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To do this evening/ was completed: Removed WPITW content from TMS. Started uploading  Video Diary... Q&A to Google Drive. Magic Mike ingested to T4. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Video Diary... intro and Q&A went smoothly. Equipment has been 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 Projection cart by entrance?: Yes Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Video Diary of a Lost Girl screening with intro & Q&A. 3 mics and the mixer are set up in Theater 3, with one mic stand for the intro if needed. Spotlight remote is in the plastic case behind the curtain on the right side of the screen. During the Q&A, projection will be cued to play a trailer for the director’s new film which is included in the playlist. Have the laptop ready with Splashtop open in the back of the theater while recording the Q&A and press play on the server when cued, lights will go down and sound will switch over (and volume will lower) and the trailer will play, then going back to preshow lights, Q&A slide, mic input & volume with a cue to pause the slide after. I noticed that mics and XLR cables were left in the mixer bin after the last use. Though these things are frequently used together let’s still separate them into their own bins since sometimes they are needed as extras for 1 & 2 and in Trees Lou...

To do this evening/ was completed: Swept and mopped booths 1 and 2; both booths could probably use a once over with a vacuum before being mopped again, a lot of the stains on the tile seem pretty baked into the floor Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Added the  Everything Everywhere (7.1 DCP) to its playlist and removed the 5.1 file from the TMS; also made a staff screening playlist for this film and scheduled it Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Everything Everywhere DCP was delivered and ingested Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Yes Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Yes; added Everything Everywhere playlist to the schedule and updated cue sheets accordingly Marquee updated?: Replaced  Worst Person in the World and Oscars Shorts with Everything Everywhere and Morbius Posters updated?: Replaced W...

To do this evening/ was completed: Take down Jujutsu Kaisen and Worst Person in the World posters, move Morbius and Everything Everywhere outside. Put up Sonic 2 and Ambulance in the lobby. Remove Worst Person and Oscar Shorts from the marquee, put up Morbius and Everything Everywhere All at Once . Ingest Everything Everywhere as soon as it arrives. Add to playlist and schedule. Would appreciate if the floors in Booth 1 and Booth 2 could be swept and mopped tonight. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Added the Doctor Strange trailer to next week's PG-13 trailer pack in place of Sonic 2 . Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Got a call from Andrew Gleeson at Eclair about Everything Everywhere DCP delivery, he said a drive will be dropped off tonight. I gave him Joe's number so he could coordinate the delivery with Williamsburg. He said it would be coming around 6 or 7 so I gave...

To do this evening/ was completed: Finished scheduling/updating cue sheets; waiting on Everything Everywhere content from Eclair (update: nearly midnight as of this writing and there's still no sign of it in the Eclair portal on the TMS) Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Shudderbugs event in theater 2 went smoothly; the hosts left early to celebrate and mentioned picking up the DCP drive in the next few days -- this has been relabeled with the film's title and placed back on the "current" content shelf in 4/6 Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Where the Crawdads Sing posters received and placed behind 3/7 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?: Yes Projectors off for the night?: Yes Projection...

To do this evening/ was completed: Continue scheduling. Ingest Everything Everywhere and add to the playlist, it should be coming through Eclair tonight. Private event in Theater 2 tonight, playlist is good to go. They’ll just need 3 mics and spots for the intro and Q&A. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built/scheduled a playlist for the private event in Theater 2 tonight. Built playlists for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban , Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ,  Repo Man preshow, and preshow for the private event on Saturday. Started the playlist for Everything Everywhere . Need the slide for Perfect before I can make that playlist. Downloaded and ingested the new forecast and added it to all playlists for next week. Made an updated playlist for Spider-Man as that’s been held over. Trailer Updates: Swapped the Everything Everywhere trailer for Fantastic Beasts in the R trailer pack for next week. Special Events/ AV set up: Checked through the playlist...

To do this evening/ was completed: Removed Deep Red and other repertory playlists from 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: Ran house checks in all auditoriums; thankfully there were no serious outstanding issues from last night's false alarm incident and everything is back in working order again Presentation Issues: AC blower interlock alarm in theater 1; was able to get the lights in 3/7 working properly with Alec's help and ran a few cues to test the dimmer connectivity (they were stuck in their emergency setting overnight due to the fire alarm being tripped -- the same issue occurred in theater 5 at the start of the first round but was fixed as the film began) Preshow Clips/Playlist: Downloaded and ingested additional pre-show content for Perfect ; started building playlists for the upcoming week's programming (forecast content will need to be update tomorrow once Kat upload it to the drive and we are still waiting on Everything Everywhere All At Once  feature content from Eclair -- not sure if a slide can be made/is needed specifically for the Perfect intr...

To do this evening/ was completed: Removed Inspector Ike from TMS. Downloaded Splashtop to MOD laptop and set it up for the Oscars   in T1.  Presentation Issues: Fire alarm tripped around 11:20. All auditorium houselights came on. Will and I reset all of the lighting panels and rewound all content by about 5-10 minutes. We were unable to turn off the aisle lights in T3, even after switching that particular breaker off. All other auditoriums were good to go. Pushed back shutdown times to accommodate fo the delay.   Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Oscars went smoothly overall. Will was around all evening and was a big help. Trees Lounge presented no issues but the fire alarm tripped towards the end of the ceremony and there was bit of confusion as everyone started to evacuate the theater. We got the show back on track as soon as we could. All equipment has been returned to 4/6 and MOD office. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailer...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: AC Blower interlock alarm in theater 1; ran a Dolby Channel ID test and a House Check in theater 1 to hear the status of the speakers and found no issues -- all speaker channels are aligned correctly so hopefully there will be no glitching as the rounds progress this afternoon Preshow Clips/Playlist: Deleted Labyrinth from the TMS and The Lost City from theater 1 IMS after the first round of shows 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: Used a thin metal rod found in booth 2 to secure the roof hatch as the padlock has gone missing from it

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Since the CP750 processor in Theater 1 has had the glitch where it sends sound through the wrong channels a few times now, we should run the Dolby Channel ID test (it's a CPL available on every server) in this house everyday before opening. When you play it a voice reads out each speaker through the separate channels, if the names of each speaker are not coming from the correct place (e.g. Left, Center, or Right are coming from the surround speakers) that means it's glitching and you should reboot the processor and run the test again to make sure it's working. I will write to DMS about this as well so it can be addressed. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: I bookmarked the live stream on ABC's website on the projection laptop for the Red Carpet in Trees Lounge tomorrow. It's logged in through my Optimum account so there should be no access issues. Everything is still set-up in T...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: A guest complained about the right side surround speakers "not working" during Jujutsu Kaisen 0 in the last round of shows; I listened to the film from both sides of the auditorium, close to the back, to try to identify any static/crackling/silence but heard nothing out of the ordinary -- I checked the processors in booth 1, these were in working order, then checked the Dolby app from the booth 6 computer and connected to theater 1's CP750 remotely to see if the speakers hadn't switched out of their 7.1 surround setting (they were not) and told the servers in 1 to reassure the guest that the speakers were checked and working correctly Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): We received a DVD copy of Country Crush for the private event in theater 3 on 4/2; I was unable to check volume levels for it since it arriv...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Downloaded and ingested the Everything Everywhere All At Once preshow. Waiting on Morbius preshow to build the playlist. Trailer Updates: Ingested a new trailer for Sonic 2 and added it to the PG-13 trailer pack. It is technically an Atmos DCP, so the playlists with this pack show up with a purple "A" icon on the TMS schedule, indicating the playlist contains Atmos content. We of course do not have the capability to play Atmos soundtracks, but this doesn’t mean we can’t play DCPs which have that extra information. I watched the trailer in a theater and it sounded perfectly fine, it just plays as a normal 5.1. Special Events/ AV set up: Set up the spotlight control board and two mics for the Oscars party in Theater 1 Sunday night. Went over everything with Desmond and the two hosts Shay and Allie, they were happy with everything and know what to do for changing lights and sound (mics will stay on...

To do this evening/ was completed: Put up letters and poster for Jujutsu. Removed Akira and Death on the Nile from TMS.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received poster for Ambulance, placed in caddy. 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?: Yes Posters updated?: Yes 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: Downloaded and ingested new keys for Spider-Man, The Worst Person in the World , and X ; checked The Lost City (picture and sound both good) and took a look at both versions of Jujutsu Kaisen  for credit offset times and there are additional credits at the end of the subtitled version; brought all outgoing DCPs to the UPS store for return delivery Presentation Issues: AC Blower interlock alarm in theater 1 required a hard reboot Preshow Clips/Playlist: Made playlists for Video Diary of a Lost Girl (mic changeover and Killer Makeover trailer + slide need to be added to this) and  Deep Red (this needs to be checked for volume levels and credit offset times) 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?: R...

To do this evening/ was completed: Finished inspecting Repo Man print. A few notes regarding the inspection below in the maintenance section.  Downloaded Deep Red  zip file to DCP II drive. Removed Licorice Pizza content from TMS.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: 35mm Wild Things screening went smoothly. Print is wound back onto its shipping reels and resting in T1 booth. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Feed reel spindle on the rewind bench came fully undone as I was rewinding reel 4 of Repo Man --the reel fell to the floor and the print was torn slightly, with one of the sprockets breaking. I taped it up and it seems good to go. This tear is close to the end of the reel. No other damage found. I was able to fully reattach the feed reel spindle--it's secure and fu...

To do this evening/ was completed: Licorice Pizza playlist, feature CPL and preshow can get deleted from the servers after it’s one screening today. Wild Things screens on 35mm in Theater 1 tonight. The preshow is scheduled and the print has been teched. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built Jujutsu Kaisen (subbed and dubbed) and Labyrinth (both with intro slide and without) playlists and scheduled them. The credit offset timecode for Jujutsu Kaisen is the same for both versions, but the subtitled version is 7 minutes longer than the dubbed, so the dubbed has 10 minutes of credits and the subtitled has 17. I assume the extra 7 minutes is just more credits but we should check it tomorrow when the keys open to see what’s up. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received Jujutsu Kaisen posters, put one in the tube for the archive and one in the caddy to hang up tomorrow night. Reordered the caddy as well, put the remai...

To do this evening/ was completed:  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban  finished ingesting locally to theater 1; downloaded and ingested  Jujutsu Kaisen keys from Deluxe Presentation Issues: The Batman in theater 2 sounded louder than usual in its last round despite the volume being set to its regular 5.0 level -- this happened during a car chase sequence about 80 minutes into the film -- and I feared the speakers might blow because of how much they were crackling during it; I brought the volume down and noticed that while the amplifiers' lights were green, the DCM monitor lights above them were glowing orange, something I haven't seen before and wondered if it was due to how much the volume was peaking during the action (I'm fairly certain there's a soundtrack beneath the sync sound but it's difficult to hear in the mix with how loud the rest of the audio is by comparison) Update: After the show finished I ran a house check (the speakers sounded fine) and the...

To do this evening/ was completed: Continue scheduling for next week and adding credit times to the cue sheets, though there was a pretty big disparity between the actual runtime and the runtime in FilmBot for The Lost City , causing most shows to overlap by about 16 minutes as currently scheduled. I wrote to Matthew about this and he and Conrad looked into adjusting the showtimes, a new schedule was just sent out so please update these showtimes on the cue sheets. Private party watching Escape from New York in Theater 6, preshow is scheduled for 6:30, the movie starts at 7. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built a preshow playlist for the private event in Theater 6 tonight, built the Lost City playlist. Downloaded and ingested The Lost City preshow, Killer Makeover trailer, and the new forecast, added the forecast to all of next week’s playlists. Trailer Updates: Added the Spring Animated welcome and feature snipes to both 3/25 trailer packs. Special Events/ AV set up: ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Careful print wound back onto shipping reels and placed on the projection cart, which is resting near the side entrance.  Presentation Issues: When I hit the changeover from reel two to three, the movie seemed to jump ahead slightly. I pulled up the film online and it seems to me that there may have been roughly 20-25 seconds that was missing from the end of reel 2. I don't recall seeing those images on screen when the print was running, but can't say for certain--just how it felt in the moment. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Careful intro and screening went smoothly. One presentation note above. 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 Projecto...

To do this evening/ was completed: The programming team had to cancel their screening of  Watcher this morning and have since decided to move it to NWB on Thursday; screened Akira for Desmond in theater 2 and adjusted volume levels and credit offset times  Presentation Issues: AC blower interlock alarm in theater 1; the bulb in theater 2 needs to either be realigned or replaced (I looked at  The Batman in 1 & 2 and it looked significantly dimmer on 2's screen but hesitated to realign the bulb since it is still fairly new Preshow Clips/Playlist: Downloaded and ingested all new/available pre-show content to the DCPII drive and began building playlists for the upcoming week (updated forecast content will have to be swapped and the Lost City pre-show content can be ingested and added to that film's playlist once it is uploaded to the drive); built an Inspector Ike playlist which will also need an updated forecast Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiv...

To do this evening/ was completed: Built a show playlist for  Watcher  for the programmers to view tomorrow morning in theater 6 and set the scope lenses and plates for a tech screening of Wild Things in theater 1 Presentation Issues: I checked the touch panel in theater 2's booth to try to check the fL status of the bulb and noticed an "unexpected light off" alarm from around 12:30PM logged in the system; this did not seem to have any effect on the rest of the day's screenings, however, I wonder if this sudden failure could be related to the general bulb dimness Jack was referring to in his blog post? There was too little time to run a proper diagnostic between shows but I'll try again in the morning to take a better look at some test patterns and try to configure the fL intensity Preshow Clips/Playlist:  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: To my eye, picture looks a bit too dim in T2 and T3. Batman and X are both brighter in T1. Automated starts in T2 and T6 failed to execute. 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?: Nest: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: I set aside a Batman poster for a prior event host who wanted to give on as a gift, it's in its own section of the caddy with the host's name labeled on the laminated sheet with all the titles written for each section. He will be coming to pick it up on Monday. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Doll Parts set before Steel Magnolias went well, the mics and their equipment is under the curtain for the setup tomorrow. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Checked on keys for Akira with Deluxe, they said they should be delivered tomorrow. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Printed and attached shipping labels for the Careful print, will schedule the FedEx pickup tomorrow so it can be returned on Tuesday following the screening. Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Added tracking for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban , it'...

To do this evening/ was completed: Ingested Watcher keys to the TMS and Inspector Ike and Video Diary of a Lost Girl  DCPs locally to theater 3 Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Updated pre-show content for the  Steel Magnolias  screening  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?: Yes Projectors off for the night?: Yes Projection cart by TH5?: Behind 3/7 for the weekend Nest: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Downloaded the updated Breakdown clip for Steel Magnolias , please add it to the playlist (once) in place of the four existing Breakdown clips. Ingest Inspector Ike to Theater 3, download Video Diary of a Lost Girl  from Google Drive and ingest that to 3 as well. Ingest Watcher keys for Monday. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Downloaded and ingested the three Country Brunch preshow clips. Built and scheduled the Steel Magnolias playlist, though we need the full 10 minute Breakdown clip, the one we got at first was only 2 and a half minutes so I repeated it four times in the playlist. Trailer Updates: Swapped out the Fantastic Beasts trailer for a new version in both trailer packs. Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): The Wild Things print came in. Finally managed to completely download the Inspector Ike DCP by downloading the Dropbox desktop app and syncing it to the...

To do this evening/ was completed: Removed Uncharted from marquee and TMS. Attempted to download Inspector Ike files repeatedly--download failed each time; leaving the booth tonight with the download in progress. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Outgoing DCPs were dropped off this afternoon. 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?: Yes Projectors off for the night?: Yes Projection cart by TH5?: Yes Nest: Additional Notes: Gerard brought us a new headset for the walkie.

To do this evening/ was completed: Remove Uncharted from the front of the marquee. Move cart to side entrance at the end of the night. Ingest Inspector Ike to Theater 3 if the video file downloads completely, otherwise keep trying to download it from Dropbox. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Downloaded and ingested Anime (R) preshow, Spring Animated Welcome/Feature snipes, and made and ingested DCPs of Careful and Wild Things intro slides. Country Brunch preshow wasn’t ready on Google Drive yet so I’ll build and schedule the Steel Magnolias preshow tomorrow. Built and scheduled playlists for Akira , both NSF encore programs, Careful preshow, and Wild Things preshow. A note about the NSF playlists: since there’s no credits really I put a minute of black after the last short with a lights up cue at the start so it doesn’t go straight to cleaning lights after the shorts finish. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Inge...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Farewell Amor screening in theater 3 went smoothly; the film's producer brought along a videographer to record the Q&A (who set up two cameras of his own, one of which was directly in the line of sight of our camera, so I was unable to record the discussion after the film) so Desmond gave him Kat's email for her to download his footage and add it to the shared Drive 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?: Removed Showgirls and added letters for X and Wild Things Posters updated?: Placed a "now playing" snipe above X  in the lobby Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projectors off for the night?: Projection cart by TH5?: Nest: Additional No...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Set up three mics in Theater 3 for the intro and Q&A tonight. Spotlight remote is in the box behind the curtain to the right of the screen. Playlist is ready to go as well. Left one mic stand under the curtain for the intro, they will need three chairs for the Q&A. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received a new Trail Mix drive. Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested the DCP for the private event on 3/29 in Theater 2. The hosts watched the DCP in full along with a couple members of their crew. They had a few questions about the sound, mainly why there was no sound coming from the rear surround speakers and I told them that since it has a 5.1 mix those speakers would not be active. I ended up playing it quite loud for them at 8.0. Overall I think they were happy with it, though they said they may give us a new DCP with a 7.1 mix but will confi...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: The center channel speakers in theater 1 malfunctioned during the first round ( The Batman at   5:25PM) causing the dialogue to sound muffled for first ten minutes of the film. I was in communication with the MODs during this time. After having checked inside the theater to listen to the surround system I paused the show, closed the dowser, brought up house lights, and made a brief announcement to the crowd that the delay would last just a minute. I unplugged and then rebooted the sound processor and began the show again, this creating a two minute offset at the show playlist's end. The reboot fixed this issue but I will continue to monitor it as Showgirls screens on 35mm this evening. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Trivia at Trees Lounge this evening went smoothly; Showgirls screening in theater 1 was a success and the print has been wound up/placed on the cart for return shipment Ordering...

To do this evening/ was completed: Please leave Showgirls print on the cart at the end of the night after it’s screening, FedEx pickup is scheduled for tomorrow. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Added the new forecast and Late Round trailer to next week’s first run playlists. Also downloaded and ingested the new Nitehawk Diaries trailer, the Superior Sequels trailer, and the Snake Eyes trailer. Added the Snake Eyes trailer to tonight’s Showgirls playlist. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordered posters for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 . Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested all shorts for the NSF encore programs to Theater 2, except the two which will be getting updated DCPs. Ingested keys for The Manchurian Candidate , they open tonight at midnight so I can tech this during admin tomorrow. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Scheduled the pickup for Showgirls tomorrow, please leave it on the cart at the end of the night. Prin...

To do this evening/ was completed: Uploaded new keys for Licorice Pizza and Death on the Nile. Removed Chopping Mall from TMS after screening concluded. Started cue sheets for the coming week. Noticing we have the OCAP version of Licorice Pizza ingested--intentional? 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. Updated Round 2 in T4, as it was scheduled five minutes late in TMS/cue sheet. Marquee updated?: Yes, put up letters for Steel Magnolias.  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: Built PG-13 playlists for the upcoming week, though the newest forecast is not ready and will have to be replaced; R rated and special events pre-show content will also be uploaded by tomorrow. Ingested and built a playlist for X (some pre-show elements will need to be updated when the new content is added to the drive tomorrow)  Screened Petite Maman from the programmers in 4 and tested the first two reels of Showgirls for Desmond in 1; also tested the Farewell Amor  playlist and made some updates to it  Presentation Issues: AC Blower interlock alarm in 1; hard reboot again fixed this  Preshow Clips/Playlist: Added light cues/credit times to the Chopping Mall playlist and cue sheets; X show playlist needs to be checked for credit offset times as none were provided on EclairPlay Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up:  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Pr...

To do this evening/ was completed: Updated all days of the schedule in TMS to correct for daylight savings time. Removed Grease from TMS and took down letters as well. X is available for ingest, held off on doing so tonight.  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?: Yes Projectors off for the night?: Yes Projection cart by TH5?: Yes Nest: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: AC Blower interlock alarm in theater 1; hard reboot fixed this. Flicker in theater 5 wall light is back but the light is still functional since it was just replaced Preshow Clips/Playlist:  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up:  Fist of Legend screening in theater 1 went smoothly Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Brought the  Fist of Legend print and Chopping Mall DCP to the cart for Jack to leave by 3/7 for tomorrow's pickup 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: Daylight savings seemed to have an effect on the TMS today as all scheduled showtimes were pushed forward an hour; I had to pull back each playlist...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and scheduled the Chopping Mall playlist. We got no credit offset info, and due to complications with the ingest it wasn’t on the server in time to tech it on Friday before the theater opened. This will have to be teched on Monday. Trailer Updates: Updated the The Manchurian Candidate playlist with rep trailers only, we usually avoid having first run trailers play ahead of rep films. There will be the odd first run trailer ahead of kid friendly rep titles, but in those cases it will be listed on the trailer list. Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Scheduled the pickup for the Fist of Legend print and Chopping Mall DCP for Monday. Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Tightened the arm roller to reduce the amount of slack on the take-up belt on projector #...

To do this evening/ was completed:  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built playlists for Farewell Amor  and The Manchurian Candidate 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?: Added event titles for the month of April with corresponding formats and auditorium numbers Maintenance/cleaning: 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?: Behind 3/7 for the weekend Nest: Additional Notes: The Apple TV Siri remote in Trees Lounge is broken (the buttons are stiff and hard to press and the touch sensor is not responsive) but, as a temporary fix in the event that the Plex system or Apple TV box isn't working,  we can remotely connect with our iPhones to reconfigure the connecti...

To do this evening/ was completed: Build and scheduled Chopping Mall , Farewell Amor , and The Manchurian Candidate playlists. Aim to have 5 minutes of trailers for Chopping and Manchurian , Farewell has an intro so no trailers for that one. The slide is on the server. Go through the event calendar and add any titles missing from the asset doc. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Noticed the new playlist for the Animated Oscar Shorts hadn't been loaded to the Theater 1 and 2 servers since all shows in these houses are manual starts. Feature content was already on the servers since it's been playing in both theaters so I just needed to schedule the SPL so it would load. Just a reminder to please schedule playlists for anything that only has manual start shows when building the schedule so the playlist and any new content will load onto the server. Once the playlist is valid you can delete the schedule. Downloaded and ingested generic Strip Club and Showgirls preshow...

To do this evening/ was completed: Twice attempted to locally ingest  Chopping Mall to T1, but the ingest failed due to "copied file hash does not match remote filed hash" and "retrieve asset failed"--did not have time to attempt an ingest through TMS. Ingested new keys for Spiderman. Downloaded and ingested the Sundays on Fire preshow. Presentation Issues: During Round 1 in T1 I got a call alerting me that the preshow was playing with no image on screen. I went to check on things and I saw that the projector had an AC interlock error occur. I had thought this issue had been resolved, so did not think to check when I got in, as I went straight to T4 to prep for the 35mm screening. I ejected the playlist, brought the house lights up and restarted the projector. I got the playlist back on screen a few minutes before the trailers were scheduled to begin. Cool As Ice 35mm screening: At the beginning of reel 4, the take-up belt on P4 (projector next to sound rack) slippe...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and scheduled the Grease Sing Along playlist. No credit offset was given with the drive so we'll have to get this when we tech it on Friday when the keys are open. Trailer Updates: Swapped the X trailer for Fantastic Beasts in a new R trailer pack for Thursday 3/17, made new playlists with this pack for relevant titles and scheduled them for 3/17. Special Events/ AV set up: House Party 35mm screening and intro went great, left the mixer (turned off) with two mics and two stands under the curtain in Theater 4 for the intro tomorrow night. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received a new Trail Mix drive. Ordering/Receiving (content): Received a new drive for Licorice Pizza , feature content on it was the same as already on the servers so I packed it up for return. We still have the first drive we got for this title. Downloaded all NSF shorts for the encore programs except the two whic...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Downloaded and ingested the updated Stub and Book promos, Kids April trailer, and new forecast. Converted the Cool as Ice slide to DCP, ingested it and added it to the playlist for Thursday. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Eve's Bayou 35mm screening and intro went great! Looking forward to the rest of the 35mm screenings in 4 this week and many more to come! The private The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover screening also went well. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received posters for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore . Ordering/Receiving (content): Grease Sing-Along DCP came in, ingested it to Theater 3. Also received and ingested keys for it, they open Friday at 11am. Downloaded the Vortex DCP and ingested it to Theater 4 for the Cinema team to watch on Friday. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Printed and attached shipping labels for the Dogtown & Z-B...

To do this evening/ was completed: All films have been scheduled and added to cue sheets for the upcoming week (with the exception of a few titles we cannot schedule since the content has not arrived yet) Presentation Issues: Downloaded and ingested Grease: Sing-A-Long keys from Deluxe Preshow Clips/Playlist: Playlists for this week still contain the forecast from 3/4 to fill the space; waiting for Kat to upload the DCP elements for 3/11 for us to download Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Microphones/mixer set up in theater 4 for tonight's Eve's Bayou introduction Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Tested the first two reels of Eve's Bayou , Cool as Ice , and House Party with Cristina, Desmond, and John in theater 4 and noted volume levels for each print; also tested Happening and adjusted the volume/masking accordingly (there is some image bleeding on the left curtain wh...

To do this evening/ was completed: Ingested  Death on the Nile ,  Happening  (2021), and  Licorice Pizza keys; ingested  Licorice Pizza  for its rerelease Presentation Issues: Completed house checks and noticed a slight flickering on screen in theater 2; the bulb is healthy and hasn't logged too many hours but the flicker was plain to see ( The Batman is in this room for the foreseeable future so it shouldn't be too much of an issue since the film is already dark but it's something to keep our eyes on if it does start to hinder the presentation) Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built playlists for the upcoming week and a pre-show for tomorrow night's private event in theater 6 Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Event memo for 3/8 was updated with relevant information (runtime/credits) Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content):  Outgoing/Shipping (content): Foxfire print was picked up this afternoon Print/video Inspection...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: NSF22 Closing Nite screenings and Q&A went smoothly (recorded this and placed the file in the 4/6 desktop folder); afterparty in Trees Lounge was a success and the turntable setup was broken down and brought back behind 3/7 The guest who booked theater 6 on 3/8 dropped off a Region A DVD copy of The Thief, the Cook...  (I tested this after the final round in theater 6 and noted the relevant information on the event memo and disc case -- Chenelle has to confirm with Alec when she would like the pre-show to begin since the prior show might interfere with it starting at 9:30) 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 ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Remaining setup for NSF Closing Night: Connect the extra wired mic to the #2 XLR input under the curtain, an XLR cable is already connected to the Shure mixer in the booth. They will also need a mic in Trees Lounge for the after party. Turntables are set up in Trees, amp just needs to be turned on. The Foxfire print is on the cart in 3/7, it’s getting picked up tomorrow so please bring the cart to the side entrance at close. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Set up turntables in Trees Lounge for tonight’s party, connected an XLR from the booth output to the Shure mixer for the wired mic for the Q&A. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Did not yet receive keys for the Happening screener DCP, I let the Cinema team know. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Continued inspecting Fist of Legend , no real improvement to the condition, lots of ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Selena screening went well. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Printed the return shipping label for Foxfire and scheduled a pickup for Monday. It’s on the cart in 3/7. Shared the tracking number with John and Cristina. Also printed and attached return labels for House Party and Fist of Legend prints, and attached the included return labels for Showgirls so these can be returned the day following their screenings. As far as other prints we have in which have yet to screen, that leaves Cool As Ice to arrange the return for but Universal usually sends someone to pick their prints up. Waiting to hear back from John about returning Lives of Others , Crouching Tiger , Dogtown & Z-Boys , and Freeway . Print/video Inspection: Began inspecting the Fist of Legend print, it’s an English dub,...