmonovhasarolo.
lS. |o voo| |cv|oos |||c voo wc|c a c|cat soo|tc|
o| c|cat|vc a|toc|s||s aoo c|cat|vc c|ostc|s.
^|c t|c|c aov |cssoos to |c |ca|oco |o| oo| |ooost|v
||on t|osc c\c||coccs: )oo a|so s|owco a |ot o|
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|otc|cst |o cctt|oc voooc co|c to a|t|c|atc |o
co|to|c aoo to |avc t|c|| sav. Do voo t||o| t|at
sonct||oc s|n||a| |o| t|c c|ocna c\||||t|oo n|c|t
|c |coc|c|a|: Oo| |ooost|v |s a||caov |coc|tt|oc
||on t|c c|ow|oc oon|c| o| 30 aoo 40 vca| o|os
w|o a|c coot|oo|oc to v|s|t t|c c|ocna a|tc| cctt|oc
t|c |a||t |o t|c|| tccos |s t|c|c aovt||oc t|c C|^
coo|o oo to cocoo|acc voooc co|c to t||o| o|
co|oc to t|c c|ocna as coo|:
lC.lamkoontodomorotonndoutwhatvoung
pooplo thlnk thov nood lrom tho clnomagolng
oxporlonco at a tlmo whon compotlng lolsuro
attractlons havo novor boon as numorous. Wo
roallv do nood to llston to voung pooplo and
makoollortstodlscovorwhatwolntholndustrv
mustdotogotmorovoungpooplotomakogolng
tothoclnomaarogularhablt,andmavbothoro
aroothorgroupsthatwocouldpartnorwlthlor
thlswork.
lS. ^t ooc stacc voo wc|c |ovo|vco w|t| |oosa|s
to |||oc |o c|ocna-stv|c acc-|at|ocs |o| wc|s|tcs.
|ot | ooot t||o| t|at t|csc cvc| cot o|| t|c c|oooo.
|t| no|c aoo no|c nov|cs |ccon|oc ava||a||c
ovc| t|c wc| oo voo t||o| t|at soc| a sc|cnc
s|oo|o |c |n|cncotco. o| s|oo|o wc accct t|at
nov|cs |o t|c |onc occo |css |cco|at|oo t|ao t|osc
|o t|c c|ocna:
lC.Mvvlowandltlsaporsonalvlowlsthat
wlth tho ovor lncroaslng rango ol movlos now
bocomlngavallabloovorthowob,thorolsastrong
casolorsomolormolclasslncatlon.Mavbothls
wlllhavotoboadvlsorvrathorthanstatutorv.lam
undornollluslonsastohowdllncultltmlghtbo
tolmplomontsuchaschomo,howovor,butltls
cortalnlvnotlmposslblo.
lS. Do voo cct |ovo|vco w|t| t|c soc|a| s|oc
o| t|c c|ocna |ooost|v - oo voo attcoo |ots o|
|cn|c|cs. |o| c\an|c: |s t||s ao |no|taot a|t
o| voo| |o|c:
lC. l dont got lnvltod to promloros as olton as
voumlghtthlnk,butthorosnodonvlngthatthov
doroprosontoccaslonstonotworkandlnnuonco
sowhonldogotosuchovontsltlsasthoCLA
roprosontatlvo.
lS. D|c|ta| c|ocna |s o|v|oos|v t|c |cv ocvc|oncot
to ||t oo| |ooost|v. aoo | |avc w||ttco c|scw|c|c
t|at | |c||cvc t|at 2008 w||| to|o oot to |c t|c vca|
w|co o|c|ta| c|ocna w||| |ca||v ta|c o|| |o t|c L|
|o a ||c wav. |o voo| |cv|oos |o|c voo coos|oc|co
t|c ccooon|c |coc|ts o| t|c o|c|ta| sw|tc|ovc|
|o| tc||cst||a| tc|cv|s|oo. !|c|c o|v|oos|v a|cot t|c
|osccts o| sc|||oc o|| t|c scct|on |o| t|c c|ocna
|ooost|v to |coc|t ||on. |ot voo |csona||v scc
ot|c| ccooon|c |coc|ts to t|c c\||||t|oo |ooost|v
|| wc oo naoacc a con|ctc sw|tc|ovc| ||on ||n
to o|c|ta|. |at aovaotaccs oo voo scc |o| oo|
|ooost|v. aoo |s t|c C|^ |o a os|t|oo to |c|: |ow
n|c|t t||s |c oooc:
lC. 1horo ls stlll a groat doal lor our lndustrv
toloarnabouttholmpactoldlgltalclnoma.lts
anlrrolutablotruththatthobulkolthobononts
ol dlgltlsatlon accruo to dlstrlbutlon, but tho
potontlal bononts to oxhlbltlon aro bocomlng
moro apparont, both ln torms ol now buslnoss
posslbllltlos lor altornatlvo contont and tho
lncroaslnglntorostln3Dmovlos.ltlsonlvwhon
wogotmoropractlcaloxporloncooldlgltalthat
wowlllbolnaposltlontoroallvundorstandtho
longtormprosandconsthatswhorothoDlgltal
ScroonNotworkhasboonpartlcularlvlmportant.
As a practlcal oxamplo, lt qulcklv lod clnomas
to loarn that lt was lmportant to havo dlgltal
pro|octorslnmorothanonoscroon,slncothoso
wlth onlv ono dlgltal pro|octor lound that thov
had to go back to tho dlstrlbutors altor tho nrst
couploolwooksandasklora35mmcopv,sothat
thomovlocouldcontlnuotoboshownlnothor
scroons.1hlsnogatodonoolthokovadvantagos
oldlgltaldlstrlbutlon.
lS. |o DCMS oavs voo ot voo| oanc to naov
o|||s|co ac|s aoo |co|ts w||| voo |c oo|oc
sonct||oc s|n||a| |o| C|^:
lC.Losslsmorowlllbomvwatchwordwhon
produclngroportsorpaporslorthoCLA.looplo
donthavotlmotoroadlongdocumonts,somv
almwlllbotomakocommunlcatlonsshortand
punchv.
lS. | |cccot|v canc ac|oss ao o|o cov o|
C|ocnatoc|a| !|ncs !|c O|||c|a| O|cao o|
t|c C|ocnatoc|a| |\||||to|s ^ssoc|at|oo o|
C|cat |||ta|o aoo ||c|aoo. |ssoc oon|c| 120 |o
1031 naoc |asc|oat|oc |cao|oc. w|t| c\||||to|s
con|a|o|oc t|at o|st|||oto|s wc|c c|a|c|oc too
noc| |o| t|c|| ||ns. aoo t|at 50/ o| ta||ocs |o|
C|tv ||c|ts was ao oot|accoos ocnaoo. Not||oc
noc| |as c|aocco. t|c|c. o| coo|sc! | |csonc
t|at voo woot |c |cso||cct|oc t|c C|^ nacaz|oc
(| coo|oot staoo aov no|c conct|t|oo |o| C!! |ot
|avc voo coos|oc|co na||oc t|c C|^s wo|| no|c
w|oc|v |oowo |v ncaos o| a wc|s|tc:
lC. 1horos cortalnlv no lntontlon ol our
publlshlngamagazlno,butaslmontlonodoarllor
woarobusvworklngonanowCLAwobsltothat
wlllboanlmportantvohlclolorgottlngthoCLAs
mossagoacrossaswollasholplngwlthsomool
thoadmlnlstratlvotasks.
lS. ||S!S aoo C|^ |avc tocct|c| oooc noc| to
cocoo|acc |occt|oo|st t|a|o|oc. aoo t|c ocw|v
|aooc|co |occt|oo|st cc|t|||cat|oo sc|cnc
na||s a ||c stc |o|wa|o |o| t|a|o|oc aoo asscss|oc
conctcocc |o oo| |ooost|v. Do voo scc t|c occo
|o| t|a|o|oc |ccon|oc cvco c|catc| as |occt|oo
cotc|s t|c o|c|ta| acc: oo|o t|c|c |c aovaotaccs
|o |occt|oo|st t|a|o|oc oo a |o|ocao sca|c:
oo|o |t |c cooo || |occt|oo|sts coo|o ca|o a
|ccoco|sco cc|t||catc t|at woo|o ocnoost|atc
t|at t|cv wc|c conctcot to oc|atc aovw|c|c
|o |o|oc:
lC.1ralnlngwlllcontlnuotobolmportantlnour
lndustrv,andtholdoaolaportabloquallncatlon
thatthoKS1S/CLACortlncatlonschomolscroatlng
mavhavosomolntorostlngollocts.lro|octlonlsts
alroadvnndworkatdlllorontclnomas,andtho
Cortlncatlon schomo sooms llkolv to oncourago
mobllltv, but l dont know whothor thls would
oxtondtoworklnglnothorLuropoancountrlos,
althoughldontsoowhvnot.
lS. | scc t|at voo |avc sta|tco wo|| as t|c
C|^ |c|cscotat|vc to LN|C. t|c |o|oc-w|oc
o|cao|sat|oo w||c| sc|vcs to |otcct t|c os|t|oo
o| c|ocna c\||||to|s aoo ||a|scs w|t| aoo na|cs
|c|cscotat|oos to |oo|cs soc| as t|c |o|ocao
Lo|oo. t|c Coooc|| o| |o|oc aoo LN|SCO. ^t
a t|nc w|co t|c|c |s noc| o|scoss|oo ovc| |ow
c||as o|||c|cot |os|ocss cascs |o| o|c|ta| c|ocna
cao |c naoc |o t|c LS. t|c L|. aoo t|c |cst o|
|o|oc. oo voo t||o| t|at LN|C w||| |c a||c to
conc o w|t| o|c|ta| c|ocna |os|ocss so|ot|oos
t|at w||| wo|| |o| |ot| t|c L| aoo ot|c| |o|ocao
cooot||cs:
lC.lhavoalroadvboontoonoUNlCmootlngln
larls,whoroltwaslntorostlngtomootcolloaguos
lrom clnoma buslnossos across Luropo. l lound
thatthorolsacloarrocognltlonolthomanvsharod
lssuosthatalloctallolusandacommonwlllto
worktogothor.lntorostlnglv,though,worklngwlth
our Luropoan colloaguos actuallv hlghllghts tho
lactthatlnsomowavsthoUKclnomalndustrvls
closortothoUSthantoLuropo.ltwouldbonlco
toloolthatthoCLAmlghtboablotostrongthon
ourllnkswlthNorthAmorlcancountorparts,not
loastlnholplngtolnnuoncothoUSstudlos.
lS. |ow |s t|c ^|ts||oc o|sa||||tv acccss |o|o|nat|oo
sc|v|cc. w||c| C|^ o|o so noc| to cct o|| t|c
c|oooo. |c|oc |ccc|vco: | scc |c|c|cocc to t|c
acccss|||||tv |cato|cs o| c|ocnas oo v||toa||v cvc|v
c|ocna |oo||oc wc|s|tc t|at | osc. |ot oo voo
|avc cv|ococc t|at t|c costonc|s a|c na||oc osc
o| t|c |o|o|nat|oo |c|o|c na||oc |oo||ocs: |avc
t|c oon|c|s o| co|c w|t| o|sa||||t|cs v|s|t|oc t|c
c|ocna |oc|casco s|occ t|c sc|cnc |ccao: !|c|c
wc|c |aos to ||o| t|c va||oos c|ocna oata|ascs
aoo to |avc t||s con||oco |csoo|cc ava||a||c
wc|| |c|o|c t|c 2012 O|vn|cs. |s t||s a|t o| t|c
O|vn|c |aoo|oc co|oc to sc|coo|c:
lC.Wocan|udgosomoolthocontlnulngsuccoss
olthoCLACardschomolromthogrowlngnumbor
olhltsonthowobslto,andthoovldoncolsthat
tho schomo has boon vorv much wolcomod bv
tho dlsablod communltv and ls vorv popular. l
amconsclousthatthowobsltorosultscontalna
troasurotrovoollnlormatlonaboutthohabltsol
dlsablodclnomagoorsthatwohavontvothadtlmo
tolnvostlgatoandloarnlrom.
lS. )oo |avc o|oco t|c C|^ w|t| w|at aca|s
to |c a naooatc |o| a con|ctc|v ||cs| sta|t. ||
voo waot ooc. Cao voo vct tc|| os w|at c|aoccs
voo cov|sacc. aoo w|at voo woo|o |||c to scc t|c
C|^ oo|oc |o t|c |oto|c: |c|c oo voo scc t|c
o|cao|sat|oo |o |vc vca|s t|nc:
lC. l want to soo tho CLA galn ovon moro
rocognltlonlorthoworkolthoclnomaoxhlbltlon
buslnossnotonlvwlthlntholndustrv,butalso
lngovornmont.Wlthlnmvnrstvoarlalmtogot
larmoroolthosowlthlnnuonco,andthooplnlon
lormors, to undorstand what tho CLA doos and
whatltstandslor.lwanttosoothoCLArocognlsod
asarospoctodpartnorlnlaclngthochallongosnot
onlvolthoclnomabuslnossltsoll,butlnplavlng
ama|orpartlnthoculturalandsoclallllooltho
natlon.
Manr lhanks lo Phi/ C/a for giving his lime
for lhis inlerview
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I|m :|+ter +a N|ae| \e||+a a+| + ae.t+|a|c .|.|t te |ea+| r+at'.
l+.c|a+t|aa C|aem+ Ma.eam |a |eaa|aatea, +a were tre+te te + aa|e
tear el +|| t||aa. c|aem+ | t|e eat|a.|+.t|c arear|eter. |at t|e ma.eam
+a |t. ceateat. |+.e te me.e eat el t|e |a|||aa w|t||a wee|., +a +
aew |eme |. aeee araeat|.
The Ponald Grant
archive and the
cinema museum
Il is rare lhal I come away from a visil lo a
cinema-relaled venue wilhoul a fairly clear
idea aboul whal I am going lo wrile, bul as I
lefl lhe konald Cranl Archive and 1he Cinema
Museum, one man`s very personal and ecleclic
colleclion of all lhings relaled lo lhe cinema, il
was wilh a complele mixlure of emolions - |oy
and noslalgia al everylhing I had seen, louched
and smelled during lhe aflernoon, and sadness
al lhe knowledge lhal unless some miracle
happens, and quickly, none of lhis will be here
in a few monlhs lime, and lhe accumulaled
work of a lifelime will be deslroyed or scallered
around lhe world.
NlgolWollandhadboonboloro,andhoguldod
mo through tho stroots ol Konnlngton untll wo
camoacross1hoMastorsHouso,anlmprosslvo
docoratlvobrlckbulldlngthathadoncolormod
partolthooldLambothWorkhouso.1hoback-
lotoutsldogavothonrstcluosastowhatwasto
como, as thoro woro stacks ol old, rustlng nlm
cans, lots ol Doxlon sholvlng, and mv ovo was
takon bv a hugo clrcular ltom that complotolv
loxod mo, untll Nlgol told mo that lt was tho
clrcularrlnglromanoldchandollorthatatono
tlmo gracod tho Cranada Clnoma ln Wolllng.
l was lntorostod to loarn that tho bulldlng has
had nlm connoctlons slnco lts oarllost davs -
ovldontlv Charllo Chapllns mothor loll on hard
tlmos and had to rosort to tho workhouso, and
ltlsknownthatCharlloChapllndonnltolvllvod
thorolorsomotlmolrom1898whonhocamoas
anlnovoarold.
Wo ontorod through tho olnco aroa sorvlng
what ls tho Ronald Crant Archlvo, a llbrarv ol
moro than a mllllon photographlc stllls and
slldos,allrolatodtoaspoctsolnlmorclnoma.
1ho photo llbrarv ls a soparato buslnoss lrom
tho Clnoma Musoum, and lts solo purposo ls
to provldo nnanclal support lor tho musoum.
1ho llbrarv ls woll-known lor lts onormous
rango,andlorthooxportlsoolltsworkors,who
havo a doop knowlodgo and undorstandlng
ol what tholr archlvo contalns and can olton
makosuggostlonsthatholpradlo,1Vandnlm
rosoarchorstocomoupwlthoxactlvtholmagos
thov nood lor anv partlcular programmo.
1ho Archlvo brlngs ln monov that ls usod to
support tho soparato Clnoma Musoum, whlch
has charltablo status and was loundod ln
1986. Although tho Archlvo and tho sorvlcos
lt provldos aro woll thought ol throughout
tho buslnoss, lt ls stlll somothlng ol a cottago
lndustrv wlth onthuslastlc rosoarchors ablo
to uso tholr own knowlodgo and lalrlv slmplo
computor nllng svstoms to como up wlth
sultablo hlstorlc plcturos lor anv occaslon,
thoro ls no doubt that tho compotltlon lrom
thohugowob-basodarchlvosvstomssotupbv
largo organlsatlons llko l1N, Cottv and Corbls
moans that manv rosoarchors olton prolor to
usothowobroutowhonqulcklvsoarchlnglor
anlmago,sothobuslnossolthoRonaldCrant
archlvolsntgrowlng.
RonaldCrant,wholsnowlnhlssovontlosandstlll
worklngtwlcoashardasmanvlnordlnarv|obs,
toldmothathoorlglnallvcamolromanchorv,
somotwontvmlloslromAbordoon,andthatho
hasalwavsboonobsossodwlththoclnoma.At
thoagooltonhousodtoholplnthovlllagohall
clnoma,lotchlngandcarrvlng,alwavswatchlng
whatthopro|octlonlstwasdolng,andovonthon
howouldtakohomoscrapsoldlscardod35mm
nlm and croato hls own show on tho wall at
homo,uslngatovpro|octor.Altorloavlngschool
hobocamoanapprontlcopro|octlonlst,andbv
thotlmohowas21howasrunnlngclnomashows
lnsovoralvlllagohalls.Hosubsoquontlvworkod
lorlamosl.DonaldsAbordoonllcturolalacos
group,andwasapro|octlonlstatthollavhouso
lnUnlonStroot,Abordoon.Hospokonostalgl-
callvolworklngwlthboth35mmand16mm,
dolng changoovors on &H 601s and about
Kaloo7swlthpull-throughsoundhoads.
|c|t - |ost|oc ||n caos . ccot|c - a sna|| co|oc| o| t|c c\tcos|vc ||||a|v. ac|co w|t| |oo|s oo cvc|v ascct o| t|c c|ocna . ||c|t- t|c noscon |as a oon|c| o| octa||co
nooc|s o| c|ocnas. |oc|oo|oc t||s ooc ||on !co |cc|aoo
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As clnomas closod down ln tho nltlos and slx-
tlosRonaldstartodbuvlngupallsortsolclnoma
oqulpmontandrolatoddocumontatlon,orlglnallv
kooplngltathomo,andthocolloctlonsoomsto
havo|ustgrownandgrownovorslnco,although
holsoccaslonallvnostalglclorabltolkltthatho
usodtoownbuthadtolotgo.Howorkodln
manvclnomastooarnonoughtokooparoolovor
thoovorgrowlngcolloctlon.MovlngtoLondon,
howorkodlortholl,butconlossodtobocom-
lngsomothlngoladrop-outlntholato1960s,
|ust dolng hls own thlng, whlch was alwavs to
do wlth clnoma, and ho spont a lot ol tlmo ln
markotsandauctlonsbuvlngabsolutolvanvthlng
thattookhlslancv.
1honrstproporhomolorthocolloctlonwasln
thocouncll-ownodRalolghHallatrlxton,and
thon lt was movod to tho Cld llro Statlon ln
Konnlngtonboloronnallvtaklnguprosldoncoln
thoMastorsHousoln1998.Mucholtholargor
oqulpmont,lncludlngpro|octors,wasstorodln
ahugorallwavarchatVauxhall,butlnrocont
tlmos all tho oqulpmont was movod out lrom
thoro,wlthmucholltarrlvlngat1hoMastors
Houso (not surprlslng, thon, that ovorvthlng
soomodcrowdodandsquoozodlndurlngmv
vlslt)whllstthogoodoldlro|octodllcturo1rust
took ltoms that woro dupllcatod or lor whlch
thorowasabsolutolvnospaco.
LllolsntabouttogotanvoaslorlorthoMusoum,
asthobulldlngsownor,thoSouthLondonand
MaudslovNHStrust,lshavlngtosollthoontlro
bulldlng,andsohastormlnatodthomusoums
tonancv.AtthotlmoolmvvlsltlnCctobor2007
Ronaldhadlotsolpotontlalplanslorplacosto
movoto,butabsolutolvnothlngconcroto,and
ho and hls toam woro obvlouslv vorv worrlod
lortholuturoolthoMusoumandappoallnglor
bonolactorstocomoalongurgontlv.
1hoothorkovmomborolthotoam,whowas
othorwlso ongagod on tho dav ol mv vlslt, ls
MartlnHumphrlos,aclosolrlondandcolloaguo
olRonald.1hotwohavoboonworklngtogothor
closolv slnco 1979, and whllst Martln sharos
Ronaldslovoolcolloctlnganvthlngandovorv-
thlngtodowlthclnoma,holsalsoanoxcollont
admlnlstratorwlthagoodbuslnossbraln,and
Ronald ls glad to rolv on thoso organlsatlonal
skllls, acknowlodglng how much tho buslnoss
hascomotorolvonMartln.
tooking around thc Muscum
olorowoombarkodonthotourpropor,whllst
Ronaldwasbusvdoallngwlthanurgontpractlcal
problom,lwaslntroducodtoAnnaCdrlch,and
vouwlllsoolromthophotographthatNlgoland
Annaworoobvlouslvoldlrlonds!Anna,anothor
onthuslastlromthosamomouldasRonald,wlth
anoquallvstrongdoslrotosoothatthoworkol
thomusoumlssharodaswldolvasposslblo,and
thatthocolloctlonsurvlvoslntact,lsrosponslblo
lororganlslng,catalogulng,anddovoloplngtho
musoum,andaswollasshowlngusaroundhor
lavourltobltsolthocolloctlon,wosawmuchol
thodovolopmontworkshohasdonowlthlocal
schoolsandcollogos,andloanotsthatshohas
proparodandpubllshodaboutthomusoumln
ordortopubllclsoltsworkandholppartloswho
comoonvlsltstothomusoum.lgathorodthat
sholspald,thankstotholundsralsodlromtho
plcturo Archlvo, but puts ln a vast amount ol
oxtraworkolalltvpos-ltwasamazlngtohoar
Annaputthososholvosupwhonovorwowont
todlllorontstoragoaroas,andsoundodtomoas
thoughovorvsmallbuslnossnoodsanAnna!
ltlslmposslblotodoscrlbothoscopoandscalo
olthoClnomaMusoum,but,hopolullv,somo
olthophotographswlllholproadorstosoo|ust
howoxtonslvoltls.
Woboganourtour,pushlngourwavthrough
corrldorscrammodonoachsldowlthlasclnat-
lngoqulpmontolallsortslromclnomasolvos-
torvoar, lncludlng clnoma soats, llght nttlngs,
clocks, swlng doors, clnoma carpots, lobbv
cards,soatlnglndlcators,nlmcatogorvboards,
crowdcontrolbarrlors-artolactsthatlhadnt
glvonathoughttolordocados,butwhlch,asl
sawthom,broughtbackthomomorlosolhow
clnomawaslnmvvouth.1horowasroomal-
torroompackodwlthnlos,nllngcablnotsand
sholvos,andwostartodlnthoClnomasroom,
lntowhlchhadboonsquoozodnlosandboxos
packodwlthhlstorlcallnlormatlonaboutovorv-
thlngtodowlthclnoma.1horoworopro|octor
brochuros,clnomaprogrammos,mlnutobooks
lromclnomacompanvboardmootlngsln1912,
dotallsolnlmcompanlosandnlmstudlos,sharo
cortlncatoslorcompanloslonggonothowavol
all nosh, stock cortlncatos rolatlng to Ldlsons
1895Klnotoscopoandtoonoolnlmplonoor
CharlosUrbanscompanlos.1horowaslotsolln-
lormatlonaboutclnomadoslgnandarchltocturo
andlogaldocumontsrolatlngtotholrownorshlp.
l tostod tho svstom, and ln splto ol tho lnltlal
!o - t|c noscon |s a|oot cvc|vt||oc t|ats c|ocna . |c|ow |c|t - N|cc| o||aoo aoo ^ooa Oo||c| .
Ccot|c - Ma|t|o |on|||cs . k|c|t - a|t o| t|c c\tcos|vc a|c||vc.
!|c oo||o|n |oon
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lmprosslonolchaosglvonbvthocrowdodroom,
waslmprossodthatwlthlnsocondsRonaldcould
lavhlshandsonorlglnaldocumontsrolatlngto
thopurchasoandthodoslgnolmvlocalclnoma
lnSallsburv.
1ho Magazlnos Room was, ll poslblo, ovon
moro crowdod, packod wlth clnoma-rolatod
porlodlcals and trado magazlnos, lncludlng
Klnomatograph Wooklv lrom 1889 -1981,
SMl1Llournalslrom1916,andKS1Slournals
lrom1933onwards.1horoaroalsorltlshand
Amorlcanlanmagazlnosandtholong-dolunct
thoatro nowspapor 1ho Lra, whlch contalnod
lots ol lnlormatlon about clnoma ln tho oarlv
davs.lwaslntorostodtosoothooldAClllm
Rovlow as woll as Clnoma Nows and lrop-
ortvCazotto,whlchovontuallvbocomopartol
Scroonlntornatlonal,andacomplotocolloctlon
olthoSpotllghtcastlngdlroctorv,lromthonrst
lssuoln1927rlghtthroughtotho1990s.
1hoLlbrarvcontalnsbooksonallaspoctsolcln-
oma,lncludlngacolloctlonolStanlovHollowavs
porsonalphotoalbums,andthorolsalsoacol-
loctlonolclnomaandnlmrolatodmuslc.1horo
lsasoparatoroompackodwltholdnlmpostors
and palntlngs rolatlng to nlms, and Ronald on-
|ovodtolllngstorlosolhowhocamobvsomool
thomorooxotlcpostorsasarosultolsomotrulv
halr-ralslngadvonturos!1horoaroboautllulpalnt-
lngsolclnomadocoratlondoslgns,whlchworo
proparodlnordortoshowhowclnomaswould
lookaltorrodocoratlon.
ln tho Unllorm Room thoro ls a vast rango ol
unllorms,lromthosolorpagobovs(wlthabutton-
cloanlngkltthatlhadnovorcomoacrossboloro)
toushorottos,andspoclalovontcostumos,plus
lco-croamtravs,ushorottostorchos,andcutlorv
and crockorv lrom clnoma rostaurants. l was
lntorostod to soo a rango ol boautllullv craltod
modolsolvarlousclnomas,and-ltoldvouthls
musoumvlsltalloctodallmvsonsos-allowodto
smollNuroma2,not,aslhadatnrstthought,
onoolthosmollslromthoCdoramanlmspoclal
olloctsthatCrantLobbanlovostotollusabout,
butonoolthoporlumosthatwasaddodtotho
dlslnloctantspravsthatworousodlnthoaudl-
torlatoassuropatronsthatthoalrwaslroshand
cloan!Notsurprlslnglv,though,Ronaldalsohasa
wholoboxolorlglnalCdoramascratchcards.
1hooxtonslvonlmvault(thomusoumhasabout
17mllllonlootolnlmlntotal),whlchlwasro-
llovodtosoolssnuganddrv,unllkosomoothor
partsolthobulldlng,lspackodwlththousands
ol nlm cans contalnlng rools ol raro prlnts and
nogatlvos,andtholargoarchlvoolnltratonlms
lslookodaltoratthollsstatoolthoartnltrato
vaults ln Cavdon, Warwlckshlro. Ronald gavo
oxamplosolsomoolthoraromatorlalthatthov
koop, lncludlng rostorod Mltcholl and Konvon
matorlallromVlctorlanandLdwardlantlmos.
A PIcthora of Projcctors
Although tho nlms, tho books, tho magazlnos
andthopaporworkworolasclnatlng,lknowthat
Clnoma1ochnologvroadorswouldboospoclallv
koontosoolntosomooltholantastlcAladdlns
cavospackodwlthpro|octlonoqulpmont.1ho
bulbcolloctloncontalnodahugosoloctlonol
lampsandvalvos,andlcamoacrossarackol
llmollghtoqulpmont,complotowlththogaugos
lorthooxvgongascvllndorsthatworousod.
1horowasalsoahugocolloctlonolglasslantorn
slldos,andacolloctlonolsomo300smallgaugo
pro|octors,lncludlngnumborsoltovpro|oc-
torssuchastholngoscopowhlchactodasan
lntroductlon to pro|octlon lor manv votoran
KSmomborslnthonrsthallolthotwontloth
conturv.
A vast rango ol oarlv pro|octors (tho ll1 has
moroolthomandhasboonoxtromolvholplul
ln accommodatlng stull lrom tho musoum) ls
on show and ln storo, and lt was lntorostlng
to soo Ronald hand-cranklng an old but por-
loctlvlormodloworsNo.6pro|octorlromtho
1920s.
Looklng at an oarlv Kaloo pro|octor lrom tho
1920s,nowstorodlnthohallwav,(bolow)vou
couldntholpbostruckbvltssturdvconstruc-
tlon,wlthastllllunctlonalchalnandshalt-drlvo
mochanlsm.Nototho(lator)1Hsoundhoad.
|c|ow |c|t - !|c |o|| |oon . Ccot|c - kooa|o |aoo c|ao|s a |owc|s No. 6 |occto|
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lllmsoundlsntlorgotton,olcourso.1horolsa
largocolloctlonolclnomamuslclnthollbrarv,
andplontvolsoundoqulpmontlromRCAam-
pllnorrackstoclnomahornslromtholalladlum
clnoma,Llttlohampton.ltwasalsolntorostlngto
sooashowcasocontalnlngdlscsusodlorclnoma
soundlromthoHopworthVlvaphonorocords
olthooarlv1900sthroughthoVltaphonodlscs
lromtho1920stotodavsD1SCDs.
SOS for the konaId Grant
Museum - What can we do
to save it!
1hoprovlouspagoshavoprovldod|ustthomor-
ost gllmpso ol tho troasuros contalnod wlthln
tho Clnoma Musoum colloctlon - ll vou nood
tonndaplocooloqulpmontortoknowsomo-
thlngaboutthohlstorvolclnoma,thoartolact
or documont ls probablv thoro, and, oquallv
lmportantlv,thooxportlsoolthostallcanholp
vounndlt.1homusoumhasboonpopularlor
voarswlthprogrammomakorswantlngtoshoot
sconosorlllustratopackagosthataroostonslblv
lnoldclnomas,andthoassoclatodRonaldCrant
Archlvo holps hlstorlans and rosoarchors, and
gonoratos somo rovonuo bv provldlng coplos
olplcturoslromltsvastllbrarvtonowspapors,
magazlnos,andtolovlslon.
Altorstruggllnglortholastlowvoarstontalllts
manv troasuros lnto a complotolv lnadoquato
spaco, tho crunch has llnallv como as tho
ownor ol 1ho Mastors Houso, tho local NHS
1rust, ls havlng to soll tho bulldlng, and has
thoroloroglvonnotlcothatthomusoumandall
ltscontontsmustbogonobvthotlmomostol
vouwlllboroadlngthlsartlclolnprlnt,March
2008, although lt ls hopod that wo can brlng
thomusoumspllghttothoattontlonolawldor
audloncobvcarrvlngthlsplocoonthoKS1S
wobsltoacouploolmonthsbolorothat.
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soumorwanttotalkwlthRonaldCrantaboutlts
kC^ an|||c| |ac| . C|ocna |o|os ||on t|c |a||ao|on C|ocna . |aoo c|ao|co |owc|s |occto| . lost t||cc o| t|c sna|| caocc |occto|s . |cwo|t| v|va|ooc |cco|os
luturo,ploasodontturnupwlthoutanappolnt-
mont,butmakoatolophonocallbolorohand,
andRonaldwllldohlsbosttoholp.
1hoMusoum,aroglstorodcharltv,undoubtodlv
noodsmonov,andlotsollt,andRonaldandhls
stallaro,andhavoboonloralongtlmo,chas-
lng up all avonuos to galn such lundlng, and
qulcklv,butwhatlsnoododlmmodlatolv,lltho
colloctlonlsnottobobrokonup,dlsporsodand
dostrovod,lsonoughspacotostoroanddlsplav
thovasttroasurohousoolclnoma-rolatodoqulp-
mont,documontatlonandmomorabllla.Cvor
tho last low voars sovoral dotallod plans havo
boon drawn up lor movlng to othor bulldlngs
lnthoCroatorLondonaroa,butallhavolallon
through, olthor through changos ln Councll
pollcvorlackolnnanco.
lf anr Cinema 1echno/ogr reaJer or comanr
can he/ br suggesling an emlr bui/Jing
which cou/J roviJe a new home for lhe
Cinema Museum. anJ hrsica/ anJ lransorl
he/ wilh lhe evenlua/ move. /ease gel in
louch wilh kona/J Granl or Marlin Humhries
- conlacl Jelai/s be/ow. 1hose of rou wilh o-
/ilica/ conlacls al /oca/ governmenl or naliona/
/eve/ who fee/ slrong/r lhal 1he Cinema Mu-
seum shou/J survive mighl lhink of /obbring
rour /oca/ counci//ors or wriling lo rour MPs
lo a/erl lhem lo lhe olenlia/ Jisasler lhal is
olherwise aboul lo Jeslror much of lhe ear/r
hislorr of lhe cinema business.
1hoMastorsHouso,2DugardWav
ollRonlrowRoad,LondonSL1141H
1ol.02078402200
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projectionists party
cinema technology - march 2008
Ior as long as mosl of us can remember il has been Dion Hanson
and his wife Susan, oflen accompanied by lheir daughler Clare, who
have organised lhe annual KS1S Cinema 1echnology Commillee
Chrislmas Parly and broughl in and served all lhe food and drink, so
lhere were some inilial concerns when il was agreed earlier in lhe
year lhal lhe lime had come for Dion and Susan lo give up lhis oner-
ous lask and lhal lhe C1C would lake on lhe organisalion, leaving
Dion and Susan lo come lo lhe evenl as members, giving lhem lime
lo lalk wilh everyone.
Aslnprovlousvoars,Maxollsgonorosltvlnallowlngoll1hoatro
Sorvlcostosponsorthoovont,pavlnglortholoodanddrlnk,moant
thatthocommlttoocouldputonannosproad,andthoC1Cholpors
worodollghtodtobo|olnodbvsoundandpro|octlononglnoorsarrv
WrlghtandStollanLaugharnolrom1S,who,togothorwlththolrpart-
nors,dldastorllng|oblnmannlngthobarthroughoutthoaltornoon.
Morothan100pooploattondod,lromclnomasaroundthocountrv,
andltwasgroattosoohowovorvono,oldandvoung,on|ovodmootlng
oldlrlondsandmaklngnowonos.lntholastdocadolthasboonlntor-
ostlngtosoohowmanvmorovoungpro|octlonlsts,maloandlomalo,
attondthoovontthanusodtodo-whonlnrstboganwlthClnoma
1ochnologvthoavoragoagoolthopro|octlonlstssoomodwollovor50,
andltmustbogoodlortholuturoolthobuslnosstohavosomanv
voungpooploworklnglnthopro|octlonboxos.
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|ohnsAwardloroutstandlngworklnthoArtandCraltolClnomalro-
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lnvolvod,ospoclallvto1Slortholrsponsorshlpolthopartv,andto
Dolbvlortholrsponsorshlpoltholro|octlon1oamolthooaraward.
Proectionists'
Party
at Odeon Leicester Square
page 25 cinema technology - march 2008
Proection Team of
the ear 2007
The Apollo Pedditch
team of the year award
I|e C|aem+ Iec|ae|ea Cemm|ttee C|r|.tm+. |+rt w+. eace +a+|a t|e .eaae ler t|e are.eat+t|ea el t|e ||:I: CIC ||0I|C-
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te+m lrem I|e |ae||e, |e|tc|, + c|aem+ t|+t we re.|ewe e\tea.|.e| |a t|e :eatem|er zI |..ae.
Well over 100 fellow pro|eclion-
isls and friends allended lhe
annual ceremony for lhe KS1S
C1C Pro|eclion 1eam of lhe ear
Award al lhe Odeon Leicesler
Square.
1hlsvoarthoawardwasmado,
altoragooddoaloldobatoand
dlscusslonlnthoKS1SClnoma
1ochnologvCommlttoo,totho
pro|octlontoamlrom1hoApollo
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bulltsovon-scroonmultlploxlna
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frank littlejohns award
cinema technology - march 2008
Michael
weinert
wins
8KSTS
Prank
Littleohns
Award
1hoKS1SlrankLlttlo|ohns
Awardwaslnauguratodln2003,
lollowlnganondowmonttotho
Soclotvlnthowllloltholato
lrankLlttlo|ohnslKS(photo
bolow).lrankboganhlscaroor
at1ochnlcolorlnthoControl
Dopartmontandovontuallv
bocamoManaglngDlroctorol
1ochnlcolorlrom1962-1971,
boloro|olnlngRanklllmLabo-
ratorlosatDonhamasaConsult-
antuntllhorotlrodln1991.1ho
lrankLlttlo|ohnsAwardlsglvon
torocognlsooutstandlngwork
lnthoArtandcraltolClnoma
lro|octlon.
SlncothoKS1SAnnualAwardsCoromonv
lor2007hasboondolorrod,ltwasagroodthat
thoma|orpro|octlon-rolatodawardshould
thlsvoarboprosontodatthoannualpro|oc-
tlonlstspartvatthoCdoonLolcostorSquaro.
laulSchonold,1ochnlcalManagorolCdoon/
UClclnomasmadothoprosontatlontoMlko
Wolnort,currontlvChlolatthoCdoon,Kon-
slngton,andltwasobvlouslromthogonoral
acclamatlonthatallthopro|octlonlstsprosont
rocognlsodthatMlchaolwasatrulvworthv
wlnnor,apro|octlonlstwollrospoctodbvall
hlspoors.
1hlsbolngthoannualpro|octlonlstspartv
rathorthanthousuallormalKS1Sawards
coromonv,howovor,lprobablvshouldnthavo
boonsurprlsod(butlwas!)whonthoprocood-
lngsstartodwlthlaulannounclngthatduo
tothocurrontparlousstatoolthoKS1Sn-
nancosthlsvoarsawardplatowouldborathor
dlllorontlromthousualsllvor-platod|ob,and
thocrowdlollaboutlaughlngashoprosontod
Mlkowlthonohohadmadooarllor-a
paporplatoonwhlchwasprlntodasultablo
colourodphotoandlnscrlptlon!
Culcklvmovlngbacktotholormalagonda,
howovor,laulSchonoldroadoutthoolnclal
cltatlon,bolorohandlngovorthopropor
ongravodsllvorplattor,alramodcortlncato
andwrlttoncltatlononascroll(proparodbv
WondvLavbourn)plusanoxtraprlzo-Mlkos
vorvowncopvolthoKS1Slro|octlonlsts
Manual-|ustlncasohomlghtnoodtobrush
uponsomoolhlstochnlquos!
Mike Weinerl
Irank Lillle|ohns Award Cilalion
/tan| /|ll|ejo|ns wot|eJ |ot !ec|n|co|ot |n
/onJon anJ a|wavs |e|l l|al c|nema lec|n|-
ca| eo|e tece|teJ ||ll|e tecocn|l|on |ot l|e|t
wot| |n l|e tojecl|on oox. Conseqenl|v. |l
was /tan|s w||| l|al. l|toc| l|e as|ces
o| l|e 8/S!S anJ l|e C|nema !ec|no|ocv
Comm|llee. we wo|J oe ao|e lo |onot a
etson w|o |as. l|toc| l|e|t wot|. ta|seJ
l|e slanJatJ o| n|m tojecl|on. e|l|et ov
consc|enl|osness ot |ntenl|on.
/m Je||c|leJ lo teotl l|al l||s veats awatJ
coes lo a etson w|o n||s l|ose ct|let|a et-
|ecl|v. !||s veat we |onot a lt|v Jesett|nc
to|ess|ona| |n l|e atl o| n|m tojecl|on anJ
slanJatJs. M||e we|netl.
M||es eat|v eJcal|on loo| ||m lo slJv al
l|e kova| Co||ece O| Ms|c. anJ |nJeeJ |l
was l||s eat|v slace o| ||s cateet l|al was lo
tote mosl s|cn|ncanl. M||e savs l|al |l was
|nJeeJ l||s |ote o| ms|c. anJ |n atl|c|at
n|m ms|c. l|al etenla||v |eJ ||m |nlo ot
os|ness.
AnJ so. |n Selemoet 1066. M||e slatleJ
wot| as a kew|nJ 8ov al l|e Cotonel C|nema
|n D|Jcol.
!|e |o||ow|nc Mav |e secteJ a os|l|on
al l|e A8C C|nema |n Ox|otJ as a ln|ot
/tojecl|on|sl. AnJ |l was |ete l|al M||e |eatnl
||s ltaJe. |nc|J|nc wot||nc w|l| catoon atcs.
s|x-ltac| macnel|c sonJ. anJ 70mm.
The Frank Littlejohns Award recognises outstanding work in the
Art and Craft of Cinema Projection...
frank littlejohns award
page 27 cinema technology - march 2008
/ot lwo veats. one o| M||es c|osesl co|-
|eaces was lo|n S|at. tenowneJ tojec-
l|on|sl anJ 70mm enl|s|asl. anJ |l was
w|en lo|n wenl on lo nnJ a joo |n /onJon
l|al M||e a|so maJe a Jec|s|on lo mote
l|ete. /n ^otemoet 1068 M||e secteJ a
os|l|on al OJeons tesl|c|os Mato|e Atc|
c|nema. tn l|en ov l|e m|c|lv kan| Otcan|-
sal|on. anJ |e tema|neJ wot||nc l|ete |ot
27 veats.
AnJ |l was |n l|v 1087 l|al M||e came
l|toc| l|e tan|s lo oecome C||e|
/tojecl|on|sl al l|e c|nema.
M||e senl manv veats |nto|teJ |n a
m|l|lJe o| |at|s| anJ tesl|c|os
tem|etes. |nc|J|nc l|e |||es o|
He||o Do||v. A||ce /n wonJet|anJ
anJ lo|ca||v. l|e ot|c|na| tets|on o|
l|e n|m S|el|.
/n /onJon. M||e was a|wavs |e|J |n
tetv ||c| tecatJ ov ||s eets anJ eatneJ
l|e ltsl anJ tesecl o| l|e mosl sen|ot
memoets o| l|e Comanv.
/n Oclooet 1001 M||e was seconJeJ lo
OJeon Havmat|el |ot a se|| anJ a|so wot|eJ
ot|eJv al OJeon Sw|ss Collace.
AnJ l|en |n 1006. M||e was o||eteJ l|e osl
o| C||e| !ec|n|c|an al OJeon /ens|nclon
w|ete |e conl|nes lo sette OJeon lo l||s
Jav. cons|slenl|v anJ consc|enl|os|v.
Otet l|e veats. M||e |as tesenleJ manv
n|ms lo kova|lv. (/ens|nclon was a |atot|le
c|nema o| l|e |ale /t|ncess D|ana. lo l|e
|amos anJ l|osanJs o| J|scetn|nc mot-
|ecoets. w|o |ate a|wavs |nown l|al a t|s|l
lo OJeon /ens|nclon catanlees a we||-
tesenleJ n|m lo ||c| slanJatJs. we |now
l|al l|ose slanJatJs |ate oeen catanleeJ
oecase o| l|e cate anJ J|||cence o| one man
anJ ||s leam.
/aJ|es anJ Genl|emen. |l |s an |onot. t|t|-
|ece anJ |easte lo oe ao|e lo sav l|al l||s
veats /tan| /|ll|ejo|ns AwatJ coes lo one o|
l|e oesl C||e|s l||s os|ness. anJ /onJon |as
etet |aJ. M||e we|netl.
/a| Sc|one|J
Mlkoropllodtolaulsroadlngolthocltatlon
bvsavlnghowhonourodhowastohavoboon
chosonlortholrankLlttlo|ohnsAward.Ho
saldthatmucholhlssuccosswhonputtlng
onpromlorsandspoclalporlormancoshad
boonbocausohohadalwavsboonablotocall
onagroupolbrllllantclnomaonglnoorswho
wouldlnvarlablvboablotosortoutanvprob-
loms.HoplckodoutDlonHansonandNlgol
Shoroasalwavsroadvtodropovorvthlngand
comoandholpllanomorgoncvaroso,and
saldthatMaxollhadboononormouslvholp-
lulovorthovoars.
Mlchaolalsothankodthodlstrlbutorswlth
whomhoworkod,ospoclallvthanklngRlchard
Huhndorllorworklngsoclosolvwlthhlmto
onsurothatthobostavallabloprlntsworoalwavs
roadvlorthosooxtraspoclalporlormancos.
Hoondodwlthaspoclalwordolthankstohls
long-tormpartnorDoroonDoan,whoworks
tlrolosslvasthoArchlvoClncorlorAl1Aand
whohassupportodhlmlnallaspoctsolhls
lllolormanvvoars.
l|m S|alet
Many Cinema 1echnology readers may be inleresled lo see lhis old pholograph
from aboul 40 years ago - doesn`l il |usl encapsulale how lhings were in lhe early
sixlies
MlchaolWolnortlsonthorlght,wlthhlslongtormlrlondlohnSharponthololt.lohn
workodasapro|octlonlstatthoACShaltosburvAvonuo(nowthoCdoon,Covont
Cardon)lrom1970-1992,andwasappolntodChlollro|octlonlstthoroln1984.Ho
movodonln1992andwasChlololthoMCM/Vlrgln/UCCclnomaattho1roca-
doro.
lnthocontroolthophotographlsMlchaolslong-tormpartnorDoroonDoan,whohas
alsoboonlnthoclnomabuslnossslncothoslxtlos.lrom1964to1973showorkodln
tholllrossClnco,andplavodama|orpartlnlaunchlngthoground-broaklnglohn
llavorlocturosorlos,whlchboganln1968wlthRlchardLostorprovldlngthonrstol
whatwastobocomoanondurlngandmomorablosorlos.ln1973Doroonmovodto
whatwasthonthoSoclotvol1olovlslonArts,latortobocomoAl1A,asAsslstantto
laulMcCurk,wollknowntomanvKS1Smombors.ShobocamoAsslstantDlroctorol
Al1A,wasawardodanML,andcurrontlvworksasthoAcadomvArchlvlst.
Porty years on
page 28
quiz answers
cinema technology - march 2008
6
what on Larth...I
\e||, | ea |aew! ||ea are.|e. t|e +a.wer. te |a.t w|+t were t|e.e
|tem. eace leaa |a t|e are|ect|ea reem.
1 2
3
4
5
1. A Premier scraper lo remove lhe
emulsion from lhe flm base before
making a cemenl splice.
2. 1wo lypes of carbon savers or 'misers`.
3. A box of wax slrips for a flm edge waxer.
4. A sel of aperlure plale gauges for use
before lhe days of kP40, (also lhey didn`l
wear oul.).
S. A mechanical lachomeler for measuring
shafl speed.
6. A Weslrex inlermillenl pin exlraclor.
page 29 cinema technology - march 2008
BOOKINGS: We are grateful that once again Susan Hanson will be
coordinating the bookings for this event. Please make your booking
preferably by emailing cinematech@btinternet.com or by
telephoning Angela at Odeon on 01623 655355.
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Those who came to Cineworld Birmingham last
year for the rst Digital Awareness training course
for projectionists had a great day, which combined
showmanship with skills and training with technology,
and we reported on the event in the June 2007 issue of
Cinema Technology.
Paul Schoeld from the BKSTS Cinema Technology
Committee has asked the presentation team from the
successful Birmingham event to reprise their presentations.
This time he has also included in
the programme some real life
experiences from a Technical
Manager who is already operating
an all-digital cinema. The course has
been arranged for Tuesday April
22nd at the Odeon Cinema,
Guildford - which is just a two minute
walk from the station and with ample
parking in adjacent car parks.
Make your booking NOW at the email address shown
below, or by phone, and we will keep you up to date
with any changes that may be needed before the event.
The aim of the event is to once again present Projection
staff with an interesting and enlightening day and
provide them with a snapshot of how digital cinema
expects to transform their Industry. The day is less
about politics than technology, and should focus on the
fundamental expectations of projection staff and the
skills they are likely to need to understand in the future.
The rst session of the course will focus on the digital
content that people should expect to show in their cinemas,
and the second session will concentrate around the
equipment, training and real-life experiences so far from
a Digiplex in operation.
The previous event in Birmingham was a resounding
success, and we are expecting over 100 attendees from
the UK exhibition sector at the Guildford event.
The Guildford Odeon has had a lot of experience of
digital projection, with different screens being served by 2K
and 4K projectors, and it was notable that Spiderman was
launched there on 2K, 4K and 35mm all at the same time.
Do come along - ask your managers for the time off or
come under your own steam - you will have a good day
and enjoy talking with other projection people.
BKSTS Digital Cinema Awareness Day for Projectionists
Proposed Outline Of The Day
10.30 Paul Schoeld - Odeon Cinemas : Welcome, background and overview of the digital scene
10.45 Comparisons on screen - 35mm against digital
10.50 Angela Garton - Carlton Screen Advertising : Advertising in cinemas - progress and likely effect on projection staff
11.10 Marc John - City Screen Cinemas : Alternative Content - Opening up new revenues for your cinema
11.30 TEA / COFFEE Break
11.45 Rod Wheeler - Barco: The Digital Projector - The new technology workhorse.
12.05 Steff Laugharne - Bell Theatre Services : Equipping the projection room - other new technology in the box, including 3D
12.25 Richard Boyd - BFI : Training tomorrows digital cinema operators
12.45 Paul Oliver - Odeon Digiplex Hateld : Operating a digital cinema - Experiences so far in the real world
1.10 Following the formal presentations, all contributors will take part in a short question and answer session with the audience.
END - Approx 2pm
TUESDAY APRIL 22nd AT THE ODEON GUILDFORD
We are expecting the speakers to intersperse their presentations with clips allowing people the opportunity to compare
digital content with 35mm and to see the exciting prospects offered by 3D.
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1he relalionship belween Cinemecca-
nica and lhe KS1S |ournals has been a
longslanding one. Well before my lime
as Managing Ldilor, in Iuly 19S9 we
carried an excellenl arlicle on lhe lhen
revolulionary Cinemeccanica 'Vicloria
\` pro|eclor, wrillen by lhe lhen Chief
Lngineer Ciovanni ozzi, clearly explain-
ing lhe lechnology involved and delail-
ing lhe high qualily innovalive design
lhal enabled lhe machine lo be simply
changed over for use wilh bolh 3Smm
and 70mm flm.
1hoClnomoccanlcacompanvhadactuallv
bogunln1920lnthoR.ozzllactorv(no
connoctlonwlththolatorChlolLnglnoors
namo,though,lamtold)thatprovlouslv
producodawholorangoolcastlngsand
manulacturodmotorcvcloonglnos,boloro
tholactorvconcontratodsololvonclnoma
oqulpmontlrom1924.Alowvoarslator
ln1926anowplantdovotodto35mm
movlocamoramanulacturowasoponod
noarbv.
CvorthovoarsthoKS1S|ournalshavo
covorodnowClnomoccanlcapro|octlon
oqulpmontasltcamotomarkot,and
althoughour1931blrthmoantthatwo
worotoolatolorthoVlctorla1ln1920,
andtholrnrstsoundpro|octor,thoVlcto-
rla2,whlchcamotomarkotln1929,wo
havocovorodmanvolthosubsoquont
modolslndotall,tholasttodatobolngtho
romarkabloCMC3D2dlgltalclnomapro-
|octorthatwooxamlnodln2006.Alook
throughourlndoxosshowsthatwohavo
carrlodmanvartlclosaboutthocompanv
andltsoqulpmont,andovortholastvoars
wohavoalsoboonploasodtodovolop
closorolatlonshlpswlthsovoralolltsstall.
1hostorvbohlndthlsartlcloboglnslnAprll
1964whonClnomoccanlcahlrodavoung
oloctronlc-onglnoorlnggraduatonamod
Vlttoro(Vlctor)Nlcolll,lnltlallvtodoslgn
translstorlsodsoundsvstoms.Holovodtho
buslnossandthocompanv,andovontu-
allvrosotobocomomanaglngdlroctorln
1978,apostwhlchhohasvorvcapablv
nllodovorslnco,untllmaklngknownhls
doclslontorotlroln2008.
Clnoma1ochnologvtookthoopportunltv
olhlslorthcomlngrotlromonttoaskVlctor
loranlntorvlow,andhowasklndonough
totalkwlthusabouthlslllolnthoclnoma
buslnoss,toglvoushlsldoasabouthow
hothlnksltwllldovoloplnthocomlng
voars,andabouthlsownplanslortho
luturo.
I|m :|+ter .ae|e w|t| \|cter N|ce|||, w|e.e a+me |+. |eceme .aeamea. w|t|
C|aemecc+a|c+, +|eat ||. |eaa c+reer w|t| t|e cema+a, +a +|eat t|e latare.
\|cter N|ce|||
ret|re. +lter ++
e+r. |at t|e
C|aemecc+a|c+
tr+|t|ea ceat|aae.
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llmSlator.oustudlodonglnoorlngatUnlvorsltv
Whatworovourmalnlntorostsatthotlmo
Dldvougrowupwlthanvpartlcularloollnglor
thoclnomaWorovoulntorostodlnthoclnoma,
olthorlromanartlstlcvloworlromthopro|oc-
tlonsldo,orwasltmorolvbvchancothatvou
tookvournrst|obwlthClnomoccanlca
Vlctor.lhadalwavshadakoonlntorostlncln-
omalromanartlstlcstandpolnt,andlrogularlv
wonttosooallthoclasslcplcturosolthopast.l
alsohadapasslonloroloctronlcs,andloraudlo
lnpartlcular.
llm.Vlctor,thoclnomalndustrvsoomstohavo
boonlnaconstantstatoolchangothroughoutlts
hlstorv.1akousbacktovournrstlowvoarswlth
Clnomoccanlcalnthomld1960s,andromlnd
usolsomoolthomanvchangosthatvousaw
comlngatthattlmo.
Vlctor.SoonaltormvarrlvalatClnomoccanlca
wodovolopodthonrstautoturrots,andanauto-
matlonsvstom,basodonrotatlngprogrammors.
Lator wo dovolopod tho lullv automatod rock
androllpalrolpro|octors,wlththolrpunchod
cardautomatlon,whlchprovodtobooxtromolv
rollabloanddurablo.
llm.vthotlmothatvou|olnodthocompanv
lt had alroadv mado a hugo mark throughout
Luropo and bovond wlth lts oxports and had
ontorodaground-broaklngagroomonttosup-
plvallRankclnomasworldwldoaswollasothor
agroomontswlthAmorlcancompanlos.Dldvou
soo thls as a luturo pattorn to bo dovolopod
lurthor,orworothochangosthatworostartlng
toalloctthooxhlbltlonbuslnossatthattlmool
groatconcornDldvounoodtocomoupwlth
asotoltotallvdlllorontsolutlonslortholuturo
olthocompanvHowdldvoucomotothoso
doclslonsDldvouconsultothors,orworovou
vorv slnglo-mlndod ln what vou woro dotor-
mlnodtodo
Vlctor.lhavoalwavsmadoapolntoltalklng
wlthandconsultlngasmanvpooploasposslblo.
1honrsttlmowosawplattorswasatlhotoklna
ln 1968, but lt took a long tlmo boloro thoso
woro to bocomo standard oqulpmont ln cln-
omas.lnltlallvthorowasalotoldllndoncoand
roluctancotomakothochangosthatautomatlon
domandod, and as wlth manv dovolopmonts
todav,ltwasgonorallvthonocossltvtosavoman-
poworthatovontuallvlorcodthocustomorsto
adoptautomatlon.Happllv,thlsalsogonoratod
alotolsalos,slncomanvpro|octorswhlchworo
stlllworklngwollhadtoboroplacodasnotsult-
ablolorautomatlon.
llm.1homld1960ssawthoblrtholthomultl-
ploxdldvoulmmodlatolvrocognlsothatthls
wouldbocomothopattornlortholuturoHow
dldvougotClnomoccanlcalnvolvod,andwhat
dllloroncosdldltmakotothowavthocompa-
nvsmanulacturlngbuslnosswasrun
Vlctor. Wo actuallv suppllod our V8s to tho
nrstovormultlploxthatwasbullt.thoML1RC
lLAZAlnKansasCltv,concolvod,doslgnodand
bulltbvStanDurwoodln1966.1homultlploxos
croatodalotolbuslnosswlththolrabsolutonood
lorautomatlon,andwlththogrowlngnumbors
olaudltorla.
llm.ouwlllhavorocognlsodatthotlmothat
lorclnomamanagomontsthogrowtholmultl-
scroonclnomaswassvnonvmouswlthmaklng
oconomlos on pro|octlon stall, a procoss that
contlnuos todav. How dld vou docldo to got
lnvolvod wlth automatlon svstoms Dld vou
havothovlslontosoothatonomanmlghtbo
ablo to control a dozon scroons wlthln a low
voarsWhatdllloroncodldthlsmakotowhat
had provlouslv boon, as vou havo admlttod,
prlmarllvamotal-bashlngcompanv
Vlctor.1homa|ordllloroncowasthatwohadto
makochangosthatoxpandodthocompanvsca-
pabllltloslromltsoloctro-mochanlcalrootslnto
thonoldololoctronlcsandcontrolsvstoms.lt
was a ma|or loarnlng procoss, but vltal to our
luturo succoss. ln 1965 wo oxhlbltod tho nrst
translstorlsodsoundsvstomlnMontroal.
llm.Clnomoccanlcaplavodama|orrololndo-
voloplngandlntroduclngthonon-rowlndplattor
totholndustrvlrom1968vourocolvodtho
KS1SMovlnglmagoSoclotvAwardlorthoAd-
vancomontolClnoma1ochnologvlorthlssomo
38voarslator!1holnvontlonolthoplattorand
ltssubsoquontdovolopmontandlmprovomont
musthavoboononoolthomostslgnlncanttoch-
nlcalchangoslnvourworklnglllotlmo.1ollus
somothlngaboutthls.Whorodldtholdoacomo
lromWorovouporsonallvlnvolvodHowdld
vouporsuadoclnomas,notablolortholrconsor-
vatlvowavs,totrvoutthlscomplotolvnowwav
oldoallngwlthnlm
llm.oudldntputallvouroggslnonobaskot
wlththoplattorasthobaslslorallautomatlon
svstoms, dld vou l romombor a so-callod
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rock and roll svstom uslng twln pro|octors
whlch provldod automatlc oporatlon wlthout
rothroadlng tho nlm, but l dont soo lt about
anv moro. What happonod to thls ldoa Dld
lt havo advantagos (was lt choapor) ovor tho
plattorsvstom
Vlctor. oth plattors and tho rock and roll
svstomshavoadvantagoslordlllorontmarkots
andclnomalavouts.1horockandrollsvstomls
morooxponslvo,butltlsmoronoxlblo.ltlsstlll
wldolvusodlnlapan(malnlvbocausothovhavo
manv slx-ploxos suporlmposod on slx noors),
and ln ltalv, woro wo havo comploxos ln tho
towncontros,wlthpro|octlonroomsonmanv
dlllorontnoors.
llm. 1oll us how vou woro ablo to brlng ln
onough oloctronlcs oxports (vour own spo-
clallst sub|oct, l romombor) to provldo all tho
knowlodgo and oxportlso vou roqulrod as tho
companvoxpandodlromltsmotalworklngroots
tolncludothomanulacturoolalotololoctronlc
oqulpmontasautomatlonsvstomsandthocom-
ploxplattoroloctronlcsbocamopartandparcol
olthocompanvsdavtodavroots.
Vlctor. Wo rocrultod wldolv and brought ln
oloctronlc doslgnors as woll as oxports ln tho
varlousdlllorontnoldslncludlnglndustrlaloloc-
tronlcs,soltwaroonglnoors,audlospoclallsts.
llm. ou told us ln a provlous Clnoma 1och-
nologvartlclothatlntho1960svouhadovor
260pooploworklnglorthocompanv,butthat
nowadavsvouhavoaround100stall,although
ltsoomstomothatvoumakomorooqulpmont
nowthanvouhavoovordono.lsthlscorroct
Dld vou achlovo such productlvltv savlngs bv
tho lntroductlon ol moro modorn manulac-
turlng machlnorv, or woro thoro othor lactors
lnvolvodalso
Vlctor.Wolnvostodhoavllvlnautomatodma-
chlnorv,andcurrontlvhavo18CNC|Computor
numorlcal control} machlnos whlch can carrv
outawldorangoolonglnoorlngtasks.lnaddl-
tlon,ovorthovoarswocarolullvrodoslgnodand
slmpllnodthoproductsthatwomako,tomako
thommorosultablolorautomatodmanulacturo.
Wohavoalsolmprovodandporloctodoursup-
plv chaln, so that wo can bo moro noxlblo ln
mootlngcustomorsdomands.
llm.WhorovorlgothosodavsthoVlc5sooms
tohavoloundltswavlntopro|octlonrooms.l
alwavs consldor thls as a vorv rollablo, prottv
slmplomachlnothatlslnoxponslvotobuvand
roqulrosllttlomalntonanco,butltlsunasham-
odlv dllloront lrom somo ol lts rathor moro
Rolls-Rovco spoclnod prodocossors. 1oll us
howthocompanvmadothodoclslontogolor
thls lord Lscort ol tho nlm pro|octor markot
woro thoro long and argumontatlvo dlscus-
slonsbolorohand,orwasltanobvlousmovoln
amarkotwhorolncroaslngnumborsolmultlplox
scroonsworogolngtoroqulrolargoquantltlosol
lowor-prlcodmachlnos
Vlctor.lknowthatoloctronlcoqulpmontlsgon-
orallvmodularlnltsconstructlon,andwomado
thodoclslontobrlngthomodularapproachto
amochanlcalpro|octor.Ama|orstrongtholtho
Vlc5lsthatltlslullvmodularandthlsmoans
thatltcanboropalrodtotallvlnthopro|octlon
room.lnaddltlon,manvolltscomponontparts
arousodmorothanonotlmo,brlnglngdowntho
numboroldlllorontcomponontsthatnoodto
bostockodassparos.
llm.Howlsdoclslon-maklngdonolnClnomoc-
canlcaouobvlouslvtravolthoworldtonnd
outwhatvourcustomorsarosavlng,butwhonlt
comostonowproductsdoosabonlgndlctator
(-vouporhaps!)makothoblgdoclslons,ordoall
thoboardmomborsplavanoqualpart
Vlctor.ltlsqultostralghtlorwardallourdocl-
slonsaromarkotorlontod.wotrvtodoslgnand
makowhatthocustomorwants,andovortho
voars our noxlbllltv has provod to bo a groat
assottothocompanv.
llm.1alklngoldoclslon-maklng,vourdoclslon
to movo lnto dlgltal clnoma altor docados ol
bolng proud ol doallng onlv wlth 35mm and
70mmnlmmusthavoboonaroallvdllncultono,
roqulrlngacomplotolvnowknowlodgobaso.lt
wouldbolntorostlngtoknowhowvoudocldod
thatvou|usthadtobolnthlsnowmarkot.l,llko
manvlnthlsbuslnoss,waslntorostodtosoothat
vouchosoadlllorontsolutlonlromothordlgltal
pro|octormanulacturorslnthatvourpro|octor
usosmanvolthocomponontslromvourtradl-
tlonalnlmpro|octorsbutwlththomochanlsm
roplacod bv a dlgltal hoad lrom ono ol tho
worldsloromostdlgltalpro|octorcompanlos.lt
soomsaclovordoclslon,ospoclallvlnthoshort
torm, maklng uso ol vour own solld oxportlso
andthatolothors,butlwondorllvouroallvsoo
thlsastholongortormsolutlonlorhapsallttlo
unklndlv,ltbrlngstomvmlndthooarlvmotor-
cars,whlchworooltonhorso-drawnvohlclodo-
slgnspoworodbvlntornalcombustlononglnos!
luturogonoratlonsoldlgltalclnomapro|octors
promlsotobomuchsmallor,llghtor,consumlng
muchlosspowor,wlththopotontlallormanv
moroolthomtobosoldporhapswonoodaVlc
5lorthodlgltalmarkot!Canvoutollusolvour
thoughtsorplanstoaddrossthlsmarkotlam
surothatacompanvthathasprovodaglloand
noxlbloonoughtosurvlvothochanglngnoods
olthoclnomalndustrvovor88voarsmusthavo
somothlngspoclalupltssloovo,butmavbovou
dontwanttoglvoClnoma1ochnologvroadors
allvoursocrots
Vlctor.Womadothodoclslontobullddlgltal
clnoma pro|octors, but thoro aro stlll manv
uncortalntlos ln thls markot - tho roadmap to
dlgltallsstllltobolullvworkodout.loroxamplo,
l bollovo that a now tochnologv must appoar,
andthat,goodasltls,DLlcannotandwontbo
thoonlvtochnologvlnvolvodlndlgltalclnoma
pro|octlon.1howholodlgltalpro|octlonmarkot
lsalloctodbvthoavallablotochnologlos,and,lor
oxamplo,llthohomothoatromarkotgotstlrod
olthoroarpro|octlondlsplavsthatarocurrontlv
vorvpopular,womavgotadangoroussltuatlon
dovoloplngwlthagroatdoalmorocompotltlon
lnthodlgltalclnomamarkot.
llm. ou havo got a groat roputatlon lor sup-
plvlng parts lor pro|octors that aro docados
old,andvourcustomors,manvolwhomltalk
to,rolvonbolngablotokooptholrClnomoc-
canlcapro|octorsgolng,vlrtuallvlorovor.1ho
oloctronlcsmarkotplaco|ustlsntllkothat,wlth
oloctronlccomponontsoltonnotboonavallablo
altor |ust a low voars and oqulpmont rapldlv
bocomlng obsoloto. Doos such thlnklng plav
anvpartlnvourdoclslontomovolntothovorv
dlllorontdlgltalclnomamarkotHowwlllvou
adaptandcopo
Vlctor.lrocognlsothoproblom,butthorocan-
notboanvdonnltoansworsvot-Dlgltalclnoma
lsstllltoonow.Solarwodonothavoanvroal-
lstlcldoaoltholllotlmoandsparopartnoodsol
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thodlgltalpro|octlonmachlnos,sothorolsstlll
muchtoloarnlnthlsaroa.
llm. Has Clnomoccanlca ovor consldorod
llnk-ups wlth US clnoma chalns and clrcults,
whorobvvoumlghtbothooxcluslvopro|octlon
oqulpmontsuppllors1hlscortalnlvhasntboon
thopattornlnthoUK.lsltnotagoodldoato
havoarrangomontswlthblggroupstoprovldo
alltholroqulpmontArothoroanvantl-trust
consldoratlons
Vlctor. Wo havo boon ablo to slgn gonoral
supplvagroomontswlthasmallnumborolblg
customors.Howovorthlswasduotoadoslrool
tho customors to optlmlzo tholr supplv chaln,
ollorlngndolltvlnoxchangolorbottorprlcoand
sorvlco.Cnthoothorhandlalwavsrolusodso-
llcltatlons to own all or part ol thoatros - wo
cortalnlv do not want to bocomo compotltors
olourcustomors.
llm. ou had an Amorlcan subsldlarv whlch
closodln2004,andvoucurrontlvhavoalronch
subsldlarv,butlorthorostolthoworld,lnclud-
lng tho UK, vou uso lndopondont dlstrlbutors
andlnstallors,tralnodbvvoursolvos.Whvtho
dlllorontmodolslorthodlllorontcountrlosls
onomorosuccosslulthanthoothor
Vlctor. Cur uso ol lndopondont dlstrlbutors
around tho globo, all ol whom havo boon
tralnod bv us to moot our oxactlng tochnlcal
standards,worksvorvwoll.ltwaspurolvaccl-
dontalthatwoworoollorodthoopportunltvto
purchasothoassotsolourdlstrlbutorlnlranco,
andltwasgoodthatthlstoohasworkodoutvorv
wolllorthocompanvandltscustomors.
llm.Movlngontomoroporsonalmattors,what
hasboonatvplcalworklngdavlorvouovortho
pastlowvoarsDovoumanagotokoopolnco
hoursDovounndtlmoloranvlolsuroactlvl-
tlosandhobblos
Vlctor. Mv worklng dav was nomlnallv lrom
8.30 to 18.30, but vou wlll know that l havo
hadtotravolallaroundthoworldonbohallol
Clnommoccanlca,sowlthallthotravolltwas
porhaps not too surprlslng that l havo ondod
up wlth moro lrlonds ln tho clnoma buslnoss
lnvarlouspartsolthoworldthanlhavolnmv
homotown.ltwassomotlmosvorvdllncultto
nndtlmolorasoclallllolnMllan.
llm.Whatarovouplannlngtodolnvourro-
tlromont l hoar that vou havo plans lor vour
summorholldavhomoln1uscanv,butwlllvou
spond moro tlmo on hobblos Wlll vou rotlro
complotolv, or koop a too ln tho wator ol tho
clnomabuslnossltlsoltondllnculttomakoa
broaklromthopooplothatvouhavoknownlor
allvourworklnglllo.
Vlctor. At thls tlmo l want to stop back and
koopadlstanco.lhopotoattondsomooltho
showsagalnln2009.
llm. Cvor tho voars, Clnomoccanlca has soon
manvchangos,butvourdoparturowlllboonool
thoblggostchangoslnrocontvoars.lknowthat
thocompanvhasboonplannlnglorvoursuc-
cosslonlorqultoatlmonow,andlamsurothat
vouwlllsavthatvouaro|ustonoolatoam,but
lundorstandthatvourroplacomontlssomoono
whohasboonthocompanvsChlolLnglnoorlor
somovoarsand,rumourhaslt,thathlslathor
wasChlolLnglnoorbolorohlm!lloasousothls
opportunltvtolntroducovoursuccossor.
Vlctor. Masslmo Rlva, popularlv known as
Max (photo abovo), ls a groat guv and a su-
porb managor, wlth an lncrodlblo grasp both
ol tho dotalls and ol
tho broad stratogv. l
amsurohollbovorv
succosslul ln loadlng
Clnomoccanlca lnto
thodlgltalago.
llm. Woll, Vlctor
Nlcolll ls to rotlro
soon, altor what
sooms an lncrod-
lblo 44 voars wlth
tho companv, but lt
cortalnlv sooms that
ho ls handlng on tho
mantlotoanoxtromo-
lvcapabloandworthv
succossor,andthatwo
can all bo suro that
Clnomoccanlca wlll
contlnuo to dovolop
asltalwavshasdono
and wlll malntaln lts
hard won roputatlon
asacompanvwlthout
oqual ln tho clnoma
buslnoss.lamalroadv
maklngplanslorCln-
oma 1ochnologv to
talk wlth Vlctors ro-
placomont lor luturo
lssuos,butlthlnkthat
ltlsonlvlalrtolothlm
gothlslootundortho
tabloloralowmonthsbolorowoaskhlmabout
hlsplanslortholuturoolthocompanvlntho
comlngagooldlgltalclnoma.
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rotlromont.
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projection lamps
cinema technology - march 2008
New OSPAM X8O

lamps - New warranty

A trillion discharges per second - an Xtreme life
Since 2000 lhe UK Cinema markel has had
lo adapl ilself due lo lhe increasing use of
home cinema syslems. 1his has resulled
in cinemas having lo ensure lhey offer a
superior viewing experience in order lo
mainlain audience levels al lhe oplimum
cosl per hour. 1he use of \O

\enon lamps
in pro|eclors is a way of ensuring lhis is
guaranleed.
1horangool\C

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ovorthovoarsduotochangoslnpro|octor
tochnologvaswollasdomandslromtho
nlmlndustrvandclnomagoorslorahlgh
qualltvoxporlonco.Dlgltalpro|octlonhas
boonagrowtharoalntholast12monthsas
pro|octlonlstscansoothobonontollncroasod
lampllghtoutput,conslstontlllotlmoandtho
slmpllcltvolthoovorallsvstom.
1okoopupwlthmarkotdovolopmonts
CSRAMhassogmontodltslampslntotwo
malngroups.
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Archileclural and
enlerlainmenl lighling
\O

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3Smm pro|eclion
Wlthonotrllllondlschargosasocond,\C

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rosolutlonlmagosandgroatorlumlnanco.
lndlgltalpro|octorsthlslsvltallvlmportant
asthoqualltvoltholmagoonthoscroon
lsparamount.CSRAMhasa
rangoolsolutlonslortholatost
dlgltalpro|octorsthathavo
boonlaunchodovortholast12
months.1hosolncludoarco,
Sonv,Chrlstloandothordlgltal
pro|octors.
Pcacc of mind
Lach\C

lamplromCSRAMls
suppllodwlthawarrantv,whlch
hasnowboonoxtondodlorpoaco
olmlnd.1howarrantvcovors
llghtoutputovorlllo,matorlal,
productlonandtransportlalluros.
lltholampslntonsltvdocroasosbolow50
oltholnltlalvaluoortholamplallstolgnlto
durlngtholampllstodlllotlmoCSRAMCmbH
warrantsalullcrodltlorthoproduct
1
.
1holntroductlonoltho\tromoLllolamps
lncroasostholamplllostllllurthorandwlllbo
phasodlndurlng2008.Anoxamplooltho
lncroasodlllotlmolslllustratodonthograph.
Asvoucansoo,lora2000WHSthoold
\C

lampwarrantvwasvalldlor100
crodltupto1,200hourslllo,thonthoamount
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1
onstandard2000W
HS\C

lampsandupto3,500hourson
thoNLWCSRAM2000WHS\tromoLllo
lamp,amorothan40lncroasolnwarrantod
lllo.1hlslsaslgnlncantstoplorwardlntho
lndustrvasltollorspoacoolmlndaswoll
asglvlngbuvorsamoroplannodapproach
tolnvostmont.CSRAMsotsthostandard
lorollorlngthlswarrantvlnordortoglvo
conndoncotothoclnomalndustrv.
CSRAMhasdovolopodtho\tromoLllosorlos
uslnglmprovodoloctrodomatorlalwlthlntho
lamp.AsarosultolthlsdovolopmontCSRAM
guarantoosthobostavallablo
lamptolampconslstoncv
onthomarkottogothorwlth
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page 35 digital projection - march 2008
digital newsreel
Digital newsreel...Digital newsreel...Digital newsreel...
2008 - THE REAL
START FOR UK
DIGITAL CINEMA?
1hoclnomalndustrvhasalwavs
boonalast-changlngandcom-
potltlvoono.Wlthlnalowvoars
olthonrstsoundnlmsappoarlng,
thosllontmovloshaddlod,and
dllloronttvposolsoundsvstoms
camoandwontwlthastonlshlng
rapldltv,whon1Vthroatonod
ourlndustrvsvorvllvollhoodtho
numborolwldoscroonlormats
burgoonod,althoughonlva
couploroallvsurvlvocommor-
clallvtothlsdav.Whondlgltal
soundbocamoaposslbllltvltwas
rapldlvadoptodthroughouttho
lndustrv,andstronglvcompot-
lngsvstomsonsurothatclnoma
soundcontlnuostodovolopand
lmprovo.
ltlsporhapssurprlslng,thon,that
thodovolopmontolcommorclal
dlgltalclnomahasboonsoslow,
lnspltoolthoraplddovolop-
montslndlgltalpro|octlon
tochnologlos.lncrodlblv,2008
marks8voarsslncowosaw1ov
Storv2onaprototvpo1ldlgltal
pro|octoratCdoonLolcostor
Squaro,andlnanorawhonlast-
movlngnowtochnologlossuchas
computors,tholntornot,omall,
pdasanddlgltaltolovlslonhavo
ontorodandchangodourllvoslt
lssoborlng,porhapscomlortlng
lorsomo,toroportthatattho
ondol200797olclnomasstlll
usod35mmnlm.1hoslowtako-
olllsovonmorosurprlslngwhon
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tochnologvlsnowoxcollont,pro-
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that35mmnlmcanprovldo,that
dlgltalstoragolsoasvandnoxlblo,
maklngltlaroaslortotransport
amovloonahard-drlvorathor
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nlm,thatdlgltalsocurltvcanbo
morosocurothanthatlornlm,
andthatwocanovonprovldo3D
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1honowtochnologlosaround
thodlgltalclnomabuslnosshavo
dovolopodatloastasqulcklv
asthosolnothorlndustrlos,but
havosolarlallodtodragtho
commorclalpooplolnthobusl-
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whonnowtochnologvlsdonnod
(cruollvandnotontlrolvaccu-
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StatoolthoartlnD-Clnoma
showsthatthoroaroaround
3500scroonsatloworthan
1000sltosworldwldo,comparod
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Cnlvabout2.5olthoworlds
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qualltvdlgltalclnomapro|octlon,
andthovastma|orltvolthoso
arolnthoUSA,whorothoro
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loworthan400locatlonsovon
thoughthoUShasaroundthroo-
quartorsolthoworldsD-clnoma
scroons,onlv7oltho39,000
USclnomasarodlgltal.
1hoUKmadoagoodstartln
DlgltalClnomathankstotho
BKSTS The Moving Image Society
March 2008
A supplement to Cinema Technology
The leading specialist publication for cinema industry professionals
raplddoplovmontolthopubllclv-
nnancodDlgltalScroonNotwork,
whlchonablodsomo240Scroons
at200vonuosthroughoutthoUK
tobooqulppodwlthhlghqualltv
dlgltalpro|octlonoqulpmont,
anlnltlatlvothatwasprlmarllv
almodatoxtondlngthoroachol
spoclallsodnlms,butlnspltool
manvclnomaoporatorsdlpplng
tholrtooslnthodlgltalpond,
thoroworostlllloworthan300
dlgltalscroonslnthoUKattho
ondol2007.
Allthlscouldboabouttochango,
andmanvlntholndustrvbollovo
that2008wlllbothoroalstartol
thocommorclalrolloutoldlgltal
clnoma.1hrooolthoblggost
oxhlbltorslnthoUSAwlllstart
todoplovdlgltalthlsvoar,and
sovoralUKoxhlbltorsalsosoom
llkolvtomovotodlgltallnablg
wav.
1hodolavslnadoptlonsolar
havogonorallvcomodowntotho
dllncultlosolmaklngagoodbusl-
nosscasolorthotransltlonlrom
along-ostabllshodandroason-
ablvprontablolndustrvbasodon
35mmnlmandstralghtlorward
oloctromochanlcalpro|octlon
oqulpmontwhlchlsknowntolast
lordocados.Whvlnvostmllllons
lnnow,unprovontochnologv
whonthocommorclalcasols
lossthancloarSomostudlos
havoalsoboonroluctanttoslgn
dlgltaldlstrlbutlondoalswlth
alloxhlbltors,anattltudowhlch
coulddolavlurthoruptakobv
oxhlbltors,whowontbowllllng
toconvortuntllagroomontsaroln
placowlthallthoblgHollvwood
studlos.
1hoso-callodvlrtualprlntloo
Vllmodolnowlookstohavo
boonagroodlnthoUSA,whoro
nlmproducors,dlstrlbutorsand
oxhlbltorsalroadvworkclosolv
togothortoonsurothosuccoss
oltholrbuslnossos.1hobaslc
ldoabohlndthosvstomlsthatln
anovontualall-dlgltalworldtho
dlstrlbutorwlllsavomonovbv
nothavlngtopavlorthousands
olprlntsoloachmovlo,andso
ltwouldboroasonablolorsomo
olthososavlngstobochannollod
backlntothobuslnossbvholplng
clnomastooqulpthomsolvos
wlthnowdlgltalpro|octlon
oqulpmont.
1hlngsaronowhoronoarso
slmplolntodavsroalworld,ol
courso,whorodlstrlbutorshavo
tocontlnuotoprovldomanv
nlmprlntsaswollastholrdlgltal
oqulvalontsonhard-drlvos,
butthoVllmodolcouldboa
crodlblomoansolnnanclngtho
convorslonoltholndustrvto
dlgltalclnoma.lnltsmostbaslc
lormathlrdpartv(although
ltcouldbothodlstrlbutorln
somosconarlos)pavsuplront
lorthopro|octlonoqulpmont,
andthonrocoupsthocostol
thooqulpmontovoraporlodol
voars,bvtaklngpavmontslrom
dlstrlbutors(whousuallvpavtho
ma|orltvolthocost,slncothov
aroassumodtomakothoma|or
savlngs)andoxhlbltors.1vplcallv
thoproducormlghtpavlortho
lnltlalmastorprlnt,aslsusuallor
nlm,thodlstrlbutorwlllpavlor
thodlgltalprlntstobomadoand
page 36
digital newsreel
digital projection - march 2008
ALTERNATIVE
CONTENT ...
SUCCESS FOR THE
REGENT DORSET
lortholrdlstrlbutlonandtrans-
port,andthooxhlbltorwlllmako
somocontrlbutlon,posslblvbut
notnocossarllvrolatodtotlckot
salos.1hoclnomawouldknowln
advancothooxtontolltscontrl-
butlonsovortholllotlmooltho
agroomont,andwouldnothavo
toboartholargocapltalcosts
olro-oqulpplngthopro|octlon
rooms.
SomodlstrlbutorslnUKandln
Luropoaroalroadvadoptlnga
modlnodVllarrangomontwlth
somoclnomachalns,andtho
numborsoldlstrlbutorsgottlng
lnvolvodlslncroaslng.Cthor
oporatorsaroconsldorlnganox-
lbloVllwhorotholoocouldbo
roducodovortlmo,andthoro
aroalsooxponontsolatlmo-loo
modollnwhlchtholooroducos
asthonumborolshowlngsrlsos.
SovoralUKclnomagroupshavo
boonlnstalllngdlgltaloqulp-
montlnmultlploxosovortholast
couploolvoars,wlthllttloroal
monovchanglnghandsandmuch
olthooqulpmontbolngpro-
vldodvlaspoclaldoalswlththo
oqulpmontmanulacturors.1hoso
arrangomontshavoonablodox-
hlbltorsandoqulpmontmanulac-
turorstoloarnagroatdoalabout
thopractlcalltlosoloporatlng
dlgltalclnoma,andltmavbothat
somoUKmultlploxoporators
nowloolsulnclontlvconndont
tosoll-lundtholrdlgltalrollouts,
havlngrocoursotoconsldorablo
capltallundlnglromtholrback-
orswhlchmlghtmoanthatthov
dontnoodandcanchoosonotto
gotlnvolvodwlthVlNsorthlrd
partvnnanclngarrangomonts.
Wohavosoonahandlulol
UKmultlploxosbonontlrom
thonoxlbllltvolhavlngdlgltal
pro|octorstosorvooachscroon,
althoughthovhavokopttholr
35mmpro|octorsln-sltu.A
slgnlncantdovolopmontlato
lastvoarwasthooponlngola
ton-scroonmultlploxwhlchhas
dlgltalpro|octlonlnallscroons
andno35mmlacllltlos.Asthoso
roadlngthlswlllundorstand,tho
lactthataclnomacompanvhas
boonbravoonoughtotakothls
stopmusthavomoantthatthov
hadroachodundorstandlngswlth
dlstrlbutorsthatallthomovlos
thovnoodcouldbomadoavall-
ablolndlgltallorm,ahugostop
lorwardlorboththooxhlbltor
andthodlstrlbutlonlndustrvthat
supportsthom.
1horoaronooxcluslvolvrlght
answorsastohowthodlgltal
clnomabuslnossshouldbo
nnancod,butthodlvorsltvolour
lndustrv,ranglnglromono-man
buslnossoslnromotovlllagosto
multl-natlonalcompanlosoporat-
lngthousandsolscroonsmoans
that,asthroughoutthohlstorvol
thooxhlbltlonbuslnoss,wowlll
bonoxlbloandadaptablo,and
ltroallvdoossoomthat2008
wlllbothovoarwhondlgltal
clnomannallvmakosltsma|or
broakthrough.Althoughltls
lrustratlngtosoohowlncrodlblv
slowlvthlngshavomovodlntho
last8voars,llwomovolorward
bvanoqulvalontporlodoltlmol
knowolnobodvlnourbuslnoss
whodoosntbollovothatbv2016
dlgltalpro|octlonwlllhavonnallv
takonovorlromnlm.
llmSlator
RECORD YEAR FOR
CHRISTIE
ChrlstloDlgltalhasannouncod
rocordsalosolltsDLlClnoma
pro|octlonsvstomsworldwldo
lor2007,clalmlng80control
olthomarkot,anoarlv20
lncroasoovorthoprovlousvoar.
Chrlstlohaslnstallodmorothan
4,400dlgltalscroonsacrossNorth
andSouthAmorlca,Luropo,
SouthAlrlca,AustrallaandAsla.
WorklngwlthAccossl1,whlch
launchodthoworldsnrstand
largostdoplovmontprogram
lorDlgltalClnoma,Chrlstlols
prosontlngdlgltalloaturonlmsln
85olNorthAmorlcanlnstal-
latlons.lnaddltlon,Chrlstlo
postodrocordsalosolltsDlgltal
Clnomapro|octorslorlargo-scalo
3DdoplovmontsacrossthoUS,
toamlngwlthRLALDonlnstal-
latlonagroomontswlthAMC
Lntortalnmont,lnc.,Clnomark,
andClnoploxLntortalnmontlor
thooponlngolColumblallc-
turosanlmatodloaturo,Monstor
Houso.
ChrlstloDlgltallsalsooxcluslvo
provldorlorRogalLntortaln-
montCroupsLastvaloCatowav
Stadlum14thonrstall-dlgltal
RogalsltolnCalllornla,lortho
ClnoploxLntortalnmontSllvorCltv
CakvllloClnomasthonrstollts
klndandlargostDlgltalClnoma
thoatrocomploxlnCanada,and
hasanoxcluslvoagroomontto
dlgltlso100olClrcultCoorgo
Ravmond,lrancoslargostcln-
omachalnwlth400scroons,as
partolCCRClnomasoxcluslvo
Vlrtuallrlntloobasodagroo-
montwlthArtsAlllancoModla.
CCRClnomaswlllbothonrst
Luropoanoxhlbltortoconvort
complotolvtoDlgltalClnoma
oxhlbltlon.
ltlsnoarlvthroovoarsslncotho
lntroductlonolthoChrlstlo/Al\
lundlngplan,whlchmanvana-
lvstscrodltwlth|ump-startlngtho
largo-scalodoplovmontolDlgltal
Clnoma.1hlslnnovatlvoVlrtual
lrlntloo(Vll)lormulawon
thobacklngolthoma|orHol-
lvwoodstudlosandwasqulcklv
adoptodbvothors,sorvlngastho
prototvpolornowdoplovmont
agroomonts.
Clnoma1ochnologvhasprovl-
ouslvcarrlodlnlormatlonontho
AltornatlvoContontshowlngs
olllvohlghdonnltlondlgltal
broadcastslromthoNowork
MotropolltanCpora,uslng
llcturoHousoclnomasasltsUK
dlstrlbutor.lmustadmltthatl
hadassumodthatmostolthoUK
showlngswouldbolnblgcltlos
whorolargoaudloncoscouldbo
oxpoctod,soltwaslntorostlng
tocomoacrossaloanotlrom
thoclnomaatthoRogontContro
lnChrlstchurchDorsot,(woro-
vlowodthorolurblshodclnomaln
March2007Clnoma1ochnologv)
showlngthatthovhavobookod
nvoolthoMotporlormancos
lromDocombor2007throughto
Aprll2008.
lwasamazodtosoothotlckot
prlcoslorthlsmostoutoltown
olvonuos,thosobolng25lor
Adultsand20lorconcosslons,
muchmorothannormalclnoma
tlckotprlcos.lgathorthatthonrst
showlngattractodanaudloncool
about200pooplo,(thoclnoma
canholdovor400)whlchmust
bodowolllortholuturoolthls
sortolontortalnmontatawldo
rangoolvonuos.AspoclalNow
oarsDavCporaAnclonado
ovontlncludodChampagnoand
canaposwlththomavorprlor
tothoporlormancoolHumpor-
dlncksHansolandCrotol,and
anoxcluslvodlnnoratanoarbv
hotolaltorwards-alllor80a
tlckot!
lordotallsolluturoMotconcorts
atthoRogont(lotorCrlmos
on15thMarchandLao-
homoon5thAprll2008)goto
www.rogontcontro.co.uk
andlordotallsolporlormancos
atothorllcturohousovonuosand
olsowhorolookat
www.plcturohousos.co.uk/
motropolltanopora
BE AWARE ...
at The Odeon,
Guildford on
Tuesday
April 22nd
Details page 29
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lamps for digital
digital projection - march 2008
Al a lime when some cinema companies are lrying lo reduce cosls by using less
expensive convenlional film pro|eclor xenon lamps as replacemenls in digilal cinema
pro|eclors, Mall Iahans of 1echnical Lamp Supplies UK provides some inleresling food for
lhoughl aboul one of lhe mosl imporlanl componenls of any digilal pro|eclion syslem.
He explains why lamps for digilal pro|eclors musl differ from lheir 3Smm counlerparls
if oplimum pro|eclion performance is lo be achieved, bul lhal il is slill possible lo save
money on lhe pro|eclor manufaclurer`s prices. es, lhe arlicle conlains somelhing of
a 'sales pilch`, bul Mall, who has leclured on many KS1S pro|eclion courses, also
presenls real lechnical argumenls for lhe views he puls forward.
Lamps for digital cinema
DigitaI cincma is happcning in
thc UK and it's ccrtainIv hap-
pcning much quickcr than l rst
anticipatcd!
Alowvoarsagolwasstlllhavlng
convorsatlonswlthlndustrvcol-
loaguossuchaswllldlgltalovor
takoolllnthoUKandwlll
clnomasbowllllngtoswltchlrom
35mmtodlgltalWollwocan
allsoowhatlshapponlng.Cl
coursolnmanvquartors35mm
nlmstlllhasalonglllo,butwo
alsohavotoaccoptthatlnothor
aroasdlgltalclnomawlllbotho
wavlorward.
Dlgltalclnomaobvlouslvlmpacts
onclnomaoxhlbltors,whlch
alloctsclnomasuppllors,sowo
alsohavotodothlngsdlllorontlv.
1ochnlcalLampSuppllosUKLtd.
hasboonsupplvlng\ononlamps
tothoclnomalndustrvlornoarlv
25voars.1LSUKLtd.supplvtho
\ononlampstoovor70oltho
UKsclnomascroonslncludlng
customorssuchasCdoon,Vuo,
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andmanvlndopondontclnomas.
1hochallongolor1LSUKLtd.
lstocontlnuotosupplvqualltv
\ononlampstoourcustomors
loroxlstlngoqulpmontandlor
thonowdlgltalpro|octors.olng
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dlroctcontactwlththoR&Ddo-
partmont,thoopportunltvtotrlal
andadvlsoonnowlamptvpos,
andavorvstroamllnodprocoss
lordoallngwlthstock.
CSRAMlsatthocuttlngodgool
35mmanddlgltal\ononlamp
tochnologv,proudlvrunnlngtho
worldsonlvlullvautomatodand
nowlvbullt\ononlampmanu-
lacturlngplant.AllCSRAM\C
lamps,not|ustthodlgltalrango,
aronowbulltbvstatoolthoart
automatodmachlnos,ollmlnat-
lngthorlskolhumanorrorand
allowlnglor24hourproductlon
andanoxtromolvhlghbulld
qualltvwhlchlsossontlallor
dlgltal\ononlamps.1honow
\tromoLllo(\L)lamprangols
alsobornolthlstochnologv.
So What Arc Thc Diffcrcnccs
ctwccn Thc 35mm fiIm And
DigitaI With Rcgards To Xcnon
tamps
1hooptlcaltargotbotwoon
35mmnlmanddlgltallsnottho
samo.A\ononlampoporatlngln
aconvontlonallamphousohasto
lllumlnatoanaporturoolapproxl-
matolv28mmdlagonal.lnordor
toachlovoanovonllghtdlstrlbu-
tlontholamplsnottrulvlocusod,
thollghtmustsplllovorthoodgos
olthoaporturo.
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ovorvthlngworkslnadllloront
wavaltogothor,asshownlntho
dlagram.1hollghtlstvplcallv
locusodlntoanlntogratlngrodol
approxlmatolv15to20mmdl-
agonal.Cncolnsldotholntogra-
torthollghtlsmlxod,rosultlngln
ovonllghtatthooxltsldo.
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tholocusodllghtroqulroalamp
doslgnwhlchprovldosmaxlmum
brllllancolromasmallaroa.1hls
lswhorothoCSRAM\Csorlos
lordlgltalclnomacomoslnto
plav.
How Docs A DigitaI Xcnon tamp
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And Svstcm ffcicncv
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canbousodtomaxlmlsoarcbrll-
llancoandsvstomolncloncv.
1.lncroasobulbprossuro
2.lncroasolampcurront
3.Roducobulbdlamotor
4.Sharponthocathodotlp
lnroalltvalllourmoasuroscan
lndlvlduallvlncroasobrllllanco
butthoroarodrawbacks,sotho
rlghtcompromlsolsroqulrod.
Avorvoasvwavtoachlovomaxl-
mumllghtoutputthroughasmall
aporturolswlthasharporcath-
odotlp.1hlsconcontratostho
oloctrlcalcurrontlntoasmallaroa
whlchgonoratosahlghorplasma
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digital projection - march 2008
donsltvlnlrontolthocathodo.
1hodrawbacklsthatcathodo
burnbacklncroasoswhlchloads
tolampnlckorandothormalnto-
nancolssuos.CSRAMtvplcallv
usoabluntortlpwhlchmavhavo
sllghtlvlossllghtoutputlnltlallv,
butwlllbomorostabloandsullor
lromlossllghtdropollovorlllo.
1hlsthoorvlsoltonsoonwlth
othorlampmanulacturorsclalm-
lnglncroasodlampbrlghtnoss,
partlcularlvwlth35mmlamps.
1hlsolcoursolsonlvsoonattho
startollllo,wlthlattorrosults
bolngsomothlngvorvdlllor-
ont.lmprovodlampbrlghtnoss
shouldbomoasurodatthoond
olllloandnotatthoboglnnlng.
Csramshlghqualltvbocomos
mostobvlousatthoondollllo,
asthlslswhorolampporlor-
mancobocomosmostcruclaland
domandlng.
Roduclngthobulbdlamotorls
anothorwavtomaxlmlsool-
ncloncv,howovorthlsmustbo
comblnodwlthcomplomontarv
optlcs,apurposobulltronoctor.
1hothoorvhorolsthatsomool
thoronoctodllghtravsaroro-
noctodvorvclosotothoronoctor
nockbutsuchravsaroblockod
bvthobulbltsoll.Asmallorbulb
dlamotorallowsthosoravstopass
bvrosultlnglnanlncroasolntotal
llght.
1hodrawbackwlththlsthoorv
lsthattholamplsnowmoro
suscoptlblotodlvltrlncatlon(a
broakdownolthoquartzstruc-
turo)duotoanlncroasolnbulb
walltomporaturo,causodbvtho
closoproxlmltvolthoarctotho
quartz.1hosvstomlsalsoron-
dorodmorosuscoptlblotocool-
lngorarcmlsallgnmontlssuos.
1homostobvlouswavtogonor-
atomorollghtgooswlthout
savlng,lncroasotholampcurront.
1hlswlllglvomorollghtlntho
shorttormbutwlthlncroasod
oloctrodowoarloadlngtonlckor
andbulbdarkonlng.1LSUKLtd.
toachpro|octlonstalltolncroaso
curront,whonorllroqulrod,ln
graduallncromonts,pavlnghood
totholampsoporatlngcurront
rango.Lxtromocurrontlncroasos
thatlgnorothocurrontrango
wlllonlvollorvorvshortllvod
bononts!
1honnalandbostoptlonto
lncroasolampbrllllancoand
olncloncvlstolncroasothobulb
prossuro,thlslsbocausolthas
llttlonogatlvoolloctontholamp.
Howovorlncroasolnbulbpros-
surocausosthovoltagotorlso
whlchmustbocomponsatodbv
aroductlonlnarcgap.1hlskoops
tholamprunnlngatthospoclnod
wattago.
ltmustboromomborodthata
shortorarcgapalono,wlthoutan
lncroasolncurrontorprossuro
wlllnotprovldoanlncroasoln
ovorallporlormanco.1howatt-
agoola\ononlamplsdonnod
prlmarllvbvthrooparamotors.
arcgap,prossuroandcurront.
lnoporatlonasmallorarcgap
wouldroducooporatlngvoltago
andconsoquontlvthototalarc
powor,thlsmustbocomponsatod
bvlncroaslngcurront,nllprossuro
orboth.
lncroaslngthobulbprossurocan
loadtoproductlonlssuoslor
somomanulacturors,whlloan
automatodplantallowsCSRAM
toachlovothlswlthoutproblom.
Which tamp ShaII l Usc
Dlgltalpro|octlonroqulrostho
optlmumcomponontsthrough-
out,andthlsolcoursolncludos
tho\ononlamp.Apromlorbrand
ollampwlllglvothoporlormanco
thatdlgltalroqulrosbutclnomas
mustlactorthocostlnaswoll.
\ononlampsarooxponslvoto
buvanddlgltallampscostablt
moro,butbowaroolpro|octor
oqulpmontmanulacturorsorln-
stallorslnnatlngthoprlcolurthor
ontholrownbrandollamp.
Looknotonlvatthocostoltho
lampbutalsothohlddoncosts
andthowarrantv.lsthowarrantv
pro-rataorlstholampcovorod
bv100warrantv
Anoxamplolswlthlampslortho
ChrlstloCl2000pro|octor.A
dlgltalpro|octorlnstallorwllltvpl-
callvsollthoChrlstloCD\Llamp
lorupto30moroporlamp
than1LSUKLtd.wouldsolltho
CSRAMoqulvalont.1horolsno
roasonlorsuchhlghprlcosothor
thanthatclnomashavonocholco
llthovarounawaroolprovon
oqulvalonts.Aslsaldboloro,
dlgltallampsaromorooxpon-
slvothan35mmlampsbutthov
shouldntbothatoxponslvo!
Chrlstloonlvollorsa100war-
rantvdurlngthonrsthalloltho
warrantvporlod.1honnalhallol
thowarrantvporlodlspro-rata,
comparodtoCSRAMwhoollor
M| || ke|acemnl /||let |ot l|e
C|t|sl|e C/2000 /tojeclot
100warrantvthroughouttho
warrantvporlod.othCSRAM
andChrlstloswarrantvcovors
optlcalandmochanlcalpro|oc-
torpartslldamagodthroughtho
laultoltholamp.ltmustalsobo
romomborodthatlamphousonl-
torshavotoboboughtsoparatolv
loroachChrlstlolampwhllo1LS
UKLtd.provldoltsnowMk.2
modolmlnlploatnltorlroool
chargo(plcturodbolow).
Asvoucansoothlsglvosloodlor
thought,chockwhatvouaropav-
lng,dooxamlnovourlampwar-
rantvtosoowhatltroallvmoans
andlookoutlorhlddoncosts.
ConcIusion
1ho\ononlampmarkotlsrapldlv
changlngandthodomandson
manulacturorsarolncroaslng
lmmonsolvwlthdlgltal.Chooso
carolullvwhatvoubuvand
onsurowhatvouusolsuptotho
|ob.
CSRAMhavolncroasodtholr
warrantvlornooxtracostln
tholormolthonow\Lrangool
lamps(montlonodolsowhoroln
thlsodltlonolClnoma1ochnol-
ogv)andhavoswltchodto100
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thoboard.1hosochangosaro
notpaporworkonlvmarkotlng
oxorclsos,butbocausooltho
qualltvandconslstoncvlmprovo-
montsthattholrlullvautomatod
manulacturlngplantcannow
provldo.
1LSUKLtd.cansupplvdlgltal
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digital transition
page 39 digital projection - march 2008
1he lransilion lo digilal cinema is underway. As
exhibilors and dislribulors lhroughoul Lurope
face lhe challenge of migraling lo new digilal
lechnology solulions, lhere is some uncer-
lainly aboul lhe speed al which lhe change lo
digilal conlenl will happen while flm prinl is
slill available. However, as lhe lransilion picks
up sleam il will become increasingly diffcull
for lhose in lhe induslry lo resisl making lhe
swilch. When C1`s edilor asked for an 'opinion
piece` on how D1S see lhe fulure of digilal
cinema I lhoughl il mighl be useful lo discuss
some of lhe many faclors lhal may currenlly
be making lhe changeover more prolracled and
why flm exhibilors and dislribulors will even-
lually have no oplion bul lo make lhe move lo
digilal solulions.
lnthodlgltalclnomalndustrv,thorolscurrontlv
agroatdoaloldlscusslonsurroundlngthotransl-
tlontodlgltalclnomaandhowlongthlslsgolng
totakotohapponacrossthoLuropoanmarkot.
Whllo thoro ls no donnltlvo answor, thoro aro
alroadvoarlvadoptorswhohavoboonassosslng
thotochnologvcurrontlvavallablototrvandnnd
thobostsolutlonlortholrnoods,butthoroaro
stlllthosowhoarohosltanttomakothomovo
bollovlngthorowlllbobottorsolutlonsavallablo
lnthonoarluturo.1horoalltvls,howovor,that
tho tochnologv ls avallablo now and ls robust
onough to bo doplovod ln a commorclal on-
vlronmont. As ls tho caso wlth all tochnologv,
thorowlllbodovolopmontsandlmprovomonts
lndlgltalclnomasolutlonsaswomovodown-
stroam,butltlscortalnlvgoodonoughtowork
todav and a worthwhllo lnvostmont lor thoso
whomakothotransltlonnow.
Cvorthopastlowvoars,tholundamontaltoch-
nologvolllghtpro|octlonandnloplavbackln
thothoatrohasrocolvodalotolattontlonand
solutlons ln thls aroa havo boon dovolopod
constantlv durlng thls tlmo. Whllo thls sldo ol
thotochnologvlordlgltalclnomalsroadvand
ablotobodoplovodtodav,kovdlstrlbutlonand
managomonthasnotboonaddrossodaswollas
ltmlghthavoboonvot,glvlngroomlortochno-
loglcaldovolopmontlnthlsaroa.Asthorollout
galnsmomontum,thoshoorscaloolmanaglng
kovdollvorvmossagos(KDMs)moansthatthoro
wlllboanoodlormuchmoroadvancodtochnl-
cal solutlons ln thls aroa. ln addltlon, thoro ls
thoopportunltvtobrlnganlncroasodlovolol
sophlstlcatlontothosvstomolcontontmanago-
mont lor dlstrlbutlon. Although tho tochnlcal
solutlonslorkovdlstrlbutlonandmanagomont
aronotporloct,thovarogoodonoughtowork
todav and aro constantlv bolng dovolopod ln
ordor to lacllltato a lastor rollout throughout
Luropo.
Commorclallactorshavoomorgodasthomaln
llmltlng lactor ln tho Luropoan dlgltal clnoma
ovolutlon,butltlsnocossarvthatatsomopolnt
thorolsaccoptancotogoloracomplotomlgra-
tlonacrossthosoctor.lornlmdlstrlbutors,mak-
lngarapldtransltlontodlgltalcontontlslntholr
bostlntorosts,othorwlsothovlacohandllngdual
lnvontorvol35mmanddlgltalcontontwhlch
lsgolngtobopotontlallvmorooxponslvoand
morocompllcatodlorthom.1hokovlactlsthat
thorowlllnotboroomlnthomarkottosustaln
bothnlmanddlgltaldlstrlbutlonloraprotractod
porlod.Asltlslnovltablothatdlgltalwlllovon-
tuallv succood nlm as tho domlnant modlum
lorcontontlnclnomas,thoprossurolsgolngto
lncroasoondlstrlbutorstocomplotothochango
todlgltalsoonorrathorthanlator.
At tho momont, lt would bo undorstandablo
lor tho curront lncumbonts ol tho nlm prlnt
lndustrv to want to rotaln tho markot lor as
longasposslblo,whlchwllldrawoutthomovo
todlgltalclnoma.Whllotholncumbontphoto
labsstlllownthoprlntnlmmarkot,prlntcosts
wlllromalnlowonoughtomakoltdllncultlor
studlosto|ustllvmovlngacrosstodlgltalsolu-
tlons.1horowlllcomoapolnt,howovor,whoro
prlntvolumoshavodocllnodtoalovolwhorotho
labscannolongorallordtomalntalnthoprlco
polntoconomlcallv.Asdlgltalprlntslncroasoln
volumoandnlmprlntsdocroasolnvolumo,tho
olnclonclosolscalolorthonlmlabswllldocroaso
andproductcostwllllncroaso,puttlngstudlos
ln a posltlon whoro thov wlll ond up pavlng
morolornlmcontontthanthovdotodav.1hls
lswhorothotransltlontodlgltalclnomawlllgaln
addltlonal momontum - oxhlbltors wlll ontor
untonablo torrltorv whoro nlm prlnt ls not al-
lordablo,andwlthaplothoraoldlgltalcontont
avallabloandallordabloltwlllbonocossarvto
mlgratoacrosstodlgltalscroonlngsolutlonsln
ordortoromalnoporatlonal.
Whonthlsturnlngpolntlsroachodandama-
|orltv ol contont bocomos avallablo dlgltallv,
oxhlbltors aro golng to nood to procuro tho
nocossarv solutlons to support dlgltal clnoma.
Asmontlonodprovlouslv,dlgltalclnomatoch-
nologv ls alroadv avallablo and vorv capablo.
1hls ls an aroa whoro D1S-DC has oxtonslvo
oxportlsoandlsroadvtoasslstoxhlbltorsmako
thotransltlonovortodlgltalsolutlons.Wlthovor
lourtoonvoarsoloxporloncolntholndustrvand
tochnologvwhlchronoctsthlswoaltholoxpo-
rlonco, D1S-DC ls ablo to sourco and supplv
dlgltalclnomatochnologvthatlsavallablo,ro-
bustandroadvtoworktodav.Clcourso,thoro
hastoboacortalnmlnlmumamountoldlgltal
Digital cinema - accelerating
the european transition
Iea New+|, M| el |I: ||a|t+| C|aem+ |areae, t+||. te C|aem+ Iec|ae|ea +|eat |ew |I: .ee
t|e w+ lerw+r ler ||a|t+| C|aem+ |a |areae, +a are.|e. + re+ m+a te |e|a t|e.e tr|aa te
a+.|a+te t||. tr|c| cear.e.
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digital transition
digital projection - march 2008
contontavallablolnltlallvtomakoltworthwhllo
lnvostlng ln dlgltal solutlons, but as moro and
morodlstrlbutorsstartturnlngtodlgltalcontont,
oxhlbltors wlll nnd that bv maklng tho mlgra-
tlontodlgltalsoonorrathorthanlator,thovwlll
avoldasltuatlonwhorothovhavoto|olnalong
quouolorsorvorsandpro|octors,whlchcould
potontlallvloadtorovonuoloss.
1ho movo to dlgltal clnoma has a numbor ol
bononts whlch thoso wlthln tho clnoma ln-
dustrvwlllboablototakoadvantagoolastho
rollouttakosplaco.llrstlv,aslookodatabovo,
dlstrlbutorswlllsoohugosavlngslndlstrlbutlon
asthocostolroloaslngcontontdlgltallvlsmuch
choaporthannlm.1hocostoldupllcatlngadlgl-
talprlntlssolowthatltlsvorvoasvlordlstrlbu-
torstoaddaddltlonallowor-grosslngthoatrosto
aroloasoglvlngcontontamuchwldorpotontlal
audloncoandgroatorpronts.Socondlv,dlgltal
clnoma onablos oxhlbltors to show a varlotv
ol altornatlvo contont moanlng that sportlng
ovonts,muslc,drama,awardscoromonlosand
othorllvospoclalovontscanboscroonodallow-
lngoxhlbltorstotallorthocontontthovshowto
tholrlocalaudloncotomaxlmlsotholrrovonuo.
lro-showadvortlslngcanalsobotallorodtosult
tho audlonco ol a partlcular scroonlng glvlng
oxhlbltorsanothormothodtolncroasorovonuo
andalurthorlncontlvotomakothoswltchto
dlgltal.Lastlv,thorolsmuchgroatorprotoctlon
lorcontontwhonuslngdlgltalprlntasltlspos-
slblotoroloasoanlmslmultanoouslvworldwldo
wlthoutmuchaddltlonalcost,lnstoadolstag-
gorlngaroloasowhlchonablosplratodcoplosto
roachoxportmarkotsbolorothoolnclalroloaso
ol a nlm. Comblnod, all thoso lactors mako a
strongargumontlorwhvtholuturoolclnoma
wlllbodlgltal.
1holuturolorLuropoanclnomalsundoubtodlv
dlgltal,ltls|ustaquostlonolhowlongltwlll
bountllthomlgratlonlscomploto.Asthoroad
maplndlcatos,thoroarobuslnosspractlcosand
tochnlcalsolutlonswhlchmustbrldgothogap
todlgltalclnomaandthosomustbolnplacoto
lacllltatoacomplotomlgratlonacrossLuropo.
Whllothotochnlcalandbuslnosslactorsaroal-
roadvgoodonoughtolacllltatoarollouttodav,
thorowlllcontlnuotobodovolopmontswhlch
wllllncroasothospoodatwhlchthotransltlon
takosplaco.Whllocommorclallactorsarocur-
rontlv tho maln llmltlng lactor, thls lssuo wlll
bocomo loss slgnlncant whon tho nlm prlnt
lncumbontscannolongorrotalnoconomlosol
scalo,andatthlspolntdlgltalprlntwlllboglnto
domlnatothomarkot.ltlslmportanttooducato
allthosoworklngwlthlntholndustrv,lromman-
ulacturorstodlstrlbutorstooxhlbltors,tomako
surothatovorvonoundorstandsthobonontsol
movlngtodlgltalclnomaandthosolutlonsthat
aroalroadvavallablo.
Dlgltal clnoma ls alroadv happonlng and lt ls
lnovltablvthowavlorwardlorthoclnomaworld,
lt|ustromalnstobosoonhowmuch(orhow
llttlo)tlmothomlgratlontakostooccur.
!onv ^owa|
!|c D!S |||nSto|c Cootcot Maoaccncot Svstcn s|n|||cs aoo st|can||ocs t|c c\||||to|s wo||1ow. |||nSto|c
Ccot|a| sto|cs |cato|c t|a||c|s aoo aovc|t|s|oc. aoo sc|vcs cootcot to cac| |||nSto|c |avc| v|a a scco|c ||c|
scco octwo||. !|c |||nSto|c D|c|ta| C|ocna ||avc| cao sto|c o to t||cc |o|||coct| 4| |cato|cs. o| naov 2|
|cato|cs |os t|a||c|s. aovc|t|s|oc aoo ot|c| cootcot.
|mproved mastering facilities at Dolby
1hoprovloustlmolvlsltodDolbvsWootton
assotlabstholrnrstDlgltalClnomaMastorlng
unlthadboonsquoozodlntotholrpro|octlon
room,solwaslntorostodtosoothatthov
havonowmovodthomastorlngunltlntolts
owndodlcatodsulto,wlthplontvolroomlor
louroporatorstoworkslmultanoouslvaswoll
asamorololsurolvsoatlngaroalorthocroa-
tlvostouso.
1hosorvoraroahasalsogrown,wlthamas-
slvo301orabvtosolstoragolockodawavlna
socuroaroawlththonlosorvor.
Dolbvarobolngaskodtomastoranlncroas-
lngnumborolmovlos,andarouslngtholr
SCC2000SocuroContontCroatorsoltwaroto
provldoascalablosolutlonlordlgltalclnoma
comprosslon,packlng,andoncrvptlon.Dolbv
Composorsoltwaroallowsusorstoslmplvand
qulcklvputtogothoraDClcomposltlon.lts
drag-and-droplntorlacoallowsaudlo,lmagos,
subtltlos,andpackagoattrlbutosllkooncrvp-
tlon,contonttvpo,andmotadatatobooasllv
addodtogothortolormthonnalDCl.Dolbv
Composoralsomakosltoasvtomanago
multlplovorslonsbasodoncommonassotsln
aslnglopro|oct,andtoaddsocondarvtracks
suchasnarratlon.1ho
Dolbvlackagorsoltwarocroatosthodlstrlbu-
tlonDCl,taklngthoassotsloronoormanv
DClsandcroatlngallassoclatodnlosroqulrod
lorthodlstrlbutlonmodlatoonsurosalodollv-
orvandlngostlntothosorvor.Lssontlalchocks
ondatalntogrltvroqulroassotmapsand
packlngllsts,andDolbvlackagoralsomakos
gonoratlngthosonlosqulckandoasv.
|ao|a |ccs ao cvc oo t|c sc|vc| cqo|ncot.
digital 3D special feature
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1| C|aem+ |. aaea|te| w|t| a. - w|et|er |t |. |ere te .t+, er |||e .e eltea |elere |a t|e c|aem+'. ||.ter, + a+..|aa l+, .t||| rem+|a.
te |e eterm|ae. |er t||. .aec|+| |..ae el C|aem+ Iec|ae|ea t|e ||ter +.|e cema+a|e. +a e\aert. lrem +|| .|e. el t|e |a|t+| c|ae-
m+ |a.|ae.. te wr|te .emet||aa +|eat 1| ||a|t+| C|aem+, |a.|t|aa |et| tec|a|c+| +a |a.|ae.. .|ewae|at.. I|e le||ew|aa a+ae. ceat+|a
t|e re.a|t.. \e., t|ere |. |ae.|t+|| .eme aa||c+t|ea, |at t|e |r|aa|aa teaet|er el +|| t|e.e e\aert .|ew. are.|e. C|aem+ Iec|ae|ea
re+er. w|t| + a.ela| relereace aa|e te t|e .t+te el t|e +rt |a :ar|aa z.
Wlth 2008 bolng wldolv rogardod bv manv as
thoroalstartolthodlgltalclnomarolloutlntho
UK, as dlscussod olsowhoro ln thls lssuo, lt has
boon lntorostlng to soo how thls has rocontlv
bocomollnkodwltharosurgoncool3Dpro|oc-
tlon.As|ustonolnstanco,thorocontbox-olnco
porlormancooloowullln3Dhasboonvorv
oncouraglnglortholndustrv,wlthhlghorattond-
ancos and slgnlncantlv hlghor rovonuos bolng
gonoratodlromtho3Dshowlngs,andltplavod
onalargonumborol3Ddlgltalscroons,though
somowhatshortolthoambltloustargotol1000
scroonsthatwaslnltlallvsot-prosumablvbvtho
lRpooplo!3Dpro|octlonlsralslngalotollntor-
ost ln somo ovorsoas torrltorlos, and somo do-
volopmontslnthomlddloandlarLastarooptlng
tolncludo3Ddlgltalrlghtlromthostartoltholr
dlgltalclnomalnstallatlons.
1holnltlalroasonlorthoronowodlntorostln3D
wasthatthocomlngoldlgltalclnomapro|octors
madoltposslblotoprovldogoodqualltv3Dwlth-
outallthocompllcatlonsthat3Dnlmpro|octlon
hadalwavslnvolvod.Asahappvcolncldonco,ln
thosamotlmoscalonlmproductlontochnologlos
woro dovolopod that mako tho croatlon ol 3D
programmlngachlovablowlthoutthotradltlonal
oxponslvoanddllncultprocossolshootlngwlth
twocamoras,thuslncroaslngwldolvthorangool
potontlal3Dprogrammomatorlal.
As pro|octlonlsts havo alwavs known, to pro-
vldo 3D lmagos lrom nlm roqulros a lot ol sklll
ln tho pro|octlon box, normallv roqulrlng two
pro|octors whlch must bo carolullv allgnod and
ad|ustodlnordortoonsurothatthotwolmagos
onscroonntproclsolvontopoloachothor.1ho
sllghtost mlsallgnmont can causo dlscomlort lor
tho audlonco, and somo pooplo cant boar to
watch 3D lmagos lor long porlods ol tlmo. ln
contrast,tholntroductlonol3DDlgltalClnoma
pro|octors moans that a slnglo dlgltal pro|octor
can bo rapldlv swltchod to show lolt-ovo and
rlght-ovo lmagos ln soquonco, ollmlnatlng pro-
|octorallgnmontprobloms.
Most customors aro showlng that thov aro cur-
rontlvvorvhappvwlththo3Dmovloprosonta-
tlonsthatthovarobolngollorod.lromatochnl-
calstandpolntthorolsnodoubtthatdlgltal3D,
stlll ln lts vorv oarlv stagos, ol courso, stlll has
somo probloms. 1hoso lncludo lssuos wlth got-
tlng sulnclont llght output, tho nood lor sllvor
scroons lor somo svstoms, and tho rosultlng ls-
suos ol hot-spots and rostrlctod vlowlng anglos
whonthosamoscroonsarousodlornormal2D
pro|octlon. lro|octor and scroon manulacturors
arocurrontlvundortaklngnumorouslnltlatlvosto
roducoorovorcomothosodllncultlos.
1horoaroalsocurrontlvdllncultlosbocausotho
rogularscroonadvortlslngagonclosarontvotsup-
plvlngallthocommorclalslndlgltallorm-lltho
adsaroavallabloonlvonnlmthonmanvoltho
advantagosolrunnlngadlgltalclnomadlsappoar.
Cnco agaln though, thoro ls much work golng
onlntholndustrvtoovorcomothls,andagrood
mothods ol supplvlng dlgltal ads oconomlcallv
and olnclontlv, whothor on hard-drlvo or ovor
a notwork, aro llkolv to bo workod out ln tho
comlngmonths.
lorbottororlorworso,manvolourloadlngcln-
omaoxhlbltlonbuslnossosaroultlmatolvownod
bvvonturocapltallsts,whosolnvostmontdoclslons
arogonorallvdrlvonbvthonnanclalroturnsthov
canoxpoct.1hobottomllnolsthatwoarolna
harsh buslnoss whoro tochnologlos havo to bo
|udgodbvthoaudloncosthatthovbrlngln.Ro-
portslromthoUSandlromaroundthoUKshow
that3Dvorslonsolrocontmovloshavodrawnln
twlcothoaudloncoanduptothrootlmosthorov-
onuothatthosamomovlosln2Dhavoachlovod.
1hlstvpoolhardnnanclallnlormatlonhascaught
thoovoolnnanclalanalvstslnthoclnomaownlng
companlos,andhaslodsovoralolthomtostart
thlnklngthatslnco3Dlsprovlngprontablo,and
slnco3Dnoodsdlgltalpro|octors,thonmavbonow
lsthotlmotolnvostlndlgltalpro|octlonoqulp-
mont.1hlsklndolthlnklnglsloadlngsomoclnoma
pundltstobollovothat3Dmavwollprovotobo
thosocallod1ro|anHorso,awavlorclnoma
ownorsto|ustllvoxpondlturoonthoconvorslon
olmanvmoroclnomascroonstodlgltal.
2008 could brlng a lot ol lavourablo ausplcos
togothor. Wo mav ond up wlth a wln-wln sltu-
atlonwhorothonnancosappoartoborlght,tho
numboroldlgltalclnomaslsoxpandlngrapldlv,
and,oquallvlmportantlv,thonumboroldlgltal3D
movlosslatodlsgrowlng,wlthrumourssuggostlng
manvro-roloasosln3Dolprovlousblockbustors.
llallthlsroallvdooscomotopassthonltmavnot
botoosurprlslngthatmanvpooplobollovothat3D
clnomaroallvlswlthustostav,thlstlmo,andthat
ltwontturnouttobo|ustashort-llvodlashlon.
1hoonounansworodquostlonlormolswhothor
clnomagoors wlll accopt havlng to woar glassos
rogularlv,oncothonovoltvhaswornoll!
l|m S|alet
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XDC talks about
Digital 3D
M|c|+e| |||e.ea, Ceateat 0aer+t|ea. M+a+aer el /|C ||a|t+| Ceateat |+|, t+||e
w|t| I|m :|+ter +|eat wer|l|ew re|+te +.aect. el 1| |a|t+| c|aem+
l|n. M|c|ac|. voo ac|cco to ta|| to C|ocna
!cc|oo|ocv a|oot voo| conaovs |ovo|vcncot
w|t| 3D D|c|ta| C|ocna. |ot |c|o|c t|at. tc|| os
sonct||oc a|oot \DC aoo w|at t|c conaov
oocs.
Mlchaol.\DCwascroatodln2004,andls
aglobalprovldoroldlgltalclnomasolutlons.
1hocompanvmanagosthooporatlonslortho
doplovmontoldlgltalclnomasvstomslnto
thoatros,aswollasproparlnganddollvor-
lngthodlgltalcontontthatlsdlstrlbutodto
thoclnomas.\DClsalsoamanulacturorol
advancoddlgltalclnomaproducts,whlch
lncludosorvors,thoatromanagomontsvstoms,
andcontralllbrarvsvstoms.\DClsanCl-
nclallartnorolthoCannosandLocarnolllm
lostlvals,andaloundlngandactlvomombor
olthoLuropoanDlgltalClnomalorum.1ho
companvhasolncoslnolglum,Cormanv,
Spalnandlranco.\DClsamomborcompanv
olLVSCroupwhlchhasmorothan170stall
worldwldoandamarkotcapltallzatlonol
900M.
l|n. C|vc os sonc c\an|cs o| t|c |osta||at|oos
t|at voo |avc |cco |ovo|vco w|t| |o |cccot
t|ncs. aoo sonc |oca o| w|at c|ccotacc
|ovo|vc 3D.
Mlchaol.\DChaslnstallodovor300dlgltal
clnomalnstallatlonsln10Luropoancountrlos.
10to15olthomaro3Ddlgltal
scroons,lncludlngbothactlvo
andpasslvotochnologlos,aswoll
asdoublopro|octorsvstoms.
l|n. C|ocna !cc|oo|ocv |caoc|s
a|c |an|||a| w|t| t|c nastc||oc
so|tcs o| conao|cs |||c ^|ts ^|||-
aocc aoo Do||v - a|c t|csc s|n||a|
to w|at voo ca|| voo| cootcot
|a|:
Mlchaol.1ho\DCDlgltal
ContontLabollorsnlmmakors,
producorsanddlstrlbutorsbo-
spokoond-to-ondsorvlcostogot
contontlalthlullvandsocurolvto
scroonlnconlormancowlthto
thohlghostavallablolntoropor-
abloDClSpoclncatlons.1ho\DC
DlgltalContontLablsrogularlv
sorvlclngma|orandlndopondontdlstrlbutors
allovorLuropo.Wohavoalroadvprocossod
ovor300movlos.Cnlvlastvoar,woproducod
1,000DlgltalClnomalackagos(DCl)lor100
nlms.
Wohavoalsoprocossodnumorous3Dmov-
loslnordortodollvorDClstomanvLuro-
poanscroons.1hosomovloslncludoHondo,
HauntodCastlo,Lncountortho3rdDlmon-
slon,HauntodHouso,Scar,Kaolou,Lorovoll
dosgoantsdAuvorgno.
l|n. ^s Cootcot Oc|at|oos Maoacc| o| \DC
D|c|ta| Cootcot |a|. tc|| os a ||t no|c a|oot
w|at |s o|||c|cot a|oot nastc||oc 3D nov-
|cs. |o| |ostaocc. |s t|c|c a scc||c cootcot
wo||1ow |c|atco to t|c |ca|at|oo o| DC| |o|
3D ||ns:
Mlchaol.AsClnoma1ochnologvroadorswlll
know,tho3Dstorooscoplcprlnclplolsbasod
onthohumanovo.1holnlothatnoodstobo
provldodlorloltandrlghtovoslsdllloront.
1hlsmoansthatthoamountoluncomprossod
datawhlchhastoboprocossodlstwlco
thatroqulrodlora2Dnlm.loroxamplo,
thosourconlosloralongloaturonlmln2K
rosolutlonarotvplcallvstorodonsovoralhard
dlsksandltcangoupto3or41oravtos.
l|n. |at a|c t|c scc||c oc|at|oos |cqo||co:
Mlchaol.1holmagosmustboprocossodto
modllvtholnltlallramoratolrom24lpsto48
lps,whllohavlngsuccosslvolvonolmagolor
loltovoandonolmagolorrlghtovo.lnaddl-
tlon,lorsomo3Dsvstoms,ltlsnocossarvto
lncorporatoado-ghostlngoporatlon,bocauso
thorocanbolntorloronco(cross-talk)llnkod
totholnlormatlonalmodlorthololtovo,but
whlchlslnlactcapturodbvthorlghtovo,and
lnvorsolv.
l|n. ^|c t|c|c a|so sonc a|t|co|a||t|cs |o
tc|ns o| |oc|st|cs aoo cctt|oc t|c 3D nov|cs to
t|c c|ocnas:
Mlchaol.os.ltlsoltonnocossarvto
producospoclncDCls(llkodo-ghostodonos)
lorsomo3Dsvstomsanddlllorontpackagos
lorothor3Dsvstoms.Womustonsurothat
oachclnomarocolvosthodlgltalcopvthatltls
approprlatolorltslnstallod3Ddlgltalclnoma
svstom.lnspltoolthlswohavomanagodto
slmplllvthologlstlcaloporatlonsthanksto
customlzodtoolsthatwohavodovolopod
ln-houso.1hoClnoStoro

Datalsahugo
databasoappllcatlonsupportlngthocon-
tontoporatlonsaswollastho\DCNotwork
CporatlonsContro.1hlslsroallvamustwhon
hundrodsoldlgltalcoploshavotoboman-
agodlncludlng2Dand3Dvorslons,wlthtlght
dollvorvschodulosallaroundLuropo.
\DC and ils Digilal Conlenl
Lab provides lhe full range
of service lhal cuslomers
have come lo expecl of a
digilal maslering house,
including:
Lncoding & Lncryplion
Versioning and Sublilling
DCP Duplicalion
Delivery and Logislical
Services
Key Managemenl
Archiving
Nelwork Operalion
Cenlre Services
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3D content making gets easier with Ouantel
Ullimalely lhe long-lerm success of Sle-
reoscopic 3D in exhibilion will depend on
having a large and ever-expanding library of
programmes lo show, and moviemakers are
already playing lheir parl wilh companies like
In-1hree converling 2D movies lo 3D by a
compuler process known as Dimensionaliza-
lion, and IMA\

DMk

re-maslering lech-
nology making il possible lo converl 3Smm
movies inlo images lhal produce massive
piclures in IMA\ lhealres.
Cuantol,whohavolongsorvodthopost-
productlonlndustrvlorbothnlmandtolovl-
slon,wlthnoarlv1000movlosundortholr
boltalroadv,havoroallsodthatcomputorlsod
3Dpost-productlonsvstomshavocomool
agoandthatrlghtnowthorolsanlncrodlblo
opportunltvlorcompanlostooxpandtholr
buslnossbvharnosslngthlspoworlulandoxclt-
lngnowmodlum.Cuantolpostproductlon
tochnologvhasdramatlcallvcuttlmolnpost
andhasslmpllnodthowholoprocossolmak-
lnggroat3D.Altorltsground-broaklngdom-
onstratlonsatlClastvoar,whonltshowoda
3Dpostproductlonsvstomthatlntogratodtwo
clnoo31080pro|octorslrompro|octlondo-
slgn(Clnoma1ochnologvvlsltodtholrlactorv
lnthoDocombor2007lssuo)wlthCuantols
lablo4Kdlgltallntormodlatosvstomtoshowa
roal-tlmo,lntoractlvoworknowwlthslmultano-
ouslull-qualltvstoroostroams,thocompanv
hasboonholdlngslmllarovontsworldwldo,
lncludlngatShopporton(whoroAxlslllms,
Dlgltallraxlsandlnltlonworolnvolvod)andat
1horoadcastLlvoVldoolorumoxhlbltlon.
1horoalbroakthroughwlththostorooscoplc
3DoptlonlorCuantolslablo4Kwhonusod
lorpost-productlonworklsthatltallows
oporatorsandtholrcllontstovlowmotlon
plcturosln3Dcontoxtasthovaroactuallv
worklngonlt.lrovlouslv,oporatorshavo
hadtorolvonlnaccuratoprovlowmodosor
omplovplav-outsorvlcostosoothorosultsol
tholrwork,whlcholtonlodtonndlnglmag-
lngproblomslatoandlncurrlngproductlon
dolavs.CuantolsStorooscoplc3Dsolutlon
canplavoutandprocosstwostroamsol
svnchronoushlghrosolutlonmodlaslmultano-
ouslvwlthoutrondorlng.1hlsnotonlvmakos
odltlng3Dasstralghtlorwardas2D,ltalso
onablosstoroostrongthandconvorgoncoto
boad|ustodonthonv,allowlngthocroatlvo
artlststooxporlmontlntoractlvolvtoachlovo
|ustthoroqulrodstoroodopthandlmpacton
ovorvshot.Colorlmotrv,svnc,odltorlaland
lmaglngorrorsaroalllnstantlvvlslbloand
oasllvnxod.1hosvstomcanalsooporatoln
comparlsonmodo,wlthvlowslncludlng50/50
mlx,lolt/rlghtovoanddllloroncomap.
1ho varlous domonstratlons havo obvlouslv
startod to pav oll, wlth a numbor ol rocont
salos ol lablo wlth tho 3D optlon. Axls lost
hasbocomothonrstLuropoanpostlacllltvto
addStorooscoplc3DsoltwarotoltslablolC
svstom,andlnanowalllanco,thoklthasboon
lnstallodatConcrotolostlroductlonlnDoan
Stroot,Soho.
AcrossthoAtlantlc,Storooscoplc3Dnlmsaro
bocomlngahottrondlnHollvwood,asstudlos
sook wavs to boost thoatro-golng bv dollvor-
lng oxporloncos that cannot bo ropllcatod at
homo,andmanvpooplooxpoctstorooscoplc
3Dnlmmaklngtogrowqulcklv.lotoKom,ono
olthomostrospoctodnamoslnloaturonlmpost
productlon,hasbocomothonrstDllacllltvln
HollvwoodtoacqulroaCuantollablo4Kwlth
thonowStorooscoplc3Doptlon.Antlclpatlng
asplkolnthoproductlonolstorooscoplc3D
nlms,lotoKomdocldodtoactproactlvolvbv
lmplomontlngtochnologvnocossarvtosorvlco
such pro|octs olnclontlv, accuratolv and wlth
maxlmum croatlvo noxlbllltv. 1ho lacllltv ln-
tonds to uso tho now tochnologv to porlorm
Dlcolorgradlng,odltorlalandcomposltlnglor
storooscoplc3Dspoclalvonuoandglantscroon
nlms,andlortholncroaslngnumborolstudlo
loaturosbolngproducodln3D.
lotoKomsavsthat1hoCuantoltochnologvwlll
provldolmmodlatoloodbacklntormsolcolor
gradlngandhowwolltho3Dolloctlsachlovod,
andwlllonablothomtosoorlghtawavlltho
convorgoncoad|ustmontsarocorroctorlllur-
thorad|ustmontsaronoodod.
l|m S|alet
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The Dolby solution
to Digital 3D
1he Dolby 3D digilal cinema syslem has been
demonslraled al several of lhe big cinema
exhibilions over lhe pasl year or so, and
we have carried a good deal of informalion
aboul il in Cinema 1echnology, bul lhis was
lhe frsl lime I had been able lo gel up close,
and I walched a series of clips and lrailers in
Dolby`s Woollon assell screening room.
Nighlmare before Chrislmas, eowulf, Slar
Wars Lpisode 2, Chicken Lillle and ugs 3D all
allowed me lo experience lhe effecls of a wide
range of differenl cinemalic produclion values,
and lhe seleclion provided everylhing from
magnifcenl scenic images wilh huge deplh
of feld lo carefully conlrolled reverse zooms
moving oul from big close-ups lo encompass
impressive landscapes.
1horo woro tho occaslonal poko vou ln tho
ovo 3D glmmlcks that vou would oxpoct, but
bvandlargolgottholmprosslonthatdlroctors
ol3Dmovloshavomovodonlromsuchthlngs,
andaroloarnlngtouso3Das|ustanothortool
toprovldothobostlmagostogotthomossagool
tholrmovlosacrosstothoaudloncos.
1ho cllp lrom tho U2 3D pop concort was,
howovor,qultoadlllorontoxporlonco-lorsomo
roason tho 3D addod a wholo now dlmonslon
(vos, l know that ls tho wholo ldoa!) and
producod lmagos ol a pop concort that woro
vorv dllloront lrom anvthlng that l had soon
boloro,androallvdldglvoavorvdlllorontand
oxcltlnglooltothowholoproductlon.
Movlng on lrom all thls artv stull to what C1
roadors oxpoct, lots romlnd oursolvos about
howthoDolbv3Dsvstom
works, and that lt usos
passlvo glassos wlth anv
ordlnarv clnoma scroon,
wlth no roqulromont lor
tholnstallatlonolaspoclal
sllvor scroon, slnco tho
svstom doosnt dopond
on tho uso ol polarlsod
llght, but lnstoad usos a
tochnlquo basod on tho
wavolongtholllght.
Dolbv long ago roallsod
that lor dlgltal 3D to bo
adoptod wldolv, lt wlll nood to nt soamlosslv
lnto dallv clnoma oporatlons, wlth oporators
wantlngtoopona3Dmovloonthoblgscroon,
thonmovoltaround,|ustllkothovdowlth2D
roloasos. 1hls moans that lt wlll bo lmportant
thatthosvstomwlllworkonscroonsoldllloront
slzos,andlspractlcalandcostolloctlvoonough
to support ln sovoral scroons ln a multlplox.
lts also lmportant that scroons can oasllv bo
swltchod lrom 2D to 3D plavback to prosorvo
schodullng noxlbllltv, and that tho qualltv ol
rogular 2D prosontatlon ls not compromlsod
lna3D-oqulppodscroon,soltwasaslnoqua
nonthatthosvstommustworkuslngoxhlbltors
oxlstlngwhltoscroons.Dolbvalsoconsldorodlt
ossontlal that tho glassos bo passlvo, to avold
anv nood to rochargo unlts or to doal wlth
customors complalnlng ol glassos that dont
work,andtoavoldthooxtraworkolcolloctlng
andcloanlngglassosaltoroachshow.
Dolbv3Dusosawavolongthtrlplottochnlquo
orlglnallv dovolopod bv tho Corman companv
lnntoc, spoclallsts ln 3D vlsuallsatlon lor
computor-aldod doslgn. ln thls tochnlquo,
tho rod, groon and bluo prlmarv colours usod
to construct tho lmago ln tho dlgltal clnoma
pro|octor aro oach spllt lnto two sllghtlv
dllloront shados. Cno sot ol prlmarlos ls thon
usod to construct tho lolt ovo lmago, and ono
lorthorlght.
Vorv advancod wavolongth nltors aro usod ln
thoglassostoonsurothatoachovoonlvsoostho
approprlato lmago. As oach ovo soos a lull sot
olrod,groonandbluoprlmarvcolours,tho3D
lmago ls rocroatod authontlcallv wlth lull and
accurato colours uslng a rogular whlto clnoma
scroon.lcanconnrmthatthotochnlquovlolds
vorvroallstlcandcomlortablo3Droproductlon.
1ho llghtwolght glassos woro ol wrap-around
constructlon, and although l twlstod and
turnodmvhoadandmovodthoglassosabout,
l wasnt ablo to nnd anv ol tho probloms wlth
odgo ollocts that oarllor vorslons ol tho spocs
had boon roportod as bolng prono to. ln lact
l undorstand that tho onlv romalnlng problom
wlth thoso glassos ls tholr prlco - ln an ldoal
world passlvo glassos should bo choap onough
tobodlsposablo,butthocomploxplastlcoptlcal
nltorsusodlnthoDolbvspocsarooxponslvoto
mako,wlthcurrontprlcosaround40dollars.1ho
glassosutlllsovorvproclsowavolongthnltorsthat
onsurothatoachovosoosonlvthoapproprlato
lmago, and aro constructod uslng 50 carolullv-
appllodlavorsolcoatlngtonnotunothooxact
rosponso roqulrod. Looklng at thom carolullv,
howovor, l was lolt thlnklng lts onlv plastlc!
and l would guoss that ll thls svstom woro to
roallv tako oll tho bononts ol mass productlon
mlghtonodavloadtothombocomlngroallvlow
cost.lwasntablotonndanvonoatDolbvwho
agroodwlththatvlow,though!ltwaslntorostlng
todlscovorthatthocompanvhasglvonalotol
carolulconsldoratlontothobonontsolro-usablo
glassos,andthorowasanlntorostlngsuggostlon
that rogular clnomagoors ln a 3D world mlght
chooso to buv tholr own 3D spocs and carrv
thomwlththomlorallclnomavlslts,rathorllko
wo havo our own tonnls rackots or swlmmlng
gogglos.Asldolromthocostbonontsolrouslng
glassos, an lncroaslnglv
lmportant consldoratlon
mlght provo to bo tho
onvlronmontal lmpact
ol dlsposablos l was
told that showlng |ust
lour 3D movlos on 500
scroons rosults ln 690
tonnos ol dlsposablo
glassos hoadlng
ultlmatolv lor landnll.
1horo ls lots to thlnk
abouthoro.
lnthoDolbv3Dsvstom,
I|m :|+ter .|.|te |e||'. \eettea |+..ett l+c|||t +a w+. aet ea| +||ewe te .ee +a
|mare..|.e eme el t|e |e|| 1| ..tem, |at w+. +||e te |+.e + ae|e +reaa t|e '|a-
a+r.' el +a N|C |a|t+| are|ecter te .ee |a.t w|+t |. |a.e|.e |a cea.ert|aa + .t+a+r
|a|t+| are|ecter te t|e |e|| 1| ..tem.
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tho prlmarv colours aro spllt bv a rolatlvolv
slmplo nltor whool accossorv (plc abovo) nttod
lnsldothodlgltalclnomapro|octor.
1hlslslnsortodlntothollghtpathbotwoontho
lamp and tho DLl lmaglng chlps, boloro tho
actuallmagolscroatod.1hlswlllprovldobottor
qualltvlmagosthanthoaltornatlvoapproachol
mountlnganltorlntholmagopathsomowhoro
altortholonsolthopro|octor.
1honltorwhoolcanalsobomovodlnandout
ol placo oloctronlcallv, onabllng automatod
swltchlngbotwoon3Dand2Dplavback.lasslng
thollghtthroughthonltorwhoolwlllobvlouslv
havo somo olloct on tho orlglnal colours, no
mattorhowsmallthlsmlghtbo,andlwondorod
ll thls mlght moan that sllghtlv dllloront dlgltal
clnoma mastors mlght bo noodod lor 3D and
2D vorslons, as wlth somo ol tho oxlstlng
polarlsatlonbasod3Dsvstoms.
1hoDolbv3Dsvstomhasboondoslgnodsothat
astandardunprocossod3Dmovlonlocanbo
usod, wlth anv addltlonal procosslng roqulrod
lor tho 3D vorslon bolng appllod ln roal tlmo
ln tho Dolbv Dlgltal Clnoma sorvor durlng
plavback.Llloctlvolv,aprocossolcomponsatlon
lor anv ollocts ol tho nltorlng on lolt and rlght
ovo lmagos ls porlormod ln tho sorvor, and
an addltlonal 1U hlgh control rack ls usod to
svnchronlsothooporatlonolthonltorwlththo
pro|octorandsorvor.
Aslsaw,thorosultlng3Dlmagosarosharpand
stablo,asthoslnglopro|octorlsusodtodlsplav
tho lolt and rlght ovo lmagos ln soquonco at a
vorvhlghlramoratotvplcallv144lramospor
socond(72loroachovo).1holmagoslsawcamo
lromthoNLC2500,whlchwohavooxamlnod
lnprovlouslssuosolClnoma1ochnologv.
1hls was all woll and good, and l had takon
on board tho ldoa and tho advantagos ol
slmplv lnstalllng an oxtra colour whool ln
a dlgltal pro|octor, whlch provldos dllloront
colour corroctlon lor oach ovo, but somohow
tho onglnoor ln mo couldnt holp wondorlng
whothor tho convorslon ol a dlgltal pro|octor
was qulto so slmplo as had boon mado out. l
askodhowvougoaboutmodllvlngapro|octor
lor tho Dolbv 3D svstom, and was soon takon
to tho pro|octlon room whoro tho sldo panols
worotakonollthoNLCandlwasablototako
photographsolthomochanlsmandtosoohow
ltworkodlnpractlco.
1ho rotatlng colour whool and lts drlvo
mochanlsm takos tho lorm ol a boautllullv
onglnoorod oloctromochanlcal assomblv,
controllod lrom tho pro|octors ln-bullt Dolbv
Dlgltal Clnoma sorvor, wlth svnchronlsatlon
taklng placo vla tho 1U lntorlaco montlonod
boloro,whlchcanbosoonhorotldllvnttodlnto
thoNLCsbasounlt-onlvacouploolwlrosaro
lnvolvod. lt struck mo as oxtromolv lortunato
that tho NLC actuallv has room lnsldo to tako
thls oxtra colour whool assomblv, but, as can
bo soon lrom tho photographs, ovorvthlng nts
lnwoll.
l was told that lt takos an onglnoor about a
couplo ol hours to lnstall tho 3D assomblv
and lts control oloctronlcs, and lt was strossod
that tho colour whool assomblv and lts control
box aro complotolv stand-alono, so dont
alloct tho normal worklngs or warrantv ol tho
pro|octor,andcanbousodondlllorontmakos
olpro|octor.
Altor tho mochanlcal assomblv has boon nttod
tho colour whool ls svnchronlsod wlth tho
pro|octor bv runnlng a tost program lrom a
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nlo, whlch allows tho corroct slgnals to bo lod
lor oach ovo, and allows lor cross-talk to bo
mlnlmlsod.laskodhowthovonsurothatalltho
nocossarvDClcolourparamotorsarocompllod
wlth, knowlng how strlngontlv DCl appllos lts
standards,andwastoldthatthoroaroagrood
roloronco look up tablos whlch aro usod to
onsurocompllanco.
Havlng soon tho wav ln whlch tho 3D
oqulpmont was nttod to tho NLC pro|octor (lt
lsobvlouslvonlvsostralghtlorwardandslmplo
bocausoagroatdoalolthoughthasboonglvon
tothoonglnoorlngolthoassomblvandtohow
lt wlll bo nttod) l askod about how lt mlght
bo nttod to othor makos ol dlgltal pro|octor. l
gathorthatworklsongolnglnpartnorshlpwlth
othor dlgltal clnoma pro|octor manulacturors
to nnallso tho doslgn ol nltor assombllos lor
uso wlth tholr partlcular pro|octors - a klt lor
convortlng arco pro|octors to Dolbv 3D ls
noarlngcomplotlon.Dolbvonvlsagoamodostlv
prlcod adaptor klt bolng mado avallablo lor
oachmakoolpro|octor.
1horosultsonthoscroonarooxcollont,tholdoa
olbolngablotowatch3Dwlthpasslvoglassos
on standard whlto clnoma scroons wlll appoal
tomanvclnomamanagomonts,andthoovorall
solutlonlookstohavoboonwollthoughtout.lt
wlllbolntorostlngtosoohowthoDolbvDlgltal
Clnoma 3D svstom compotos ln tho ovor-
growlng3Dclnomamarkotplaco.
l|m S|alet
Wlththankstolasonloworandmanvothorsat
Dolbvlortholrholplnproparlngthlsartlclo.
||otoc|a|s.
1. S|oc v|cw o| t|c N|C |occto| - t|c c\t|a 3D
co|oo| w|cc| cao |c scco to |c|t 2. S|oc v|cw o|
t|c N|C 2500 o|c|ta| |occto| aoo |ts staoo. s|ow|oc
t|c 3D Coot|o| oo|t 3. !|c Do||v D|c|ta| 3D co|oo|
w|cc| asscn||v |ts sooc|v |oto t|c N|C 2500
4. C|osc| v|cw o| t|c N|C |occto| - t|c 3D co|oo|
w|cc| cao |c scco to |c|t
1
2 3
4
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The future of digital cinema
Developing 3D technology
Iea New+|, M+a+a|aa ||recter el |I: ||a|t+| C|aem+ |areae |t., |.ca..e. carreat 1| tec|ae|ea, t|e l+cter. ||m|t|aa |t. areare.. |a
.aaa|+at|aa z| are.eat+t|ea., +a e.e|eameat. t|+t ma.t t+|e a|+ce |elere + w|e.are+ re||eat el 1| |a|t+| ceateat w||| eccar.
kecenl induslry research has indicaled lhal
by 2020, lhe media experience available lo
cinema-goers will be much richer and more
varied lhan loday and 3D lechnology will
have developed lo be a signifcanl faclor.
kecenlly demonslralions of 3D have been
parlicularly effeclive and lhere has been a lol
of focus on lhe lechnological developmenl
of 3D solulions on lhe produclion side of
lhe induslry. Allhough 3D is currenlly effec-
live mainly for animaled produclions, lhe
produclion cosl creales a barrier for many
drama and live evenls.
3Dclnomahasbooncommorclallvavall-
ablotoconsumorsslncotho1920s,butlthas
rocontlvbocomothosub|octollntonslnod
lntorostwlththoomorgoncooldlgltaltochnol-
ogvlnthoclnoma.1odavs3Dtochnologvlor
clnomaspotontlallvollorsamuchrlchorand
moroonhancodoxporloncolorawldovarlotv
olcontont.lnthodlgltalclnomadomaln,3D
hasboonablotodovolopasavlablocom-
morclalproposltlonovortholastcouplool
voarsthankstothoparallolovolutlonol2D
pro|octlonandsorvortochnologvwhlchhas
boondovolopodtosupportthoplavoutol3D
dlgltalcontont.
1odav,thoroarothrooloadlngcompanlosol-
lorlngsvstomstothomarkot.RoalD,\pand/
NuVlslonandDolbvwhlchhavoproducod
romarkablorosultsonanlmatodandnlmod
productlons.Asdovolopmontslnthotochnol-
ogvcontlnuo,ltlsllkolvthatltwlllalsobovl-
ablolorscroonlngdramaandothorllvoovont
productlons.Wlththotochnologvlmprovlng
andcommorclalovldoncotosuggostconsum-
orsarowllllngtopavapromlumtovlowgood
3Ddlgltalprosontatlons,ltsoomsovldontthat
3Ddlgltalcontontwlllplavama|orpartlntho
luturoolclnoma.
1ho3Dlmagolscroatodbvloollngthobraln
lntothlnklngthatltporcolvosaroal3Dob|oct.
Curvlsualsvstomcroatosdopthbvanalvslng
twonatlmagoslromthorlghtandloltovoro-
spoctlvolvwhlcharosllghtlvollsotlromoach
othor.1hlsollsotallowsthobralntoworkout
dlstancolnlormatlon,andthobralncanthon
assombloanlmagowlthallthoolomontsln
thocorroctlocalplano.
1hlsoxplalnswhvcomputoranlmatlonls
gonorallvabottortargotlorautomatlcconvor-
slonto3D.1hodoslgnorsandprogrammors
knowoxactlvwhorooachob|octshouldbo
lnthosconoandknowthocharactorlstlcsol
thovlsuallvobscurodolomonts.ltlsthoroloro
porloctlvloaslbloloracomputortorondoran
lmagolromadlllorontvlowlngpolntbocauso
lthasallthomotadataltnoodstocroato
thlsvlow.Llloctlvostorooscoplclmagoscan
thorolorobocroatodautomatlcallv.Camora-
orlglnatod3Dmatorlalhastoboorlglnatod
andproducodstorooscoplcallvandcannotbo
oasllvorautomatlcallvrondorodlromaslnglo-
camoralmago.
Wlthlnthoclnoma,thothrooloadlngsvstoms
lnthomarkottodavallpro|octdlgltal3Dlm-
agosuslngasvstomlnwhlchthostorooscoplc
lmagosaroaltornatolvpro|octodlorthololt
ovoandrlghtovo.1hosvstomsdlllorlntho
tochnologvthovusotopro|octandro-com-
blnothololtandrlghtovolmagos,andoach
olthosoprocossosroqulrosthovlowortowoar
somolormolspoclallzodglassos.
Clvonthonoodtodollvoradlllorontlm-
agotothololtandrlghtovos,ltlsoaslorto
undorstandthoroqulromontsandcapabllltlos
provldodlncurront3Dpro|octlonsvstoms.
1hostandardratolorthopro|octlonolnlm
lmagosls24lramos/socond,andthlslmago
lsdollvorodslmultanoouslvtobothovos.ln
3Dpro|octlon,thololtovolmagolspro|octod
at24lramos/socondandthorlghtovolmago
lspro|octodat24lramos/socondaltornatolv.
1horoloro,thosorvormusthavoalargor
sourconlo(twosotsollmagos-onolortho
loltandonolorthorlghtovo),andmusttrans-
mltat48lramosporsocond.1hopro|octor
mustbocapabloolthlslramoratoalso.ln
practlco,tolmprovothoporcoptlonoltho
lmago,ltcanbooxposodtwlcoonthosamo
lramo(doublonash)orthrootlmos(trlplo
nash).1hosoroqulromontsmavallocttho
cholcoolsorvorandpro|octorsvstomslor3D.
Allthocurrontloadlngsvstomssullorlrom
tholactthatthoroaroslgnlncantlossosln
thooptlcalpathasarosultolthotochnologv
usodtosoparatotholmagoslntololtandrlght
ovolmagos.1hosolossoscanoasllvamount
tomorothan50olthollghtoutputbolng
lostlnthooptlcalpathlromthopro|octorto
thoovo.1vplcallv,thlsoccursbocausosomo
lormoloptlcalsoparatorlsplacodattho
pro|octorandthorolsanoptlcalsoparator
onthorocolvoronthovloworsnosoapalr
ollossvglassos.Althoughallthosvstomsuso
altornatlnglmagoslorloltandrlghtovowhon
pro|octlngstorooscoplclmagos,thodllloron-
tlatlonbotwoonthombocomosmororoadllv
apparontwhonlooklngatthotvpoolglassos
usod.
1hoRoalDsvstomplacosanactlvoclrcular
polarlsorlnlrontolthopro|octorlonsandro-
qulrosasllvorscroontomalntalnthopolarlza-
tlonolthollghtronoctodlromlt.1hlssvstoms
D|c|ta| 3D |occt|oo. |o| kca|D aoo nost ot|c| o|c|ta| 3D |occt|oo svstcns oo|v a s|oc|c |occto| |s occoco.
!|c ZSc|cco nooo|ato| sw|tc|cs t|c c|a|actc||st|cs o| o|a||sco ||c|t at |c|o |atc. !|c ZSc|cco |as a ||oca| o|a|-
|sc| aoo 2 |-cc||s |o ot|ca| sc||cs. !|c |-cc||s sw|tc| oo aoo o|| to c|catc |c|t aoo ||c|t-|aoo c||co|a||v o|a||sco
||c|t |o svoc w|t| |c|t aoo ||c|t cvc |naccs
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chloladvantagolsthatltutlllsosvorvlowcost
polarlsodglassoswhlcharochoaponoughto
glvoawav.1ooqulpasocondscroonwlththls
svstom,asocondllconcoandsocondsllvor
scroonlsroqulrod.
1ho\pand/NuVlslonsvstomusosastandard
scroonandomplovsmoroadvancodshut-
torglassoswhlcharoswltchod(botwoonlolt
andrlghtovo)bvanlnlrarodtransmlttorln
thothoatro.1hoglassosaroactlvo,omplovlng
clrcultrvroqulrlngbattorvpowor.Duototholr
cost,thovaroconsldorodtobonon-dlspos-
abloandroqulrocloanlngaltoroachuso.
1hosvstomlsportablo,asthodovlcowhlch
dorlvossvnclnlormatlontoswltchthoshuttor
glassosbotwoonloltandrlghtovocanbooas-
llvmovodlromonopro|octortoanothor,as-
sumlngthatthooxhlbltorhasalroadvlnstallod
anlnlrarodomlttorlnoachscroonthovwlsh
tousolor3Dproductlons.
Dolbvollorsasvstomthatusosacomplomon-
tarvlntorloronconltorloroachovolnstallod
lnsldothopro|octorandroqulrosastandard
scroon.ltutlllsospasslvoglassoswhlcharo
lntondodtobonon-dlsposabloandroqulro
washlngaltoroachuso.1omovoa3Dmovlo
toadlllorontscroonroqulrosthatthopro|oc-
toratthatscroonalsobooqulppodwltha
complomontarvlntorloronconltor.
Allthroosvstomshavoprovontholrvlabllltv
throughthosuccossoltho3Ddlgltalproduc-
tlonsthovhavosupportod.Anvoxhlbltor
consldorlnglnstalllnga3Dsvstomwouldbo
wolladvlsodtoovaluatoallthroosvstomsln
ordortolullvundorstandthoadvantagosol
oachandmakoanlnlormodcholco.
Althoughoachsvstomlsdllloront,thorolsa
lundamontalproblomthovaroallcurrontlv
laclngrolatodtolssuosolllghttransmlsslon.At
thomomont,oachsvstomsullorslromtholact
thatpasslngllghtthroughthololtandrlghtovo
soparatlonsvstomscausoslossolaround50
ormoroolthollght.Anvclnomathatwantsto
run3Ddlgltalcontontmustboablotoruntho
pro|octorbrlghtonoughtoobtalnadoquato
lumlnancoollthoscroon.ltlslalrtosavthat
currontlvllghtoutputlsonoolthomalncon-
cornsandchallongoslor3Dpro|octlon,alact
whlchhaslodtomanvoarlvadoptorsclalmlng
bottorrosultslor3Dsvstomswhondoplovod
onmodlumorsmallorslzodscroons.
Althoughcurrontproductlonmothodshavo
provonsuccosslulloranlmatlon,productlon
costsmustdocroasoandprocossosmado
moroolnclonttoonablobroadoravallabllltv
andcommorclalvlabllltvol3Ddramaand
llvoovonts.1oonablo3Ddlgltalcontontto
oncompassarangoolgonros,thodovolop-
montolmoroolnclontandallordablo3D
camorasvstomscouldbrlngdownproductlon
costsandporhapsgoalongwavtowardsad-
drosslngllvoproductlonlssuos.
Althoughthorolsonlvllmltod3Ddlgltal
contontavallabloatthomomont,consum-
orsarostlllproparodtopavapromlumto
vlowthosoprosontatlonswhlchlsdrlvlng
thocurrontcontontvaluochaln.Studlosand
croatlvossoothlsasaddodvaluodrlvlngtho
boxolncoandarothorolorowllllngtolnvost
lndovoloplngmoro3Dproductlonsand
addltlonaltochnologvwhlchwlllovontuallv
onablodramaandllvoactloncontonttobo
costolloctlvolvproducod.Manvolthoma|or
studlosarobohlndthls3Dmovomontand
DroamWorkshasannouncodthatbv2009
ltplanstoroloasoallltsmovlosln3D.
1
1ho
supportolthoma|orstudlosmoansthatovor
thonoxtcouploolvoarsthorolsgolngtobo
asubstantlallncroasolnthonumborol3D
dlgltalnlmsbolngroloasod.1hlsraplddoplov-
montlsgolngtocausoanlncroasodnoodlor
3Dscroonsmoanlngthatoxhlbltorsarogolng
tohavotolnvostacortalnamountolcapltal
lnordortoboablotooxhlblt3Ddlgltalmov-
los,but3Dsoomstosupportltsowncommor-
clalbuslnossmodolto|ustllvtholnvostmont
bvthothoatros.Whllonotovorvscroonwlll
bo3Dcapablo,thoscroonswhlcharomado
3Dcompatlblolooksottoboaworthwhllo
lnvostmont.1hooxporloncosolarhasshown
thatoxhlbltorscanchargoapromlumlor3D
nlmsandthoattondancoratosarohlgh,sotho
prospoctolgonoratlngonoughrovonuotopav
lorthoscroonsoomsaroallstlcprospoct.
1hoLuropoanUnlonlsalsotaklngthodo-
volopmontol3Dcontontsorlouslvandhas
supportodthocroatlonoltho20203DModla
Consortlum.1hlslsanLUpro|octawardod
grantlundlngundorlramowork7toaddross
3Dmodlaproductlon,managomontand
dlstrlbutlon.Rocognlslngthovaluool3D,D1S
DlgltalClnoma(DDC)lslnvolvodwlththls
pro|octandltsrololstolookatanddovolop
toolsandworknowslorthohandllngol3D
contont.1olurthorsupporttho3Dmovo-
mont,DDCwllllacllltato3Donltsproducts
suchastholllmStoro

ContontManagomont
Svstomandlsalsolooklngtolmprovoolnclon-
closolcontontdlstrlbutlon,oncodlngand
gonoralcontontproparatlontosupporttho
largornloslzosthat3Dlmagorvcroato.DDC
wlllcontlnuotoworkclosolvwlthothor3D
tochnologvprovldorstoonsurothatourprod-
uctsandsorvlcoswlllcontlnuotosupporttho
ovolvlng3Dcontontchalnasanlntogralpart
oltholuturoolthoclnomabuslnoss.
Drlvonbvconsumorlntorost,3Ddlgltal
clnomalsgolngtooxpandlntholuturoas
studloslnvostlnprovldlnganlncroasod
amountolcontontlnthlslormat.Whllotho
novoltvlactorwlllbrlnglnlroshconsumors,
thlstochnologvlspurportodbvmanvtonnallv
boroadvtooutlastthonovoltvlactorand
bocomoamalnstroamtochnologvduototho
onhancodvlsualoxporloncoltollors.Aslong
astho3Doxporloncocontlnuosto|ustllvtho
addltlonalcostolvlowlnganlm,thlstochnol-
ogvwlllromalncompotltlvolnthoclnoma
markot.Althoughsomobollovothatclnoma
attondancolswanlng,arocontstudvcarrlod
outbvScroonDlgostshowsthatLuropoan
clnomaattondancorosobvalmost15,000
lrom1,046,886ln2006to1,061,821ln
2007.1hlsnumborlspro|octodtorlsobv|ust
ovor98,000bv2010taklngLuropoanclnoma
attondancoupto1,159,919.
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Whonaddodtothoovldoncothatconsum-
orswlllpavmorolor3Dprosontatlons,thls
domonstratosthatthorolsamarkotlor3D
dlgltalcontonttogrowlntoandthorolsgroat
potontlallor3Dtobocomoadomlnantdrlvor
bothlorlncroasodrovonuosandattondanco
lntholuturo.Wlthcontont,tochnologvand
consumordoslroallallgnlng,tholuturosooms
tobobrlghtonoughlor3DandDDCwlll
contlnuotoactlvolvsupportthodrlvotobrlng
tho3Doxporloncotoclnomas.
1
Dteamwot|s co|nc 3-D |n 2000.
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asovonvoaroldClnoma1ochnologv,llound
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bothloundworkolsowhoro,soholsonco
agalnolloctlvolvlnchargoolthopro|octlon
oqulpmontandprovldlngthobostposslblo
showslorthoCoronotstwoscroons.
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alongandhappvtlmowlthhlspro|octors,
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CncoagalnmvChrlstmascardlromCoraldHooporwasdocoratodwlthacouploolcartoonslromthoponoltholantastlcClavton,whososkotchos
gracodthopagosolKlnoWooklvlorsolong.1hotwobolowarobrllllantlnthowavthatthovsoaccuratolvantlclpatodhowthopro|octlonlstoltho
(thon)luturowouldhavotodoalwlththonowtochnologlos.Howmanvpro|octlonlstsstruggllngtolookaltortwolvoscroonswouldnthavoboondo-
llghtodtohavotholourpalrsolhandsthatthooctopusdldlnthopro|octlonroombolow
1horlghthandcartoonlsovonmorolntorostlng,porhapsovonmoroluturlstlc,lnthatthosooluswlththocurrontgonoratlonoldlgltalclnomapro|oc-
torsknowthatthovhavontsolarbocomosmallonoughtomakoourpro|octlonroomsloolomptv.1hocalondaronthowalldoossav2054,howovor,
andallthocurrontprodlctlonsarothatdlgltalpro|octorswlllgotmuchsmallorovortlmo.ltlsalsolntorostlngtosoothatthomostluturlstlcstorago
mochanlsmthovcouldthlnkolwasmagnotlctapo-howcouldthovhavoknownhowthatlastsplnnlngmlnlaturoharddrlvoswouldcarrvthomovlos
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page 51 cinema technology - march 2008
lnalostscrlpttoourplocolnthoprovlous
lssuoolClnoma1ochnologvaboutthoclosuro
olthoCarltonclnomaatCosham,lortsmouth,
lroportod(onsoomlnglvgoodauthorltvlrom
tholocalpaporandlromalocalpro|octlon-
lst)thattholour-scroonCdoonlnNorthLnd,
whlchoponodln1936,closodon1hursdav
15thNovombor2007.
lmaglnothonmvsurprlsotogotacalllrom
thoCdoonlortsmouthsConoralManagor,
lamosMorrlstolllngmothatthoclnoma
hadntclosod,andthatashospokolnmld-
Docombormanvlamlllosworoon|ovlng1ho
ColdonCompasslnScroonCno.
1hlscallodlorrapldlnvostlgatlon,andlt
turnodoutlromsourcoshlghuplntho
Cdoonmanagomontchalnthatthoclnoma
hadlndoodboonduotoclosoonthodato
montlonod,butthatatthovorvlastmlnuto,
logallssuosovorthoproposodcontracttosoll
tholoasoolthobulldlnghadcausodthodoal
tolallthrough,sothoclnomalstocontlnuoln
normaloporatlonlortholorosooabloluturo.
Localrosldontsarodollghtod,asarothostall.
lamostoldmothatltwasannovlngthattho
localpaporcarrlodhugohoadllnosabouttho
pondlngclosuro,butonlvamuchsmallor
roloroncotoltsroprlovo!Clnoma1ochnologv
lsgladtoputthorocordstralght.
Lossoncouraglnglv,lundorstandthattho
clnomalsstlllonthomarkotandthatnogotla-
tlonslortholoasohold(thopotontlalbuvor
ovldontlvalroadvownstholrooholdoltho
slto)aroongolng.ltlsundorstoodthatthoro
aroplanstoturnthosltolntoshopsandnats.
Oh yes il did...!
ltlssadtoroportthatthoclnomadld
ovontuallvclosoalowwookslatoron
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wlthlamaLogondshownat8.30pmln
scroonono.1horoworo|ust25pooplolortho
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Oh no it didn't...!
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Durlngthooarlv1980slwasaskodbvtho
lro|octodllcturo1rusttoholpthomwlththo
lnstallatlonoltwosound-on-dlscpro|octors
wlthunlvorsalbasos,whlchthovhadroscuod
lromthovaultsoltholalacoClnoma,rld-
port.HarknossScroonshadklndlvprovldod
studlospacoatorohamwoodwlthsoatlng
lor100andtholl1momborsplannodto
putontwoshowsoltho1928nlmDawn
latrol,wlthVltaphono16lnchdlscs,ln
slxwookstlmo.lwastoldthatthlswould
moanworklngSaturdavsonlvandthatl
wouldhavolotsolholplromtholl1rosto-
ratlontoammomborswhoalwavsturnodout
onthatdav.
Asasollomplovodonglnoorlcantallord
todocharltablowork,butlwasgroatlv
lntorostodlnthlshlstorlcpro|octandagrood
totakoonthotask-andbosldos,ltwas
Saturdavsonlvandthovpromlsodmothatl
wouldhavolotsolholp!1honrstSaturdav
wontwoll,wltholghtwllllngll1mombors
cloanlngandassombllngthopro|octors,but
nobodvturnodupontholollowlngSaturdav
orsubsoquontSaturdavs.
1holnstallatlonwasolmoga-proportlons
onaccountoltholactthatthopro|octors
woropoworodbvalargomotorgonorator
sotwhlchroqulrodagroatdoalolsorvlclng
tocommutators,brushgoarand3phaso
startor.1hopoorcondltlonolthlsMCsot
wasduototholactthatlthadboonlv-
lngldloloratloast30voars.1hovarlablo
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ama|orovorhaultothocontrllugalwolghts
andsprlngsassomblvwhlchcontrollodtho
motorspoodlorsoundondlsc,ormarrlod
prlnts,at24lpsandsllontnlmat18lps.
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slncoboonuncouplodlromthopro|octor
drlvogoarboxandsultablorubborcoupllngs
hadtobolound,thatwouldrostorothlsto
33.3rpmwhonthonlmspoodwas24lps.
1horubborslnthomovlngcollgramophono
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roplacod.
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lortwomachlnos.1hostagoloudspoakors
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lntonsltvarclamphousosandHowlttlcmor-
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tlon.ltlslntorostlngtonotothatanowstool
noodlowasroqulrodlorovorvslnglosldod
dlscwhlchaccompanlodoach12-mlnuto
rool.Astartmarklorthoplckupwascloarlv
lndlcatodlnthocontroolthodlsc,andrapld
woarolthonoodlowascomponsatodlorbv
tholactthatthotrackspoodlncroasodastho
plckupworkodltswavtothooutsldooltho
dlsc.Stoolnoodlosworosourcodlromtho
CramophonoSoclotv.
1hoshowwasarosoundlngsuccossand
domonstratodhowgoodthoVltaphono
svstomcouldbowhonthosoundromalnod
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atotalol82hoursonthlspro|octlnordor
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Holplng to rostoro and prosorvo old clnoma
oqulpmontnoodsacomblnatlonolsklllsand,
lnthocasool35mmpro|octors,lsoonloarnod
that loromost ol thoso was an lntorost ln tho
tochnlquos ol wolght llltlng! Also usolul ls a
knowlodgoolmochanlcalonglnoorlng,oloctrlcs
and optlcs. Hopolullv, at somo stago durlng a
pro|octorsropalr,thomochanlcscanbosoon
worklng,soarooaslortoundorstand.Howovor,
oxcoptlorthobaslcs,oloctronlcshavoromalnod
amvstorvtomo,oltonrosultlnglnthosmollol
burnlng,blownlusosandthooccaslonaloloc-
trlcshock.lnthopast,lconsolodmvsollwlth
thobollolthatthosoworogoodlorvouanda
stlmulustothohoart,butlnowtrvnottoplav
aroundwlththlngsbostlolttothooxports.
Muchsalortodoalwltharopro|octlonlonsos,
whlchhavobocomoapartlcularlasclnatlonlor
mo, ospoclallv tho old and unusual onos, llko
thospoclalwldo-anglotvposlorroarpro|octlon,
Magnascopo zooms, whlch woro popular ln
tho1920sand1930s,toonlargotholmagodur-
lngspoctacularsconos,andthovarlouslormsol
anamorphlcattachmontswhlchsoonbocamoa
must-havoltomlorovorvthoatrowlshlngto|oln
thoclnomaswldoscroonrovolutlonbacklntho
1950s.olngsmallorandoaslortoroscuoand
carrv oll, l havo managod to savo a low oarlv
oxamploswhlchworoamongthonrsttoarrlvo
lnrltlshclnomas.
1homostcommonolthosousocvllndrlcallons
olomonts arrangod to provldo an addod oxtra
dogroo ol magnlncatlon (x2) ln tho horlzontal
planoonlv,tostrotchoutthosquoozod-uplm-
agoonthonlmandrostoroltbacktoltswldor
ClnomaScopoproportlonsonthoscroon.Al-
though,atthostart,ausch&Lombsuppllod
largo numbors ol cvllndrlcal lons attachmonts
lnthoU.S.,mostovorhorosoomtohavocomo
lrom Zolss, somotlmos carrvlng tho olllclal
ClnomaScopologo,andlsco.lhavoanoarlv
modolcallodaVldoscopo,lromlongboloro
dlgltalpro|octlonandallthlngsvldoolnvadod
thopro|octlonbox.
Cthor optlcal prlnclplos can bo usod to un-
squoozotholmago,andanothorklndolattach-
montusodapalrolcurvodmlrrorstoachlovo
tho samo olloct. ln somo wavs thls ronoctlon
mothod was suporlor to a convontlonal lons
svstom and was capablo ol oxcollont rosults,
bolnglrooolthoaborratlonswhlchcanalloct
rolractlnglonssvstoms.Cnounlquoadvantago
wasthatltcouldbodollboratolvmlsallgnodto
countor-balancothoplcturodlstortlonrosultlng
lromuslngastooprakoontoacurvodscroon.
1horoworodlsadvantagos,thooxposodlront-
sllvorodmlrrorscolloctoddustandthoconstant
cloanlngoltonshortonodtholrusolullllo.1holr
porlscopo-llko doslgn also dlsplacod tho llght
boam bv about 5 lnchos, somotlmos noodlng
modlncatlons to tho portholos. l was luckv to
nndanoxamplo,stlllwlthgoodmlrrors,oltho
mostoltonsoonmodol,thoDolrama,doslgnod
bv Cld Dollt ln Holland. lt was dlstrlbutod
bv lrank rockllss and rogularlv appoarod ln
1950sadslorlhlllpspro|octors,whlchthovalso
lmportod. l havo slnco soon a slmllar dovlco
advortlsodbvClnopanoramlclnlrancoandlt
lsworthlooklngoutlor.
1horo was vot anothor lorm ol anamorphlc
svstom,thlstlmouslngapalrolwodgo-shapod
prlsms sot at an anglo to glvo tho roqulrod
amountoloxpanslon.1hovworolnltlallvvorv
popular,bolngchoaportoproducowlthouttho
nood lor tho moro sophlstlcatod lons grlndlng
machlnos usod to mako accurato cvllndrlcal
olomonts. Llko tho olomonts ln cvllndrlcal at-
tachmonts,oachprlsmwasmadoupolsoparato
r+at |e||+a |||: are.|e. + aer.ea+| ||.ter el .eme el t|e mere aaa.a+| are|ect|ea |ea. ++ater.
Pun with
varamorph
|||e m+a el m le||ew ||:I: mem|er., | +|.e |e|eaa te t|e |re|ecte ||ctare Ira.t, w||c| |. e|c+te te .+.|aa, re.ter|aa +a are.er.|aa e\-
+ma|e. el l|m are|ecter. +a et|er +..ec|+te eaa|ameat lrem we|| e.er e+r. el c|aem+ e\||||t|ea.
I|e|r |0 +a ar|ac|a+| ce||ect|ea |. +t ||etc||e |+r|, lermer .ecret cee |re+||aa ceatre ar|aa \\||. |t |. aew eaea te t|e aa|||c w|e, +lter
|ee||aa +t t|e |atr|aa|aa ece|aa +rtel+ct., c+a +|.e .|.|t t|e Ira.t'. N+t|ea+| Ma.eam el C|aem+ Iec|ae|ea +a .ee w|+t ler m+a |. t|e eaa+||
m.ter|ea. c|aem+ m+c||aer aerm+|| ||ea lrem t|em |e||a t|e aert|e|e..
M+a el t|e ||I mem|er. +re .t||| +ct|.e| |a.e|.e |a t|e |aa.tr +a +re eaa+|| |aew|eae+||e +|eat e.ert||aa te e w|t| t|e c|aem+'. ewa
|a|t+| .w|tc|e.er, w||c| |. r+a|| a+|a|aa a+ce |a are|ect|ea reem. +reaa t|e wer|. | e\aect t|e Ira.t w||| .eea |e |ee||aa eat ler e| ||.ter|c
|a|t+| c|aem+ are|ecter., +t|aa w+ |+c| te t|e tara el t|e ceatar, te + te |t. ce||ect|ea +a aat ea |.a|+.
|ewe.er, | ma.t +m|t t|+t ler me t|e |a|t+| are|ecter. +re |e.. |atere.t|aa te |ee| +t, me.t re.em|||aa + l||aa c+||aet w|t| + |ea. ae||aa eat,
+|t|eaa| |'m .are t|ere |. mac| te weaer +t |a.|e.
|a||v Zc|ss attac|ncot w|t| t|c no|c osoa| cv||oo||ca|
c|cncots
kao| !av|o| |o|soo |\co \2 ||snat|c
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page 55 cinema technology - march 2008
varamorph
soctlonsuslngdllloronttvposolglasstocorroct
dlstortlon and colour aborratlons, lncludlng
lrlnglng. lrlsms alono wlll onlv produco a
sharplmagoatlnnnltv,lnpractlcoCKlorlong
throws, but most doslgns lncludod addltlonal
sphorlcallonsolomontslnlronttolocusthom
closor.rltlshlonsmakors,llkoRossand1avlor-
Hobson,lavourodthoprlsmatlcprlnclplowlth
tholrLxpandascopoand1vpolrospoctlvolv,
bothprovldlngthox2oxpanslonratlo.
Mv nrst oxporlonco ol prlsmatlc anamorphlc
attachmonts camo whon l |olnod tho C at
Lallng Studlos as a tralnoo pro|octlonlst. 1ho
35mm provlow thoatros woro oqulppod wlth
C-Kaloo 21s, comploto wlth 1avlor-Hobson
Varamorphs.Asthonamosuggosts,thooxpan-
slonratlocouldbochangodbvoporatlngaknob
ontop,connoctodtoplvotswhlchchangodtho
rolatlvoanglobotwoonthoprlsms.Atthotlmo,
ln1963,thlssoomodtoboasupornuousloa-
turo, as all tho anamorphlc prlnts wo showod
hadthosamox2comprosslonratlo,whatovor
wldoscroon procoss had boon usod to photo-
graphthonlm.Howovor,backln1954,whon
thoVaramorphwasnrstlntroducod,thorowas
tho posslbllltv that prlnts would bo avallablo
wlthadlllorontamountolsquoozotothatol
ClnomaScoposx2.
Anothoroarlvvarlabloprlsmatlcattachmontwas
tho 1ushlnskv Suporscopo. lt was launchod ln
collaboratlonwlthRKC,whlchalsoannouncod
ltsownwldoscroonprocoss,alsocallodSupor-
scopo. 1hls was an optlcal prlntlng procoss
whlch convortod a maskod-oll portlon ol a
convontlonallv shot nogatlvo (lull-lramo or
Acadomv) to produco an anamorphlc prlnt
wlth a comprosslon lactor ol x1.5, hall that
olClnomaScoposx2.1honnalaspoctratlool
thoplcturoonthoscroonvarlod,dopondlngon
thoholghtolthopro|octorsaporturo,botwoon
1.66.1and2.1.
Soon, thoro woro othor x1.5 squoozod prlnt
lormatsbolngproposod.1hoprlnclpalroloaso
lormatlromlaramountsVlstaVlslonlargo-aroa
35mm 8-porl horlzontal nogatlvos was to bo
35mm roductlon prlnts wlth a normal non-
anamorphlc lmago whlch was composod to
allowlttobomaskoddowntoprovldoaspoct
ratloslrom1.66.1to2.1.lntholntorostolllght
consorvatlon,atthomaxlmum2.1ratlo,ltwas
plannodtoolloraltornatlvoprlntswlththlsratlo
squoozod(x1.5)wlthlnanacadomvlramo.Al-
thoughMCMhadadoptodloxsClnomaScopo,
thovtoohadanldoatoollorslmllarnon-com-
patlblox1.5convorslonsoltholrClnomaScopo
nlmslorthoatroswhlchcouldntaccommodato
thoorlglnallull-wldthplcturo.
Allthlsactlvltvwaswolcomodbvothormanulac-
turorsolvarlabloprlsmatlcattachmonts.1hoso
lncludod tho Hllux-VAL and tho Cottschalk
Ultra-lanatar. 1ho lattor was mado bv a now
companv callod lanavlslon who would lator
bocomobottorknowntoclnoma-goorsontho
othorsldoolthoportholoswhonthovontorod
thophotographlcsldooltholndustrv.lntorost-
lnglv,thonrstoltholrcamoraanamorphlclonsos
alsolncludodprlsmstolmpartasllghtsquoozo
(x1.25) to tho 65mm nogatlvos ol MCMs
Camora-65procoss.1hlslormatovolvodlnto
thoUltralanavlslon70svstom,wlththolonsos
changodtocvllndrlcaltvposwhlchmadopos-
slblo wldor nolds ol vlow. 1hls was usolul to
Clnorama,whoadoptodthoprocosslorltsnrst
slnglo-lonsvorslon.
ack to 1954, whon, although manv oxhlbl-
torshadchosontolnvostlnthovarlablotvpos,
manv moro had nxod cvllndrlcal attachmonts
andwlththodlstrlbutorswlshlngtoavoldadd-
lng to tho numbor ol dllloront prlnt lormats
alroadv bolng clrculatod, tho x1.5 squoozod
prlnts woro abandonod. oloro anv roloasos,
Suporscopochangodltssquoozolactortox2to
matchClnomaScopo.ltstlllrotalnodthoorlglnal
maxlmum2.1aspoctratlo,loavlngunusodblank
aroasdownbothsldosoltholramo.lnthlslorm,
alsoknownasRKC-Scopo,lthadalalramount
oluso.Alatorvorslon,whlchoxtractodtholull
2.35.1 aroa lrom a lull-lramo nogatlvo and
producodprlntscompatlblowlthClnomaScopo,
waslntroducodasSuporscopo-235andlsstlll
wlthustodav,nowcallodSupor-35.MCMonlv
|\aos|oo |at|o
va|ano|| ||oc o ||n. aot|c|at|oc Soc|scoc aoo
v|stav|s|oo \1.5 sqocczco ||ots
^|ovc. M|||o| aoano|||c attac|ncots - (to t|c
Dc||ana n|||o| aoano|||c attac|ncot. |o| sonc.
t||s |s oow wo|t| no|c |o| |ts a|on|o|on sc|a va|oc.
|ot |o| naov o| os ao ||sto||c ot|ca| ocv|cc wo|t|v o|
|csc|vat|oo aoo o|s|av aoo (|otton t|c C|ocaoo-
|an|c oo|t.
^ !os||os|v Soc|scoc.
^|ovc. !|c va|ano|| aoo |ts ot|ca| |avoot
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varamorph
madoalowolltsScanaScopox1.5vorslonsol
ltsoarlvClnomaScoponlms,lncludlnglCRlD-
DLNlLANL1,andlaramounttoo,docldodnot
topursuoltsVlstaVlslonsquoozodprlntoptlon.
1hoRankCrganlsatlon,havlnglallonoutwlth
lox ovor lts ClnomaScopo onlv wlth storoo
sound pollcv, had adoptod VlstaVlslon and
usod lt at llnowood lor a couplo ol voars. ln
1957thovconsldorodrovlvlngthoVlstaVlslon
squoozodx1.5prlntldoa,wltha1.75.1lmago
wlthlnanormalScopoaporturo.Atthotlmo,
thlswasconsldorodapractlcalproposltlonasal-
mostalloltholrCdoonclnomasworooqulppod
wlthVaramorphs,whlchcouldboad|ustodto
show tho non-compatlblo prlnts. Howovor,
altor a low trlal squoozod coplos woro mado
olDCC1CRA1LARCLandDANCLRCUSL\-
lLL,(prlntodatDonhamLabsonLastmanColor,
lnstoad ol tho usual 1ochnlcolor dvo-translor
prlnts)Rankhadsottlodtholrdllloroncoswlth
loxandglvonupVlstaVlslonaltogothorlnlavour
olClnomaScopo.
Not wlshlng to loso a valuablo solllng polnt,
varlablo anamorphlc attachmonts woro thon
promotodwlththoposslbllltvolloavlngthom
pormanontlvlnposltlon.1hopro|octlonlstcould
thonshowordlnarvnlms,suchasthocartoon
andnowsroolatzoromagnlncatlonandthon,
wlththoturnolaknob,prosontaClnomaScopo
nlm.ltwasalsosuggostodthatthothoatroownor
couldsotthocontroltolossthanx2andmako
tho pro|octod plcturo loss wldo and so uso a
smallorlossoxponslvoscroon!
lormanv,thothoughtoldollboratolvshowlng
audloncos a dlstortod plcturo was appalllng.
ln practlco, lt was lound that tho ovo ls qulto
toloranttovlowlngpartlvsquoozodlmagos,ro-
momborlngthatthososlttlngatthosldooltho
audltorlumsooasllghtlvolongatodplcturoanv-
wav.lromomborwatchlngasllghtlvsquoozod
70mmUltralanavlslonprlntolMU1lNCN
1HL CUN1 at tho Nl1 whlch was bolng
shown wlthout an anamorphlc lons (x1.25).
lmsuro,apartlrommo,lowothorpatronsno-
tlcodthatthoshlpalwavshadanovalwhool.
1hlswouldstlllsoomtobotruo,|udglngbvtho
numbor ol vlowors happv to watch dlstortod
plcturos on tholr wldoscroon 1Vs. Howovor,
whatwasnotmontlonod,wasthatloavlngtho
unltlnplacolorstandardnlmssorvodnopur-
posooxcopttoroducothodonnltlonandllght
output.Llghtpasslngthroughatvplcalprlsmatlc
attachmont had to nght lts wav through a lot
olglass,wlthalossolaround30,comparod
totho10olacontomporarvcvllndrlcallons.
1ho Varamorph dldnt provldo a zoro sottlng,
thomlnlmummarkonltsdlalbolngx1.38,to
dlscouragothlspractlco.
Althoughnowlargolvrodundant,thocontrolon
tho Varamorph stlll lasclnatod mo. Whllo stlll
onlvatralnoo,ldldwhatlwastoldandloltlt
alono.Howovor,bolngabornknob-twlddlor,l
ovontuallvgavolntotomptatlonandgavolta
turnandon|ovodsoolngthoolloctoloxpandlng
outthoplcturoandbackagaln.lnsplrodbvtho
old Magnascopo procoss, l lnvontod mv own
callodStrotch-C-Rama.lwouldrunanormal
nlm at tho mlnlmum sottlng, but would bo
roadvtoglvoalandscapo,oranvothorsconol
thoughtsultablo,tholullwldoscroontroatmont
untll pooplo, who soomod to havo suddonlv
put on wolght, appoarod and l would snoak
ltbackagaln.lromomborshowlnganoplsodo
olKonnothClarksClVlLlZA1lCN,whlchwas
partlcularlv olloctlvo. lm suro l plavod havoc
wlth tholr classlc proportlons, but tho Crook
and Roman archltocturo lookod splondld ln
tholr now panoramlc dlmonslons and lookod
llko sconos lrom 1HL lALL Cl 1HL RCMAN
LMllRL.(Durlngthooarlvdavsolcolour1V,tho
Cshotmanvolltsprostlgodocumontarloson
35mmcolournogatlvo.)
Duotoallthls,thoVaramorphbocamoonool
mvlavourltoanamorphlcdovlcos.1hoqualltv
ol tho plcturo was oxcollont and moro than a
matchlorthoZolssattachmontssuppllodwlth
tho auor 14 35mm pro|octors whlch woro
usodalongsldothoKalooslromthomld-1960s.
1ho hlgh llght loss wasnt a problom lor us at
thoC.ltactuallvholpodtoroducothollght
onoursmallorscroons.Llkoothoranamorphlc
attachmonts,locuslngdownlorshortorthrows
noododspoclalmoasuros.1hoond-stopscrow,
atthomlnlmumdlstanco,wasromovodandtho
lrontolomontunscrowodtoltslastthroad,and
tapoduptostopltlalllngoll.
loncohadachancotosoolnsldoaVaramorph.
WhllolwasworklngatLlmoCrovoStudlos,ono
dovolopodalault.Llkoothoroldlonsos,lthlnk
lthadsomothlnggrowlnglnlt!Whllothosldo
plato was oll, l was ablo to watch tho maglc
prlsmsmovlng.1howorkwasdonobvrosldont
onglnoor,obDvor,whowasonoolmvoarlv
tochnlcalhoroos.lnhlsolnco/workshophokopt
hlscolloctlonolbooksonpro|octlonandothor
assoclatodoqulpmont,whlchholotmoborrow,
andholpodtosparkmvlntorostlnthotochnlcal
hlstorvolthoclnoma.Hotoldmoananocdoto
aboutthoVaramorph.oloro|olnlngthoC,
howasa.A.l/Kalooonglnoorandholpodln-
stallthoC-Kaloooqulpmontusodtoshowtho
nlmARCUND1HLWCRLDlNLlCH1DAS
(1956)atthoAstorla,CharlngCrossRoad.
70nn ||ancs ||on |co-|o| aoo Mot|ov oo t|c
|oootv w|t| s||c|t|v sqocczco (\1.25 |naccs. Notc
t|c o|sto|tco s||s w|cc|. C|aot savs t|at |c |as scco
|ot| ||ns w|t|oot ao aoano|||c |cos aoo |s so|c t|at
|cw co|c oot|cco.
^|ovc . !|c |||o\-v^| aoo t|c L|t|a |aoata| |c|ow
Soc|scoc coovc|s|oo to sqocczco ||ot
MCM Canc|a 65 65nn canc|as w|t| |aoav|s|oo
\1.25 ||snat|c aoano|||c |coscs
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varamorph
1ho nlm was shot ln 1odd-AC, but as 70mm
pro|octorshadvottoarrlvolnrltaln,aproson-
tatlonsvstomcallodClnostagowasdovlsodto
makothobostposslblousool35mmnlm.1ho
multl-channolsoundwasonsoparatomagnotlc
nlm runnlng on roproducors lockod ln svnch
wlth tho Kaloo 21s uslng solsvn motors. 1hls
loltthomaxlmumavallablospacobotwoontho
prlntslox-holoporloratlonslorthoplcturo.1hls
wasroducodlromtho65mmnogatlvouslnga
non-standard\1.56squoozo,calculatodtoro-
talnallthoplcturolnlormatlonandproducoa
scroonaspoctratlool2.2.1,thosamoasllan
actual1odd-AC70mmprlntwasbolngshown.
1hospoclalanamorphlcpro|octlonlonsosworo
provldod bv tho Amorlcan Cptlcal Companv,
but durlng tho run, doubts woro oxprossod
abouttholrporlormanco.Apparontlv,thlswas
domonstratodtovlsltlng1odd-ACroprosonta-
tlvosbvcomparlngthomwlthVaramorphssot
toglvothosamosquoozoratlo.Allagroodthat
tholmagolookodbottorandaswltchtouslng
thoVaramorphswasallowodlorthonnalwooks
olthorun,provldlngnopubllcltvwasglvonto
tholact.
Anothorplocoolrolatodwldoscroontrlvlawas
tho 34mm plov. 1o avold tho thon curront
quota rogulatlons, whlch would havo moant
a broak ln tho run, ln ordor to show a rltlsh
nlm,onomllllmotroolthoClnostagoprlntwas
shavodollthorlghthandodgo.1hlsoxomptod
thonlmlromthoquota,whlchonlvappllodto
prolosslonalclnomasshowlngstandard35mm
nlm. Accordlng to Mr. Hardlng, tho Chlol at
tho tlmo at tho Astorla, Customs and Lxclso,
whopollcodthoquota,sonttholrmontotho
thoatrotwlcodurlngthoruntoconnrmthattho
34mmprlntwasstlllbolngusod.Whon70mm
nnallvarrlvod,ltwasalsooxompt,bolngovor
thowldtholstandard35mm.1horogulatlons
contlnuoduntll1983andsomo35mmloaturos
woroblown-upto70mm|usttoavoldthoquota.
CnooxamplowasARlDCL1CClAR.
Lvon moro trlvla lor wldo scroon lans. 1wo
65mmnogatlvosworoshotolARCUND1HL
WCRLDlN80DAS,onorunnlngat30lpslor
tho70mm1odd-ACprlntsandthoothorat24
lpslormaklngthohlghqualltv35mmroductlon
prlntslorgonoralroloaso.1hospoclalClnostago
prlnts must havo boon mado lrom tho 24 lps
vorslonasobsaldthoKaloo21susodstandard
motorsandgoarlng.LlkooursatthoC,thov
woromountodonwhathocallodstudlobasos
whlch lncludod tho oxtra control swltchos lor
thosolsvnlocklngsvstom.
1holastnlmpro|octlonthoatroatthoCwas
lnControHouso,acrossthoroadlromtho1V
Contro.Whonlloltln1993,ltstlllhadapalrol
Kaloo21swlththolossoltonsoonnxodprlsms
vorslon ol tho 1avlor Hobson anamorphlc at-
tachmont.Whonllastpaldavlslt,|ustbolorolt
closod,thovhadboonroplacodwlthwhatlcall
modorngoldonoswlthcvllndrlcalolomonts.Al-
torasklngwhathapponodtothoorlglnals,thov
woroloundlangulshlnglnthostoroscupboard
undoraplloolcamoratapo.Noodlosstosav,
(wlthpormlsslon)ltranslorrodthomtoonool
mvcupboardsathomolorprosorvatlon.1hov
|olnod a Hllux-VAL that l had savod lrom tho
oldl|ouprovlowthoatrolnWardourStroot.lt
hadondodltsworklngllloona16mmpro|oc-
tor,boloroondlnguponthoolnovaluopllo
whonthothoatroclosoddownandthorostol
thooqulpmontloundnowhomos.
Loarnlng ol mv lntorost ln oarlv anamorphlc
lonsos,NlgolWolland,nowML,thonstlllchlol
onglnooratthoCdoon,LolcostorSquaro,lound
monotonlvaVaramorphbutaDolramaaswoll.
lcolloctodthomlromthothoatro,butllorgot
toaskllthovworoovorusodatthothoatroand
llanvlamousScoponlmsrocolvodtholrroval
promlorothroughthom
lm stlll looklng out lor oxamplos ol a Supor-
scopoandlanavlslonsSuporandUltralanatar
varlabloprlsmatlcpro|octlonlonsattachmonts.l
mustnndacomputorandchocklltholl1havo
anvontholrcolloctlondatabaso.Lvonhardorto
nnd,mustbotho1avlorHobson/Kalooanamor-
phlcsmadolorusoontholrhorlzontal35mm
8-porl VlstaVlslon pro|octors, whon showlng
contactprlntslrom1ochnlramanogatlvos.1hls
was baslcallv tho samo lormat as VlstaVlslon
but photographod wlth a x1.5 squoozo (vla a
ronoctlng Dolrama anamorphlc Camora lons)
andprlmarllvlntondodlormaklnghlghqualltv
Scopo roductlon prlnts. 1ho x1.5 pro|octlon
attachmonts woro unusual ln that thov woro
doslgnodtorostorotholmagobvcomprosslng
ltvortlcallv,lnstoadoloxpandlnglthorlzontallv.
As,lbollovo,onlvslxhorlzontalpro|octorsworo
commlsslonod,thosoattachmontsmustbovorv
raro.lthlnkthovworoonlvusodtoshowa1och-
nlcolor 1ochnlrama domonstratlon nlm, 1HL
CUR1AlNRlSLS,CN1LCHNlRAMA,attrado
showsholdatthoCdoonLolcostorSquaroand
lntroducodbvlackCardlll.llncludoaplcturool
onotakonlromKaloosHorlzontalLqulpmont
brochurolncasovouovorspotono.
All ol todavs thoatros stlll runnlng roal nlm
noodanamorphlclonsoslorshowlngtho2.35.
1squoozodprlntlormat,whlchromalnspopu-
larwlthnlmmakors.Howovor,tholrcontlnuod
usolnthodlgltalluturolslosscortaln.1omako
tho most olnclont uso ol all tho plxols on tho
squaror 4x3 chlpsots lound ln oarllor dlgltal
clnoma pro|octors, anamorphlc lonsos woro
olton omplovod wlth powors calculatod to
produco both tho 1.85.1 and 2.35.1 scroon
ratlos.Althoughstlllan(oxponslvo)optlon,tho
wldorlormatchlpslntholatostmodolsallowlor
thotwolormatstoboaccommodatodbvsmall
amountsolcropplng,soanamorphlcpro|octlon
lonsosmavovontuallvbocomopartolclnoma
hlstorv.Howovor,ltcouldboanopportunltvto
producoanup-datoddlgltalvorslonolthoold
varlabloanamorphlclonsos.1hlswouldmakolt
posslblotochoosoanvscroonaspoctratloand
stlllusoallolthochlpslullvortlcalandhorlzon-
talrosolutlon,whatovorltsownnatlvoaspoct
ratlo.lnthocasool16x9chlps,tholonswould
||cto|c ||on ao ao |o| |a|cc 21 C|ocstacc
|cscotat|oo. so|t|t|co ^|oooo t|c o||o |o 80 oavs.
34nn |cto|c s|ow|oc \1.56 sqocczc
!cc|o||ana cootact ||ot
now nood a loss than zoro (comprosslon) sot-
tlnglorratloslossthan1.78.1,lncludlngwhon
showlngclasslcacadomv1.37.1nlms.
lnthomoantlmo,llapro|octorhastogototho
scrap vard, alwavs romombor savo tho lons,
partlcularlvlllthasgotknobson!
Gtanl /oooan
!cc|o||ana \1.5 attac|ncot |o| osc oo t|c |a|cc
|o||zoota| |occto|
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home cinema
Sowhatoxactlvlshomoclnomaanvwav
Havlngaclnomalnonoshomohaslor
manvvoarsboonconsldorodthooxcluslvo
torrltorvolthosuporrlch,votwocannowall
popoutandbuvahomo-clnoma-ln-a-box
atHlghStrootstoroslorlossthan100.Lots
lookatwhatwoaroroallvtalklngabouthoro.
1hotormhomoclnomacamotomalnstroam
usowlthtwoslmultanoousdovolopmonts
lntochnologvthodlgltlslngolthoplcturo
sourco(lromVHStoDVD),andtholntro-
ductlonolmultl-channolsoundlormats(5.1
channols).otstrangolv,thoslzoorqualltvol
thoplcturodlsplavdovlcobarolvloaturodln
anvhomoclnomadlscusslonsatthattlmo.
1onvoarsonhowovor,ltscortalnlvnowtho
turnlorthosodlsplavdovlcostohavotholr
consumormakoovor.Wlthnatscroonsand
homoclnomapro|octorscrashlnglnprlco
andprovldlnglargoonoughslzodplcturos
toachlovocorroctvlowlnganglos,ltnnallvls
thotlmothatallordablotochnologvgotscloso
tobrlnglngusaclnomatlcoxporloncolntho
luxurvolourhomos.
Dolvlngmorodooplvlntothotochnlcalltlosol
whatcomprlsosahomoclnoma,luturoartl-
closlnthlssorloswlllbooxamlnlngdllloront
olomontsolthosvstomplcturolssuos,got-
tlngthobostsoundqualltv,soamlosslvcontrol-
llngthocomplotosvstomandluturo-proonng
vouroqulpmontlnvostmonts(lllndoodthat
lsposslblo).1rvlngtomakoprodlctlonsabout
whorothotochnologvwlllloadusandwhat
lormatsmavormavnotsuccoodlsalwavs
golngtobohard,butthoroaronovortholoss
somoobvlouspattornsandtrondsthatwowlll
oxploro.
utlornow,andasanlntroductlontotho
oxcltlngworldolhomoclnoma,lotslookat
howltcomparostothostandardssotovor
tholast100voarslnthoprolosslonalnlmand
clnomaworld.Havlngdodlcatodtholast15
voarsolmvlllooxcluslvolvtothlsprolosslonal
clnomalndustrv,lthasboonlasclnatlngto
nowlmmorsomvsolllnacomplotolvnow
lndustrvwhlchhasprlmarllvovolvodlrom
HlghStroothl-nrotallors.Hlghondtwochan-
nolhl-nsvstomsovolvodlntomultl-channol
5.1svstoms,thoshopsaddodplcturodlsplav
dovlcosontotholrsholvos,andtholndustrvls
nowlocuslngongottlngoutolthoshopsand
lntopooploshomostoollorcustomlnstal-
latlonabospokodoslgnandlnstallatlon
sorvlcolorallhomoontortalnmontsolutlons.
1horolscloarlvadoslrotoropllcatoHol-
lvwoodclnomastandardslnthlscustom
lnstallatlonbuslnoss,andlthasboonlascl-
natlngtoloarnwhlcholomontshavoboon
consldorodmostlmportant.Aswlthmost
tochnologlos,thonumborsgamolsplavlnga
rathorovor-ratodrolo.Whllstthoprolosslonal
clnomaworldlsbusvargulngovorwhothoror
not4Krosolutlonlsbottorthan2K,lormanv
voarsthohomoclnomalndustrvmanulac-
turorshavoboonstrlvlngtoglvoushlghor
ansl-lumonbrlghtnossnumborsandlncroasod
contrastratlongurostosolltholrpro|octors
anddlsplavdovlcos.
1hosoovoroxpandlngnumborsaronowout
olcontrolandaroalltvchocklsnoododto
actuallvlntorprotwhatthovmoan.Homocln-
omapro|octorsaroactuallvnowlartoobrlght
50lootlambortssoomstoboacommon
moasuromontslromahomoclnomascroon
thosodavs(wavabovotho14-16wowould
hopotooxpoctlnamultlploxclnoma).And
thocontrastratlonumborsaronowrolatlvolv
moanlnglosswlthno-onoroallvbolngabloto
standardlsoonoxactlvhowthocontrastratlo
lsmoasurodlnthonrstplaco.Somooltho
moroastutopro|octormanulacturorshavo
nowroallsodthatactuallvaddlngaloaturoto
roducotholamppowor(whlchlsprobablvtoo
brlghtlnthonrstplaco)holpsgotsthoblacks
blackor,thoovorallbrlghtnossdowntomoro
sultablolovols,aswollasoltonroduclnglan
nolsoandlmprovlnglampllloasanaddod
bonus.
Anamorphlclonsosaro|uststartlngtocroop
lntothohlghondhomoclnomaworld,rathor
lronlcallvatatlmowhonthotrondlnpro-
losslonaldlgltalclnomasoomstobotodo
wlthout.Whllstthovhavothoadvantagothat
tholullrosolutlonolthodlsplavchlpcanbo
utlllsodlorasquoozodlmago,thlslstradod
agalnstaddltlonallonsdlstortlonandtho
lnconvonloncoolhavlngalargomotorlsod
turrotboltodontotholrontolarolatlvolv
smallpro|octor.
1hoanamorphlcsolutloncortalnlvprovldos
morollghtonscroon(wlthouthalloltho
pro|octorllghtbolngwastodlnthoblackbars
abovoandbolowtho2.35lmago),butaslvo
Home cinema...
comparisons and compromises
r+|+m |mea.ea el \|.| |e.e+rc|
|atreace. '|eme c|aem+' |a t|e lr.t el
+a eaae|aa .er|e. el +rt|c|e. t|+t we
|eae w||| |e el |atere.t te t|e.e w|e.e
||.e. +re ar|m+r|| |a.e|.e w|t| 're+|'
c|aem+ eat.|e t|e |eme.
Home cinema is hne. bul lhe hone ringing anJ lhe babr a/arm going
off wonl re/ace lhe wonJerfu/ escaism of a nighl oul al lhe cinema....
home cinema
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|ustdoscrlbod,roduclngthollghtonahomo
clnomascroonmavnotbosuchabadthlng
anvwav.
Automatlcmotorlsodmasklnglsnowol
coursoanabsolutomustlorahlghondln-
stallatlon.Andqultorlghttoo.Whatashamo
ltsnotthostandardlnallourmultlplox
clnomasthosodavs.
Allgnmontandtunlngolthoplcturoand
soundtomatcharoomscharactorlstlcsand
soatlngposltlonslssomothlngthathasboon
anlntogralpartolprolosslonalclnomalnstal-
latlonslordocados.Altoraslowstartlntho
homomarkot,tholndustrvlsstartlngtoroallso
thatnotonlvdoosaddlngthlslunctlonalltv
producobottornnalrosults,ltalsoaddsmuch
noododvaluototholnstallatlonsorvlco.
MostconsumorAVrocolvorsstlllhavollttloor
nocorroctlonavallablo(somotlmosacrudo
trobloandbasscontrollsallthatlsonollor),
butnowaudloroomcorroctlontochnologlos
suchasAudvssovarobolngaddodlntotho
hlghorondaudloproductsandalsoavallablo
asstandalonomultl-LCproducts.
ltsthosamoplcturowlthpro|octorsandnat
scroons-crudonxodparamotorlmagosottlngs
(oltonrandomlvlabollodasvlvld,natural,
clnomaotc)havotradltlonallvboonslmplv
soloctodtotastobvthoondusors.utnow
hlghondhomoclnomapro|octorssuchas
Slm2havocomprohonslvolnstallormonus
avallablothatallowalllmagoparamotorstobo
proporlvcallbratoduslngtostoqulpmontsot
uplnthoroom.
Whathasstruckmomostaboutmvcom-
parlsonsbotwoonhomoclnomaandtho
modornmultlplox,lsthatarathorhlghlovol
olcompromlsolsanocossltvtoglvothohomo
clnomacustomorwhatthovroallvwant.
Multlploxosarobullttoshownlmslnthov
aro(mostlv)thorlghtshapo,havothorlght
acoustlcs,thorlghtplcturoslzo,corroctvlow-
lnganglosandnobodvcaroswhatthospoak-
orsactuallvlookllkobocausothovrohlddon
bohlndthoscroon.
lncontrast,thoplcturoandsoundqualltv
arontnocossarllvupatthotopolthoprlorltv
llstlnthohomoonvlronmont.Homodocorls
normallvconsldorodmorolmportantandtho
AVoqulpmontthoroloroolthornoodstolook
groatandlashlonablotocompllmontthls,or
bototallvhlddonawavlnwallsandcolllngso
asltdoosntrulntholntorlordoslgnorscroatlvo
talonts.
Wovoboonromovlngcolllngsurround
loudspoakorslromprolosslonalclnomaslor
voarslorvorvgoodroasonsthovarolar
toodlroctlonaltoglvothoroqulrodamblont
sproadolsoundtoallsoatlngposltlons.ut
nowcolllngloudspoakorsarothostablodlot
olmosthomoclnomadoslgns.Andvos,lvo
ovonlncorporatodthomlntomvowndoslgns
whorothorohasboonslmplvnoaltornatlvolor
thosurroundchannolsorovontholrontthroo
scroonchannols.
AtloastmanulacturorssuchasKLlaroaddross-
lngthoproblomthatnushmountodcolllng
spoakors(lolt)croatoaudlolssuosandtholr
oll-axlsrosponsolspoor.1hovhavocomoup
wltharangoolcustomlnstallatlonspoakors
loaturlngmotorsthatbrlngthospoakorsoutol
thocolllngtoanglolorwardsandglvoagood
onaxlsrosponsotothosoatlngposltlons.
llcturovlowlnganglosaro|ustonoblgcom-
promlsoaswoll.Dopondlngonwhothorornot
vougotnguroslromDolbv,1H\orSMl1L,
thorocommondodclnomavlowlnganglosaro
somowhorolnthorangool30-60.Woshould
olcoursotrvandmatchthosongurostoroplav
clnomatlccontontlnthohomo,buthavovou
ovortrlodwatchlng1Vcontont(thatwasshot
andodltodtobovlowodonasmall19tolovl-
slonsot)onalargoscroonltslmplvdoosnt
workthlsblgandmost1Vcontontls|usttoo
ovorpoworlngtowatch(wlththoposslblo
oxcoptlonollormulaCno,whlchlsslmplv
awosomo.).
Doallthososlmllarltlos,dllloroncosandcom-
promlsosmoanthoondlsnlghlortradltlonal
publlcclnomaaswoknowltldoubtltvorv
much.1omo,homoclnomaandthomultlplox
porloctlvcompllmontoachothor.Whllsttho
luro(lorsomo)olaglassolwlnoandsoltsola
durlnganlghtlnatthoclnomamavroplaco
thobuckotsolpopcornandnolsvnolghbours
lnthomultlploxos,thophonorlnglngandbabv
alarmgolngollathomocortalnlvdontroplaco
thowondorluloscaplsmandsoclaloxporlonco
olanlghtoutatthoclnoma.
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page 60 cinema technology - march 2008
l was amazod to soo that aslngstoko Lntor-
talnodlsthoSoclotvs63rdbook,anddollghtod
know that thls ls Morvvns lourth book about
thohlstorvolclnomaandthothoatro,andthat
ho has throo moro ln proparatlon, whlch aro
oxpoctodtobopubllshodthlsvoar.Morvvncor-
talnlvknowshlsstull-hostartodhlscaroorln
1963lnthopro|octlonroomola1937clnoma,
andaltortourlngandWostLndwork,bocamoa
unlvorsltvtochnlcaltutorlnstagomanagomont
andllghtlng.
1hobookwasolspoclallntorosttomo.aslng-
stokowasthotownthatlmovodtowhonlnrst
camo down south to work ln 1970 lt was
tho onlv placo l could allord a lour-bodroom
dotachod houso wlthln an hours commutlng
dlstanco ol Cxlord Clrcus, and turnod out to
bo a vorv ploasant town whlch had rocontlv
oxpandodlromltshlstorlcmarkottownorlglns
tolncludoamuchlargornowtownaroawhlch
lncludodasurprlslngnumborolgroonspacos
aswollasthooxpoctodrangoolmodornshops
andlacllltlosandalargonumboroltralncround-
aboutslorwhlchthotownbocamonotorlous.
lhavotoconlossthatthlsbookaboutclnomas
lnaslngstokotookmocomplotolvbvsurprlso
lkopttrvlngtothlnkwhoroonoarthwasthls
clnomaasthoauthorrollodoutllstsolvonuos
that had oxlstod ovor a porlod ol noarlv 100
voars,butaltoralowchaptorsthotruthdawnod
bv1970,whonlarrlvod,thoonlvromalnlng
clnomawasthoAC/Waldorlonthoodgool
thothonmarkotsquaro,(plcturobolow)alltho
othorshavlngdlsappoarodlnthovoarsprlorto
thotownsrodovolopmont.
1hoonlvhlstorlcclnoma-rolatodbulldlngthat
lactuallvrocognlsodhadbvmvtlmobocomo
tho Havmarkot 1hoatro ( l romombor soolng
Casllght and 1ho Chost 1raln thoro) and
l was lasclnatod to loarn lrom tho book that
thlshlstorlcbulldlnghadoncoboon1hoCorn
Lxchango (anlmatod plcturos woro ovldontlv
shownthoroln1900)and1hoCrandLxchango
Clnoma.Morvvnmanagostowoavolnalascl-
natlngsorlosolsmall-towntalosollocalbuslnoss
ontropronoursandmoroorlossvlllalnouslocal
towncounclllors,andprosontsavorvlntorostlng
plcturo ol how clnoma dovolopod ln tho nrst
hallolthotwontlothconturv.Hosuggoststhat
CoorgoCasov,wholoasodthoCornLxchangoln
1913andconvortodltlntothoCrandLxchango
Clnoma and Vaudovlllo 1hoatro, was porhaps
thomanwhohadthomostlmpactonaslng-
stoko ontortalnmont, subsoquontlv convortlng
tho old drlll hall lnto tho lavlllon danco hall,
roconstructlngltasthollaza,andoponlngtho
purposo-bulltWaldorlln1935.
1hobooktollsolthroooarlvclnomas,convortod
lrom tho Corn Lxchango, a swlmmlng baths
(convortodlnto1hoLloctrlc1hotaro),andtho
Drlll Hall. lt rocords tho nro whlch dostrovod
thoCrandln1925,thoracotoshowthonrst
talklos ln 1929, and tho bulldlng ol a supor
clnomaonaconcrotoraltonswampvground
ln1935.ltnotosthonrstlncurslonolanatlonal
clnomaclrcultwhonUnlonClnomasacqulrod
throo aslngstoko vonuos ln 1937 and ol tho
mutodoponlngolthoSavovlnthonrstmonths
ol tho socond world war. 1horo aro nostalglc
montlonsoltholormatlonolthoACMlnors
Clubln1945andthooxporlmontswlth3Dand
Clnomascopolntho1950s.1hostrugglosoltho
clnomalndustrvnatlonallvaroronoctodlntho
closlngolthoSavovln1966andthoconvorslon
olthoACtoprovldotwoscroonsln1977.
1hobooklsvorvuptodato,montlonlngthocur-
rontmultlploxoslnthonowlostlvalllacoshop-
plngcontro(Vuo)andatanoutoltownlolsuro
slto(Cdoon),ovonmontlonlngthatthoCdoon
has a dlgltal clnoma pro|octor, and surprlsod
mowlththonowsthat1hoAnvll,aslngstokos
1990sConcortHall,hasnlmpro|octlonlacllltlos
lor an audlonco ol about 800 on a 10 motro
wldoscroon.
1ho book wlll obvlouslv bo ol groat lntorost
to anvono wlth aslngstoko connoctlons, but
lamsurothatmanvmoroClnoma1ochnologv
roadorswlllnndthlsalasclnatlngroad.ltlsonlv
8.95,andcontalnslotsollntorostlngoldphotos
olclnomalntorlorsandoxtorlors,wlthcoplosol
clnoma postors and plavbllls lrom tho oarllost
tlmos.ouwlllon|ovlt!
l|m S|alet
aslngstokoLntortalnod,
bvMorvvnCould.98pps,paporback
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Avallablopost-lroobvsondlngachoquomado
pavablo to Morcla Clnoma Soclotv to Stuart
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feedback
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ol Motlon llcturo and 1olovlslon Lnglnoors, a
lollowolthoKS1S,andwollknowntomanv
KS1SMombors,dlodolcancoron28
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ol tho onglnoorlng communltv and a SMl1L
lollow,andhadboonamombororolncoroltho
Soclotvsboardolgovornorsslnco1991.Howas
SMl1Llrosldontlortho2005-06torm.
Ld wlll bo romomborod as tho porson who
wasalwavsposltlvo,lrlondlvandoutgolng.Ho
sorvodtlrolosslvlorSMl1Landlorthobonont
oltholndustrv,saldSMl1LlrosldontRobort
Klsor, who ls Vl onglnoorlng and tochnlcal
sorvlcosatlaramount.
KS1SlastlrosldontLawrloRoadoxprossodhls
sadnossandsaldLdwasagroatcolloaguo,a
vorvtalontodlndlvldualandsomoonoovortho
voarswhobocamoagroatporsonallrlond.Ho
wasadollghttobowlthandhlsonthuslasmlor
somuchlnlllorubbodollonovorvonoaround
hlm. Ho was such a gontloman and, through
hlsnaturallovoolthlscountrvandltshlstorv,
anhonorarvrlt.
LdwasawardodaKS1SlollowshlpatthoKS1S
75
th
AnnlvorsarvAwardsCoromonvln2006and
wasonoolthomalnarchltoctsandsupportors
olthoplanslorclosorcollaboratlonbotwoontho
twosoclotlos.
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glnoorlnglromRonssolaorlolvtochnlclnstltuto,
1rov, N. Ho was a broadcast and productlon
onglnoorlorW1LN-1V,Albanv,NandWRC,
Schonoctadv.Howasalsoanoldsorvlcoonglnoor,
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managomont lor Craham-latton Svstoms and
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CmnoonVldooNotworks,MountalnVlow,CA,
andcontlnuoduntllhlsdoathasVlcolrosldontol
Natlonal1oloConsultantslnc.olClondalo,CA.
lnhlsprlvatolllo,Ld,whohadboonmarrlodto
hlswlloludvlor28voars,wasatruoall-roundor.
Howasanavldcook,gardonorandbakor.Ho
pllotod hls own llpor Archor lll aoroplano out
olNovadaCountvalrportandon|ovodplavlng
Corshwlnandothorroadwavmolodlosonhls
plano.
LdsMomorlalSorvlcowasholdlnNovadaCltv
onlobruarv2nd,andalurthormomorlalsorvlco
wllltakoplacolnHamllton.Ldlssurvlvodbv
hlswlloandbothhlsparonts,andwlllbosadlv
mlssodbvhlslamllvandbvhlsmanvlrlondsln
thoonglnoorlngworld.
l|m S|alet
WlththankstoSMl1Lcolloaguoslortholrholp
lnproparlngthlstrlbuto.
Ldward P. Hobson
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Mike 1aylor sounds off, lelling us
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lo be!
lroadwlthlntorosttholottor
lromMronWalosolSouthamp-
tonlnthoDocomborodltlonol
C1abouthlsoxporloncoattho
LmplroClnomaLolcostorSquaro.
Unlortunatolvthlslsnolsolatod
casoolthorlnthlscountrvor
ovorsoas.1holollowlngoxtract
lromanAmorlcanmagazlnoputs
thonngorononoolthocausosol
poorprosontatlon.
1honoxttlmovouvlsltvour
localclnomaandvounndthoplc-
turooutollocus,thosoundtoo
loudortoosolt,andposslblvtho
wrongsoundlormatlnuso,ortho
scroonlmagothowrongshapo,
voumlghtwlshthatthopro|oc-
tlonlstwouldcorroctovorvthlng.
Wolllorgotlt-thorolsntono.1ho
nowbroodolclnomaownorhas
docldodtodlsponsowlththocralt
olpro|octlonandthoprolosslonal
pro|octlonlstaltogothor.lnstoad
thovmultl-tralnthonoorstallto
loodthopro|octorsandpusha
lowbuttons.llvouhavothonorvo
tocomplalntothomanagomont
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roadvboughtvourtlckotandtho
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drlnk.
UnllkoMrWalos,lcanromom-
borthoLmplrolnltshovdavlor
MCM(andthoRlalto,Columbla,
lavlllon,andorlglnalWarnor)and
thodoarlvdopartodStanlorrv-
thoChlollro|octlonlst-whowas
lrosldontolthoCulldollro|oc-
tlonlsts.Anvprosontatlonllkothat
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Asrogardsthotlckotprlcool
13.50p-lwouldoxpoctadou-
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coursomoal-WostLndorno
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olshowmanshlp,prosontatlon,
andprldolnonosworkaroovor,
oxcoptlorahandluloldodlcatod
clnomaownorsandtholrstall.
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whorollovorvclnomaclosodlts
doorsthovwouldnotbomlssod.
1hosothatmavsurvlvoaroslowlv
bolngnllodwlthdlgltaltovsand
turnodlntotolovlslonvlowlng
rooms.
Lvorvnlmto-davlsclassod
asablockbustor(lncludlngtho
advorts).Atotalmlsusooltho
doscrlptlon,consldorlngwohavo
nothadagonulnoblockbustor
slncothoSoundolMuslc,whlch
ranlorovortwovoarslnsovoral
locatlons.1o-davsnlmshavogono
wlthlnacouploolmonths.ou
aronolongorapatronatthocln-
oma,butolthoracustomororln-
doodaguost.Whatrubblsh.lam
notawaroolanvclnomasondlng
outanlnvltatlonandoxpoctlng
aR.S.V.l.utthonvourmodom
clnomalsasupormarkottrvlngto
sollontortalnmontthatnobodv
wantsatanvprlco.MrWalos
mlghtbolntorostodtoloarnthat
complalntsaboutshowmanshlp
aronot|ustrolovanttoto-davs
clnoma.1oclosothlsovorvlow,a
quotolromMav1954.Arocont
vlslttomvlocalclnomahassot
uswondorlngllthodavsolshow-
manshlparoovor.Nolongorlslt
1hoShows1ho1hlng,but1ho
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tholcocroam,chocolato,and
drlnks.ltappoarsthoplcturolsa
vorvsocondarvconsldoratlon.lslt
roallvnocossarvtohavoanolabo-
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colourodwatorWhonwllltho
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orartlstlcshowmanshlplsathlng
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