Podcast Episode 13: Projection nerd stuff for extra credit with Paul Rayton

This podcast is intended for projection nerds only; everyone else be forewarned!

This podcast lasts 60 minutes. Part 2 (safe for general consumption) will appear on September 8.

You can click the Transcript button on the top right, and there you can jump to specific spots in the program.)

• 0:00 Carbon arc projection design basics

• 5:20 “Saving copper drippings” in WWII

• 6:45 Importance of ventilation in booths

• 8:15 Length of projection per rod set

• 15:25 Close call projecting My Fair Lady

• 20:05 Safety with carbon arc projection

• 22:10 Carbon arc projection plus nitrate film?

• 24:05 6,000-foot reels, platter projection

• 27:20 Lights, camera, action

• 28:20 Paul’s first experience with platters

• 32:30 Theaters still using carbon arc projection

• 33:30 Copley Symphony Hall in San Diego

• 38:20 Buying carbon rods today

• 39:05 Nitrate projection

• 44:35 Nitrate firefighting techniques and booth safety

• 47:45 Dual-projector 3-D film projection at the Egyptian

• 51:30 Keeping images steady; using polarizing filters in projection port hole

• 54:25 Theater service technicians

• 1:00:00 End