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To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: MODs turned on the fans in Theater 1 for the last round so I raised the volume for the trailers and feature. Will keep an eye on this tomorrow. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Downloaded and ingested the Lynch preshow clips. Built preshow playlists for Jungle Fever and Fire Walk with Me . Jungle Fever still needs the Bebe’s Kids trailer to be placed after the intro slide when it gets uploaded to Google Drive. Converted Jungle Fever and The Iron Giant slides and the Do the Right Thing Film Feast slide to DCP. Added the Film Feast slide to the playlist. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): After adding Paprika to the outgoing drives they are piling up a bit so I’ll take them to the UPS store tomorrow, it was closed today. Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Repurposed the bigger ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Good Burger and Paprika screenings went smoothly; the Good Burger print was re-inspected and packaged for return shipping (also scheduled a FedEx pickup for tomorrow morning and left the print on cart) Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Do the Right Thing  DCP keys were downloaded/uploaded to the TMS Outgoing/Shipping (content):  Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Removed Good Burger and added letters for Wet Hot American Summer  Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projection cart by entrance?: Yes Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: The last two rounds in Theater 2 did not start. The playlists loaded but stayed paused at the beginning and had to be started manually, so the issue is definitely yet to be resolved. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Downloaded and ingested the Generic Summer preshow clips for the Wet Hot American Summer screenings. Built the playlist as well. Trailer Updates: Swapped the updated Orange and Blue Skies trailer into all playlists. Ingested a Three Thousand Years of Longing trailer for next week's R trailer packs. Also ingested a new Moonage Daydream trailer which is longer for the PG and PG-13 packs which were a bit short. Added the book promo as well to bring them up to the right length. Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): The Wet Hot American Summer drive arrived yesterday. Found it in the chef's office. Ingested it to Theater 2. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built new trailer packs for the week of 8/5 and a show playlist for Bullet Train  (the PG and PG-13 trailer packs are too short with the content that has been removed from the trailer list and we do not have a Three Thousand Years of Longing trailer for use in the R rated pack so I've placed Black Adam there temporarily); built new show playlists for all first run titles for the upcoming week (again, there is the issue of the trailer packs being too short, most noticeably in the PG and PG-13 rated titles, but once more content is added these will be fine to schedule) Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: I had some framing issues with the first couple reels of Good Burger but those were quickly resolved during the latter half of the show;  Paprika  screening in theater 3 went smoothly and the turntable was setup in Trees Lounge Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiv...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: All show playlists that needed to be adjusted ( Nope , Thor: Love and Thunder , and Top Gun: Maverick ) have been updated through the week; downloaded and ingested all new and available pre-show/trailer content for the upcoming week Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Stored the turntable case in the closet space by Trees Lounge; Gerard assisted me with lifting it up the stairs and suggested we consider storing it beneath the stairs to the mezzanine to avoid having to bring it up those steps every time we break down the setup The speakers and stands used during last night's event in theater 2 were brought down to theater 1 and placed back behind the curtain Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Desmond and Cristina asked to see a few reels of Malcolm X in theater 4 and to take a look at the Escape from New ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Shouting at the Screen went very well, all cables, mics, the mixer, and other miscellaneous equipment is back in 4/6. The wireless mics are back in Theater 2’s booth. PA speakers and their stands remain behind the curtains in Theater 2 as Theater 1 was still in the middle of a show when I left.  The DJ equipment was broken down and cables returned to 4/6 however it needs to be stored in the closet before opening tomorrow. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers):  Ordering/Receiving (content): Bullet Train DCP arrived, ingested to TMS and all IMS servers. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Printed a shipping label for Lilya 4-Ever and scheduled a pickup for tomorrow. Placed the print on the cart. Print/video Inspection: I did not get to inspecting any more of Malcolm X . I wound the 7th reel back onto the shipping reel and placed it in the can. Asset track...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built/scheduled pre-show playlists for Good Burger (one with and one without the intro slide) and Malcolm X and show playlists for Escape from New York , Do the Right Thing , and Paprika Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The mixer and extra microphone used last night in theater 4 were placed behind the curtain in theater 2 for tonight's event  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Additional Bullet Train posters arrived and were stored behind 3/7 Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): DHL came by this afternoon (closer to 3:30PM) to pick up the extra Crooklyn print Print/video Inspection: Finished re-inspecting Lilya-4-Ever and packaged it for return shipping but did not print return labels as it is being sent to another venue to be screened; continued inspecting Malcolm X and uploaded photos of the print from reels 2-6 to the shared drive Asset tracking doc updated...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Updated 7/29 PG and PG-13 trailer packs, they had the Super Pets trailer listed in the trailer list and when I pointed this out to Kat she changed it so the Nitemoves, Tip, and How to Order PSAs are in the trailer pack. Removed these clips from the preshow for the relevant playlists and added the welcome slide to fill the time. Special Events/ AV set up: Lilya 4-Ever screening went great! Brought the mic/mixer back to 4/6 and returned the mic stand to Theater 1. Cleaned both projectors after the screening and wound all reels heads out on house reels for reinspection tomorrow. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received Wakanda Forever posters, placed them in the caddy. Ordering/Receiving (content): Do the Right Thing drive came, and Cristina brought the Paprika drive over from Williamsburg. Ingested both to Theater 3. Outgoing/Shipping (content): The Burning got picked up. P...

To do this evening/ was completed: Finished updating the schedule and cue sheets for the upcoming week with the exception of some 35mm pre-shows and some event DCPs and first run content that we have yet to receive; I double checked the times against filmbot and everything looks in order (note: Shouting at the Screen's show playlist will need to be built by end of day tomorrow -- I saw that the slides had been made up on the projection laptop -- the feature volume/credit offset information is on the asset tracking doc) Presentation Issues: LampLOC board communication failure alarm from 11:16AM (this was from yesterday morning) is still active in theater 1's projector but is not affecting the presentation of content  Preshow Clips/Playlist: Updated all show playlists as much as I could given the limited amount of new pre-show content and trailers; the second update of the "OrangeandBlueSkies" trailer is being uploaded tonight for ingest tomorrow morning -- I would grea...

To do this evening/ was completed: The film schedule was sent out very late this evening and I did not have a moment to begin working on it; I will begin (and try to complete) it during my shift tomorrow after I finish the Mo' Better Blues  walkthrough in the morning with Desmond and finish re-inspecting The Burning   Presentation Issues: Critical alarm is still active on theater 1's projector; the room got a bit warm during the last show so the MODs set up the fans again and asked me to turn the feature volume up -- it should be noted that the glass was not fogging at the start of the show and did not begin fogging during it Preshow Clips/Playlist:  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Burning screening in theater 4 went smoothly (I got ahead of myself by a few seconds on the changeover between reels 1 and 2 because I thought I saw the cues earlier than they actually appeared and switched over to the second reel about 10 seconds too soon, however, the rest of ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Converted the Lilya 4-Ever slide to DCP and added it to the preshow playlist. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Tested the setup for Shouting at the Screen in Theater 2. We looked at the slideshow on screen, a played a bit of the feature with the mics on in the back of the theater. Everything looked and sounded good, I left as much as possible set up or under the curtains for Thursday. The only thing I removed was the mixer and one wired mic for the intro in Theater 4 on Wednesday night. An extension cord and XLR for connecting the left side PA speaker to power and the other speaker are taped to the stage floor right below the screen, which I covered over with the masking skirt so it won't be an eyesore for other shows. Three very long XLR cables (2 or 3 chained together) are under the curtain as well to run all the way to the back of the theater, each is labeled on each end with 1, 2, or 3, ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: The HVAC system broke down in theater 1 right before the last round which forced the MODs to place three fans throughout the auditorium; this created a considerable amount of white noise throughout so I turned up the feature volume to 6.7 (as opposed to the usual 5.5) to compensate for the additional sound Around 9:23PM I noticed a "LampLOC board communication failure/LampLOC state sensor failure" read out in theater 1 during the middle of the 9:00PM screening of Nope ; fortunately this did not immediately affect the light and the picture remained on screen but I could not get through to Jerry to query him about how best to troubleshoot the alarm (I reached out to Alec who said he would look at it tomorrow morning if the scheduled shutdown/restart doesn't fix the issue) Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoi...

To do this evening/ was completed: Re-inspected Out of Time print, put the print back onto its shipping cores. The print didn't come with any containers so the reels are separated by pieces of cardboard. Taped them up pretty well. Cleaned both 35mm projectors after the screening as well. Presentation Issues: Either round one or two in T2 did not start as automated (can't remember which right now), likewise round two in T4. Bit of a side-to-side bounce coming from projector 1 during Out of Time. Was mostly present during reel two. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Out of Time screening 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): Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Dirty Dancing keys were downloaded and uploaded to the TMS Presentation Issues:  Preshow Clips/Playlist: A note about the R rated trailer packs for the the week 7/29: adding a third trailer to it will bring the total time closer to 12 minutes over the usual 10 (it's 11:25 to be exact) so I'm not sure whether or not the additional trailer is entirely necessary or if it should be cut from the pack altogether 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: Swept booth 1 clean of any dust/dirt buildup (beneath the projectors and make-up table too) and emailed Gerard about ordering more Swiffer Wet Jet pads for use in the booths  Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Yes Projection cart by entr...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Out of Time screening went very well. Wound the print back onto house reels for tomorrow. Cleaned projectors before/after. The DJ set in Trees went well also. When Gerard came up to help me get the turntables out of the closet he said our setup was broken, which I hadn’t heard anything about. However he told me that John Woods left a replacement in the storage closet, it was just a turntable so I assumed one of the turntables was broken. After I set up our turntables Eliel swapped the broken one out for John’s (I didn’t know which was broken, both turned on and I had nothing to test them with, and I had to get ready for the 35mm screening). When we broke it down I left John’s turntable in the box with our working one. Someone was supposed to come work on the broken one today but as far as I know that didn’t happen. The broken one is in John’s box was in for t...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: The last round in theater 2 ( Thor: Love and Thunder at 9:00PM) did not start as scheduled and needed to be played manually; skipped ahead two minutes into the pre-show to make up for the lost time and have it run according to its scheduled end Preshow Clips/Playlist: Downloaded and ingested all new pre-show content for the upcoming week with the exception of the "Orange and Blue Skies" pre-show (this will be ready Tuesday) and The Iron Giant trailer (I was unable to update any of the PG or PG-13 trailer packs for this week because of this missing trailer but did email Kat about uploading it to the drive by Tuesday -- there is also a new version of the "ActioninScope" trailer that will be added to these); for the time being I updated all show playlists for the upcoming week (a show playlist for  Shouting at the Screen still needs to be built but I believe we are missing the intro slide needed to complete this...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received two new Three Thousand Years of Longing posters, as well as two each for Oppenheimer and She Said . I put the first two Three Thousand Years posters we got in the trivia section, as well as the Oppenheimer ones as these would be a good prize and they’re just the teaser ones, and I doubt we’ll need to hang these before new ones come out for the release next summer.  Ordering/Receiving (content): Received Jungle Fever , Crooklyn , and No Way Out prints. Universal sent us two prints of Crooklyn by mistake. I took a quick look at both and one looked to be in a lot better condition than the other (which wasn’t horrible by any means, but looked a bit beat up). After John emailed them that we got two prints by mistake they arranged for one to be picked up on Monday, so the better one is in 4/6 and the oth...

To do this evening/ was completed: Dropped off outgoing DCPs at UPS. Took down Wild Wild West and Black Phone letters. Put up letters for  Nope, Out of Time and The Burning.  Bumped the volume up in T1 during rounds two and three.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Private screening/Q&A in T4 went smoothly. Supernova intro and screening went very smoothly. Print looked really nice on screen. Rewound all reels heads out. Broke down equipment after the screening and brought everything back to 4/6. One note: one of our mic stands needs to be repaired or "reattached". It's laying beneath our AV boxes in 4/6. Cleaned the trap pieces on both 35mm projectors in T4 after the screening. Did this last night as well after Wild Wild West, forgot to put that in the blog. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/che...

To do this evening/ was completed: Theater 1 is open for business today, though still without working AC. There are fans placed around the room so the volume should be increased. I brought the first round of Nope up to 4.5 for trailers and 6 for the feature. The feature also opens with an Oppenheimer trailer, which should be played a bit quieter than the feature, I have it at 5.0 in the playlist, with a cue to raise the volume to 5.5 when the feature starts. The trailer can be left at 5.0 tonight, it’s one minute long so raise the volume a minute into the feature CPL. Also, just in case the port glass for Theater 1 gets foggy again, I removed two of the four screws that hold the one for the digital projector in place to make removing it easier if it’s needed. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and scheduled playlists for both the dubbed and subtitled versions of Nausicaa . Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Set mics in Theater 4 for both events tonight. Left ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Took down Descent letters. Received Nausicaa DCP, started locally ingesting to T3--asset copying is at 60% right now. I started this ingest about an hour before the 35mm show in T4 started.  Presentation Issues: Desmond notified me after the Wild Wild West screening that he heard a low buzz during the feature. He said it happened very briefly at the beginning of either reel two or three then reoccured for about the first half of reel five, and then discontinued again. He said it wasn't too prominent due to the soundtrack being very loud on its own. All reels were threaded exactly the same. Got a call from T2 at the beginning of round three notifying me that Thor was on screen instead of Top Gun. Checked the cue sheet and indeed it was the wrong feature on screen. I ejected Thor ninety seconds into its run, brought the house lights up to mid and then loaded the Top Gun CPL. The delay was minimal, but the end credits on the cue sheet had to be adjus...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: When the first round in Theater 6 started, the light would not stay on. The touch panel was giving an “Unexpected light off” error followed by a Ballast communication failure warning. No one had been seated yet, so I stopped the preshow and hard rebooted the projector. When it came back on I struck the lamp to see if I got the error again. The lamp stayed on with no further warnings so I restarted the preshow. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Wild Wild West is good to go for tonight. No mic set up, Desmond and the host won’t be using one for the intro. I ran a reel to check the framing after reading Will’s note from the tech and it looked good when I threaded the countdown in frame. Perhaps the framing needed to be adjusted slightly for the ratio, but it should be fine for tonight. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Downloaded the Sign O The Times DCP to ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Locally ingested  Dirty Dancing  to theater 2 and  Decision to Leave  to theater 6 for the cinema team to watch later in the week  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and scheduled a show playlist for Dirty Dancing  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Trivia at Trees Lounge this evening went smoothly despite some technical difficulty during the setup (the gain was turned up too high from the DJ set earlier in the week and caused some feedback in the room as I was trying to test the microphone volume) Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Posters for Amsterdam  and  Nope were delivered Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Re-inspected The Descent and packaged it for return shipping after winding the film back onto its shipping reels (also scheduled a pickup for tomorrow morning); inspected The Burning and completed the inspection report (n...

To do this evening/ was completed: Theater 1 is closed for tonight due to AC issues. I left the server in manual mode so playlists don’t start. The projector’s lamp is off, so no need to put it back on schedule for the shutdown. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built preshow playlists for Out of Time , The Burning , and Lilya 4-Ever . Built and scheduled the playlist for the private event in Theater 4 this Thursday. Updated credit lighting cues in all playlists, and switched the light cue in the preshow cues pack to Up so we no longer need to add this cue to the first preshow clip in the playlists. I also noticed the the credits for Minions start a few minutes earlier than the credit offset we were given. There is a very brief section of credits (less than 30 seconds) before a mid-credits scene, followed by 2 minutes of credits and them the crawl. The credit offset we got was for the crawl, so I moved the lights up cue in the playlist to right after the mid-credits scene. ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Ordered posters for Nope -they should be shipped tomorrow. Kept an eye on AC unit in T2 booth, no leaks. Played second hand to Will during the  NoBudge  program. Put back the port glass window in T1 after the Descent preshow concluded.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Descent screening went very smoothly. Print looked great on screen. I rewound all of the reels so that they're heads out. This will make the re-inspection process a bit more time efficient, since we received the print heads out-. 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: Presentation Issues: Theater 4's projector lost its IMB connection around 9AM; a hard reboot fixed this issue and the content loaded onto the TMS as previously scheduled Humidity in theater 1 created some fogging on the port glass window which had to be remove until the theater cooled down; this was placed back in between rounds  Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: NoBudge 28 event in theater 2 this evening went smoothly Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Took a look at the first reel of Supernova with Cristina in theater 4; the picture looks great and the sound levels have been noted, however, running the reel on projector 2 (the one closest to the sound rack), I noticed the scope aperture plate is cutting off a fairly negligible portion of the bottom right hand corner of the screen and could use some filing down -- after t...

To do this evening/ was completed: Re-inspected Devil in a New Dress. It's back on its shipping reels tails out. Took down Lightyear and Devil letters, put up Wild Wild West. Kept an ear on T1--sound was all good. Reorganized the un-inspected prints resting in T4 somewhat. 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?: Yes Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Yes Projection cart by entrance?: Yes Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Filled in cues for the private event for 7/21. Haven’t build the playlist however as the slide for the intro/Q&A isn’t confirmed on the event memo yet. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Devil in a Blue Dress went very well. I left the reels tails out as this was how it was shipped, so it only needs to be wound once onto a house reel while inspecting, then back on the shipping reels to return it tails out. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Nope posters will need to be ordered from Universal directly. I left the phone number taped to the iMac, please order them tomorrow when they’ll be open. Have them overnighted if possible, but if not and there are other expedient options that’s fine too. Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Cleared The Terminator , feature and playlist, from TMS & Theater 3. Print/video Inspection: Began reinspecting Devil in a Blue Dres...

 To do this evening/ was completed:  Presentation Issues: Alec noted the port glass window in theater 4 was fogged over this afternoon and he had to remove it to allow it to clear up -- I placed this back prior to the second to last round of shows and continued to monitor the temperature in the room throughout the night; last round in theater 5 had to be started manually Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Brunch Club DJ set at Trees Lounge wrapped up on schedule; I broke down the turntable and stored it in the closet by the mezzanine stairs (the case was laid flat on the ground since both of the covers seem to unlock themselves whenever it is moved into an upright position) Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): I reached out to VisionMedia to inquire about Nope posters (I'm not sure if these have already been ordered although Alec had mentioned we did not have any on site) but the office was closed and a recording mentioned the hours...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: There was another complaint during Thor  in Theater 1 about the sound. I checked and it sounded fine, dialogue was clear and music/sound effects sounded good. I think a bump to the volume wouldn’t hurt, I changed the cue in the playlist to 5.5. Downloaded and ingested the 5 min Blaxploitation preshow clip. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Devil in a Blue Dress screening went well. Though when I changed over to the second reel, the shutter on projector 1 didn't open, that wire had come loose again. I opened the shutter by hand and reconnected the wire as the second reel played, and it was fine through the end of the show. However, afterward I tried securing the wire better so it wouldn't come loose again, and in the process accidentally disconnected one of the wires for the shutter closing mechanism. The spade connector I had to reconnect it to was at the bottom corner of the changeover b...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues:  Preshow Clips/Playlist: Added a volume cue to the Wild Wild West pre-show playlist after the tech and downloaded and ingested all available pre-show content from the shared drive to the TMS; built and scheduled a show playlist for Nope  and made adjustments to all pre-shows and necessary trailer packs Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Alec was on site for a private screening of  Thor: Love and Thunder  in theater 1; I was scheduled to start after this event and arrived as the group was exiting the theater around 1PM Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Good Burger print was delivered and stored in 4/6 (we have a very limited amount of extra reels in these booths so this print will have to wait to be inspected until some of the other films are shown and taken off those currently in use);  Nope DCP was received and ingested -- deleted the 5.1 version after the ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Took down EEAAO , put up Crawdad letters. Cleaned Christie lenses in 1, 2, 4, 6. Swept and mopped booth 1. 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?: Yes Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Yes Projection cart by entrance?: Yes Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Downloaded and ingested the Reconsider This and Wild Wild West preshow clips, built and scheduled a playlist for the Wild Wild West preshow/intro. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: I made lens files and set masking stops for 2.20:1 in all houses except 5 (ran out of time before it opened) using the latest Nope trailer which is the same ratio/container as the feature. Also made cues for the lens file and masking and built a pack for the lens/masking change to use when we build the playlist. I used the trailer for the ILS adjustment and the alignment DCP to make the screen file, it should be accurate to the feature, but I will double check once we can put it on screen. Checked the specs for the 35s in 4&1 to answer the questions about possibly doing a 3D series. I’ll just need to check to see if the knobs to increase the current to the lamps work, as apparently we’ll need to increase the brig...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues:  Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and scheduled a show playlist for NoBudge Live #28 (shorts 8 and 9 are in the correct placement in sequence and all volume levels have been adjusted) and updated the cue sheets accordingly with time allotted for the introduction and Q&A following the show; also waiting for the "Reconsider This" content to finish uploading to the shared drive before building out the Wild Wild West pre-show (this might not be completed until some time tomorrow but the "Girl6" trailer was ingested to the TMS and will follow this film's introduction) -- Built and scheduled a show playlist for Where the Crawdads Sing Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Where the Crawdads Sing DCP was delivered and ingested and TrailMix 7/15 DCP was delivered and stored in 4/6; downloaded and ingested keys for The Terminator and W...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Converted the Supernova special slide to DCP and added it to the playlist. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received posters for Vengeance . Ordering/Receiving (content): Devil in a Blue Dress and The Burning prints came. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Project A 2 print, 35mm Hong Kong trailers, and AGFA DCP drive we picked up by FedEx. A Sony courier picked up One False Move and I Know What You Did Last Summer when they dropped Devil off. Cleared some old first run preshows for titles which have closed off servers. Print/video Inspection: Inspected the Devil in a Blue Dress print, it’s in good shape, some light scratching, and some reels were a bit dirty, but it overall should look very good on screen. Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Added tracking for the Lilya 4-Ever print, it’s coming on Friday. Added info for Nope , it’s pending through...

To do this evening/ was completed: I emailed Deluxe about sending updated keys for  Minions: The Rise of Gru  and  The Black Phone  for this upcoming week and they are scheduled to be sent out tomorrow afternoon (these two titles' keys will expire by the 15th but all other films' keys are valid through the 22nd) Presentation Issues: No issues in theater 1 during any of my quality checks throughout the evening; that complaint to Jack must have been an anomaly of sorts as the center channel has sounded fine during the feature Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and scheduled a show playlist for  The Terminator and event pre-shows for Devil in a Blue Dress ,  The Descent , and  Supernova   (volume automation cues will need to be added to all of these once the prints are tested with the cinema team) and updated credit offset information on the cue sheets for the weekend; if Alec and/or Jack could please double check the pre-show playlist for Supernova to en...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Gerard walkied me during preshow at the beginning of the first round saying the masking was off on the left side in Theater 2. I went to check it and it was fine, the only thing I noticed that he might have meant was a bit of shadow from the curtains on the screen caused by the preshow lights. Came back in to check it again at lights down and again after the movie started and there was no bleed or anything. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Updated trailer packs (both this week’s and next) so the Godzilla/MST3k policy clips come after the Feature Presentation snipe, I had been in the habit of building them with these switched but Kat mentioned we should have them the other way around. Built and scheduled a playlist for the private Thor screening on Friday morning. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): The Terminator DCP came.  Ingested keys for Elvis , To...

To do this evening/ was completed: Finished adding all relevant titles to the TMS for this week's upcoming schedule -- sans Where the Crawdads Sing and Nope which we are still waiting to receive DCP content for (and some 35mm pre-shows/private events that we need additional information on) -- and updated the cue sheets accordingly    Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Downloaded additional pre-show content from the drive this afternoon and added it to the R rated playlists (these will have to be updated again on 7/21 once we begin screening Nope ); Kat is going to add another pre-show to the shared drive Wednesday morning  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Perdita Durango screening in theater 4 went smoothly (there was some extremely negligible pillar boxing but the DCP looked and sounded great otherwise) Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Teched all NoBudge shorts with Desmond. Volume and aspect ratio for each short has been logged. 1.33 and 1.66 masking cues need to be adjusted slightly. Built playlists for the coming week's first run content. Presentation Issues: APC piece on the rack in T6 started beeping for a few minutes. At the moment it's flashing a message on its display panel to replace the battery. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Malcolm X print arrived, resting in T4. Outgoing/Shipping (content): The Matrix print got picked up. Dropped off outgoing DCPs at UPS. Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Re-inspected  Project A Part II and wound it back onto its shipping reels; rewound the Sundays on Fire trailers onto their respective cores (wiped down all reels used during the screening and both projectors in 1 with alcohol wipes to reduce the vinegar odor) Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Sundays on Fire screening was a success (reel 2 was as warped and damaged as mentioned and this forced me to have to adjust the focus every few minutes but the rest of the reels were less troublesome; overall the run of show went smoothly despite the less than desirable appearance of the print throughout) and the private screening in theater 6 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): Marquee upda...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and scheduled a playlist for the Sundays on Fire preshow. Made updates to the playlist for the private Minions screening on Sunday. It needed 30 minutes of preshow, not 25, followed by the trailers and then the feature. Please check the event memo and ask Chenelle if you're not sure about any timing before building the playlist. I also asked her if we should include our in house trailers with the studio ones, but she said not to so I just used the adjusted trailer pack that was already made. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Set up Spoons in Theater 1 for tomorrow. Please remember to reconnect the wireless mics to the sound processor after their show on Saturday, despite everything else being broken down from Wednesday night which could've been left, the wireless mic XLR was left disconnected from the sound processor. Also, please take more time putting the cables away neatly when b...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: A guest told MOD they felt the sound was off in T1 during Thor, round three. I checked the Dolby application and saw all the channels were functioning properly. Went into the theater and the mix sounded right to me. Bumped the volume up to 6.0 and checked the theater again, everything sounded good and full. 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 Projection cart by entrance?: Yes Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Tested the Thor: Love and Thunder playlist in theater 2; picture and sound are good and the pre-show content played without error Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Built and scheduled a show playlist for the private screening of Minions: The Rise of Gru on 7/10 and built a show playlist for the God's Country screening tomorrow morning Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Received God's Country DCP screener and ingested it to theater 3; ingested some of the NoBudge shorts to the DCPII hard drive -- Kat should have the rest on the shared drive some time tomorrow Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Schedule for the upcoming week was completed  Marquee updated?: Removed Crimes of the Future and  Jurassic World Dominion and added  Thor...

To do this evening/ was completed: Reinspected Matrix print, it's back in its cans in T1. Chenelle dropped off a drive for an event on 7/21. New trailmix drive arrived as well. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Spoons went smoothly. The host switched to another projector macro for a few minutes by accident, losing image subsequently, but it was a quick fix. I was unable to connect to the PC in T1 using Splashtop, seems the ethernet connection was lost, so I connected them to the IMS using the 3/7 PC. Equipment back in 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: The leak in Booth 2 is still going. I emptied all the water early this afternoon, the trash can was about a third full. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Downloaded and ingested the updated Godzilla policy and added it to all playlists. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Set everything up for Spoons tonight, everything just needs to be turned on. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received new posters for Where the Crawdads Sing . Ordering/Receiving (content): Project A 2 print arrived. Outgoing/Shipping (content): The Bling Ring was picked up. Still waiting to hear back from Sony about One False Move and I Know What You Did Last Summer pickups (the guy who coordinates this is out of office until tomorrow), but I’ve packed up the box for I Know and placed it by the wood shelf at the bottom of the stairs in Booth 1. Print/video Inspection: Inspected Project A 2 , it is quite beat up. All reels were warped for at least...

Forgot to publish my blog yesterday: To do this evening/ was completed: The AC leak in Booth 2 has sped up a bit, though not quite to what it was before, there's also a second drip (much slower than the first) just to the left of the first one, so make sure the trash can is positioned so that it catches both drips. I emptied the trash can as it was about a quarter full. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and scheduled a playlist for Perdita Durango . Downloaded and ingested the 7/08 A forecast, Grill tip PSA, MST3k policy clip, as well as the Action in Scope trailer. Added the forecast to all playlists for next week, the tip PSA to PG-13 and R playlists, and the MST3k policy to the R trailer pack. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Packed up the Cat Video Fest DCP and attached the included FedEx return label. Printed a FedEx label for the Punk Digibeta ...