NPP Projection Blog

To do this evening/ was completed: Majority of the night spent with NewFest. Both programs went smoothly overall.  T1 mics returned to the booth to charge. Recorded the Q&A via webcam, yet to be transferred off the rack PC should anyone ending up wanting it. There was one presentation issue which I'll detail below. Continued building next week's cue sheets. Got to Tuesday, so the rest can get hammered out over the next day or two. I would recommend cross-referencing the cue sheets and TMS schedule with the Nitehawk Sales page just to be certain everything is correct. Another note: 10/22 Babies playlist yet to be scheduled. Scheduled We Live in Time and Smile 2 for tomorrow. We Live feature content transferring to T4. Make sure it's there tomorrow. DJ key returned to Trees storage bin and XLR to 1/8th back in 4/6. **I updated the cue times for Dead Mail on the cue sheet . The playlist we've made has 45 minutes of preshow before the intro starts and I'm seeing now

To do this evening/ was completed: Had our cinema meeting. We're looking good on content right now.  Presentation Issues: Not a presentation issue, but I came in this morning to find that T3 was offline (it did not display this on the TMS - only when I went to go pull up the individual IMS was I not able to log in) and each scheduled playlist had an "spl missing" warning on the schedule. I rebooted the TMS, then rebooted the projector and was able to log back into the IMS. Nothing was missing, I went through each playlist to check content and all automation cues - mind you, the only reason I first saw that T3 was offline was I was adding the lens preset/various cues we needed in T5 for Joker and saw that the DCP 220 Scope cue was missing from T3, which I found suspicious since that's one of the first theatres we outfitted with the preset. Anyway, despite the TMS still showing "spl missing" on the playlists, everything has been automating just fine. This feel

To do this evening/ was completed:  Presentation Issues: Last rounds in theaters 1 and 3 were started manually following the NewFest events Preshow Clips/Playlist: Added the T4TRANSGRESSIVE and Carnage for Christmas show playlists to theaters 1 and 3 on the TMS for tomorrow so the missing content transfers overnight Built and scheduled an OCAP infants show playlist for Piece by Piece on 10/22 Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The events in 1 and 3 overlapped and the former ran slightly over due to NewFest organizers obsessing over light cues and chair placement/having to test light levels and mics for the camera crew before the show -- this aside, the shorts program in 1 and The Talented Mr. Ripley Film Feast screening in 3 went about as smoothly as they could given all the running around and last minute techs + the Q&A was recorded and stored on the booth 1 desktop Wireless mics in 1 were brought back to the booth to charge (the wired mic is still connected to its mixer

To do this evening/ was completed: McKegg had to jump over to WB to cover for Joe so it's just me today. Made sure Speak No Evil is on T4 server. All good there. Tech'd both of tonight's NewFest playlists by myself and with Desmond and NewFest reps. Content is all good. Spotlights all good, mics all set. 4 wireless and 1 wired in T1. 1 wired in T3. For T1 spotlights, 302 for intro and 502 for Q&A. Be sure to turn off the spotlight breaker on the T1 breaker board once the shorts begin, as the spotlights inside the theater make a considerable amount of noise when left on. I tested Spotify in T1, all good there. I'm sure the same is true for T3 but didn't test it today (we used the connection last night). House Lights MID cue added to T1 Q&A. **The NewVoices playlist needed a particular 1.78 lens/mask cue repositioned, so I put it right after Girl Blunt, instead of after the Cai slide, which is where it was during tech, causing the slide's image to be cropp

To do this evening/ was completed: Both NewFest intros and screenings went smoothly. Mics returned to their resting places. We received the print of The Devil's Backbone. It's residing in the T1 booth. Presentation Issues: Last round in T1, Speak No Evil, had to be canceled. I was informed by MOD that the cleaning lights had come up in T1 and that there was no film on screen, after the preshow and trailers concluded. I was kind of bewildered initially but quickly discerned the feature was not on the T1 server, which was rather perplexing because I checked the multiplex content Sunday night and saw that the playlist was loaded on that server, and I was able to load it tonight, as it was a manual start, which is ultimately the the reason for this incident. For a while I was pretty confused about the existence of the playlist on the server, having been under the impression that it could only be there once automated content transfer was initiated by the TMS, but I am now distantly

To do this evening/ was completed: Alec will be out until next Tuesday. I will be in for admin on Saturday and the evening will be done remotely.  Desmond, Dustin and I tech'd the playlists this morning for NewFest. Everything is in order and the new slide looks great. I updated the playlists. Tuesday - Desmond will want to go over the playlists for tomorrow, too. And we'll need to make sure the NewFest loops for the TVs are on for the after party!  Spotify is open on both the 3/7 comp and T1 iMac computer. We're using Desmond's account in T1 and our projection account in 3/7. T1 via mac mini/imac.  HBO Tech confirmed for Thursday in T2!  Double checked the IMS servers showing Piece by Piece to make sure nothing looks funky.  Cleared what we don't need off the desktop.  Presentation Issues:  Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built the playlist for Dead Mail , which we still need to QC. We also received a new slide for the intro/q&a and can test both out. I'll be upda