NPP Projection Blog

To do this evening/ was completed: Another solo show from ol' Kegg here with loads to do in preparation for the coming week.  Presentation Issues: No issues Preshow Clips/Playlist:  ZEISM ,  Heaven and Earth Magic & Sounder, Together ,  Boxing Raw and Uncut , and  Jetsons  playlists need to be built.  Trailer Updates: No issues Special Events/ AV set up: Swapped out the lenses in Theater 4 to 1.37 for Man in Possession Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): No issues Ordering/Receiving (content): Desmond sent us the file for The Jetsons Movie . I started a DCP conversion onto George Ivan.  We also got the Heaven and Earth DCP from John and the mov file for the short in front of it. I downloaded the short (SONDER_CREDITS) onto the desktop.  Outgoing/Shipping (content): I packed up Tango & Cash , it still needs labels Print/video Inspection: Cristina came by to look at two full reels of Man in Possession , which are loo...

To do this evening/ was completed: McKegg and I were on tonight to tag team the three events we had going on here tonight. Overall, everything went well, but I definitely have a few notes. See below.  Once I finished the print I took over for McKegg in T1.  We were both able to kick off NoBudge/Vanisher  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist:  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Tango and Cash went very well in T4 and I had a lot of fun projecting it. Tough print to focus, but it looked great! Full house for that one.  NoBudge was moving perfectly until the dowser got caught during a lens change for one of the shorts towards the end of the program - during the lens/masking change to 1.66 for Right to Remain Silent. Desmond radioed and I saw on the christie touch panel that the icon for dowser open was, in fact, on, but once I saw that it wasn't physically open, I hit "close" then "open" again and it worked. Quickly rewound to the beginning. The wh...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: I think the upload of the Mar2025 ABC preshow (for the Punks playlist) to the Share folder got interrupted, because Screenwriter is saying it's corrupted. I just downloaded it from Google Drive and added it to the playlist. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ran loops for Tango & Ca$h tonight. Ingested the content and holding slide for the private event in T1 tonight, built and scheduled the playlist, and checked through it in the theater. I decided it made the most sense to run the whole playlist in 1.78 so I used that show start pack. 5.0 is plenty loud for the feature. Slide in place for intro and Q&A. Checked playlist for NoBudge. All good, noticed some minor aspect ratio things which I fixed ( Fever was letterboxed in 1.78, I made a new projector channel so it fits in the 1.85 masking, and Melonheads is 1.33, the masking preset had been changed for Phoenician Scheme and I put i...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Both brunch screenings went well today. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Content for the private event tomorrow is coming in tonight. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Took down this weekend's brunch titles and put up the copy for the private event tomorrow. Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Both brunch shows went well. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: I looked at the test clip for the private event on Monday in T1. Looks and sounds fine, shouldn't be any issues provided we get their final file with enough time to convert. One thing to note: this is in an odd aspect ratio, because of course it is. Looks like 1.5 or thereabouts, at least the test clip we've been sent is entirely in this ratio. Hopefully we'll get the file with enough time to check if this is the ratio for the whole thing and adjust masking if needed. Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): I shared a Google Drive folder with the team for the private event on Monday, so they can upload their final version here instead of Dropbox. They asked me to password protect the folder, an impossibility, before they upload to it. I told them I couldn't and that it's only accessible to Nitehawk and the people in their group I shared it with, so hopefully they go with it and don't try to force a Dropbox link on us. Also, Chenelle confirmed this will be a ProRes (even though she asked them to provide a DCP since they're getting it to us so late), so we're going to have to convert it. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Deleted old playlists and content. Print/video Inspection: Inspected The Man in Possession . It's mostly good, though there is a small issue which shouldn...