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Film projection is a delicate process in which the scanner takes the film mounted on its supply reel and passes it through the film gate by using its sprockets.  The gate is an opening in the machine where light shines through onto the film. Sprockets are small holes on one side of the film strip to guide the film through the gate. As each still frame passes the gate, the light shines the frames at high speed (24 frames per second), it then projects it onto the screen through a series of lenses and the user can adjust the focus. When this happens, it appears as if the image is moving. The take up reel will then spool up the film after projection. Once the entire process is completed, the operator rewinds the film back to its original reel. More about film projectors >> At our location, we inspect and clean the film before …