charles pappas Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 I recently sold several of the heavy Hollywood brand 16mm split reels on E-Bay (to raise filmmaking money). I now have a few of these much lighter split reels shown in the attached photo. They are un-branded and have aluminum hubs instead of the brass hubs the Hollywood reels had. I would not want to sell them for the same price as the Hollywood ones, but I am curious about them. Would anyone happen to know who could have manufactured them? Also, is the inferior construction indicative of merely seeking a lower price point, or were these intended for some other use besides being used on the cutting table, such as transporting or temporarily storing assembled film edits. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) No reason I can see except they'd be a bit lighter. In the UK they tend to be even lighter wire-spoked jobs. They only ever held film or mag temporarily anyway if cut on a pic-sync. Film would be on a core on the Steenbeck, then go onto the split spool for projection. They certainly don't need to be as substantial as the one you sold and I don't see why you should expect less money- they'll still do the job. Edited March 5, 2018 by Mark Dunn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles pappas Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 Yes thanks, I'd completely forgotten about projecting as i've never used a flatbed, only sync gang, viewer and rewinds. It' been a while, but I seem to recall mostly rewinding the edited film to a regular reel for checking edits on a projector. I will keep in mind your comment about the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Those ones are a much higher capacity than the ones you've just sold, of course, maybe 1600ft- big enough for a pretty long film. If you're ever likely to cut on film again I'd keep a couple. If you'll never use a flatbed there's no re(a)l advantage though. The other reason for using cores was for mag film for dubbing, and no-one will ever do that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Simon Wyss Posted March 6, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted March 6, 2018 The other reason for using cores was for mag film for dubbing, and no-one will ever do that again. What makes you sure to say so? I collaborate with Urs Guldenmann in town here, he keeps MWA slaves up and alive in his sound studio. We did split stock jobs together. I can only recommend to make the experience with editing the classic three components to a sound track on magnetic film, mixed-dubbed. He has 16, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 I'm delighted to hear it. He doesn't advertise it so thanks for the information. But it's not happening in the UK or, I dare say, the US. Scanning houses here can't even read mag stripe- the only way I could get a transcription recently was to track down a new head for my Steenbeck and do it myself. I'd love to cut mag again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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