Checking joins and making-up prints (Phil Fawke)
Is part of Phil Fawke Interview (incomplete)
Phil Fawke interviewed by Richard Wallace
Projectionist and cinema manager Phil Fawke describes the process of repairing film damage.
Rewinding the film you had grooves in your fingers winding the film. You know, it did really hurt you ‘cause you used to have to hold the film to check it all when you were making it up to make sure that the joints were all… And you didn’t have a machine to make a joint on, you used to have to scrape it with a razor blade either side and stick it down yourself. Yeah, all cement joints, yeah. They were all cement joins then. And you, if, you, you use to have to check them all, which, sometimes you didn’t check them because there was too many of them. You didn’t have time to check them. I mean, I’ve known a film come late and you’re making it up as you’re showing it. So you can't… Hadn’t much time to check it. You’re showing it on one and you’re making the next one up to put on, and then making the next up ‘cause the film’s arrived late.
Title
Checking joins and making-up prints (Phil Fawke)
Subject
making-up prints
checking
Description
Projectionist and cinema manager Phil Fawke describes the process of repairing film damage.
Creator
The Projection Project
Source
Interview with Phil Fawke
Publisher
The University of Warwick
Date
09/12/2015
Contributor
Richard Wallace
Phil Fawke
Relation
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/24797
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/48440
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/5886
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/24157
Format
.mp3
Language
English
Type
Sound recording
interview extract
Coverage
1940-2006
Interviewer
Richard Wallace
Interviewee
Phil Fawke
Date of Interview
04/12/2014
Location
Birmingham
Transcription
Rewinding the film you had grooves in your fingers winding the film. You know, it did really hurt you ‘cause you used to have to hold the film to check it all when you were making it up to make sure that the joints were all… And you didn’t have a machine to make a joint on, you used to have to scrape it with a razor blade either side and stick it down yourself. Yeah, all cement joints, yeah. They were all cement joins then. And you, if, you, you use to have to check them all, which, sometimes you didn’t check them because there was too many of them. You didn’t have time to check them. I mean, I’ve known a film come late and you’re making it up as you’re showing it. So you can't… Hadn’t much time to check it. You’re showing it on one and you’re making the next one up to put on, and then making the next up ‘cause the film’s arrived late.
Original Format
One-to-one interview
Duration
00:01:00
Bit Rate/Frequency
320kbps
Cinema
Regal/Vue, Portland Place, Leamington Spa
Regal, 511 Foleshill Road, Coventry
King's Norton Cinema, The Green, King's Norton, Birmingham
mac (Midlands Arts Centre), Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham