Saw my feature on the big screen today...

Richard J. Johnson

Richard J. Johnson

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I'm having a movie premiere at The Landmark Theaters on Thursday and went down yesterday to see how it looked blown up on the movie screen. I was shocked at how good it looked, much better than my 50 inch plasma at home.
and that was from a DVD, played it through a blu-ray player, connected to a 2K projector. (I'm not sure if the player did an upconvert) I wish I had it on Blu-ray now.

I'm a little naive here, but why would you need to do a film-out on a low budget film? It looks damn good off of disc.
 
Richard J. Johnson said:
I'm a little naive here, but why would you need to do a film-out on a low budget film? It looks damn good off of disc.
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Because most movie theaters cannot yet project digitally. And the real digital projection systems call for something well outside of BluRay spec. Take a visit to the Digital Cinema Initiatives webpage and learn about the specs for true digital projection.
 
True, but that is changing. I don't pretend to know the timeline, but I am guessing that most theaters will be digitally compatible in less than a decade.
 
Richard J. Johnson said:
I'm a little naive here, but why would you need to do a film-out on a low budget film? It looks damn good off of disc.
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Perrone pretty much answered, I'll just go a little further and say that pretty much every theater worldwide has a 35mm projector. It's the universal distribution format.

That will change, that is changing, and it's to everyone's benefit for it to change. But it'll take time. The switch to digital projection was a major hassle to iron out between the studios and the theaters, but as new business models emerge for theaters (such as hosting Super Bowl parties, etc) the conversion to video projection is happening at a faster pace. You can check with the NATO at www.natoonline.com for digital cinema requirements and for updates on the progress of converting the USA to digital cinema.
 
PerroneFord said:
Because most movie theaters cannot yet project digitally. And the real digital projection systems call for something well outside of BluRay spec. Take a visit to the Digital Cinema Initiatives webpage and learn about the specs for true digital projection.
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From what I've heard it's less than 10% of US theaters can play digital.

Also if you go in with a blu-ray, be very careful because if their settings are different it can really mess up the image. Be sure to note the settings and verify before the screening that the projectionist is using the same settings as when you previewed it originally. It's not so much an issue with DVD but with blu-ray it can be.

Congrats! :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)
 
Wow. I had no idea about any of that. When we went upstairs there were these HUGE platters of 35mm prints, the sheer size of the prints blew me away.

They even have a PS3 and xbox360 network hooked up so you can play video games on the movie screen.

I know that almost every major theater around here has the ability to play dvd and Blu-ray. The projectionist did say that unless you test blu ray a week before don't even think about it. Because as it was mentioned they can act up.

And ZA the movie is razorblade city, the trailer is on vimeo. It's pretty much a crazy violent hood flick. We shot it for nothing and it was a pet project of mine that we shot with a 3 man crew in 3 weeks. But it came out pretty good suprisingly. Well it looks good anyway. If anyone is in the area pop in. Landmark theaters tomorrow night 7pm. RPDM is showing before Razorblade.
 
Barry, thanks. I had not been on the NATO site. I'd come from the other direction: http://www.dcimovies.com/

Perhaps as people learn more about this, they'll understand why I moved to mastering Jpeg2000 last year, and why this kind of Wavelet technology is becoming so prevalent in HD and UHD mastering (REDCODE, Cineform, Dirac, MJ2K, etc.)

Since this technology carries it's own proxy built in, it would be a NATURAL for editing. But so far, very few people have taken advantage of it, sticking instead to the tried and true DCT based compression codecs.
 
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