Warning: I do not endorse nor reccomend the habit to watch screeners only, and then NOT going in theaters AND/OR buying the commercial release!
Said that, a screener (cinema rip, cam rip, telesync... the capture of a movie as shown in the theater) have a certain importance, in particular for us, project maker.
Why? How many times you hear (or you say to yourself) "...but I am certain that scene was (was not) showed" or "the dialog was not the same" and so on... with a screener, you can have a PROOF that this fact is true, or just a memory trick (due to other things like written scripts, trailers, deleted scenes, documentaries, comics, radio dramas etc.)
Now let's see the main things that could make a screener useful (some deeply depending by the screener audio video quality itself):
I can write just one example: "Attack of the Clones" and the famous mechanical hand during the wedding scene, different from any successive versions; but there are many others available, and many others will come; so, DO NOT delete your old screener - because you also have the original VHS/LD/DVD/BD etc. RIGHT? - because it could be used as a proof for a project, or just to know if a given fact is true or not!
Last thing: this applies of course also to bootlegs and somehow to workprints.
Said that, a screener (cinema rip, cam rip, telesync... the capture of a movie as shown in the theater) have a certain importance, in particular for us, project maker.
Why? How many times you hear (or you say to yourself) "...but I am certain that scene was (was not) showed" or "the dialog was not the same" and so on... with a screener, you can have a PROOF that this fact is true, or just a memory trick (due to other things like written scripts, trailers, deleted scenes, documentaries, comics, radio dramas etc.)
Now let's see the main things that could make a screener useful (some deeply depending by the screener audio video quality itself):
- cut: to know if the movie shown has the same cut released later on media, or if there are additional/cut/different scenes/shots
- color grading: to see the original colors
- aspect ratio: to know the original one
- audio: to hear if the mix is the original one, or if there are added/cut/different music and/or dialogs
I can write just one example: "Attack of the Clones" and the famous mechanical hand during the wedding scene, different from any successive versions; but there are many others available, and many others will come; so, DO NOT delete your old screener - because you also have the original VHS/LD/DVD/BD etc. RIGHT? - because it could be used as a proof for a project, or just to know if a given fact is true or not!
Last thing: this applies of course also to bootlegs and somehow to workprints.
Sadly my projects are lost due to an HDD crash...
Fundamental Collection | Vimeo channel | My blog
Fundamental Collection | Vimeo channel | My blog