NPP Projection Blog

To do this evening/ was completed: Remember to write the volume down when teching prints, Train Dreams had no volume noted anywhere I could find. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The 9 to 5 playlist for this weekend had all the drag show content from Thursday in it. A new playlist was made (it was dated 013126), so I guess it was just copied and not changed. Got a call that the movie hadn't started and saw the intro slide was paused on screen. Skipped ahead to the Dolly Parton video intro and let it play from there. I made a new playlist for tomorrow. -Because of this, timing on the cue sheet was about 20 minutes off. I let MODs know and fixed it for tomorrow. I set up the wireless mic receivers and the mixer in T1 for the Deuce show tomorrow. The HDMI connection is ready as well, you'll just need to switch some stuff on for them. I put the 1.85 lenses and plates in the T1 projectors after Train Dreams . Make sure to run ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Finished building all CCAP and OCAP first run show playlists for next week (in addition to a special event show playlist for Peter Hujar's Day  on 2/7-8) Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Additional posters for Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die  were delivered and stored behind 3/7 Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): A Few Good Men boxes are still on the cart. Still no sign of Die Hard with a Vengeance or Unbreakable prints this evening. Hopefully these arrive tomorrow morning. Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Yes Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Yes Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Still waiting on Monday's prints but they should arrive this evening. 2/6 playlists in progress. Forecasts ingested. Old playlists removed from servers. Shrinking Man tech'd, volume logged. Blazing Saddles blu-ray delivered, ripped, DCP going in T1. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: I replaced the bulb in Theater 1 due to the flicker. I decided to keep the one that was in the projector for now, it hadn't reached warranty hours yet. Might use it as a backup if it works, we'll see. -AL Theater 2 projector channels had reverted to the wrong measured color files, which is why it had a magenta tint. I changed them back and it looks much better now. -AL The 2 open electrical boxes in the Theater 2 booth ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Noticed during that last round in theater 1 ( Send Help ) the picture seemed a bit darker than usual. I thought it might be the "look" of the film since this particular moment was set at night but during one of the more brightly lit scenes I saw a slight the lamp flicker ever so slightly in the brightest part of the frame. Also of note the picture in theater 2 seems to have a magenta tint that is most noticeable during bright scenes, especially over pure white elements like text or credits. Neither thing seems like a hindrance at the moment but it would be worth continuing to keep an eye on over the weekend. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: 9 to 5  tech went fine. Each song needed a volume boost so new cues were added and the playlist saved and synced. There was some confusion from MOD about the pre-show length but that was cleared up quickly (in short the cue sheets did not specify the...

To do this evening/ was completed: Been following the tracking for the Die Hard and Unbreakable prints, which were supposed to arrive earlier today, but the tracking info hasn't been updated since they landed in Jersey. They're on the way, but delayed. Fingers cross these show up tomorrow.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built playlists for Let the Right One In, Frankenhooker and the Die Hard double feature. There is only one playlist for the double feature so far seeing as how the intermission will not have any content (confirmed with Desmond) but the Sam n Bruce 5min preshow after the intermission will immediately follow up with Shay's trivia session, so the 5min preshow we can just pull up manually beforehand. The rest of the show we can do manually, just requires a slight source shift. We'll have to setup for laptop connection before the first show.  Tech'd Arco and Send Help Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Set up the speakers, yamaha...

To do this evening/ was completed: Inspected the rest of Let The Right One In, on house reels. Built a playlist for NoBudge and updated the playlist for tomorrow's 9 to 5 . Certainly recommend double-checking that. Also just occurred to me that Desmond and I did not look at the 9 to 5 feature itself, so check that out too. New 35mm letters up. Samuel preshow ingested. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Yes Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes: