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THEATER PROBLEMS OF THE RELEASE PRINT*
AN ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE REPORT OF THE PROJECTION PRACTICE COMMITTEE
Summary. — This paper, presented separately during the symposium on the release print, at the Spring, 1932, Convention at Washington, D. C., is part of the report of the Projection Practice Committee, the main portion of which was published in the August, 1932, JOURNAL. It was deemed advisable, however, to present this particular section of the report at the Release Print Session in order that it might receive the fullest attention and discussion together with related problems of production and distribution branches of the industry. The present paper dealswith the problems encountered by the theaters in relation to (a) the processing of film, (b) buckling of film, (c) dense positive prints, (d) film cutting for change-overs, (e) uniformity of volume level of reproduction, and (/) standard release print markings.
The problems of the release print as they affect the theater, although comparatively few, are nevertheless of the utmost importance in attaining a high degree of excellence in screen results. The Projection Practice Committee of the S. M. P. E. has, in its previous reports, called attention to the shortcomings of the various methods of treating finished positive prints so as to facilitate the passage of the film through the projector under ordinary projection conditions. The Committee has also directed attention to the problems of film buckling, film mutilation, the responsibility of the projectionist in handling prints, and the responsibility of the theater manager in reporting faulty condition of film.
Processing of Film. — In respect to the problem of processing film, the Committee has found that some of the methods employed were not entirely satisfactory, inasmuch as in some instances emulsion continued to accumulate on projector parts during the early showings of film, and in other instances the preparations used in the processing methods accumulated in the projector and caused faulty sound.
From experience and tests, the Projection Practice Committee has found it undesirable to apply even minute amounts of wax or oil preparations to the film and that the use of unprocessed film is undesir
* Presented at the Spring, 1932, Meeting at Washington, D. C.
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