NPP Projection Blog

To do this evening/ was completed: The Rookie has been packaged up and will get picked up on Monday. We've got the green light to hold off on shipping Help!!! until we figure out a plan with FedEx rates. - L New titles up on the marquee. Little Mermaid needs to go up tonight. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Jack and I built A1 playlists for the week of 5/15. Built the SE playlists for Richard Pryor, Men in Black, and on of the private events (Jurassic Park).  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Tech'd Bugsy Malone and updated the playlist/cue sheets. - L Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): FYI we are waiting on the trailer for BCB, which we can add to the A1 playlists once it arrives.  Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested 5min and 15min of Film Feast, Richard Pryor Slide, Generic SciFi preshow, Backrooms 5min, Lynch preshow, new forecasts, new trees lounge bar specials slide, be gay do crime V3 preshow, I Love Boosters 5min . L DCP'd the new...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Had a manual start at the top of the second round in theater 6 and misread project Hail Mary for  Mother Mary on the cues...I was alerted about the error roughly 5 minutes into the feature and made the switch Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built a pre-show for Ladies of Leisure Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: John Woods helped with moving the turntable at Trees for the Doc N Roll afterparty (the DJ ended up using an RCA setup through our mixer) + chairs and mics were brought down and put back after the events in 1 STB set up and screening went smoothly (note about the new laptop: there is an iCloud notification that pops up once every few minutes and putting the laptop on DND did not keep it from interfering with the controls on screen...might have to actually access/connect to our account to prevent it from doing this) Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Additional The Odyssey posters and a  Shaun of the Sh...

To do this evening/ was completed: Back in the swing of things. Thanks for the coverage, folks.  Got our new macbook setup today and printed out a label for it. I transferred all of our preexisting information from the old to the new, including Splashtop, which is ready to go. I've tested it, too, just in case. The password for the user NPP Projection is the same as it was before. The old macbook is in the box the new one came in and we can still use it in a pinch if need be.  There are two assisted listening devices out right now - one in T4 and another in T1.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Tech'd both Sheep Detectives and Mortal Kombat. Mortal Kombat is very loud, so I brought it down to 5.0, whereas Sheep Detectives might need a lift. Let's see how it's sounding with a crowd tomorrow. See notes on cue sheets below.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Setup for Spoons and Doc n Roll in T1. I brought the lightboard back up to T1 booth after t...

To do this evening/ was completed: Doc and Roll went smoothly. Mics back in booth. Q&A recorded. Started scheduling pickups for The Rookie and Help!!! but saw that Express Saver price was over $500 for one print, which felt like a lot more than previous shipments. Correct me if I'm wrong. So I held off on scheduling those. New 35mm letters up. New MacBook Air arrived, in 4/6. 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: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Converted the slides and music tracks for the Men In Black drag performance and ingested them. Made a tech playlist which I transferred to Theater 2. Scheduled staff screenings and made a 7shifts announcement. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Pulled out 4 chairs for tonight's Q&A in Theater 1. There are two on each side of the screen. For the preshow music, I pulled up an Arthur Baker Spotify playlist on the iMac. **There will now be 7 people for the Q&A , so we'll need 3 more chairs. I didn't pull these out yet so as not to crowd the stage. 1.50 masking for Obsession is set in all theaters (except 5 where there is not enough curtain). I used the preset we had been using for 2.20 in 1, 2, 4, and 6 and made a new "1.50" cue on those servers rather than use the 2.20 cue. This is so the T5 playlist doesn't end up with the 2.20 cue. 3 and 7 use the Variable Ratio c...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built show playlists for Obsession  (minus the 1.50:1 lens/masking cue change needed for this feature content, which Alec will make in the coming days),  Bugsy Malone (this needs to be tech'd for its credit offset), and The Virgin Suicides  **only the R rated special event playlists remain** Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Before it Was Cool... Doc N Roll screening and Q&A in theater 1 this evening went smoothly + mics and chairs were returned following the show (I recorded the Q&A and told John Woods we would send this and the Hole Truth...  one along with it + Desmond's discussion with Michael Shannon for Take Shelter  is also on the booth 1 rack PC and can be sent to him as well) Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Posters for Passenger and the  Top Gun/Top Gun: Maverick rerelease were delivered and stored behind 3/7 this afternoon Ordering/Receiv...