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Presentation Issues: -I believe Karen thoroughly covered this in an email but there were serious issues with the CP500 for the 6:20 Lil Women; no sound for the first three minutes and it dropped out again the very moment the 500 was taken off manual. The last foil cues continue to fail to fire. The platter worked fine, tho it is not a graceful competence, double-wrapping the film around the brain in the first fourth of the movie before the motor kicks in. -The Rhythm Section SPL had it's LTS DOWN cue set to fire at the beginning of the 10 count preshow portion, rather than the end when the trailers hit. Fixed that. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates:N/A Special Events/ AV set up:N/A Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers):N/A Ordering/Receiving (content):N/A Outgoing/Shipping (content): -Alec mentioned that he walked some drives back before he left. Print/video Inspection: -Tech'd Groundhog's Day, set vol for 5.0, tho if we had a vol 4.8 cue in...

Presentation Issues: None so far. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and scheduled the Groundhog Day playlist. I set a tentative lights MID cue based on the time given with the drive. -Pulled the Romance preshow off of EVO for brunch this weekend. It has been teched all the way through and there are no problems with it. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Drives for The African Queen and Birds of Prey arrived today. Both drives had been checked and we are holding off on ingesting until some content can come off the server. The African Queen can be ingested Sunday night and teched Monday, Birds of Prey can be ingested Tuesday after The African Queen and The Interrogation come off, we are still waiting on key delivery but most likely this will be teched by the Wed or Thurs night closer. -Ingested keys for The African Queen , which open at 8am on Monday. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/...

Presentation Issues: There were no presentation issues. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: -Imported and converted the aiff audio files for the CBS screening. Put them in a playlist on the booth 3/7 PC Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): -Ingested Interrogation, and left Groundhog Day ingesting overnight. -Ingested keys for GHD they go live on 1/31 at 6 pm. Outgoing/Shipping (content): -Deleted Star Wars, The Shining, & Edge of Democracy. Print/video Inspection: -Teched the entire Interrogation episode. 1.78 aspect ratio, vol 4.0 -Did not get a chance to grab the credit timing for Heathers. Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Yes and yes Maintenance/cleaning: -Did some more labeling of the cable set-up. It is fully connected in booth 4/6 to run cable in both TH1 and hi-res right now, I recommend snapping pictures of the set-up. Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): -Cue shee...

Presentation Issues: None so far. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Finished building the schedule for this week. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Drive for American Factory came in. This should be ingested on Sunday after Groundhog Day comes off. Our keys open on that day as well, so it can be teched that night. -Pulling the DCP of The Interrogation from EVO, should be done in a few hours and ingested for teching. -Groundhog Day can be ingested tonight after the Edge of Democracy  and The Shining screenings. -Ingested keys for Knives Out (1/30-2/5) and American Factory (2/2-2/4). Outgoing/Shipping (content):  Star Wars  ends its last round in Theater 6 tonight and can be taken off of the servers. Print/video Inspection: Teched our playlists for Edge of Democracy and The Shining for tonight. Both are ready to run. -Assuming Heathers needs to be fully teched, I sent...

Presentation Issues: None Preshow Clips/Playlist:N/A Trailer Updates:N/A Special Events/ AV set up:N/A Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): -Rhythm Section poster arrived. Ordering/Receiving (content): - The Rhythm Section is ingesting into TMS overnight. Outgoing/Shipping (content): -Karen and I took 5 drives to the UPS dropoff but I foolishly neglected to note what they were. - For Sama  was removed from TMS Print/video Inspection: -QC'd The Shining , decided to go a bit louder and hit 5.5. Mods and other staff passing thru T1 agreed. That's a movie that deserves to be *almost* unpleasantly loud. Lighting cues all good. Aspect ratio with this one is tricky, a whole novel's worth of backstory here, long story short research showed that despite being filmed in 1.37 and screening in different ratios in different places, Kubrick's intention was 1.85 for NA+UK, quote from assistant editor who worked with him on the picture supports this. -Tech...

Presentation Issues: -There were no presentation issues. Preshow Clips/Playlist: - The Shining , Edge of Democracy are built and scheduled. Cue sheets updated. -All playlists and packs for the week of 1/30 first runs &August at Akikos are built. Ready to be scheduled. Trailer Updates: -Oscars and NSF2020update, checked and built into next week's playlists. -PYW needs a vol check. Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): - Rhythm Section posters are in. Ordering/Receiving (content): -Waiting on content and slide for The Interrogation . -All content screening through 2/2 is in. Keys are all in with the exception of keys for  Groundhog Day . Keep an eye out for that. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: yes/yes Maintenance/cleaning: -Please delete For Sama and ingest The Rhythm Section tonight. Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): -Please finish out start t...

Presentation Issues: No presentation issues tonight. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built playlist for Heathers special event. Trailer Updates: none Special Events/ AV set up: Honeyland and Trivia tonight, everything went swell. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): n/a Ordering/Receiving (content): We received keys for 1917, Bombshell, Knives Out, and The Rhythm Section. I downloaded them all onto TMS. 1917 and Bombshell expire on 2/7, Knives Out on 2/5, and Rhythm Section keys open at 1am on Thursday and are valid until 2/28. Outgoing/Shipping (content): n/a Print/video Inspection: QC'd DCP of Heathers . Gorgeous! Good to go. Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Added runtimes times for Rhythm Section . Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Checked for tomorrow. Built cue sheets for Saturday and Sunday 2/1 & 2/2. Missing end times for the shorts programs. For Sunday 2/2 there were some updates for theater 6 that don't really...

Presentation Issues: There were no presentation issues. Preshow Clips/Playlist: -Teched the trailer for the Big Game and dropped it into all of the lts down trailer packs. All of our playlists are running about a minute and a half over now. I debated taking something out of the preshow to bring it back to 40 min but it doesn't seem to be wreaking any havoc with our scheduling through the week so I'm leaving them as is for now. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: -PS_Heathers and the Heathers feature has been ingested. The PS has been checked. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): -Rhythm Section posters were supposed to be delivered today. Erin, can you check 3/7? I forgot to on my way out. Ordering/Receiving (content): - Rhythm Section DCP is coming from Cinevision and is due in tomorrow. - The Shining is here, the drive mounts, going to ingest tomorrow morning after Honeyland comes off. -Placed an order for both Oscar shorts through Eclair ...

Presentation Issues: None Preshow Clips/Playlist:N/A Trailer Updates:N/A Special Events/ AV set up:N/A Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers):N/A Ordering/Receiving (content): - Heathers preshow and Big Game tlr came in from EVO, set them to ingest to TMS -Set Heathers FTR to transfer to the... PPP drive. Outgoing/Shipping (content):N/A Print/video Inspection:N/A Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: -Added Rhythm Section  and The Oscar Shorts, tho we have no substantial info for either. Maintenance/cleaning: -Karen and I noticed that EVO is really chugging, might be time to clear some stuff outta there. Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): -Began next weeks Cue Sheets. Filled out Friday with start times but didn't get any farther due to the late arrival of the movie Sched relative to closing time today. Marquee updated?:N/A Posters updated?:N/A Cleaning lights on for the night?:Yes Projectors off for the night?:Yes Projection cart by ...

Presentation Issues: -There were no presentation issues. Preshow Clips/Playlist: -Started downloading the Big Game trailer and Heathers preshow off EVO. It is still downloading. Trailer Updates: -I will tech and have the big game in every playlist tomorrow (as long as the download finishes overnight) Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): -Received and ingested the second set of keys for Edge of Democracy. We are covered, KDM-wise, for the screening. -John Woods is hand delivering the DCP for The Shining tonight. We did get keys and they are ingested, they open Wednesday morning at 0800, the same time as the Edge of Democracy keys. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: -Hawks w/babes screening of The Gentlemen is perfect vol level. Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleani...

Presentation Issues: None tonight. -Listened to the speakers in Theater 3 and did not hear any buzzing. 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: Shutting down the TMS for the night. Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Yes Projectors off for the night?: Yes Projection cart by TH5?: Yes Nest: Additional Notes:

Presentation Issues: -There were no presentation issues. Preshow Clips/Playlist: -Jojo light cues are good to go. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): -We have gotten more posters for The Gentlemen as well as American Factory and Fantasy Island posters. Ordering/Receiving (content): -Checked on the tracking for  Edge of Democracy. The drive is due here by COB 1/28. The keys that were sent are due to EXPIRE at 0400 on 1/30. We are screening this movie at 1900 on 1/30 (or 7 pm). I wrote to Deluxe and they said that it is noted on our account that we are due to receive a second set of keys that will be good from 0800 1/30 to 0400 1/31. So I ingested the first set. Alec, if the second set isn't waiting for you when you get in on Thursday morning, can you please reach out to Deluxe? There is already an email thread/ticket number about this in the prospectparkkdm email inbox (I have starred it). -I have NOT seen a c...

Presentation Issues: -Despite building in new lighting cues, first credits MID lighting cue for Jojo Rabbit again   fired way late, well into the crawl. Playback tab told me TMS defaulted to using the old SPL that technically doesn't exist after having been saved over yesterday.  I deleted the old SPL from servers 3 and 6, re-ingested new SPL onto all relevant servers for the week. Scheduled "6th round" shows in 3 and 6 to make sure automation uses correct SPL. It did, first cue fired where it should in both houses: right after director credit. Still, think it wise for MODs and Proj to keep an eye on end of show in T3 tomorrow and T6 on Monday to make sure they took. -When running the Jojo  credits in T3 i noticed some speaker buzz from back of the house, screen right corner, either back wall JBL or furthest back speaker screen right wall. Trailer Updates:N/A Special Events/ AV set up:N/A Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers):Zilch Ordering/Receiving (con...

Presentation Issues: -First end credits lighting cue fired late for 330 T6  Jojo Rabbit, ran it at the end of the night and sure enough the MID lighting cue wasn't set to fire until well into the crawl. Went in and tidied it, and the other credits lighting cues for Jojo,  accordingly. Preshow Clips/Playlist: -Tried my hand at building a baby-friendly SPL, in this case for The Gentlemen,  please spot check me here. Set BoP trailer and feature at 3.8, all other trailers set for 3.5. Maybe raise feature to 4? Gaged volume primarily from a loud fight/music sequence that starts right around 39:15 into the feature. Trailer Updates:N/A Special Events/ AV set up:N/A Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers):N/A Ordering/Receiving (content):N/A Outgoing/Shipping (content):N/A Print/video Inspection: -Tech'd Gentlemen  for babies, see above. Asset tracking doc updated/checked?:Yes Maintenance/cleaning: -Steve said that, audio-wise, T2 35mm isn't doing to...

Presentation Issues: -None Preshow Clips/Playlist: -Built playlist for Honeyland & For Sama Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: -Discussed with Jess & Mascha about the Oscars, we agreed that we need two projectionists on (for the Oscars, Superbowl should be good to roll with 1), and that we should look into a scrim/curtain option to block the light from the nearest window to the projector in hi-res so that we can screen pre-game Superbowl stuff and pre-Oscars stuff (which will be happening during the day and it is very hard to see anything on the screen in the daylight) Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): -"The Shining" went to Williamsburg. Joe dropped the drive at 105, could the next person coming over please bring it? Also, the booking department needs to officially change the booking to NPP so that we can get keys for our servers (TH1). -Still waiting for "Edge of Democracy". Fed Ex tracking...

Presentation Issues: -None per se, but TMS crashed around 11:30pm, attempts to reboot via web-based control panel failed, unaware of hard reset procedure. This unfortunately prevented me from teching Honeyland,  but the "Valentines" trailer was already loaded up in T7 so I was at least able to run that. Preshow Clips/Playlist: - Honeyland can be found under the playlist SE_HONEYLAND_012820, totally built out and awaiting feature teching. Trailer Updates: -Pulled TLR_NPP_VALENTINES off of EVO and into TMS, inserted it into all trailer packs and cleaned up any preshows that ran significantly over 40mins as a result. Special Events/ AV set up:N/A Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers):N/A Ordering/Receiving (content): -Brought Honeyland  in from Eclair. Outgoing/Shipping (content): - Frozen 2 has left the building. Print/video Inspection: -Tech'd "Valentines" trailer, looks and sounds fine at preshow settings. Asset tracking doc updated...

Presentation Issues: -There were no presentation issues. -Little Women still actually looks quite beautiful. About 8 minutes into reel 1, there is a slight, barely noticeable base scratch that stretches down about 1/3 of the frame, it is slightly off-center and lasts only 3 minutes or so. The second scratch is more unfortunate, it occurs 5 min into reel 6 and is smack in the middle, bolder, and runs the length of the frame. This one lasts for about 10 minutes. (If we are sending this straight to another exhibitor, we should give them a heads up, they may want to request a replacement for reel 6.)  I am describing these in detail so that everyone knows what has already occurred and can be on the lookout for any new scratching. Alec did a deep clean and generously lubricated all rollers but as base scratches occur mostly from mis-threading the sound head, I am attaching two pictures of each sound head threaded, take note of the tension floaters and the proper spacing. -The only...

Presentation Issues: -At around 5:10, I decided to go down into booth 1 to take a look at the platter before I left for the day. At that time, I heard an intermittent alarm going off. Four beeps every 30 seconds, I could tell it was coming from the rack but I couldn't tell which component so I went to get Alec for a second set of ears. We discovered it was coming from the ASC battery back up. I looked up the type of alarm we were experiencing online and found out that the battery was overloaded so it had stopped pulling electricity from the building and switched everything over to battery power. So Alec started unplugging non-essential components in an effort to try and lighten the load while I went down into the theater to see if you could hear the alarm from inside the theater. At around 5:30 pm the movie cut off, I ran back to the booth and saw that the battery had been spent. We tracked wires through the rack and the wall to see which plug belonged to what so we could find a...

Presentation Issues: -There were no presentation issues up until I left. Preshow Clips/Playlist: -Downloaded and ingested the Short_BLKNWS_E01 for the adult preshow playlists for next week. We are still waiting on all other content to pop on EVO (new generic, Feb A card, and some new trailers). Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: -We are all set to go with a brand new (and fully teched) Let the Right One In with theatrical subtitles. Thank you, Michael! Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): -New trailmix came in. -Ordered posters for "Fantasy Island" and "The Rhythm Section" **Vision media does not have "Wendy" posters in yet. Ordering/Receiving (content): -Honeyland is sitting on Eclair, ready to ingest. Let's wait until after the weekend. A reminder that we have the drive for For Sama and I have placed an order for the kdm with PBS. -The Cave is here and ingested. No kdm needed. -Both American Factory and Edge of D...

Presentation Issues: None. Preshow Clips/Playlist: -Built a new playlist for LTROI feast with the new feature file included, new SPL is titled SE_LetTheRightOneInNEWDCP_Feast_012120. I placed the lighting cues in the same timecodes as the previous SPL since the runtime was the same down to the second.  I slotted this new SPL into the scheduler, but maintained the old one safely tucked away, same name without the "newdcp" bit,  so if need be just switch 'em back out. -Regarding the older LTROI playlist I found a Full lights cue set to fire 2 mins into the feature. I removed it. Think it was meant to fire toward the end of credits. Trailer Updates:N/A Special Events/ AV set up:N/A Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers):N/A Ordering/Receiving (content): -LTROI DCP (feature file is named LetRightSwed_FTR-1_F_ arrived, was promptly ingested and beamed on over to TH3. -A white A/V input wallplate arrived for Michael. Outgoing/Shipping (content): -The EXP...

Presentation Issues: -RM mentioned that she thought the BOMBSHELL preshow was maybe too loud,  She worked the film back-to-back tonight after having not worked it very much previously and said she had to lean in close the hear guests' orders during PS. It did seem maybe a tad loud to me, tho I am not super familiar with the mix of our preshows yet. Preshow Clips/Playlist:N/A Trailer Updates:N/A Special Events/ AV set up:N/A Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): N/A Ordering/Receiving (content):N/A Outgoing/Shipping (content):N/A Print/video Inspection: -Finished teching LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, no technical issues, image is kinda... murky but its a purposely dreary looking film as I recall and I'd imagine a lot of the actual murk is the result of a 1080p blu ray being converted to DCP and put on a big screen where I'm used to seeing 2k/4k/film. Not much to be done there. -There is a potential issue with the film however. Back when LTROI came out on bl...

Presentation Issues: There were no presentation issues tonight. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Lights up cues added to Let the Right One In. Trailer Updates:  n/a Special Events/ AV set up: n/a Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Teched Let the Right One In  preshow, and watched through the first hour of the DCP. Looks great, didn't see any problems as of yet. Also checked credit start time. I left LTROI on the theater 4 server since it gets out pretty early tomorrow night too, so someone can finish putting eyes on the rest of the DCP. Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Updated with  Let the Right One In. Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Checked for tomorrow, looks good. Went through the rest of this week and fixed some of the start credit times. Marquee updated?: Up to date Posters updated?: Up to date. Cleaning lights on for t...

Presentation Issues: -Explorers ran as smoothly as it could. Alec, I emailed you some notes. There were no other presentation issues. Preshow Clips/Playlist: -Built Let the Right One In and Viva the Underdogs playlists. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: -Looking at the cue sheets for tomorrow, it seems like the best time to re-set and re-mask P1 to 185 for Little Women on Monday would be immediately following Explorers, there is 6 minutes already and you could hold doors for a few extra minutes. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): -Ingested 101 Dalmatians and PS Music Driven and LtROI slide. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: -Please start teching LtROI tonight, next up to watch all the way through: 101 Dalmatians. Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Yes and yes Maintenance/cleaning: -Disassembled and deep cleaned both platter brains in TH1. Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Yes, c...

Presentation Issues: -As mentioned by Karen, there was that issue with JOJO in T7. At the risk of sounding insane, I'm kind of glad it happened so as to have a sense of what to do in emergency scenarios of this type. Aside from the lack of preshow or trailers, the presentation of the feature itself went smoothly and according to plan, in-theatre staff adapted with ease. Preshow Clips/Playlist: -101 Dalmatians only barely got past the halfway mark coming off of EVO, and so I couldn't move DCP II over to TMS to ingest that slide for the LTROI film feast intro. -Tech'd VIVA THE UNDERDOGS, but due to the peculiarities of this event relative to my experience (music-only intro, no representation on the trailer sched) I built only a very bare bones SPL for it, lacking most cues and devoid of all content aside from the feature itself. This has been added to the sched for reference. Put a 40 minute "Black" element at the beginning as a placeholder for preshow. Trai...

Presentation Issues: All's well on that front. Lil' Women is a moving oil painting etc. Preshow Clips/Playlist: -Ingested all relevant material for and subsequently built Let the Right One In, pretty simple build but it's baby's first CPL so please give it a thorough looking over; still needs volume and credit light cues. -We need to re-check cue sheet for Let the Right One In, as built it is rather at odds with the event memo, particularly regarding pre-show/doors open timing. Currently it is meant to receive an intro in lieu of trailers, which may also affect timing. -Scheduled Saturday 1/18 thru Monday 1/20 in TMS. Check away! Trailer Updates: Karen handled in AM Special Events/ AV set up: N/A Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers):N/A Ordering/Receiving (content):N/A Outgoing/Shipping (content):N/A Print/video Inspection: -Let the Right One In will need to be tech'd soon. Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: -Added some stats for Le...

Presentation Issues: -There were no issues first round. Michael did a beautiful job running the LW print! Preshow Clips/Playlist: -double checked all 011720 playlists and trailer packs -Re-ingested Jojo pre show and built the playlist for next week, added credit times to cue sheets. -made Bombshell Hawks w/babies playlist -make Akeelah & Explorers playlists -Started downloading Let the Right One In pre show off EVO Trailer Updates: -Swapped out the newest Birds of Prey and Mulan trailers in the packs for next week. Special Events/ AV set up: -Tested our cable set up in high-res and TH1 with Michael. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): - The poster situation is a little out of control. Today got away from me but I will deal with that first thing in the am. Ordering/Receiving (content): -Viva the Underdogs came in. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: -Finished watching Akeelah and the Bee all the way through. Asset tracking do...

Presentation Issues: None tonight. - Little Women 35mm show went great again tonight. I did not notice any soundtrack on screen, just the "normal" timecode during the first and last reel. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built next week's first run playlists with the exception of Jojo Rabbit . -Built the schedule for tomorrow and Friday. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Selena in Theater 2. No issues with the screening, feature and playlist have been deleted. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Re-ingested Jojo Rabbit and left the preshow loading onto the DCPII drive overnight. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Finished inspecting Explorers . There were grease cues added to every reel except 3, which I removed. There are also a few reels with one or two tears and sprocket damage, but all the repairs look good. There also is a small chance that this has a Dolby SR soundtrack as it is labeled as...

Presentation Issues: -There's a gap in the upper screen left horizontal border of the masking curtain in T2, looks like it's come unclipped, tho it is not noticeable when the room is dark and there's image on the screen. Sorry if this is old news, new guy's gonna new guy etc. -MOD mentioned something about lights coming up about 20 secs early at the 8pm T6 Bombshell. Lights were indeed going into cleaning mode about 20 secs prior to feature's end, I removed the offending cue. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: -Tech'd Selena.  The movie pulls a neat trick: It's a scope film that, after the title card, presents itself flat from the 45 second mark until JLo walks onstage, expanding to scope in tandem with the in-film stage curtain being pulled back at the 2:15 mark. Problem is the si...

Presentation Issues: None tonight - Little Women 35mm show went very well again tonight! 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): Filled in titles, preshow, trailers, and movie start for Friday 1/17 - Sunday 1/19. Marquee updated?: Up to date Posters updated?: Up to date Cleaning lights on for the night?: Yes Projectors off for the night?: Yes Projection cart by TH5?: Yes Nest: Additional Notes:

Presentation Issues: -There were no issues in the first round. Preshow Clips/Playlist: -Built Harriet the Spy  playlist with all cues. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: -Tested P2 in TH1 ahead of our reel to reel screening this weekend, as well as the changeover from P1 to P2. Tested the dolby analog sound head. We should be good to go for this weekend. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): - We have Harriet the Spy (brunch next weekend) and Akeelah and the Bee on the server. I did send Harriet to TH1 for teching but am leaving Akeelah on the multiplex only for now. We are at 88% on the TMS, once Selena comes off Wednesday night, I'll put Let the Right One In on the server. Since it was already screened by the cinema dept. and chefs, I'm not too worried about watching that one all the way through. -101 Dalmations Bluray should be coming in tonight or tomorrow. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspecti...

Presentation Issues: There were no presentation issues. Another gorgeous show of Little Women. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built a playlist for Selena titled SE_Selena_011520. The feature is missing volume and light cues, the keys open at 8am Tuesday. *Scheduled Wednesday 1/15. Trailer Updates: n/a Special Events/ AV set up: n/a Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Akeelah & Harriet  finally finished downloading from EVO, they are still ingesting onto TMS so I'm leaving it logged in for the night. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Updated w/ ingested DCPs. Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): (Double)checked for tomorrow. Marquee updated?: Up to date. Posters updated?: Up to date. Cleaning lights on for the night?: Yes. Projectors off for the night?: Yes. Projection cart by TH5?: Yes. Nest: Additional Notes:

Presentation Issues: There were no presentation issues. The Little Women  print is still a vision. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Scheduled Monday 1/13 and Tuesday 1/14. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: n/a Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): We received a poster for  Underwater. Ordering/Receiving (content): Deluxe sent the keys for Selena , I ingested them into TMS. *Akeelah and Harriet  are still copying onto poopoopants. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Checked for tomorrow (Sun 1/12), lookin' good. Marquee updated?: Up to date. Posters updated?: Up to date. Cleaning lights on for the night?: yes Projectors off for the night?: yes Projection cart by TH5?: yes Nest: Additional Notes:

Presentation Issues: -During the first round in TH1, about 50 minutes into the Little Women DCP feature, the dowser closed on its own. Both Michael and I happened to be in the booth and we heard it close. We have no idea why. -The Little Women print still looks great, no scratches. Preshow Clips/Playlist: -Swapped out the 7.1 version of 1917 in the playlist. Made a few other minor changes to cues. *We will always use the 7.1 version, if we have it, over the 5.1. Also, we are not equipped to run Atmos. Whenever ingesting the feature, be sure to take the OV file as well as the 7.1 (if 7.1 is a VF) - you don't need to bother with OCAP or Atmos files unless they are the OV (which they will most generally NOT be). Once the feature is ingested, you can delete any duplicates off the TMS other than the file being used in the playlists. -Built all the new A1_011020 playlists, most of them ran short and needed a minute welcome card in front. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV s...

Presentation Issues: The only presentation issue was at the very beginning of Little Women on 35mm. Karen and I were discussing a superfluous call from theater 7 to adjust the sound and we missed the end of the trailers, so the film started a minute late. Otherwise, no issues tonight. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built the 1917  playlist, and deleted Citizen Kane. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Citizen Kane  looked beautiful, no problems. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Downloaded 1917 preshows and the updated Jan_B card from EVO. **We have not  yet received the keys for Just Mercy. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: QC'd 1917  and preshow. Volume and light cues are set. Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Updated for 1917. Maintenance/cleaning: Updated the whiteboard in 4/6. Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Checked for tomorrow, looks good. I filled in movie titles...

Presentation Issues: -There were no presentation issues Preshow Clips/Playlist: - I had Chris build the "Just Mercy" playlist. It is currently missing the Jan B card and the feature. Trailer Updates: -We got a new trailmix today so I pulled the latest 'A Quiet Place 2' trailer. Special Events/ AV set up: -Teched TH1 for Spoons, Toons, & Booze tomorrow. Our poor little projection laptop is indeed on its way out. We noticed a lot of white crackle on the screen and we would intermittently lose picture. I replaced our laptop with an MOD's laptop and that worked fine. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): -We received Dolittle posters today but it has been unbooked, officially. Ordering/Receiving (content): -Pulled the 1917 preshow from EVO and left it for Erin to ingest and tech. Pulled the Jan B card as well. -Ingested keys for Parasite (good until 2/13) and Matilda (live on 1/10 @ 1800, good until 5/2) -We received the Selena and the Ma...

Presentation Issues: None tonight. -Scope masking worked again tonight for the late Star Wars in Theater 1. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Built scope and flat adult trailer packs for next week. Special Events/ AV set up: Trivia in Hi-Res. Nothing out of the ordinary with this. Cables and mic are back in their bins in 4/6. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Pulled PS_SE_JLo from EVO and ingested it. Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Teched the following trailers for volume: Let the Right One In (house made): 4.0 Emma : 4.0 Oscar Shorts: 4.2 Call of the Wild : 4.5 Promising Young Woman : 4.2 Wendy : 4.5 Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Added tracking for Selena . The drive should be arriving tomorrow. Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Started building cue sheets for next week. Preshow, trailer and movie start times are filled in for Friday-Sunday. Only ...

Presentation Issues: -There were no issues. -So far, masking is working fine in TH1. -Gave out a fidelio headphone device in TH1 for the first round of Little Women. Seat 1411. Preshow Clips/Playlist: -Made the Citizen Kane playlist (I put a 10 min welcome card in the front since playing 1st run trailers seemed wrong) Also, masking will have to come before the feature on this one since it is  137:1 -We are still waiting on 1917 preshow and all the 'new' house made trailers. Trailer Updates: -Ingested trailers for 'Oscar Shorts', 'Promising Young Woman', 'Emma', 'Wendy', & 'Call of the Wild' Special Events/ AV set up: -Trivia is set up and good to go. It seems that the hiss coming from the speakers while using DJ 1&2 output is only with our old projection laptop (we also tested Michael's phone and personal laptop and the sound is fine) Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content):...

Presentation Issues: None tonight. -The scope masking cue worked for the late Star Wars show in theater 1 tonight. Just mentioning that the breaker for the 35mm projector was on, as the lamphouse was still cooling down when the preshow started. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built, teched, and scheduled an adults with infants playlist of Bombshell for tomorrow. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ingested Just Mercy and Dolittle trailers from TrailMix. Karen, could you order posters for Dolittle during your admin tomorrow? Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Added Just Mercy and Dolittle . Maintenance/cleaning: Realigned the scope lens file and masking in theater 2, and adjusted the flat lens file in 6 slightly. The alignment in theater 4 looks good. Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Cues and TMS schedule checked for tomor...

Presentation Issues: -About 5 minutes into Frozen 2 in TH3, the lamp decided to shut off. This time, totally on its own (I was definitely not late night teching in 7 and accidentally turned the lamp off).  Also, I was not still poking around in the rack looking at wires for TH3's CP750 , I had finished that almost an hour before we opened. I have no idea why this happened. I decided to restart the feature from the beginning when I got the lamp back on. 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: -I thoroughly checked masking connections in TH1 and sound processor connections in TH3. There were two wires coming out of the CP750 that had slipped out of their power relays in the circuit board, so I re-crimped them. -I wrote an email to Dolby customer serv...

Presentation Issues: No issues tonight. -The masking in theater 1 did not switch to scope at the beginning of the Star Wars preshow at 6:50. I fired the scope masking cue from the IMS webpage, it worked and there were no problems for the rest of the show. The masking did, however, go back to flat at the end of the playlist, so the cue in the show end pack worked. The scope masking cue worked normally from the playlist for Bombshell at 10:03. Also, I checked the lens macro switch in theater 1 for both of these shows, and the lens change was completely hidden by the dowser both times. -When the 35mm show of Little Women ended the lamp didn't shut off automatically because the lamp had been turned on manually, and would have burned through the clear leader we added to the end of the print if I wasn't right there to close the dowser. Wouldn't have been a catastrophe by any means just make sure the lamp is switched off when you start the show and it will come on and shut ...

Presentation Issues: -There were no presentation issues. The curtains in TH1 were open to scope when I came in this morning (which they shouldn't be. I made some changes to the playlists before we opened which are detailed below to see if that would help. So far today, everything has automated properly. I was in the theater for the start of ET and they closed to flat and then I was there for the start of Frozen 2 and they opened to scope. -Started Little Women and made some adjustments together with Alec. We still need to adjust the masking plate into Reel 2. Print looks beautiful, and exactly the way it did on the first run. Those occasional dust marks have been there since the very first screening. Preshow Clips/Playlist: -I made some timing changes to when the masking cues fire within the following playlist packs: SCOPE lens/masking change, DCP_Show end, and SCOPE_feature. I am allowing a buffer on either side of the masking cues now. I did notice that the lens change and...

Presentation Issues: I'm beginning to notice a few dust scratches on the Little Women print. No vertical scratches, just occasional marks, particularly around reel changes. **For the last two rounds in theater 1 the cues to change to masking scope didn't fire before either Star Wars or Bombshell.  (but obviously the flat masking cue fired or I wouldn't have had to fix the curtain for Bombshell ) Both times I opened the curtains manually from the control panel under the curtain. When I went back in the theater after the last round to test it again, the same macro worked fine. I even tried starting both of the playlists with the masking at flat, and the scope masking cues within the playlists fired both times. Frankly I have no clue what could be causing it to behave selectively like that. But as of my last testing, the masking SCOPE 239 cue is working in Theater 1. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters ...

Presentation Issues: None today. Sound played normally all day in theater 3 and there have been no masking issues in theater 1 so far. The next two rounds in 1 are scope so Erin will be in the theater when preshow starts to check the masking. -Dan made some adjustments to projector #1 in theater 1 this morning. He moved the flat lens so the DTS timecode which was showing up in the Little Women print is pushed over to the left. It is now covered by the gaff tape on the port glass so no need to adjust the aperture plate for the first reel. Dan said the lens was a bit too far to the right which can expose the timecode. He also made a new masking stop (masking FILM 185) but with this setting the curtain was too far in for the film. I left the usual masking cues in the playlist. The print continues to look fantastic. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: E.T. brunch screening in theater 1. No issues with this one. Ordering/Receiving (posters & ...

Presentation Issues: During the last round in Theater 1 for Star Wars  I got a call that the masking hadn't opened up to scope when the trailers started. It was a quick manual fix. I went in there after the show and tried firing the same cues from macro executions, and the curtains were functioning perfectly. Couldn't recreate it from playing the playlist. Little Women  looks gorgeous still! Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received posters for Mulan and The Woman in the Window . Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Checked for tomorrow- I adjusted the start times in the cue sheet to reflect the extra time in the Bombshell preshow. Marquee updated?: Up to date Posters updated?: Up to date Cleaning lights on for the nigh...

Presentation Issues: No issues in the first 1.5 rounds. -I tried diagnosing last night’s sound problem in theater 3 today, but I could not get the issue to repeat itself. I checked all connections for DCP audio to the CP750 and QSC amps as well as coming from the projector, ran Bombshell for a bit and checked the show playlists screening in there today. The somewhat good news is that cycling power to the CP750 and amps should do the trick if this happens again before we can look into it more closely (when I did this last night the processor muted itself after it came back on but I had control of the mute button and unmuted it without a problem, and there were no more issues with the sound for the rest of the show), if not we can restart the server. Karen suggested it could be that we might need to clean out the amps and sound processor, which sounds to me like a very valid potential cause for the issue.We are waiting to hear whether or not this is something we can safely do ourselve...

Presentation Issues: About 20 minutes into today's first showing of  Bombshell in Theater 3, the sound started to go in and out of sync. Corresponding with the sound problem the mute button on the CP750 would start flashing red by itself. Pressing the button did nothing but firing the "Unmute" macro through TMS would temporarily make the sound go back to normal. After the problem persisted for a few minutes I stopped the movie and cycled power to the processor and amps. When I turned them back on the mute button was still lighting up by itself, but the sound was not going out of sync anymore, just cutting out. After the CP750 was on for a bit I could control the mute button by pressing it and the sound was fine for the rest of the show. While we were having the issue Gil contacted Billy from DMS who said the problem could have been caused by the server sending random commands to the rack, so we restarted the server before the next round. The following two shows ran witho...