[Frameworks] Advice with screening format for festival. Help!

[Roger Wilson]

"My opinion is if you want the look of film then you need to project film".
David I stated that the above comment was my opinion...I am not shooting down your opinion. Some artists are happy with digital projection and it can defiantly look good but it does not work for me. I gave an example from my own experience as an artist who has had his worked projected through a film projector and a video projector. I gave my opinion! I find this discussion board has a lot of members who criticize other filmmakers for the suggestions they offer to artists looking for advice. I like film and love to see film projected, especially when it comes to my own films. I have mentored and taught many filmmakers over the years and never make any of them feel like their opinion does not count. 
Add your thoughts to the conversation but do not cut down what others believe. If you disagree with something I say then that is your right but don't take quotes from my suggestions and turn them around to make it look like I am wrong in saying what I think. I have 20 plus years working in the film industry and working with film to create my own films. my opinion matters as much as any one else on this discussion board. Be professional! Share your thoughts but don't criticize others in the process.
Roger

Roger D. WilsonFilm Scientist613 324 - 7504rogerdwilson at sympatico.cahttp://www.rogerdwilson.ca
Without failure you can never achieve success. I have based my process and my career as an experimental film artist on this statement; and I welcome it as it pushes me forward as an artist to try something different, something new. 

> From: djtet53 at gmail.com
> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 13:39:57 -0700
> To: frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Advice with screening format for festival. Help!
> 
> > The video projector they have is an HD projector however the quality did not match what you would find in high end commercial theaters so the 2K transfer looked like crap compared to the print. You can have a 2k transfer done on your film but if the digital projector being used to present the work is low end then its going to look as best as that projector can look.
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> Right. It's all about the projector, NOT the scan. That a projector is 'HD' tells you nothing. You can get an HD projector for $750. A GOOD projector for a small venue will run over $10,000. And forget resolution. A 3 chip DLP at 720P will totally kick butt on a 1080P LCD. 
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> > My opinion is if you want the look of film then you need to project film...
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> This just is not true. People are constantly condemning or characterizing digital technology categorically based on bad experiences with some specific hardware. However, the capabilities and qualities of the hardware, especially projectors, varies very widely. A digital scan of a 16mm film shown on a good video projector will look more like a 16mm projection of a clean print than it will look like a projection of the same scan on a routine 'business/classroom' class video projector. And no, we're not talking about the digital cinema projectors used in commercials theaters, which are ungodly expensive, and art/indie venues are not going to have. We're talking about the kinds of projectors any serious motion picture art venue should be able to afford to buy or rent, and should be using if they're inviting the public to view work in digital format.
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> > because really they are two completely different processes in projecting a moving image
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> Different processes, yes, but the proof is in the image that results, and good video projection of a film scan looks very good, and very filmic. I have seen revealing side-by-side comparisons. The similarities outweigh the differences, and in general, the video actually looks BETTER due to the inevitable wear on the film print. 
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> No video projector reproduces the subtle flicker of film projection, or the subtle movements in registration that occur as any film moves through the gate. These are relatively small things, and one might consider them flaws, or the special little imperfections that make the film medium truly magical, or simply irrelevant. I would guess that for over 99% of anyone who is ever likely to view Dana's film, they would fall into the later category.
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> New-generation Hollywood movies look cold, flat and dead on screen because the images are either captured digitally or created inside a computer in the first place, and then heavily processed digitally in ways that make everything look like a comic book -- NOT because they are projected digitally...
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