NPP Projection Blog

To do this evening/ was completed: 8/20 Odyssey 35mm went smoothly. Cleaned projector after show. Trees Lounge T1 and T2 went smoothly, recorded the Q&A if anyone wants it. Mics back in booths. Removed old playlists/content, built 8/28 A1 playlists (excluding Coyote v. Acme and Dog Stars ). Tech'd Fargo and Crash with Cristina, volumes logged, good to go. Dear Mama download seemed to fail shortly after it was started. I tried to reinitiate it, which sent a new download code to Desmond but I didn't hear back about it in time. All to say we need to try to download again. Tech'd CatVideoFest and Is God Is. Because the maintenance with Roger took a while I wasn't able to look at Is God Is in T4, so I sent it to T3 and looked at it there. Looks and sounds good, lowered volume to 5.2. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content):  New York, New York print ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Odyssey 35mm went smoothly. Cleaned projector afterward. Top Gun also went smoothly. Usually no need for a microphone for these. Ingested Your Mother x3 to LMS and T3. Inspected Escape from L.A. Good condition. On house reels. 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:

To do this evening/ was completed: We are all set for both Trees Lounge shows tonight. I reached out to Cristina to see what she wanted for the spots/wash situation since it's a big event (and I didn't want the QR code to get blurred out, particularly in T2). I made a preset with a multicolored wash with spots and ran a few sets past her. We're using the same sequence for both the intro and Q&A in T1, which is on a white card up in the booth. There's also only one setting we'll need in T2 since it's just an intro, which is taped up in the booth. I ran through the playlists to double check everything. Good to go. There are two chairs off to the side in T1, but I put a few pieces of tape down to mark them for where they should be during the Q&S. Should be a breeze. Ran through this with Jack. - Lillian  Platter/projector are clean for The Odyssey in T4. Ran a loop. - Lillian Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist:  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Timing for 8/21 first run playlists was a little off. A lot had both lights down and feature starting a minute early, so I added the 1min welcome slide at the top. Then the ones that already had the 1min welcome didn't need it, so I took it out of those. Spoons got replaced by Oak Street in T1 for the last round--cue sheet and schedule updated! Built both Trees Lounge playlists, Cat Video Fest, and  Crash 8/26. Scheduled all. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Set up Spoons for tonight, then got word they canceled last minute and broke everything down. Ran a loop in T4. Cleaned the platter and projector and threaded tonight's Odyssey 35mm show. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Received The Dog Stars and Tommy , ingested both to the LMS. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Sony courier will be picking up Blind Fury and The Fan on Friday. Print/video I...

To do this evening/ was completed: We do not need to provide post-screening inspection reports for Sony prints. The only place that requests two reports is Academy Film Archive. So we can just pack their prints up after the screenings, provided there are no issues which necessitate another inspection. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ran loops for The Fan . Ran a loop for Odyssey and threaded the show for tonight. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Escape from L.A. print arrived, it's in booth 1. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Packed up Blind Fury , we can arrange pickup with Sony after The Fan tonight. Print/video Inspection: Looked at Dagger of Kamui and added cues to the playlist Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: The poster cubby was getting out of hand. I cleared a lot of stuff and put together a tube of posters for trivia giveaway tonight. As far as keepin...

To do this evening/ was completed: Odyssey 35mm went smoothly. Cleaned projector afterward. Blind Fury went mostly smoothly but there seemed to be some issues with the sound. Cristina asked me to turn up the volume during the first reel even though I was already at 9.0. Bumped it to 9.5 and it still sounded odd to her ear. Switched over to reel two (P1) and it sounded better. I inspected a few of the reels' leaders and I didn't see anything indicating an SR track (was running the print with SR selected, inspection report and tech said SR). Seemed like it was a Dolby A print. I told Cristina I could switch over to A or leave it in SR if that sounded good to her, but didn't get a response during the film, so I left it as is. Afterward she told me the sound was different from each projector. Also, I thought it was just the way the Belly print was printed, but I saw it tonight too: top left corner of screen when P1 is running 1.85, there's a bit of black. Looks like maybe t...