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The fact that the scratches always appear within the confines of one of the computer displays indicates they occurred on one of the many 16 mm loops used in rea
by justin66 2y ago
The fact that the scratches always appear within the confines of one of the computer displays indicates they occurred on one of the many 16 mm loops used in rear projection to fill the screens with animated readouts. Because of the color of the scratches, it is possible to infer they occurred on the emulsion side of the 16 mm film
> anything that's different than other films?
It’s not like there were a ton of films simulating a sophisticated computer display by playing a separate little film inside a frame.
- detourdog 2y agoDouglas Trumbull was the technician behind the special effects. He had been working making films for NASA describing future space missions.
- JKCalhoun 2y agoHe is mentioned in the article but they left off Silent Running (1972) as one of his credits. Perhaps they think it is lesser known? Also mentioned, Brian Johnson — but they leave off that he was The Special Effects Guy behind the TV series Space 1999. Brian's comment in the article about "blimping" the projectors to cut down the noise is an interesting throw-back to when they would wrap a camera or projector in some kind of throw-together enclosure to try to block the noise it made. I believe in addition to using padding to dampen the sound, they sometimes used thin lead sheets to build the enclosure with as well. How you vent a blimped projector that is probably running a 1000 Watt bulb to keep it from overheating and melting the film is something of a wonder.
- rwmj 2y agoAlso used many years later to spectacular effect in War Games (1984).