Engineer 1: How can we make this really complicated machine even more expensive? Engineer 2: Let's attach it to a lift

@changedahanddlessss

4 жыл бұрын

dude totally

@johncrowerdoe5527

4 жыл бұрын

It's because there's a different kind of projector that can be raised into the same spot in the exact center of the dome theater. That other kind is the star projector that draws all the stars for presentations about astronimy. Because most of these domes were built for astronomy before IMAX existed.

@wetlettuce4768

3 жыл бұрын

This is what happens when you throw money at engineers and lock the accountant in a cupboard.

@whatcouldgowrong6224

3 жыл бұрын

Not like they could just have a pannel that pops up to block the light. No move the whole machine

@amicloud_yt

3 жыл бұрын

@@wetlettuce4768 as things should be!

i thought it is just a double click on the desktop.

@grdprojekt

6 жыл бұрын

sunnyspeed studio yeah with VLC as default

@ArshadChengadu

5 жыл бұрын

GregLH0 wtf are u saying

@ramonog5451

5 жыл бұрын

IMAX 70mm is equivalent to 18K, so there's no comparison of digital format. yet.

@chris2944

5 жыл бұрын

A C he's trying unsuccessfully to sound smart

@wp0

5 жыл бұрын

ll jj at least he tried though

I love how “inserting a DVD” is actually a step too

@alec4672

3 жыл бұрын

The dvd replaced the 4 track studio tape. They used to have a 4 track tape player like your see in a mastering studio and used the 4 channels of audio for basic surround sound.

@nextlifeonearth

3 жыл бұрын

Some people may hate me for saying this, but digital has caught up with analogue years ago for quality. Then I'm not saying an mp3 is better than vinyl, but to a signal to noise ratio, there is much less noise in digital in general. Uncompressed (or lossless), 192kHz 24bit audio cannot be matched with anything analogue.

@zanetaylor7

3 жыл бұрын

I’m only surprised it wasn’t a blu ray.

@alec4672

3 жыл бұрын

@@nextlifeonearth the movie is on film not for any quality reason, it's for storage and archival reasons. You can chuck a film in a cool dry dark cave with no power for centuries and it'll be fine. You're right about digital, but analogue still has it's little niche.

@nextlifeonearth

3 жыл бұрын

@@alec4672 I was mostly talking about audio. There are digital CDs made of non-organic materials that can last ages too.

One of my first jobs, I made an attempt to train to be a projectionist. One evening, I had the opportunity to check out the projection prep room for an IMAX film. After seeing the highly experienced imax projectionist drop a 300 pound reel, I knew my place was back downstairs in my ratty 35mm projection hole where I was safe from the 70 mm monster.

@lsixty30

3 жыл бұрын

so you jinxed the guy

@ejicon3099

3 жыл бұрын

Patrick Howie Good catch. Corrected. 👍

@simpleinverso8628

3 жыл бұрын

@@Patrick.Howie. we all make errors. Yes, you can tell people to correct them... Just do it politely

The first time I watched a movie at IMAX...when that incredible countdown started I nearly cried. It's just unbelievable! It makes conventional cinema seem like a 14 inch black and white tv.

@HighOrbitMediaVideos

7 жыл бұрын

Jessica It is incredible. Our screen is 82 feet in diameter and covers over 9,000 square feet. Standard theaters seem so small in comparison.

@JonHiddenColey

6 жыл бұрын

Jessica Our IMAX in Bradford, UK has recently gone digital. Watching the countdown in 3D is utterly stunning! So clear and razor sharp.

@samuellinares2001

6 жыл бұрын

Fr

@SMURFF707

6 жыл бұрын

Nope most movie theaters nowadays use digital projectors. Film projectors are a thing of the past.

@svemirac4398

6 жыл бұрын

Hahaha:D

I wonder how big an IMAX movie would be as a digital file with no compression. Seems almost easier and cheaper to have each movie on it's own 10tb hard drive.

@justdazr5950

3 жыл бұрын

here in Australia they're on drives, all digital

@Movie_Games

3 жыл бұрын

@@justdazr5950 Ah nice. Are the movies downloaded or delivered to you?

@HighOrbitMediaVideos

3 жыл бұрын

You would lose a ton of resolution using a digital file. 70mm is equivalent to 18K digital.

@bradmo8886

3 жыл бұрын

Senior Tech of a circuit in the USA here, movies are usually 150GB to 300GB depending on 2K vs 4K. The files are not compressed at all as every frame (24 per second) is its own uncompressed TIFF file, but the color formatting does change anywhere from 8bit to 12bit. Most movies are 12 bit unless they are 3D where they have to drop the color resolution due to playing technically two movies at once (left/right eye) on the processors. I'm not sure 70mm is equivalent to 18K due to the digital editing nowadays along with prints no longer being optically transferred as the days of old, they are printed onto the film with high res printers. I just so happened to have dinner the other night with one of the fathers of IMAX. Not trying to disclaim your findings as certain directors have produced optically transferred films recently such as Tarantino and Nolan in which resolution goes down to the molecule level, way better than 18k.

@joestevenson5568

3 жыл бұрын

​@@HighOrbitMediaVideos You'd lose no resolution, you'd just have an enormous file, around 130TB uncompressed according to my napkin maths. While thats large, you'd definitely not need a forklift to move it. Each film would fit into a shoebox.

I feel that there’s an underground of projectionist snobs who talk about how low brow other projectors are.

@plonk420

3 жыл бұрын

probably only platter systems. Christy > *, BTW

@captaincinema5066

3 жыл бұрын

Projectionists have ALWAYS been loyal and quite snobbish when it comes to the better engineered brands. Guys who have Kinoton projectors in their booths are snobs about them,;guys who have Norelco Philips AAs or DP70s think they have a projector that was dropped from heaven directly into their booths. Even the guys who ran Eastman 25B in college thought it was beneath them to even touch a Bell & Howell or Eiki or Elmo...and of course they were all eminently correct!

Man, I like how he explains this so casually, like assuming everyone watching owns an IMAX projector and this is just a typical tutorial 😂

Thanks. I really wanted to make this quick and easy DIY project at home.

@shtd1192

5 жыл бұрын

Are you sure about that?

@hioeo

5 жыл бұрын

Imma need sauce for your profile pic bro.

@JustCallMeMeghan

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@PSKResearch

4 жыл бұрын

4K DLP digital projector. You won't need something capable of projecting an image 6 stories tall with a 2000 watt light bulb at home.

@TheSlayerDiary

3 жыл бұрын

You can, just not 70mm film... Building a 35mm film projector really isn't that hard or expensive.

Holy crap this is amazing. This should be shown before every IMAX feature.

@HighOrbitMediaVideos

6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic idea. Please share this so we can make that happen.

@scottwilkins

6 жыл бұрын

No, not amazing. Outdated. Not used much anymore, and for a good reason.

@18000rpm

6 жыл бұрын

You're probably the type of person that goes to vinyl meets and tell them CD is better

@krist0sh

6 жыл бұрын

what if they had a live stream of them preparing the movie while the crowd waits?

@KingdaToro

5 жыл бұрын

It won't be outdated until we have digital cinema cameras, projectors, and everything in-between in at least 8K resolution.

The fact that rain-x is an essential ingredient in this process is the most amazing part.

Awesome video! I knew projecting IMAX 70MM wasn’t as simple as playing a disc but did not know the complex process involved to play it properly. This gives me a new appreciation for the work projectionists do. I love seeing a movie in this format. It totally makes a trip to the theater because there is no way to get it at home.

And Here I was there thinking it was a windows 7 PC hooked up to a projector.

@pryvisee

5 жыл бұрын

Theater I work at uses Windows XP on the projector OS as choice. It doesn't play the content but it's still XP lol.

@josephemris

5 жыл бұрын

lmfao

@joshuaprice1535

4 жыл бұрын

@@pryvisee all the computers on the bridge of the set for Star Trek New Voyages (now the Star Trek Set Tour) are running windows xp. I have a picture of the actor playing Scotty (who does the animation screens) programming the screens with the old green start button.

@user-xg8yy7yl1d

4 жыл бұрын

@@pryvisee XP is still a pretty good OS for use as a small non internet connected OS when HDD space and/or processing power is limited

@Asteroid_Jam

4 жыл бұрын

Only some theaters use film as film is more expensive

I used to think like "dang. IMAX is just a scam, why so expensive" after watching this, I respect IMAX again. Great job guys.

@TheAkashicTraveller

5 жыл бұрын

Most IMAX is just digital with the IMAX brand slapped on which is just a scam.

@YoutubeUser-nd8qv

5 жыл бұрын

the real thing would be to see a movie actually shot on 70mm, and then projected on 70mm.... but there are only handful of movies ever shot on 70mm film Hateful Eight was probably the last one ever shot on 70mm.

@KingdaToro

5 жыл бұрын

@@KZreadUser-nd8qv 70mm and IMAX are not the same thing. They use the same film stock, but use it completely differently. 70mm (what Hateful Eight used) runs the film vertically, with each frame being five perforations high. IMAX runs the same film horizontally, with each frame being fifteen perforations wide. An IMAX frame is three times the size of a 70mm frame.

@eksine

5 жыл бұрын

Imax is a scam

@KingdaToro

5 жыл бұрын

@@eksine Usually, but not always. If you're seeing actual 15/70mm IMAX film projected, it's not. Any form of digital projection is a scam, at least until it meets or exceeds 8K resolution.

I was an imax projectionist for about 6yrs during my highschool and university days and this video brought back so many memories!

@trevorriches136

9 ай бұрын

Lucky! I would’ve loved to be a projectionist during like 2008-13 when IMAX was regularly releasing 70mm prints.

"If a dirty film has just played"

@UD503J

3 жыл бұрын

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@zimtheailen1919

3 жыл бұрын

OH YEAH *music*

I worked 10 years as a projectionist trouble shooting Ive seen crazy stuff happen. Brain lock is common and can take 2 min to a hour to fix. The worst I had was titanic for some reason had a issue with the film and static causing the brain to spin out of control and it fly off the platter. Not fun in a sold out show. Also Ive had bulbs blow, power systems to the projector blow, lens crack. One funny one was Dr. Doolittle 2 reel 4 was in Spanish. It was in the film no way to fix it. We had to wait for a new reel to change it on the platter. I miss it the pay sucked but somedays were a adventure.

@HighOrbitMediaVideos

6 жыл бұрын

Oh, yeah. No two days are alike as a film projectionist. Sounds like you had some stressful moments.

@scowell

5 жыл бұрын

I thought the audio was on a DVD, not on the film... suspicious!

@Javelin3o4

5 жыл бұрын

I worked at a theater back in the early-mid 90's ( I was 16-17) I remember one day someone forgot to put the platter on "payout". So a few mins later the film wraps around the brain, stops, burns then breaks. Talk about a pain in the ass to fix. My sister was actually in the theater watching "The Craft" came out and told me that it just stopped and you could see a hole burn through the film on the screen.

@chabka34

5 жыл бұрын

@@scowell dude that's one type of film most of them do have it on it

@scowell

5 жыл бұрын

@@chabka34 On IMax? Not to my knowledge.

Was lucky enough to get a tour of a legitimate 70 mm IMAX booth a couple of times. The calibration precision and sheer handling difficulties of such massive film reels was impressive. The ratio is also something you can't really believe until you see it. Dark Knight opening scenes in IMAX were riveting. Highly recommend everyone goes to a 70 mm IMAX screening at the earliest opportunity.

@HighOrbitMediaVideos

6 жыл бұрын

You tell 'em, Chris.

I spent a lot of time in that booth way, WAY back in 1973. My girlfriend's grandfather was one of the projectionists. He would actually smoke a pipe in the booth, which was gigantic. The Exorcist, The Parallax View, and The Sting were playing. I thought is was the coolest thing ever. Thanks for the tour and the memories.

This was cool to see. I worked on the sound systems back when these were first being designed. I was the one who designed the sync system for the digital audio tracks when it was first making the transfer from the DA-88 to digital workstation, and it was really fun to dee a DA-88 still in the rack. The biggest problem I ran into was the inertia of the projector on startup. The projector fed LTC to the system which used that for the sound sync, but going from dead stop to full running speed took a chunk of time to get from 0 to 24 FPS, and that was all we had to lock onto. The immensity of the whole thing was insane. I remember getting introduced to the subwoofer room, which was essentially the inside of the subwoofer cabinet, and was larger than my first apartment.

@JP-rf7px

3 ай бұрын

When I worked at the Imax at Great America Park, we had 6 track sound on 35MM mag film that you synced to the projector electronically. No problem. Find the start point on the film and on the sound track and hit the sync switch!

Lol if I had a job like this in IMAX I'd be fired already... 😬

@shadowhunter2660

6 жыл бұрын

Ariya Mangsanhanh great job dude

@plagueless9829

6 жыл бұрын

Ariya Mangsanhanh looks like the biggest pain in the ass ever

@henrysmith340

6 жыл бұрын

Ariya Mangsanhanh same

@erikasl.7050

6 жыл бұрын

Same

@unwarranteddumbassery9263

6 жыл бұрын

I'd probably drop sweat on the film

When I was in elementary school, I used to know a kid whose dad did this job at the Franklin Institute. He used to shoot Imax movies about tornadoes too.

@SpaceDJ3

6 жыл бұрын

Melissa0774 did this kid have the surname Casey?

@soulextracter

6 жыл бұрын

We may never know! :O

@__alex

6 жыл бұрын

Melissa0774 I

@milesvernon6295

5 жыл бұрын

Melissa0774 yo that’s literally where I saw iMax for the first time at the Franklin institute and I saw a imax thing about a tornado that’s actually so weird lol

I was an assistant manager at a digital cinema for 2.5 years. This is absolutely crazy, super cool to see how different a top tier film projector works versus what projectors we had which were essentially Linux PCs with a big bulb.

Love IMAX so much. IMAX Melbourne have the laser projector now but they brought back the classic projector for Dunkirk and ran most of its sessions in the 1570 format. Classic projector is still popular enough that a few times a year they rerun older films - especially Interstellar.

Huh, Interesting to know that the audio doesn't come from an audio track on the film strip, but on DVD...

@jkxss

6 жыл бұрын

Tyson L wonder why it isn't put on a blu-ray

@tacoengineer6660

6 жыл бұрын

Jason Lee Because it doesn't need to be. The audio would have to be extremely large to be on Blu-Ray

@t4iga121

6 жыл бұрын

Kidboy A.G. you seem to be forgetting that 128 lines of audio as for example specific by the Dolby Atmos standard can be in total more than 100GB. You will be going nowhere with a Blu-ray in those cases.

@YouCantDeleteDenzelL

6 жыл бұрын

Well, a number of DVDs actually.

@michaelbauers8800

6 жыл бұрын

Blu-ray didn't exist when IMAX came out, and this is an older theater. Neither did DVD, for that matter, so not sure what original IMAX movies used to store audio. I would guess it was magnetic tape, but that's a guess.

I just saw Dunkirk in IMAX. What a great experience!! IMAX is truly incredible!

@happyrobot6396

6 жыл бұрын

Moacir Führ Me too, very impressed

@scottwilkins

6 жыл бұрын

You saw a digital IMAX version of Dunkirk, not this old fashion crap.

@BenJewer

6 жыл бұрын

This "old fashion crap" has an effective resolution of 12K, whereas digital IMAX is about 2.9K (yup, less than 4K - most digital films that are shot in 4K tend to end up being projected at 2K anyway). Traditional 70mm IMAX film still blows digital out of the water by a long way. There are also plenty of theatres still showing Dunkirk in traditional 70mm IMAX film so there's no reason he couldn't have seen it in this format.

@ned8880

6 жыл бұрын

I'll bet Scott Wilkins also thinks cell phones sound better than land lines.

@sgtpepper1138

6 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, I actually miss my landline because it sounded so much better, though my Verizon updated to HD calling like a year ago and it's on par with what I remember a landline sounding like, though it still has the lag.

Dude! You brought back so many memories for me as an old-school film projectionist. I never got to run Imax though I really wanted to but, I ran pretty much everything else from 35mm feature films built up on a platter (ugh) to 70mm double-system studio screenings. I had the privilege of having the Norelco AA 35/70mm projectors to show films on for years. We used to have our own private screenings of the films we were showing as well as "trailer parties" where we sat and watched a bunch of trailers. Being a projectionist is what got me through some lean years while attending film school and starting my career in visual effects and motion graphics. Yep, it pretty much has all become digital, mostly for the better - especially for post-production, visual effects very much included. Even most so-called Imax screens today just show the same 4k files (perhaps they will go to 8k once the capture and post pipelines catch up) that are shown in standard cinemas, expanded to fill the bigger Imax screen. The main difference today really is the sound systems used, not so much the picture quality. There really is nothing quite like that vast film experience you get with an Imax film that is really 70/15 Imax film.

@HighOrbitMediaVideos

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I could bring back some memories for you! It's a crazy system.

@plonk420

3 жыл бұрын

man, i sometimes miss the gentle bob of film from traveling thru a mildly worn film gate. but TOTALLY don't miss scratched prints and missplices

@JP-rf7px

3 ай бұрын

The Imax projector was an example of someone saying "how do we do this without compromise?" But it was a total BEAST! Between the pumps to pump the cooling water, the air compressor to form the loop and fans running, you really needed hearing protection. And a bit of "obsessive compulsive disorder about cleanliness!@@HighOrbitMediaVideos

I have run from 8 mm to 35 mm projectors, but this takes the cake. I have never seen such a machine. Thank you, incredible.

@stefanolorenzo4375

Жыл бұрын

I ran 35mm through DP75s for 11 years. Absolute child’s play in comparison to what I just witnessed lol

"So I hope you've gained more appreciation for what projectionists do" oh, indeed. Thx for this video, it's quite impressive

@HighOrbitMediaVideos

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks watching, Mr. Spock. Please share.

I've been wondering about a lot of these details for ages. Thank you so much for sharing every step!

Oppenheimer in IMAX 70 mm would be something else , specially the b/w scenes

Holy Wow!! I worked at The Tech after the turn of the century. I'm really glad to see ya'll did something cool and showcasing the dome making it more of an exhibit. It was always super cool seeing the behind the scenes, and helping drag those super heavy platters on the lift. It's amazing how much heavier Star Wars Clone Wars was than Shackleton or Wild California. F'n nostalgia.

Great video, professional knowledge, it really should be used by IMAX to recruit the new projectionist for Dunkirk.

@gregmcneely9946

6 жыл бұрын

zhafeco I'm scrolling the comments now trying to figure out what they get paid

@JustCallMeMeghan

4 жыл бұрын

I was also curious as to what they were paid. At my last theater I managed (before becoming a full time projectionist for a huge corporation), we showed Dunkirk in 70mm and the studio sent out their own projectionist. Dude was stuck there day and night for two weeks. But I'm willing to bet they made it worth his while.

I want to watch interstellar in IMAX, I would give a tooth for that feeling

@headsgrowback1

6 жыл бұрын

I Am Potato I saw gravity and interstellar in IMAX, truly incredible experiences.

@Tomyb15

6 жыл бұрын

I Am Potato me too

@blackhatvisions

6 жыл бұрын

Potatoes got no teeth.

@Outland9000

5 жыл бұрын

Oooh, I think Blade Runner for me... Then perhaps Blade Runner 2049.

@stevefrommars

5 жыл бұрын

interstellar on imax was fucking amazing when i saw it

That is INSANE -- all of that film flying around up and down through hoops and loops........I had no idea it worked like this!!

Well then, I haven’t seen a IMAX movie in 20 or so years and I just gained a whole new appreciation for the projectionist. Time for me to go watch some IMAX films! Seriously, well done I’m going back to the theater👍

i thought they played movies off of computers nowadays, guess not

@HighOrbitMediaVideos

6 жыл бұрын

Congratulations, you're exactly who I made this for.

@filmmake0

6 жыл бұрын

Matt McCarthy they are, for 99% of the time. But there are stil film theatres around and 15/70mm IMAX is the leading technology of them.

@TheMotocross4life

6 жыл бұрын

Matt McCarthy hello my brother

@overknight5278

6 жыл бұрын

Matt McCarthy me too… i thought it was litteraly just a computer with a big ass oled display, or at least a nice projector… i never thought theyd still go all old fashion…

@IntelCoreI77700K

6 жыл бұрын

Matt McCarthy right now 15/70mm film is better, well, until the digital projection companies step up their shit.

seeing this machine work is cooler then any movie it ever plays

Takes me back. I worked for IMAX back in the late 90's early 2000's. Thanks for the reminder 👍🏻

I'm so glad I actually worked as a projectionist, I know how tedious this process is. One of my favorite jobs that was a ton of fun. 8 years total, but I'm glad that I had the chance to experience it all

I was lucky enough to have been able to learn how to project IMAX 70mm film back when interstellar came out. It was one of the greatest jobs that I have ever performed while working in a movie theater. Knowing that the fate of the audiences viewing experience is in your hands is one of the greatest feelings ever. By the end of our run of Interstellar I was able to thread the print through the projector in about 8 minutes. Man how I wish more theaters still projected in film. I miss being able to thread it.

@HighOrbitMediaVideos

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I agree. Super unique job.

Makes me think back to the late 90's when I learned how to do projections duties at a movie theater. Splicing multiple reals together to make a full sized real, threading a projector, cleaning, and syncing sound tracks. Best job ever, but it was minimum wage.

A friend of my family used to be a movie theatre tech. he can attest to this lengthy process. where as most movies can be stored on a hard drive, and played via VLC on a computer, he said IMAX films must be manually prepared and played through the projector, because the information the film holds would take up tons of space if it were possible to convert it digitally.

@rty1955

4 жыл бұрын

Thaey are doing that now to IMAX films. They are goingf ALL digital

@imeakdo7

10 ай бұрын

Digital with IMAX film resolution nowadays would fit into 6, 30.72 tb solid state drives

@amarissimus29

8 ай бұрын

@@imeakdo7 Six 30.72 TB drives? Six thousand thirty 72 TB drives? Six hundred thirty 72 TB drives? Or just one 6, 30.72 TB drive? Whatever that might mean. I ask because I've got a bunch of 5, 89.24 solid state drives here and I'm trying to save closet space.

@imeakdo7

8 ай бұрын

@@amarissimus29 there's a comma and a space

This is just incredible.. never seen the behind the scenes!!!!! MORE!!!!

as a former film student this makes me appreciate the craft much more!! although i wouldn't want to be an imax projectionist I'd get nervous just by the scale and process of it hahaha

@nkabir12

6 жыл бұрын

gabrielle marie imperial , right? I figured it took some work but wow, it's really a LOT of work!

@ellaofficiel

6 жыл бұрын

Nima Kabir yeah mate I mean the weight of that film is too much 😧

@jorgearturohurtadosanchez9418

6 жыл бұрын

gabrielle marie imperial

@rty1955

4 жыл бұрын

@@nkabir12 nothing compares to a quad video tape machine. Makes this look mike child's play

This is what it feels like when ur high and you try to put in a dvd

The last IMAX theater who plays 70 mm films was available in my country until 2013, then all was replaced with digital projection, it´s sad that I couldn´t enjoy this back in the day and now with the close premiere of Oppenheimer it makes sadder.

Wow, I had no idea how much work went into doing this. Love watching movies in IMAX.

Wow. I grew up in the days before VHS. So I'm used to threading film through the super 8 projector but this is another level. I wouuld love to be a Imax projectionist.

@HighOrbitMediaVideos

6 жыл бұрын

Better get on that before digital takes over!

@karigreyd2808

6 жыл бұрын

Why? Digital is better.

@cinergi2003

6 жыл бұрын

Used to think digital was the way to go in the beginning. Now later on afrer warching Chris Nolan, Quentin Tarantino, and P T Anderson on 70 mm film. Film is better. Digital is way too perfect looking. I love film with grain. Its like people who go back to vinyl for the warm tone even with the scratches and hiss. But the kids these days can't tell the difference because now all its all about the streaming.for music and film.

@rty1955

4 жыл бұрын

@@cinergi2003 film is just different. Kt better ir worse. Film has a charm (there is a reason for that) both film and video has good and bad points. They are just different mediums

Thanks for this - all my film experience is 35mm, so I assumed the workflow would be similar, just bigger, but this really shows it's a huge pain in the backside by comparison!

I just wanted to mention that your editor used a free loop that I used on Garage Band circa 2012 on my moms iMac trying to be a “DJ”. But now here I am ten years later and I’m opening a record label while working full time as a drum teacher and music instructor at school of rock! So thank you free GarageBand/iMovie loops!

As I remember, Laserium people used to have to do tons of prep, too. All worth it! You are giving folks wonderful lifelong memories! Even the early Space Shuttle IMAXes, Antarctica, Fires of Kuwait, Chronos.

I have been in professional audio visual presentation industry and my father was as well, since 1944 where he worked with military footage from wing cameras , through the advent of television where he was a critical member of the installation and production teams of 5 different TV stations, including the original ABC station in Washington , DC. WMAL ch.7. He and I both worked with 35 mm and of course, 16mm. He was a film director as at that time, there was no such thing as video tape or digital. In all those years in the industry, I have never heard the phrase "play a film". We both worked with JAN projectyors (Joint Army/Navy) projectors where the images were on one 16mm projector and the audio was recorded on a sproketed, 156mm magnetic track on the other side of thew projector from the optical so they would stay in perfect sync. This was achieved by marked sprocket holes optically counted during development and recording. It was the next generation of a clap board in post production.

@rty1955

4 жыл бұрын

My dad started working for Dumont T.V. the longest on air television network in the world (and still is on the air, not as Dumont, but Fox) I began my career in video tape in 1955. I habe worked on EVERY model of video tape machine that AMPEX made. I was the youngest ever to be nominated for an emmy for tape editing at the time as well. I am a proud IATSE member. I never fiddled with film, as it was a process that I felt was old and had no place in Television, since television was an electronic medium. I do find that film has a charm that video can never achieve. I am extremely disappointed that movie theaters are reduced to big screen TV's. Gone are the days of huge 70 foot screens where you were immersed in the film. Radio City Music Hall was one if the greatest movie theaters around and I am glad its still in operation (not as a movie house though) Alas because of corporate greed, there will be no more film. IMAX is going to replace the projectors with laser projectors with content comming from servers. Gone will be projectionists, film labs, distribution centers, duplication houses and all the support companies. Shame

@Gizmologist1

4 жыл бұрын

@@rty1955 Agreed. Film has a warmth that video has never and will never achieve, AFAIC. I grew up with film of all types and thanks to a chance meeting with an incredible film expert by the name of Kemp Niver several years ago, I had the opportunity to hold some of Thomas Edison's original motion PICTURES in my hands. His original motion pictures were actually that- strips of photographic paper creating motion by actual strips of sequential images, not the little flip card displays. Kemp also won a technical Oscar award for creating the Rennovaire system, that pin registered each individual frame of the old nitrate films and re-photograph the origiginal onto safe, non flammable celluloid stock so it would survive time and exposure to air. He willed his entire library of Edison's collection to the film library at USC. His equipment is also now in the Smithsonian. I also did a LOT of work with 3-1/4x4 " hand- mounted glass sandwiched slides through the advent of 2x2 slides. The coolest exhibit was using 80- 2x2 slide projectors torecreate full 24FPS motion for the NAVA convention (pre-cursor to INFOCOMM) in 1969. WE cut up a Donald Duck cartoon in 16mm and reshot it frame by frame to 35mm slides. the animation was created by using a 1" mylar tape with puched holes, to change the slides of all those projectors in perfect synchonization. I also installed the first video projector ever used in a federal hearing in Washington, D.C.for the legal hearings of Bob Haldeman (Watergate character) My Dad was also the film editor and projectionist for the Senate hearings into the game show scandals of the 1950s. My uncle was also in the early television industry in the late 50's through the early 80s. He owned his own radio and TV store and installation business in Sandusky, Ohio- 'Bloomquist Radio and TV.'

This is a really great demonstration of a cutting edge analogue technology! Keep in mind that all this pain in the ass is dedicated to the value of higher quality. You strictly couldn't do this better and more simply. Super cool!

that's incredible, i had no idea that much went into this. new appreciation for this!

Incredible. Hard to believe this is still used today. Amazing technology.

Wow! Impressive ! We should give more props to these operators !!! Amazing job !

This is awesome man thanks for sharing!

@marioiacolucci

6 жыл бұрын

Kevin Nguyen don't they use hard drives now? Instead of film

@marioiacolucci

6 жыл бұрын

Kevin Nguyen don't they use hard drives now? Instead of film

@marioiacolucci

6 жыл бұрын

Kevin Nguyen don't they use hard drives now? Instead of film

@marioiacolucci

6 жыл бұрын

Kevin Nguyen don't they use hard drives now? Instead of film

@Saghetti

6 жыл бұрын

Mario lacolucci cant they still use film now? Instead of hard drives

I'm an "old" 35-mm carbon-arc IA projectionist from day's past. Our "craft" died with the inability of the older generations to adapt to change. Granted, the technology evolved in a manner that it eventually eliminated jobs (e.g. carbon-arc to xenon; reels to platters; automated lens and apertures etc.), but this process would have been both a physical and mental challenge for a large segment of the folks I worked with. Still, the real "pros" I worked with (and fortunately, I benefited from aligning myself with these operators for mentoring) would have loved working with IMAX. I am in that crowd. Thanks for a great reveal of IMAX's idiosyncrasies! What I'd give to have worked with this format.

I love these projectors, they are so amazingly complex.

Stunning piece of cinematography in the video alone, and a really interesting machine too. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this. Fascinating

@HighOrbitMediaVideos

6 жыл бұрын

Appreciate that, Ivan. Please share.

I'm not generally opposed to digital, and in fact for most multiplexes I think it's an improvement over a poorly projected 35mm print. However, digital IMAX has nothing on the 70mm system.

@Rabbitto09

6 жыл бұрын

Brian Cairns why does it have nothing on a 70 mm? Genuine question.

@danielthechskid

6 жыл бұрын

Rabbitto09 Digital still tops out at 4k resolution (4096x2160) not to be confused with the similar home format UHD that is often incorrectly called 4k but is 3840x2160. Good 35mm prints have more effective resolution than 4k and 70mm being twice as big as that can have twice the effective resolution of 35. So until we have 16k digital projectors (16384x8640) 70mm film wins.

@scottwilkins

6 жыл бұрын

Bullshit. Digital is far better, no matter how "analog" you think you are. I'm not talking consumer digital. Professional digital. How the hell do you think movies are recorded these days????

@mwiz100

6 жыл бұрын

...Film. A lot are still shot on film because as Daniel illustrated, large format film has much more resolution than digital.

@SparkHelium

6 жыл бұрын

Red cameras 8k 2:4:1 res up to 30fps using a Helium 35.4 megapixel CMOS sensor. They use hotswap SSDs as storage mediums.

This was great to see. I was a projectionist in the 80s', using 20 year old equipment. It was hot. It was heavy. Third phase generators and carbon filament rods. I can see what huge changes there are. Light years ahead.

Great detailed tour. LOTS of work for sure. Great stuff. My all time favorite IMAX was Chronos, the time lapse movie from all over thyr world. Incredible

Who’s ready for Christopher Nolan Tenet to come out 😃

@brockbaldridge7620

3 жыл бұрын

Yesss im seeing it in 70mm can’t wait!!

@Brgrkngfootlettuce69420

3 жыл бұрын

it was great on 70mm film

@umasrikondapalli2178

3 жыл бұрын

Me

@drj.jpallath2805

3 жыл бұрын

I am ready

Thanks mate... very informative

GREAT VIDEO, SHOWS ALL THE HARD WORK THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES. Jay

Since childhood, way back in 1972, because my dad operated projectors, I was fascinated by mechanical projectors. I collect6ed my own projector parts, spools, reels, lamp, intermittent sprockets, Geneva mechanism and fabricated my own projector over the years. I still get goosebumps seeing the tech. However with mobile phone in everyone's hand I don't see anybody appreciates the past tech anymore.

This seems so ridiculously old-fashioned it’s weird to think it’s still done like this. To say normal movies are digitally streamed, I would never have guessed actual rolls of film would be used, especially for the level of quality required.

@81396xman

3 жыл бұрын

Actually today's movies are sent to the theaters on a hard drive to be dumped in the theaters storage system. There is way too much information to "stream" a theatrical movie.

@adelinevesecky1817

3 жыл бұрын

film is an analog format so its resolution is basically infinite. In the same way your eyes dont see at a resolution neither does film.

@marcesser4218

3 жыл бұрын

@@adelinevesecky1817 but the movie ist Filmed Digital. So there are noch sharpness benefits.

@adelinevesecky1817

3 жыл бұрын

@@marcesser4218 depends on the movie but it's not uncommon to film on 70mm and digitize it because you can digitize to any resolution so it's future proof. That's how old movies can be rereleased in 4k

@theotucker1987

3 жыл бұрын

@@81396xman Not the way my local cinema chains work I’m afraid. They have a direct connection to a central server which runs all the films on a high-speed internet connection.

Really? No one in this comments section has any appreciation for film? It's a beautiful medium to work with.

@HighOrbitMediaVideos

6 жыл бұрын

You the man, Nic.

@andriealinsangao613

5 жыл бұрын

That's true!

@rollingtroll

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not going to lie; I don't mind the digital projections. They look good. And sound wise my sound at home beats any theater anyway, as I prefer good stereo to any kind of surround sound.. But as someone who loves hands on media, I could never work at a digital theater. It just doesn't mean anything to me, really. Sure, it works, sure it's practical and reliable but... Nah. Where's the drama?

@sjoerdbalfoort7170

4 жыл бұрын

@@rollingtroll hahaha... the drama comes when internet is down... But as a former Cinerama projectionist I agree with you give me film anytime. But I have to say at home I have a 2K projector with all the screenformats there are..... also IMAX but flat and 7channel dolby Atmos and DTS-X.... One day I'll be absolete too.... too bad

@rollingtroll

4 жыл бұрын

@@sjoerdbalfoort7170 Let's not forget how bad flat screens once were, and how bad digital video once was (honestly, laserdisc did a pretty good job but that, technically, wasn't all digital). It's gotten so much better already, by the time stuff is obsolete there may be something better. For me personally the only real 'gap' in development of audio/video was vinyl to digital. Sure, digital had its upsides (no surface noise, easy track skipping etc, no wow/flutter.) but the music part of things just wasn't there. By now digital audio has caught up. Sure, there's still not many digital downloads available online that are great, but digital equipment right now is capable of captureing the sound of a vinyl record (it sounds as stupid as it is :D). I'm sure at some point digital video will be good enough to capture the feel of film while being digital. I hope by that time directors will start shooting on film again, mainly, and cinemas will have a digital copy that's (almost) just as good.

This is an absolute art form, cleaning, preparing and even moving these rolls. It’s beautiful❤

Thanks again nice to see how it works love imax

I remember seeing my first IMax film way back in 1985 here in Australia and the film was called The Dream is Alive all about the space shuttle program.. Was awesome to watch I can tell you.. :)

@vallurirajesh

4 жыл бұрын

Mine was a little less serious but way way more fun. Monsters Vs Aliens in 3D. Fell in love with movies again after watching it at the Sydney IMAX.

"If a DIRTY film has just played" :}

@vallurirajesh

4 жыл бұрын

Hmmm.... now you are giving us ideas..... dirty films on a bigass screen......

@GellertTV

4 жыл бұрын

@@vallurirajesh MMm..Yeah.

@chrisantoniou4366

3 жыл бұрын

IMAX 3D!

@markysharkboy0261

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao 😂😂😂😂 Since when IMAX plays XXX movies?

@halasimov1362

3 жыл бұрын

Didlers..

Well done. Thank you for sharing.

Very cool to see. Thank you for this upload!

Didn't know films were shown like this?! Much respect for projectionists 😂😂

"Once you've diddled to the start frame..." Thanks for that.

Never seen an Imax but HUGE RESPECT TO THE PROJECTIONIST

Impressive! Thank you for sharing this.

6:20 to fire events, click fire events, to skip events click skip events. Wow, I'm glad that helper section exists, who would have known what the two buttons do?

@johncrowerdoe5527

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the entire industry has been drowning in such useless texts since they started letting documentation writers get away with it. This is part of the reason people stopped reading instructions in general.

Holy shit! There are so many ways this can go wrong! I have a newfound respect for projectionists.

I was a 35mm projectionist for many years and i miss this stuff. We also had a digital imax (fake imax 😅). It's a very fun job if you're good at it. Nerve wrecking if you are not

An absolutely awesome documentary. Thank you!

The magic of cinema right here.

I enjoyed your presentation immensely.

@HighOrbitMediaVideos

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, man. Please share.

What's an absolutely fantastic Film, I just discovered your channel I'm so glad I have.. brilliant work and brilliant video thanks very much for sharing... Colin In the UK

such beauty in getting info. about things we can barely imagine how it works, great video.

Woah makes you appreciate those imax scenes even more... No wonder whole film cannot be shot in imax.. Those cameras must be freaking huge and heavy and very expensive... I wish there was a sized down version for the imax camera... 4k is ok... but imax... displayed on a 4k is like whole god damn different thing altogether!

@HighOrbitMediaVideos

5 жыл бұрын

That's what makes the Everest IMAX film more impressive. Not only did they climb it, but they brought that gigantic camera and film all the up there as well. Incredible.

@rty1955

4 жыл бұрын

The cameras are not that big becuase they shoot small sequences and dont have a large film magazine

It's like sending Frankenstein up to get a bolt of lightning, It's Alive!

Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

GOOD GOOD IVE NEVER SEEN A THEATRE LIKE THAT THOSE SEATS ARE GLORIOUS

In the 1970s, as a kid, I went to a few IMAX movies in St. Paul, MN. And I saw some of this gear, and thought it was amazing looking, but I didn't know how it worked. I do wonder why they have an elevator system. Did they build the projector on the ground floor just to show off the gear? I would think 70mm IMAX is better resolution than 4k digital? But maybe it's dynamic range is less?

@HighOrbitMediaVideos

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, 70mm resolution is better than 4K. It's closer to 18K. The projector is lifted into the theater because it needs to be in the center of the the theater so the fish eye lens can do it's job. So it's not just to show off the gear. We have those giant glass windows to show off the projection booth. Some booths don't give guests that opportunity though.

@michaelbauers8800

6 жыл бұрын

The Omini theater in St. Paul, at the science museum had a similar arrangement, with a tilted dome. The theater was also a planetarium.

Where I grew up in Australia we had one called Omnimax. It projected onto a hemispherical screen.

@recklesflam1ngo968

4 жыл бұрын

Holy crap I remember that, thanks for reminding me. Last time I went to one was like in 2009 lol

So cool to learn the behind the scenes work that makes IMax the best theater experience!

Wow...I never knew how fascinating this was!

5:33 the epic music like spacesthuttle lift-off. Anyway is there anybody else, who have not been to IMAX yet?

Dude, I know you're the expert, but do you minimize finger prints on the film? Or is that not even necessary?

@HighOrbitMediaVideos

7 жыл бұрын

Good question. It's not necessary as the parts of the film we touch are just the header and tail. There's probably up to 100 feet of "extra" film attached to the movie so we can thread it through the system without touching the actual frames.

@vamosnippon

6 жыл бұрын

High Orbit Media I still feel like he should wear gloves to not damage the film with oil from his fingers.

@Roblafo

6 жыл бұрын

vamosnippon the part of the film that he touches is blank so it will not be played

@vamosnippon

6 жыл бұрын

Blake Foster ahhh I see it's only the film with those numbers. Cool

@JohnDoe69986

6 жыл бұрын

vamosnippon pretty sure he knows what he's doing

Fascinating. I love the convinence of digital but this process is trancing to watch

Gosh..!! Tough job..!!! Before this I had no idea how this happens!!

@rty1955

4 жыл бұрын

Haha try working a quad video tape machine in broadcast. IMAX is a walk in the park compared to that