NPP Projection Blog

To do this evening/ was completed: The AC is off in the Theater 1 booth until Palco comes to fix it on Monday. I put one of the big blue air movers in there with the port window closest to the rack open. It's not too bad in there but keep an eye on it. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Fountain went very well. Rewound the print for tomorrow and cleaned the projectors. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): The State Your Name DCP will finish at some point tomorrow. It should finish when someone is here (i.e. not overnight) so please keep an eye on it and ingest it once it's done if possible. Outgoing/Shipping (content): We still have a reel of Save the Last Dance on a house reel in 4/6, so this will need to be shipped back separately since the rest went out yesterday. Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cleaned and re-greased the gears...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers):  Maddie's Secret and Wild Inside  one sheets were delivered and stored behind 3/7 Ordering/Receiving (content): Continued converting NoBudge 51 shorts to DCP (saved  Subject of Desire and Noumena to the Shared drive) She's the Man feature content was delivered via Deluxe this evening. Should be on the FilmVault portal in the next few days Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cleaned both 35mm projectors in theater 4 Around 10:45PM, Jared radioed about a leak coming through the server station ceiling in theater 1, and asked me to check on the booth A/C. I went down and noticed a small puddle that was being blocked by the two bulb boxes against the wall beneath it (these boxes are a bit soft from absorbing the water that was dripping ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Spoons event started on schedule and without issue; broke everything down after the show Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): John Woods texted about the status of the State Your Name drive and if it was ready for pickup. I said it was before realizing its source file was not copied to our drive and was converting from the filmmaker's. For whatever reason, probably the original .mov file being massive, the DCP-o-matic program is currently saying it will take the course of the weekend to finish. John will check back in tomorrow but I'm not confident it will progress much faster than its current rate Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Finished inspecting Jurassic Park III  in booth 1 Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Yes Marquee updated?...

To do this evening/ was completed: Just a note on marquee letters - please try to organize them/put them back. I found loads just sitting on top of the bookshelf. It will make everyone's life easier if you clean up as you go. Thank you! - L Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built a screener playlist for tomorrow/s viewing of The Wrong Girls, transferred the film to T3 for the programmers. - L Tech'd Palestine 36, adjusted playlist. Tech'd Evil Dead Burn and Maddie's Secret, playlists ready to go. - L Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: More Odyssey (and possibly Camp Miasma ) 35mm prep: we have a working make up table for Theater 4 which I set up today. It's working well and I put a test reel on the platter up here. Ran it through the projector, too. Looking good. Setup the Aja, spots board, mixer and wireless receiver in T1 for Spoons tonight. Please remember to use Digital 4 for sound. Mics are charging and the stands have been setup by the tab...

To do this evening/ was completed: Downloaded all NoBudge shorts to the NoBudge folder, excluding the one short we're still waiting on. Inspected reels 2 - 5 of Love Me Tonight. Good condition. On house reels. Save the Last Dance went smoothly. Print is back on shipping reels except for reel three. That shipping reel is broken. Mic and mixer broken down after the show. 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: Staff Screenings have been blocked on the calendar, scheduled on the LMS and sent out on 7shifts. - L Had our cinema meeting - we're good on content! We should receive tracking for the Odyssey soon (35mm). - L Setup a closed captioning device in T7, which has been put back.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Tech'd Moana in T2. All good. - L Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ran loops for and setup the mixer/mic in T4. Tested everything. Should be a good show tonight! I checked the playlist.  - L Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Hunted down the keys for Jackass, so we're all good for Friday onwards now. Additionally, I uploaded loads of KMDs that were sent to our email addresses, but that never uploaded automatically to the LMS. - L We received the shorts for No Budge 51 (sans one short, actually) but I've started downloading them to the desktop in a NoBudge 51 folder, and ...