Cheaper By the Dozen

[Marty Hamrick]

Just saw Cheaper by the Dozen over the weekend.I counted 4 times I saw a mic come in at the top of the frame,in fact my girlfriend noticed it before I did.Almost hit the actors on top of the head at one point.Just wondering how that gets by on a film with a budget like that,how often it happens and who's head ends up rolling for something like that.

Marty

[Kevin Zanit]

If anything, I would bet that the projector was miss framed, not that the mic was actually in the frame (well the safe zone of the frame).

 

 

Kevin Zanit

[Marty Hamrick]

If anything, I would bet that the projector was miss framed, not that the mic was actually in the frame (well the safe zone of the frame).

 

 

Kevin Zanit

For some of the shots I saw,that may be the case as I used to run those projectors at the theater I saw it in(Century projectors,old ones at that.Tight framing tolerance).Yet there was at least one shot where I saw the mic almost touch an actor's head.If the projector had've been framed to keep the mic out, about a third of the actor's head would've been cut off.

Marty

[John Pytlak RIP]

Unfortunately, unless the prints are "hard matted", a movie with a 1.85:1 aspect ratio can be misframed by a careless or overworked projectionist. Always better to shoot and "protect" that area of the image so the boom mike or swim briefs in the shower scene don't accidently show up on the screen.

 

Standard SMPTE 195 has recommendations regarding "hard matting" of prints rather than the original negative.