NPP Projection Blog

To do this evening/ was completed: Looked at Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants-- it looks ok, definitely like a DVD rip. Desmond sent over a second torrent file, which I downloaded. Looks about the same as the first to my eye. Also looked at Demon Slayer, Tropic Thunder  and Mimic. Demon Slayer sounds a little loud at 5.5 to my ear--I feel like this is a common occurrence: somehow the action is a little too loud but the dialogue is slightly too low. I didn't update the playlists so maybe pop an ear in during tonight's show. ** Tropic Thunder and Traveling Pants are both 2:35 so there's a slight visible keystone.** Ran Longest Nite for Cristina--it's Dolby A type FYI.  Deleted old playlists, ingested new forecasts and preshow pieces and built all A1 9/19 playlists. Downton Abbey poster up. Desmond sent over NoBudge47 Drive folder with all downloads. I've started downloading these to a folder on the Preshow drive titled NoBudge47Downloads. KGO_JohnCarpenter teaser ing...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Placed the (7) chairs for the animated shorts program Q&A by the curtain prior to the second round in theater 1 this evening + tested mics and opened up the chairs between rounds  The program went very smoothly as did the intro and Q&A panel following the show + all chairs were returned to the hallway beside auditorium 1 and mics were put back in booth 1 to charge (moving spots were shut off too)  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?: Removed  Honey Don't! and  Splitsville  and added letters for Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle  and Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (abbreviated as Demon Slayer 2 and Downton Abbey 3 ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Had a little bit of a hassle with getting Apple TV up and running in T1 this morning for the Found Footage staff screening. The PC is not exactly reliable (mouse/wifi/and mind you, Apple TV app won't work on any of our iMacs that aren't 15 OS or higher) and I'll be looking into ways to make this less so. We only started a couple minutes late. I wound up being able to download the film so as to curtail any wifi issues.  We were emailed a new VF file for the Dubbed OCAP version of Demon Slayer. I updated the playlist.  For tomorrow - please tech Demon Slayer and Tropic Thunder. Thanks!  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built the playlists for Downton Abbey and scheduled the rest of the week with it.  Built the playlist for Thief of Joy, but we'll still need to tech the feature.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Went through the entire shorts playlist for this evening, which I had to make a few adjustments t...

To do this evening/ was completed: Inspected They Live, put it on house reels. It's in good condition. Higher Learning intro went smoothly, broke down the mic and mixer after. Looked at Thief of Joy with Desmond in between rounds in T2. Sounds good at 4.5. Stolen Kingdom finished downloading, started the transfer to the Share drive. Looked at the Animated Shorts playlist again and I see some volumes that differ from the tech sheet Alec has left in 4/6. Not sure if this was mentioned in a recent blog so noting it here. I made the playlist from the tech playlist that was used last week. The tech sheet is right here in front of the keyboard, for reference. 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 upda...

To do this evening/ was completed: I sent out the form for Holiday preferences for the end of the year, please fill it out by October 1! -AL Staff Screenings have been emailed out, scheduled on the LMS and blocked on the Google Calendar. - LH Weekly update is out! - LH  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and scheduled the Sunday version of Tropic Thunder with the intro slide, added the intro timing to the cue sheet. -AL Also converted/ingested the intro slide for They Live . No playlist yet as we're waiting for the KGO John Carpenter teaser which will play before the intro. We should have this by Tuesday. -AL Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The spots remote for T4 needed a new battery, it's working properly now. I ordered more batteries since we're almost out. They're the flat circular ones, CR2025. -AL Caught up with the folks helping to organize the Gotham Shorts & gave a detailed account of what's missing/what needs to be reupload...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Feathers intro and screening went very smoothly save for a slight hiccup with the spots that were very finicky as I was testing them and when I tried turning them on for the intro + I left the microphone set up beneath the curtain for tomorrow night's intro to Higher Learning Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Additional Demon Slayer  posters were delivered and stored behind 3/7 Ordering/Receiving (content): Began converting Thief of Joy to DCP and saved it to the desktop Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Finished inspecting The Triplets of Belleville  and placed it on house reels in booth 1 (it is in excellent condition overall save for a single consistent base side surface scratch and light emulsion side horizontal scratches across all four reels) Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/...