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To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: The bulb in TH1 was giving off a faint flicker so I swapped in a spare after the last show ended. This will still need to be replaced as soon as our order comes in, I’ve sent another email to DMS checking on it. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Deleted the 5.1 version of The 355 DCP from the TMS. Please remember to delete the 5.1 version if there’s a 7.1 after both are finished ingesting. Print/video Inspection: Finished inspecting the Mermaids print. Inspected the Desperately Seeking Susan print, it’s in excellent shape! Checked the heads and tails of Sleepy Hollow again as the ID frame at the tail of reel 4 did not match. I’m assuming that a small portion of film was damaged and cut out here as this reel also has different cues than all the others (scribed instead of printed). Still I too...

To do this evening/ was completed: Swapped Uncharted poster with The 355 by the lobby exit doors 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): Updated showtimes on cue sheets and TMS for theaters 4 and 6;  Spider-Man: No Way Home and The Matrix Resurrections  had showtimes and auditoriums switched on FilmBot (content for theater 4 has been transferred to its server, 6 did not need content transferred) Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projectors off for the night?: Projection cart by TH5?: Nest: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Replaced the  Uncharted poster in the lobby with The 355 . Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Scheduled the playlist for Inspector Ike . Have not made the playlist for the Sleepy Hollow preshow as the preshow clip for the Ricci series is not yet on the Google Drive. Scheduled shows in Theaters 4 & 6 for Tuesday 1/4-Thursday 1/6. Trailer Updates: Updated the PG-13 12/31 trailer pack with the new  The Batman  trailer. Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): The 355 DCP came in, just ingest and don’t build the playlist since we don’t have the preshow/trailer assignments for this one yet. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Packed up a few drives for return. Print/video Inspection: Inspected Sleepy Hollow , which is in pretty good shape despite some platter scratches throughout, and one busted shipping reel which had chewed up the very end of the tail on the 5th ree...

To do this evening/ was completed: Cue sheets checked for tomorrow. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: We have a trailer for The Black Phone attached to the Nightmare Alley playlist. That movie's release date has been pushed to June 2022, so wondering if we should stop running it for now. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received poster for Belle, placed it in 3/7.  Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: No Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Yes 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:

To do this evening/ was completed: Theaters 4 & 6 are operational again after a temporary halt in service due to our limiting guests throughout the building (content for these has been uploaded to the servers and checked against cue sheets and FilmBot) Presentation Issues: AC Blower interlock/light change alarm in theater 1; light change alarm in theater 5 Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Sleepy Hollow print was delivered and placed in booth 1 by the make-up table; ingested new keys for Licorice Pizza ,  Nightmare Alley , Sing 2 , and West Side Story (for the first week of the new year - please double check that these become active on the TMS); received TrailMix 12/31 DCP   from Deluxe Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Yes Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Added ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Updated 12/31-1/6 schedule in TMS and cue sheets. T4/6 still needs to be scheduled for 12/31-1/6 in TMS. Received new metal reels and brought them to T1 booth. 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?: Yes Projectors off for the night?: Yes Projection cart by TH5?: Yes Nest: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed:  Presentation Issues:  Preshow Clips/Playlist: House of Gucci  removed from all servers Trailer Updates: Ingested new Uncharted  trailer to TMS Special Events/AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received posters for The Northman  and additional one sheets for  The 355  and  Sing 2 ; discarded excess poster boxes stored behind 3/7 Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Licorice Pizza tech in theater 3 went smoothly Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Took down letters for  House of Gucci and replaced them with Licorice Pizza Posters updated?: Placed a "now showing" snipe above the Licorice Pizza poster Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projectors off for the night?: Projection cart by TH5?: Nest: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Removed Matrix from T6, ingested Nightmare Alley. Checked cue sheets for 12/24.  Presentation Issues: Keys for Licorice Pizza don't activate until 12:00 am 12/24, so no tech yet. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Chenelle dropped off a blu-ray copy of Moonstruck for an event on 12/31. Received a drive for Uncharted trailer, yet to ingest.  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?: Yes Projectors off for the night?: Yes Projection cart by TH5?: Yes Nest: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Ingested new keys for Licorice Pizza Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Matrix Resurrections screening in theater 6 went smoothly Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received and organized new posters for Everything Everywhere All At Once , Moonfall , and  The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent 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?: Projectors off for the night?: Projection cart by TH5?: Nest: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Added  Licorice Pizza to its playlist and adjusted cue sheet and schedule showtimes Presentation Issues: Light in theater 5 (left side of the room) was flickering during the pre-show; light in theater 7 (right side of the room) failed to stay on during credits and the lights MID cue had to be triggered a second time in order to keep it on during the crawl Staff in theater 2 mentioned the volume during trailers for  The Matrix Resurrections  was low; brought it up to 4.0 for the time being; an adjustment will have to be made later to the trailer pack itself but it might just be the room that makes the content sound so much lower as there were no issues in theater 1 Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Received and ingested new Licorice Pizza DCP Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: The new Licorice Pizza drive was still out for delivery as I left, ingest it and add it to the playlist when it gets here. Also update the cues for this film for 12/24-1/3. 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: The rewind bench in booth 1 Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projectors off for the night?: Projection cart by TH5?: Nest: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: TMS schedule for 12/27-12/30 was completed (with the exception of Licorice Pizza as we await the new DCP); deleted  Don't Look Up ,  French Dispatch , and  Spencer  from TMS and servers Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Eyes Wide Shut print on cart scheduled for pickup Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Yes (removed letters for outgoing content and put up letters for The Matrix Resurrections  and Sing! 2 ) Posters updated?: Placed "now showing" snipes above posters for The Matrix Resurrections  and  Sing! 2 Cleaning lights on for the night?: Yes Projectors off for the night?: Yes Projection cart by TH5?: Yes Nest: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Added the Sing 2 feature to the playlist and scheduled it. Downloaded new preshow content from the drive and made updated playlists for Friday. Scheduled these and updated cue sheets. Trailer Updates: Made new trailer packs for 12/24, the only difference from the trailer assignments we got for this week is the Minions trailer in place of Rumble in the PG trailer pack, the Trail Mix drive does not have the Rumble trailer on it. Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Deluxe will be sending a new drive with an updated Licorice Pizza DCP, we will need to ingest this one and add it to our playlist because they will not be issuing keys for the initial version. They are shipping the drive via FedEx overnight, so it should be here tomorrow. Ingested the keys for the new version of Licorice Pizza , and new keys for West Side Story and House of Gucci...

To do this evening/ was completed: Received and ingested Sing! 2. Cue sheets checked for tomorrow. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: 35mm in T1 went smoothly.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): John dropped off paper cups meant for the new Matrix . They're currently in 4/6 booth. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Yes Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Yes Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Yes Projectors off for the night?: Yes Projection cart by TH5?: Nest: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Ingest Sing 2 when John brings over the DCP, add it to the playlist, and schedule it for Wednesday 12/22 - Saturday 12/25 and add the credit times to the cue sheets. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Made new playlists for rated R features for 12/24 without the Licorice Pizza trailer, swapped for Morbius but can update if we get a trailer schedule. I added this new pack to the Matrix playlist, so we just have the one playlist (122221) for that title which can be scheduled through next week. Made a playlist for the private Matrix screening and scheduled it. Also scheduled staff screenings of The Matrix . Scheduled 12/24 and 12/25 in the TMS and updated cues. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: 35mm projectors in TH1 are setup for Eyes Wide Shut tonight. There should not be any problems with the gate being loose, but I showed Jack how to tighten it if it does come loose at any point. Connected the booth PC to the projector in TH...

To do this evening/ was completed: Removed Grinch and Lampoon content from TMS after screenings. Checked cue sheet for Monday, round one French Dispatch scheduled for 3:45 on cue sheet but 3:50 on Filmbot, changed start time to 3:50 in TMS. 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?: Yes Projectors off for the night?: Yes Projection cart by TH5?: Yes Nest: 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): The DCP drive of Sing 2 was sent to Williamsburg by mistake, John will bring it over on Monday. I also reached out to Deluxe to check on keys since they still haven't added the title to our online portal. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Looked at the second reel of Fun to tech check on Monday. Still dirty and scratched. Looked at the Fleshtone copies we got as well, unfortunately they are all 35mm soundtrack masters so there is no image on any of the prints. We got three boxes with magnetic 2 and 4 track masters and one box with a negative of the optical soundtrack. Obviously none of this is useful for a screening. I emailed Cristina about it, hopefully the distributor has something else they can send (and if so could probably use some guidance on what we actuall...

To do this evening/ was completed: Brought Desperately Seeking Susan and From Beyond  prints to T1 booth. Received posters for The Tender Bar and  Uncharted. Asset tracking updated for prints. Presentation Issues: AC Interlock in T1. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Grinch intro in T2 went smoothly. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Posters for  The Tender Bar and Uncharted.  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?: Projectors off for the night?: Projection cart by TH5?: Nest: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Ingested Licorice Pizza and built a show playlist for it using the adult trailer pack for 12/17 (the  Licorice Pizza  trailer was removed from it) as a temporary placeholder 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?: Yes Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Yes Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projectors off for the night?: Projection cart by TH5?: Placed behind 3/7 for the weekend Nest: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Remove the DCPII drive from TH3 projector when Inspector Ike finishes ingesting. Double check cue sheets and TMS schedule for tomorrow. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Added the updated How to Order PSA to all playlists. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received posters for Licorice Pizza as well as more Nightmare Alley one sheets. Ordering/Receiving (content): Received the Inspector Ike DCP through a Dropbox link. Downloaded it to the DCPII drive and started ingesting to TH3. Was surprised to find the Fleshtone print had been delivered today, it came on short rolls of 1000ft on cores in boxes still shrink wrapped from the lab. Was even more surprised when at the end of the day I saw two more boxes from the distributor with prints of the movie. One with the film on 5 rolls of 2000ft on cores and the other with the second half the film on rolls of 1000ft. Both of these copies are...

To do this evening/ was completed: Updated the  Matrix Resurrections  playlist with the 7.1 file and deleted the 5.1 version from the TMS. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Peanuts Movie  screening in theater 7 went smoothly. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested The Matrix Resurrections to the TMS. Eyes Wide Shut and Fun prints came in today. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Walked all the outgoing hard drives to the UPS store. Print/video Inspection: Began inspecting Eyes Wide Shut , it looks like a beautiful print! Took a look at Fun as well, which was not so beautiful. Super dusty and leaders were torn and not labeled well. I labeled and repaired the leaders, will check on the condition of the actual print tomorrow. Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built playlists for the coming week. All preshow/trailer content is in with the exception of the updated How to Order PSA. I used a placeholder clip just to have accurate timing on the schedule and will replace it with the updated PSA as soon as it comes in. Scheduled Friday-Sunday. Ingested the Keanu preshow and built a Matrix Resurrections playlist (without the feature). Trailer Updates: Ingested trailers for Morbius and Turning Red to add to next week’s trailer packs. Special Events/ AV set up: Built the playlist for the private event in TH6 tonight, and hooked up the PC to the sound processor for the Spotify playlist. Malice screening in TH1 went well. The jitter/focus issue with projector #2 appeared again at the start of the movie, but I was able to tighten the gate between reels and resolve the issue. When this problem came up initially I played with both the gate and the trap, so I thought the i...

To do this evening/ was completed: Finished scheduling on the TMS for next week; all content is ingested with the exception of The Matrix Resurrections and Sing!  2 Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Private event in theater 6 (proposal + When Harry Met Sally screening) went smoothly as did the 35mm screening of Malice  in theater 1; assisted Alec with changeovers for the final two reels and ended the show Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received new Spider-Man: No Way Home posters and replaced the old one on display in the lobby 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?: Projectors off for the night?: Projection cart by TH5?: Nest: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Ingested Christmas Vacation and How the Grinch Stole Christmas to theaters 1 and 2; also built playlists for both shows Presentation Issues: Last round of  Being the Ricardos started late because the SPL was not on the theater (5) server. The content had to be transferred from the TMS before the show could begin. Thankfully no tickets were sold before the start of the screening and the delay was manageable Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up:  It's a Wonderful Life screening went smoothly Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received new posters for Ambulance ,  Morbius , and a single one sheet for Being the Ricardos Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Placed The Last Boy Scout  print on the cart by theater 5 for FedEx pickup Print/video Inspection: Checked blu-ray discs for volume and credit offset times for  Escape from New York  and  When Harry Met Sally...

To do this evening/ was completed: Check cue sheets against FilmBot and TMS schedule for Tuesday 12/14. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received posters for Flee. Don’t think we’re playing this title but we can keep the posters for trivia. Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Cleared Elf and Serendipity feature content and playlists from all servers. Print/video Inspection: Finished inspecting Malice . Checked out the last reel of Last Boy Scout to see what the ending was like. It just cuts to black after the last scene, no end credits or music. I've told Cristina in case she wants to mention it in her intro. Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Checked for Monday, they are all set. Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projectors off for the night?: Projection...

To do this evening/ was completed: After restarting the server in TH7, the blu-ray connection was working normally again. I also hooked up the blu-ray player for 7 to the monitor in the booth so we can cue the movie up, bring lights up at credits, and dowse the projector before the blu-ray logos/menu appear on screen from inside the booth. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Wrote Kat about the Fleshtone trailer, which is still not on Google Drive. Hopefully we can get it before the Malice screening. Removed the Red Rocket trailer from all the playlists it was in. Special Events/ AV set up: The Last Boy Scout 35mm screening and podcast recording went smoothly! I’ve saved the recordings to my computer and will isolate the audio to send to the hosts. The print is packed up and ready for return. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested keys for Nightmare Alley (they activate Wednesday at midnight) and The French Dis...

To do this evening/ was completed: Teched It's A Wonderful Life, looks and sounds good. Attempted to tech Peanuts Movie BR in T7 but couldn't get an image, only sound. Ended up teching in T3. Brought Mermaids print to T1. Updated cue sheet and TMS for 12/16. Removed Red Rocket poster from front display. Presentation Issues: AC Interlock in T1. 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?: Projectors off for the night?: Projection cart by TH5?: Nest: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Checked cue sheet for 12/14, all accurate. Presentation Issues: Brought West Side Story up to 5.5 volume in T2, sounding a bit quiet in there. Not updated on playlist yet. 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?: Yes Projectors off for the night?: Yes Projection cart by TH5?: Yes Nest: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Downloaded and ingested  Spider-Man  preshow. Built new playlists for 12/16 with assigned preshow and trailers, although we're still missing the  Fleshtone  trailer, I used  Speed Racer  as a placeholder since its the same length. Built playlists for  Last Boy Scout  and  Malice  preshow. Built show playlists for  It's A Wonderful Life ,  Spider-Man: No Way Home ,  Nightmare Alley , and  Red Rocket . Added the new NPP forecast to all current playlists. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Continued inspecting  Malice . The heads/tails on each reel had been attached with only masking tape and not a proper splice so I had to tape splice them all on. Otherwise, the print is in decent shape. Asset tracking...

To do this evening/ was completed: Ingested Red Rocket to TMS. Presentation Issues: AC Interlock in T1. Masking motor cable disconnected before Round 1 in T4, had to reconnect during showtime and set masking afterward.  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?: Projectors off for the night?: Projection cart by TH5?: Nest: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Ingested Nightmare Alley and Spiderman: No Way Home.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Ingested the West Side Story and Christmas preshows and added them to their respective playlists. Built a playlist for the West Side Story event tonight and scheduled it. Trailer Updates: Ingested special event trailers and made new trailer packs. West Side Story removed from T4 after event concluded. Special Events/ AV set up: Set up a mic in TH4 and double checked the angle of the spots. All set up for the intro tonight. I left a mic stand under the curtain as well. Also looked at the feature with Michael, the DMS tech sent by Disney. He was here for the screening, too. Mic and mixer returned to 4/6.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested keys for It’s a Wonderful Life , they open Monday at 8am. The Spider-Man: No Way Home drive came, the DCP has been ingested to TMS. Outgoing/Shipping (content)...

To do this evening/ was completed: Removed Benedetta from T4, ingested West Side Story. Brought equipment back to 4/6 after T1 event concluded. Downloaded unique preshow packages to DCPII drive. Presentation Issues: Round 1 in T2 had incorrect credit times on the cue sheet. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: T1 Found Footage Event went smoothly.  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?: Yes Projectors off for the night?: Yes Projection cart by TH5?: Yes Nest: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Left details for tonight’s shift on a note in 4/6 and went over everything with Jack. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: We got a trailer schedule from Kat, who will now be sending weekly preshow and trailer assignments so we’ll know exactly what to put in each playlist. Since we don’t have all content needed on the Google Drive yet, playlists will remain as is until we can download and ingest content. We’ll swap in preshows as we get them and starts running Kat’s trailer assignments on the 16th to avoid having to change a bunch of the timing on the cue sheets. (I ran this by Kat and she was fine with it). Made/scheduled staff screening playlists. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Teched the Found Footage Fest setup for tonight. Everything worked great, hosts have their DVD which they’ll be playing off the PS3. They’ll bring this back when they come for the show. PS3 is in the booth next to the digital projector. The show is starti...

To do this evening/ was completed: Ingested It's a Wonderful Life  to theater 1 IMS 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; continued working on both but we are still waiting on content for Thursday 12/16 to finish up the week's programming (some new trailers may need to be added to the updated playlists as we start receiving newer feature content) Marquee updated?: Removed The Power of the Dog and added letters for West Side Story Posters updated?: Replaced  The Power of the Dog with The Matrix Resurrections until we receive posters for Being the Ricardos Cleaning lights on for the night?: Yes Projectors off for the night?: Projection cart by TH5?: Yes Nest: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Remove Power of the Dog from the marquee and take down the poster, this can be replaced with The Matrix for now until we get one sheets for Being the Ricardos . Keep working on cues and schedule for next week. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Ingested the updated version of the Being the Ricardos DCP and added it to the palylist. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Changed the batteries for the spots in TH4, these are ready to go for the private event on Friday evening. We can use the TH6 remote, it works for these spots. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Made a schedule for deleting content from IMS servers, which is going to be important this week as there are lots of titles moving around until we lose Benedetta , C'mon C'mon , Dune , and Spencer next Thursday. The most crucial one is for tomorrow night, Benedetta needs to be deleted from Theater 4...

To do this evening/ was completed: Deleted Scrooged and Belfast  content from TMS; began building the schedule for the upcoming week and updating cue sheets Presentation Issues: AC interlock alarm in theater 1; ICP connection was lost in theater 1 around 5:30 but this did not affect the show that was playing when the alarm was triggered (hard reboot resolved the issue) Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built a show playlist for Don't Look Up and Being the Ricardos (credit offset times are not known, this will have to be inspected and added to the asset logs/cue sheets); also updated trailers on  House of Gucci playlist for the upcoming week Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Trivia went smoothly Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received additional Spider-Man: No Way Home  and The Matrix Resurrections  posters and Don't Look Up one sheets Ordering/Receiving (content): Received TrailMix 12/10  and  It's a Wonderful Life DCPs and   updated th...

To do this evening/ was completed: Received and ingested Don't Look Up .  Presentation Issues: Got a call from T2 saying the preshow during round 2 was exceptionally loud when music was playing, but had subsided when the call was made. I went in during round 3 preshow to see if the same thing occurred, preshow sounded fine.  Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Book launch party in Trees went smoothly. Equipment returned to 4/6. 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?: Yes Projectors off for the night?: Yes Projection cart by TH5?: Yes Nest: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Plug in the projection laptop in Hi-Res at 7 for the music for the party, turn on the mic at 8:30 for the trivia. Bring all our cables and the laptop back up to 4/6 after the theater opens. The Don't Look Up DCP is due to arrive from UPS by 9pm tonight, please ingest it when it arrives. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built playlists for Scrooged ,  The Best Man Holiday, and the Found Footage Festival preshow and scheduled them. Also built Serendipity and Elf playlists for next weekend. Trailer Updates: Added the book announcement trailer to all show playlists. Ingested trailers for Don't Look Up and Being the Ricardos and added them to a few first run playlists. Special Events/ AV set up: Set up a mic and the audio connection to the laptop in Trees Lounge for the pre-screening party later. The playlist will play from the laptop when the party starts at 7 (with the 2004 Christmas Carol playing on the Plex behind the bar), a...

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): Outgoing/Shipping (content): A lot of outgoing DCPs piling up in 4/6; should we schedule a pickup date with FedEx or are these drives delivered/picked up exclusively through UPS? Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Added letters for Serendipity   to the 14th street side Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Yes Projectors off for the night?: Projection cart by TH5?: Yes Nest: Additional Notes: 

To do this evening/ was completed: Removed The Holiday and Plants content from TMS after screenings. Took down corresponding letters from the marquee, put up  The Best Man Holiday.  Presentation Issues: Neither Holiday nor Secret Life were scheduled in TMS. T2 failed to start Round 2 automatically.  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?: Yes Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projectors off for the night?: Projection cart by TH5?: Nest: Additional Notes: Breakers for 35mm projectors in T1 were on when I got in. 

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): Received and ingested  West Side Story content; built the playlist for and scheduled this on the TMS 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?: Yes Projectors off for the night?: Projection cart by TH5?: Yes Nest: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: West Side Story DCP is due to arrive tonight by 9. Ingest it to the TMS when it comes and build/schedule the playlist for 12/9 and add the credits times to the cue sheets. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Added Kat’s Benedetta preshow to the playlist. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Wrote to Deluxe about keys for The Best Man Holiday , they told me they will be delivered Tuesday 12/7 at 5am. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Cleared more content off IMS servers. Print/video Inspection: Teched The Secret Life of Plants and The Holiday playlists, both are good to go! Checked out the Benedetta preshow, it’s looking good! Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Checked projector #2 in theater 1 again, this time I ran a reel from several different prints, both scope and flat—including The American Astronaut , and I did not have any jitter/fo...

To do this evening/ was completed: Spoons set-up. Presentation Issues: Spoons host had issues with sound for some of their cartoons in T1. They weren't getting all audio tracks until they switched over to Mono audio in VLC. Might be something we can tech going forward.  Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Spoons event went smoothly. Mics, mixer, cables brought back to 4/6. Lightboard back in T1 booth.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received posters for Benedetta, placed next to Nightmare Alley in 3/7 caddy (couldn't find dry erase marker).  Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Yes Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Yes 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:

To do this evening/ was completed:  Presentation Issues: Resolved the flickering lamp in theater 2 and (I'm pretty sure) the jittery 35mm projector in theater 1; see the Maintenance/cleaning section below. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built new playlists for  French Dispatch ,  Dune , and  Eternals  without the  West Side Story  trailer and scheduled them for 12/9. Trailer Updates:  Special Events/ AV set up: Forgot to add this earlier, but Spoons is set up in Theater 1 for the night. Make sure the two power strips are turned on under the screen, the one on the left side for the wall speakers and the one on the right for the HDMI converter and spotlight control board; also the power strip on the wall toward the back of the theater for the moving spots. I left 3 mic stands by the mixer—set up the mics on those then turn on the mixer and raise the master volume 3/4 of the way, that should be fine and have no feedback as long as the mics are a good d...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Resolved the flickering lamp in theater 2 and (I'm pretty sure) the jittery 35mm projector in theater 1; see the Maintenance/cleaning section below. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built new playlists for French Dispatch , Dune , and Eternals without the West Side Story trailer and scheduled them for 12/9. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested keys for Scrooged , these activate on Sunday morning at 8. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Deleted some more obsolete content from IMS servers and made a schedule for when things can be deleted from each server for the coming week, there will have to be some shuffling of content on/off the servers so things don't get too full. I'll inform projectionists of any scheduled deletions which fall within their shift. Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Added tracking for the West Si...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Mic/mixer storage bin left in theater 3 was moved back to 4/6 Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers):  Received new posters for  West Side Story  and  Nightmare Alley Ordering/Receiving (content): Received TrailMix Wk 12/3 DCP and an additional The Secret Life of Plants  DCP Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Finished scheduling all films on the TMS for 12/9 with the exception of West Side Story and  Found Footage Festival's Christmas Special ; cue sheets were also updated and checked to reflect these showtimes Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Replaced the  West Side Story poster on the 14th street side with the new one dropped off this afternoon Cleaning lights on for the night?: Yes Projectors off ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and scheduled The Holiday and The Secret Life of Plants playlists. Trailer Updates: Removed the Nitehawk Shorts Fest call for submissions from all playlists. Did my best to preserve the timing for current playlists by swapping in other trailers, timings for 12/3 playlists updated on cue sheets. Special Events/ AV set up: When you break down the mic set up in a theater, please return the cables, mics, and mixer to the appropriate bins in 4/6. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested keys for Benedetta and The Holiday , loaded new keys for Dune , Belfast , Spencer , and C'mon C'mon , all of which were imminently expiring. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Teched the Benedetta playlist, it's good to go. Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: I played with the trap and gate on projector #2 in theater 1-- I tr...