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==Archival Implications== | ==Archival Implications== | ||
From 2010 onward the standard for exhibition began to move from 35mm prints and film projection to Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs) and digital projection. Although some theaters maintained the ability to screen film or have even added film projectors after digital became the industry standard, (see:[[List of analog film exhibitors]]) the need for platter systems and [[automation]] was greatly decreased because the frequency of screenings on film was greatly decreased. Platter systems were designed to facilitate a theater's ability to screen prints multiple times a day, seven days a week, on muliple screens. When properly maintained and operated by a trained and attentive projectionist, platter systems can be a suitable method of projecting first-run films. | From 2010 onward the standard for exhibition began to move from 35mm prints and film projection to Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs) and digital projection. Although some theaters maintained the ability to screen film or have even added film projectors after digital became the industry standard, (see:[[List of analog film exhibitors]]) the need for platter systems and [[automation]] was greatly decreased because the frequency of screenings on film was greatly decreased. Platter systems were designed to facilitate a theater's ability to screen prints multiple times a day, seven days a week, on muliple screens. When properly maintained and operated by a trained and attentive projectionist, platter systems can be a suitable method of projecting first-run films, however most first-run films are now screened digitally. Venues who continue to screen film tend to do so with a frequency that is more compatible with reel-to-reel changeover projection systems. | ||
In addition, plattering or otherwise building up prints for large-reel playback is not considered acceptable for archival film prints. Film archives and the repertory divisions of many studios and distributors now strictly forbid plattering or building up 35mm prints onto [[reels]] larger than 2,000 feet. If a theater wishes to borrow prints from these sources they can only do so if they have a changeover system. | |||
Plattering introduces certain inherent risks to the condition of a film print, but many of the problems associated with plattering relate to poor practices, negligence, and more broadly the prioritization of business interests over good film handling practices and the deprofessionalization of projection as a trade. | Plattering introduces certain inherent risks to the condition of a film print, but many of the problems associated with plattering relate to poor practices, negligence, and more broadly the prioritization of business interests over good film handling practices and the deprofessionalization of projection as a trade. | ||