NPP Projection Blog

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up:  Ferris Bueller's Day Off and The Devil Queen  played their final shows this morning Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): A hard drive containing For the Good of the Herd  was delivered and ingested to the LMS/theater 1 for its tech on 6/23 A couple boxes of hardcover books titled Christian Death  were delivered and brought to 4/6 Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Double checked all cues, cross referenced the schedule and LMS, and initialed for confirmation Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Yes Projection cart by entrance?:  Additional Notes: Removed and later placed back one of the groupings of ADA seats in the middle of the back row in theater 2 A...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: The website had the 12pm Toy Story 5 listed as OCAP for today, but we had the 11am scheduled as OCAP following Matthew's film schedule. A guest at the 11am show complained about the captions, but Rebecca and I decided not to stop the movie and switch to the CCAP version for one guest. I also swapped the 12pm show in T2 to OCAP for today since that's what was on the website. Toy Story OCAP listings are correct for tomorrow and the rest of the week on the website. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Bueller and Devil Queen played well. World Cup is on in Trees with sound. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Finished inspecting The Meteor Man . Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Not sure what was up with the Captiview in T3 last night, but they were working fine for me in ther...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: A guest asked for a closed captioning device ahead of the final round of Backrooms in theater 3. This guest is here frequently with their partner and will normally take the device and set it up on their table themselves. Roughly 5 minutes into the feature I was radioed to come down and troubleshoot some technical difficulties. The device was on but only showed "Dolby Captiview ready" on screen. I've run into this issue before and generally speaking rebooting the Fidelio transmitter in the booth will make for a quick fix but this was not the case. I unplugged the USB line, tried the original closed captioning device in addition to a second one I'd brought down from the third floor, then tried unplugging/plugging in the power three more times to no avail. Both devices continued to read "Dolby Captiview ready" each time they connected to the system. I connected both devices to theater 7's Fidelio trans...

To do this evening/ was completed: Ingested Her Private Hell and Jackass to LMS. Ingested new forecasts, deleted old playlists and built new 6/26 A1s. Tech'd Ferris, volume bumped to 5.8, looks good. T4 had no Shutdown last night so lamp was on this morning just a heads up. Meteor Man print arrived, in T4, inspected reels 1-3. Good condition overall but has a lot of detritus attached to it, kind of dirty. 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): 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: Fancy Dance intro and screening this evening went smoothly. I placed the mic and mixer back in the storage bin beneath the curtain following the show. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Feature content for Jackass 5 and Her Private Hell was delivered via Deluxe this evening and should be available for ingestion some time tomorrow Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Had to double check The Death of Robin Hood  for myself... truly a choice having scope transition to 1.66 inside a 1.85 container. I would personally leave the masking be for the duration of the film but the bars might prove distracting for some. Left the playlist as Lillian built it. Thankfully the curtains come in over black frames after the film has quieted down. Should be an interesting experiment to see play out with crowds. Asset tracki...

To do this evening/ was completed: Opening up Toy Story 5 today!  I sent an email to projection and house managers about the aspect ratio change that happens 35 minutes into Death of Robin Hood, in addition to it being letterboxed before that change, just in case patrons ask. I added a 1.66 masking cue so that it is nice and flush for the rest of the film. Tech'd this in multiple theatres to make sure everything's firing off well.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Toy Story 5, Leviticus and Robin Hood all ready to go.  Trailer Updates: Ingested Oak Street trailer Special Events/ AV set up: Fancy Dance is all ready to go! Setup a mic off to the side and tested it with the playlist. Should be a breeze and a lovely show.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested The Q&A feature for The Butterfly Effect.  Ingested Basic Instinct to T2. Ingested Superman 25min and 15min preshow elements.  Outgoing/Shippi...