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==35mm Threading== | ==35mm Threading== | ||
# Turn the projector on with the switch at the base. Make sure the tension is set for 35mm and is turned off. | |||
# Place the feed reel on the top spindle and close the spindle. The film should be coming off of the left/bottom side of the reel. Also, and more importantly, the soundtrack should be on the side facing towards you. Remember that when threading up or rewinding 35mm, the film should coming off under the feed reel and over the top of the take up reel making an “S” shape. The only exception to this is in the rare chance that the film is wound on the reel wrong so that playing it this way would result in the soundtrack facing away from you. The above applies to using the rewind bench. | |||
# Thread up. [photo guide coming soon] | |||
# Close the spindle on the take up reel. Turn the tension on and make sure that the tension is engaged at the two film break sensors as sometimes you can turn the tension on but it won’t engage if the film has too much slack in front of the sensors. If this is not corrected when you turn on the motor, the film will spill on the floor. | |||
# Double check your threading. Make sure that the spindles are closed, the tension is on and engaged, the film is framed correctly in the gate, you can feel the teeth of the gears through the sprocket holes, the film is sitting in the rollers (especially those around the sound head!), and the correct running speed is selected (both the variable speed control and the 24 or 25fps button). Finally, make sure the lamp is turned on, the correct lens and plate are in, and the proper sound format has been chosen. You are now ready to project. Yeah! Whoo! | |||
# Finally, between every reel of 35mm, turn the projector off and then on to re-set the automatic intermittent gear. Otherwise, there’s a small chance the loop size around the sound head could change causing the sound to come fluttery and warbley. If this happens you’ll need to stop the projector, change the sound loop to the proper size, and then start the projector. You can hear this warble best in dialogue and music, not in noise and brief sound effects. Make sure the sound is on in the booth during changeovers, so you can detect this problem. | |||
==16mm Threading== | ==16mm Threading== | ||