NPP Projection Blog

To do this evening/ was completed: Built a playlist for Walk Hard. Inspected the first three reels of Starship Troopers. Print is in good condition with mild/moderate base scratching.  Presentation Issues: When reel two finished running on projector one, I began threading reel four and noticed that the takeup belt had come loose. I reattached it and reel four played smoothly with no issue. However, toward the end of reel six, the belt came loose again, resulting in about 15% of the reel on the ground. I didn't notice this until the reel finished because I was waiting to changeover to projector two. I picked the film up off the ground and rewound it back on to the reel while holding a kimtech cloth to the film to try to get as much detritus off of it as possible. To my eye there wasn't any on-screen effect during the end portion of reel six. Print has been rewound heads out aside from that reel--it's still tails out. Dragon Ball round two in T6 was listed as ending at 10:40 ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Downloaded and ingested Class of 07, Barbarian , and Bad Guys (for Minions ) preshow clips. Built and scheduled Minions , Sunset Blvd , and Barbarian playlists. Built Cinema Day playlists for all first run movies and scheduled them on Sat 9/3. Updated Sign O the Times and Redline playlists. Preshow was either too short (content missing) or too long (a clip needed to be removed). Trailer Updates: Updated the PG trailer pack, Kat added some content to the trailer list. Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content):  Received Minions and Barbarian through Deluxe E-delivery. Ingested both. Need to check the credit offset for Minions again, as the one included with the DCP is wrong. I know it has 8 minutes of credits though. Walk Hard drive arrived, locally ingested to Theater 3. This ingest was still queued as I left (scheduling triggered severa...

To do this evening/ was completed: Ingested preshow content and keys for  DC Super-Pets , Thor: Love and Thunder , and Top Gun: Maverick Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Updated show playlists for 9/2 for Beast , DC Super-Pets (trailer pack needs extra content),  Thor: Love and Thunder , and  Top Gun: Maverick  Trailer Updates: Made "Cinema Day" trailer packs for all film ratings, however, the PG trailer pack is too short in general and needs to be updated Special Events/ AV set up: The Reverend screening and Q&A in theater 1 went well and the talkback was recorded and uploaded to the shared drive (there was a minor technical issue involving the memory card so about 3 minutes of the conversation was lost but John and Kat have been emailed and informed; Kat will have to splice together the two separate MP4 files to make for a smooth transition between them for Brooklyn Magazine to use for its website) Set up mics/wires for trivia at Trees Lounge this e...

To do this evening/ was completed: Set up mixer and wired mics for intro/Q&A tonight in T1. Went over the event with Will. Re-inspected Panic Room, ready for pickup from Sony. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Locally ingested Sunset Boulevard to T1. Re-ingested returning features (T op Gun, Thor, Emily the Criminal, DC Super Pets ) and downloaded related preshow content. Built 09/02 playlists for these features, without their specific preshow contents--have yet to schedule the coming week's shows in TMS. Made playlists for Sign O' The Times and Redline.  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?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Updated the slides in the Reverend playlist. The movie title slide for intro and live performance? and the Brooklyn Magazine/Nitehawk logo slide for the Q&A. The Williamsburg B forecast for 9/2 was ingested and added to our playlists instead of the NPP one. I downloaded/ingested the right one and replaced it in all playlists. Downloaded and ingested the Singers and Actors, Noir, and Satoshi Kon preshow clips for next week’s special event playlists. Built a preshow playlist for Starship Troopers . Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Panic Room screening went very well. Left the print wound heads out for reinspecting tomorrow. Setup for the live performance at the Reverend screening tomorrow should be very simple. Only two mics, one for vocals and one for an accordion will be needed. Use wired mics, the Yamaha mini mixer, and connect them to the wall PA. Then wireless mics for the Q&A so it...

To do this evening/ was completed: Completed house checks in each auditorium and made adjustments to focusing and image orientation where necessary Presentation Issues: I noticed during house checks that the port glass in theater 4 had fogged over but it cleared once the auditorium cooled down in the early afternoon; this same issue occurred again during the pre-show for the first round but was resolved after I wiped the port glass from the inside of the auditorium to avoid having to remove the glass and directly fogging up the projector lens Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Starship Troopers and Mars Attacks! prints were delivered and brought to theater 1; Pearl KDMs were delivered and ingested Outgoing/Shipping (content): Brought all outgoing DCP drives to the UPS store for return shipment Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue ...

To do this evening/ was completed: No problems in T1. Sensor failure didn't cause any issues during the later rounds. 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 Projection cart by entrance?: Yes Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed:  Presentation Issues: LampLOC X and Z sensor failure alarms in theater 1 went off this morning before my arrival (these did not affect the orientation of the image on screen during the preshow for the first round and have not since had any affect on the picture but I will continue to monitor this throughout my shift) Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Iron Giant screening in theater 1 went very smoothly as did the Police Story  screening in theater 2; the print has been re-inspected/packaged for return shipping (a return pickup has also been scheduled and the print is on the cart behind 3/7) and the projectors were cleaned and left in their scope setup for Panic Room tomorrow night 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):...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built a playlist for the Reverend screening. The slide for the intro/performance and Q&A hasn’t been confirmed, but I put the Brooklyn Vegan in for now. Will also need to confirm the setup for the performance with John so I can prep it as much as possible as I won’t be here on Tuesday. From the looks of it he’ll be playing keyboard and singing, so it shouldn’t be too complicated. Added the Buffet tip PSA to next week’s first run playlists. The Grill one from this week was left in them. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Looked at some of the first reel of The Iron Giant , the digital soundtrack was fairly damaged, this would have been why processor fell back on the analog track during the screening today. For tomorrow, select Dolby SR on the processor instead of Dolby...

To do this evening/ was completed: Set up DJ gear in Trees. Presentation Issues: At the start of Iron Giant, as the intro credits were rolling, I noticed that the CP500 had switched from Dolby Digital to Dolby SR. I tried to switch over to Digital but the processor would not allow that as the film was running, so I closed the heat shield and stopped the motor to switch to the right format. This pause lasted 5-10 seconds, before the film started proper. A few minutes later the CP500 switched back to SR, then back to Digital, then back to SR again. Nothing was wrong with my threading, so I resolved to run the audio in the SR format. Went into the theater a few times to check things out and the movie sounded great. At the beginning of reel three the picture was out of frame despite the countdown being framed properly. Easy adjustment, no problem. I checked the reel after the show and made sure the countdown leader was in frame. When I got to the picture it was out of frame by one sprocke...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built show playlists for the upcoming week and updated forecasts and PG-13 trailer packs (had to remove the "Class of 07" trailer to bring them down to 10 minutes; if someone could please take a look at this again it would be greatly appreciated) Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projection cart by entrance?: Behind 3/7 for the weekend 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): Ingested The Reverend to Theater 1. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Out of Bounds print was picked up. Print/video Inspection: Ran some of The Iron Giant , Panic Room , and Inside Man with Desmond. All three prints looked very good. Volumes noted and cues added to playlists. Desmond also checked the Proud Family DCP. Info noted in the asset doc. It’s 1.78, maybe very slightly narrower as it appears just off center with the 1.78 masking without any bleed on the curtain. I’ll adjust the lens offset in a new lens file before the screening. Teched The Reverend . Volume and credit offset in the asset doc. Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Made two charts on the large whiteboard with gaff tape for tracking 35mm and digital content. Mark prints as they’re inspected if you’re screening them and...

To do this evening/ was completed: Finished inspecting Inside Man print. It's in really great shape, hardly any scratches to be found. An extra set of changeover grease cues on reel five, but I'll make sure to wait for the printed cues. Stills uploaded to Drive, notified Conrad. Removed all outgoing features/related content 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?: Yes, put up letters for The Invitation and TTYOL.  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: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Panic Room print arrived. Started downloading the DCP of The Reverend for 8/30 to our hard drive. It went all day and still had 10 hours to go when I left. Unless it somehow finishes before Jack leaves, I’ll ingest to Theater 1 and tech it tomorrow. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Printed and attached return labels for Out of Bounds , scheduled a FedEx pickup for tomorrow and left it on the cart. Print/video Inspection: Began inspecting Panic Room , looks good overall. Some base scratches which get fairly heavy at certain points, minor dirt/emulsion scratches near changeovers, and intermittent creases accompanied by light emulsion scratches throughout the first half of reel 5. Box was packed with reel 6 at the top and 1 at the bottom, so inspected 6-3. Will finish up the last two reels (1 an...

To do this evening/ was completed:  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Tested all first run playlists for the upcoming week Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Staff screenings in 3 and 7 this morning 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): Cue sheets for Friday-Sunday were double checked against Filmbot and the TMS; all showtimes and show playlists are accurate and in their right place Marquee updated?: Removed all outgoing first run titles and added letters for Inside Man ; also organized letters for TTYOL and The Invitation and placed them behind 3/7 Posters updated?: Removed all outgoing first run posters and replaced them with TTYOL and The Invitation under "coming soon" snipes; added Barbarian and Pearl to the poster cases in the lobby Cleaning lights on for the nigh...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: As I arrived the fire alarm had gone off and firemen were in Booth 2, as apparently there was some smoke. The fire department left saying there was nothing amiss in the booth, and that it could have been the construction. They left the windows open in the booth so it could air out. Jack and I reset all the theaters, though the first round was cancelled (except for the 5pm Dragon Ball in Theater 1). Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Out of Bounds screening went well. The warp on the print at the head and tail of each reel caused the image to go in and out of focus at the center for 30 or so seconds at the beginning and end of each reel. The screening and intro went smoothly otherwise. Cleaned projectors before/after. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Reinspected Out of Bounds , it’s ready to go back....

To do this evening/ was completed: Inspected the first four reels of Inside Man. Print is in really good condition. Will continue inspection tomorrow. Locally ingested Proud Family short to T4. Cleaned port glass windows and Christie lenses in 1, 2, 4 and 6. Presentation Issues: Round 1 in T3 did not start as automated. 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?: Took down Elvis letters. Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes: Around 3 pm MOD notified me that there was a burning scent coming from T2. I checked the booth and couldn't find anything wrong with it, though the smell was definitely strong in there. About an hour later the fire alarm went off and...

To do this evening/ was completed: Finished updating the cue sheets and schedule for the upcoming week and ingested a few new KDMs from Deluxe Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Mummy screening in theater 1 went smoothly  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Additional one sheets for The Invitation and new posters for the re-release of Spider-Man: No Way Home were delivered and stored behind 3/7 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 Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Updated preshow in the Three Thousand Years of Longing playlist, it had the Three Thousand Years of Longing preshow clip, but a generic Action clip instead of the George Miller and Idris Elba clips which were on the TMS. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received this week’s Trail Mix through Deluxe E-Delivery, scan EclairPlay on the TMS for trailers. Ordering/Receiving (content): Sent Three Thousand Years of Longing to all servers. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Printed and attached return labels for Point Break . Attached included return labels for Demolition Man . Placed both prints on the cart by the entrance and scheduled pickups with FedEx for tomorrow. Cleared Elvis , SPL and feature, from all servers since it was only playing over the weekend. Hanging onto the drive for now. Print/video Inspection: Checked the Mummy playlist in Theater 1, it’s ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Set up an HDMI connection for Chenelle's tech in T3. We ran the file off of Quicktime. Ran a reel of Out of Bounds for Cristina in T1. Picture looks good and volume has been noted.  Locally ingested Redline to T2 and teched that with Desmond. Feature is FLAT--it looks great and sounds great at 5.0 volume. Ingested TTYOL feature and made a playlist for 08/26.  Inspected The Iron Giant and uploaded stills to Google Drive, notified Conrad. The print is in good condition with minimal damage. The few significant scratches have been described on the inspection sheet. Uploaded keys for The Mummy. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Demolition Man intro and screening went very smoothly. Print is rewound, ready to re-inspected. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Yes Maint...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Downloaded and ingested both 8/26 forecasts. Built show playlists for everything, first run and special events, except The Reverend. Trailer Updates: Updated the PG-13 trailer pack for the current week, Kat had changed it on the trailer list after Desmond requested the Redline encore trailer play ahead of DBS: Super Hero . Ingested the Invitation trailer, sent it and See How They Run to all houses, and updated the pack. Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested The Invitation to the TMS, sent to all servers. Sent the version files of the DBS: Super Hero feature to all servers it hadn't been as well and cleared the original version from all servers. Ingested Police Story to Theater 2. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Scheduled a pickup for No Way Out for Monday. Placed on the cart by the entrance at close Sunday night. Print/video Ins...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Point Break screening in theater 1 went very smoothly Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Re-inspected  Point Break and packaged it for return shipping; canisters are at the bottom of the steps in booth 1 and just need a return label printed for each Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Added letters for The Iron Giant ; removed Point Break Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes: Not to get too personal, but I had a bit of a rough night last night, just dealing with some family issues and, not thinking through my frustration, foolishly did not set an alarm for this morning. As a result, I overslept and arrived late today. Fortuna...

To do this evening/ was completed: Set up DJ event in Trees. Removed all 08/12 playlists and trailer packs from TMS. Built new trailer packs for 08/26. Swept and mopped T1 and 4/6 booths. Took out the trash in T1 and left a spare bag beneath the new one for next time. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Point Break screening went very smoothly, reels are heads out ready for tomorrow. Projectors were cleaned before and after the screening. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: The second round in theater 2 did not start as automated and resulted in a two minute delay to the start of the pre-show (the show playlist was unpaused and played manually) Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Updated  DBS: Super Hero  trailer packs with the trailer for the  Redline  encore at Desmond's request (the other PG-13 packs remain unchanged and will continue to play the trailer for the "Orange and Blue Skies" series)  Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile  one sheets were delivered and stored behind 3/7 Ordering/Receiving (content): DCP drives for The Invitation and Police Story were delivered and brought to the 4/6 booth; USB drive with trailers for Call Jane and  The Good House was delivered and the content was ingested Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Re-inspected No Way Out and packaged it for retur...

To do this evening/ was completed: Made a slight adjustment to the 1.78 lens file in T1, image is centered.  Downloaded and ingested the new version files of Dragon Ball Super. Updated the playlists and teched them to make sure the missing content was there--all good. Deleted the old versions from TMS. Teched Demolition Man and Point Break prints with programming. Both reels looked good and volumes have been noted.  Checked the blu-ray lens files (flat and scope) in T4 and they were very misaligned and out of focus so I readjusted them. Flat macro is perfectly centered but the scope file might need a little more adjustment, I centered it pretty well though. Teched the new Argento with the programming team in T4 after this. Checked the Goonies playlist. It looks and sounds great. Added a lights down cue to the beginning of the feature. Desmond dropped off a drive for Red Line  and Proud Family.  Downloaded and ingested all new preshow content for 8/26. Presentation Is...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Converted Demolition Man and Out of Bounds slides to DCP, built and scheduled preshow playlists. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: No Way Out screening with intro and discussion went smoothly.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Left Mo Better Blues print on the cart by the entrance for pickup tomorrow. Print/video Inspection: Finished reinspecting Mo Better Blues and packed it up for return. Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Added some oil to the intermittent sprocket valve on projector 2 in Theater 1. I also repositioned the gate, comparing it to the one on projector 1, there was a tiny bit more distance between the gate pad and trap on projector 2. I think this should help with films printed on thinner stock (usually newer prints are like this) that jitter up and down slightly on screen. Since ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Teched subbed and dubbed versions of Dragon Ball Super --both look and sound great, and I'll be sure to ingest the updated version file when we receive it tomorrow. Adjusted the 1.78 masking setting in T1, it's almost perfect but I'll have to make another slight adjustment tomorrow. Teched Beast as well, looks and sounds great. Inspected Demolition Man and uploaded stills to Google Drive. The print is in pretty nice condition with mostly minimal base scratching--ready for tech tomorrow. Re-inspected the first two reels of Mo Better Blues. The print was left tails out, requiring an additional rewind so it could be wound heads out back onto its shipping reels. Going forward it would be helpful to note how we received the print on the inspection sheet and rewind each reel during screenings (if necessary) to make re-inspection more time efficient. Presentation Issues: Round 1 in T1 did not start as automated--delayed by one minute. Might be at...

To do this evening/ was completed: Finished editing cue sheets/updating the schedule for the upcoming week Presentation Issues:  Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and scheduled a show playlist for The Mummy  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Despite the time constraint for the sound check this evening the setup and performance went over really well; the setup was broken down before the feature and everything was removed and returned to storage once it ended  The Mo Better Blues screening was a success and the print was left on the shelf in booth 1 with tails out for re-inspection; the projectors were cleaned before and after the show (lenses and aperture plates on both are still set to 1.85:1) 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 lig...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and scheduled the Goonies playlist and the Dragon Ball playlists. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Set up the mini mixer in Theater 1 for the band tonight. Their setup sounds pretty simple so I don’t think it necessitates the big Behringer mixer. Left two mics and XLR cables under the curtain, one will be for them to speak into and the other possibly to mic their bass. I set the EQ for each one, though I of course did it blindly so it may need to be adjusted for their voice/instrument. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received a new Trail Mix drive. Received posters for Catherine Called Birdy , placed them in the caddy. Ordering/Receiving (content): Received The Mummy drive, ingested it to Theater 1. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Printed a shipping label for Tiger Cage , scheduled a pick up for tomorrow, as well as for Days of Thunder . Placed both prints on the cart. Print/vi...

To do this evening/ was completed: I didn't get to start work on the cue sheets/schedule until later in the evening since I was finishing up inspections in 1 and had to break down the trivia setup at Trees but I did manage to schedule content on Friday the 19th (sans Dragon Ball: Superhero ); noticed some overlap and close starts between shows here Presentation Issues:  Men in Black  show playlist needed a bit of a volume boost (I was in the auditorium as the feature began and adjusted the volume accordingly) Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Trivia at Trees Lounge was packed tonight and the Men in Black screening in theater 3 went smoothly Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Additional  Don't Worry Darling posters were delivered and stored behind 3/7 Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Point Break print was delivered and brought up to theater 1 Print/video Inspection: Finished re-inspecting Days of Thunder...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and scheduled the playlist for the Mo’ Better Blues preshow. Checked first run playlists for next week, the Beast playlist had the Bodies Bodies Bodies preshow, though the Beast and Idris Elba preshow clips had been ingested. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested The Goonies to Theater 2. Ingested both subtitled and dubbed versions of Dragonball Super , sent both versions of the DCP to all 7 servers. Point Break print arrived. Outgoing/Shipping (content):  DHL will be coming tomorrow to pick up Jungle Fever and Crooklyn . Print/video Inspection: Finished inspecting No Way Out , it’s overall in good shape. Reinspected the last two reels of Days of Thunder , both of which had problems going through the projector last night. Both reels had lots of sprocket repairs, and weakened sprockets in general. A lot o...

To do this evening/ was completed:  I asked Will to run reel seven of DoT during admin for me to make sure the countdown leader I added would result in proper framing. It was a perforation off when the new countdown was framed correctly, so I accommodated this by framing the top of the frameline a perf above the aperture plate. All other reels with makeshift countdown were fine and I didn't have to adjust framing at all during the screening. Presentation Issues: Listened in on Bullet Train in T3 to see if I could make out the crackling Will mentioned. To my ear it wasn't perceptible during the feature. I felt the mix sounded a little quiet though, so I bumped it up to 5.5.  About 65% of the way through reel six I heard the sound of the film running through the projector change. I ran over to P2 and saw that the loop beneath the gate had disappeared and the reel had become somewhat taut there. The image on screen wasn't effected but the sound in the auditorium started dron...

To do this evening/ was completed: Completed Dolby house checks in all auditoriums and noticed the left and right rear surround speakers in theater 3 are extremely crackly; I rebooted the processors in the room to see if that wouldn't fix the problem but I think it's strictly a speaker cone issue as the same thing occurred when I played the house check CPL a second time (it was difficult to notice when I put feature content on screen, it seems like the rest of the mix disguised how crackly those rear speakers sound) Presentation Issues:  Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and scheduled the Men in Black show playlist for tomorrow's screening (had to reach out to Deluxe about sending us the keys to play it -- keys were apparently on hold so I've reached out to Desmond to try to resolve the matter with the booking); keys were uploaded and ingested Trailer Updates: "BebesKids_V2" was transferred to theater 3 for the Men in Black  screening Special Events/ AV set up:  O...

To do this evening/ was completed: Spent more time with the Days of Thunder print, getting ready for the screening tomorrow.  Removed A League of Their Own content 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: Swept each booth.  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: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: "Sundays on Fire"   screening in theater 1 this morning was a success; I cleaned the projectors before and after the show and set the aperture plates and lenses to scope once it ended for tomorrow night's screening of  Days of Thunder  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content):  Tiger Cage was wound back onto its shipping reels and readied to be returned (it is currently at the bottom of the steps in booth 1) but will need a label printed once it can be placed on the cart; there are several other canisters taking up the space on the cart that need to be put out tonight so I will schedule a pick up for it during tomorrow's admin for another time in the week Print/video Inspection:  Tiger Cage was re-inspected and wound back onto its shipping reels, tails out, as delivered by ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Updated all first run playlists for 8/19. The PG-13 and R playlists ran about a minute and a half too long in the preshow, so I removed the TIP_Hot element. Made a preshow playlist for Point Break that can be reused for Demolition Man.  Successfully locally ingested BebesKids V2 trailer to T1. Finished inspecting Days of Thunder , reels 5-7 are pretty beat up, with reel six featuring 39 sprocket repairs. I added two of my own. Reel seven also has 30+ sprocket repairs. Added additional leader to reel seven for a smooth changeover. Reels five through seven all had scribed cues placed too late in the reel, possibly due to the last frames having been removed from the print. Added new grease cues for motor and changeover. Took pictures of the DoT print without using the magnifier, and I think this is the way to photograph prints for social media going forward. The images are sharper and you can show 4-5 frames at a time, which is a bit more visually st...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Fluorescent lights are working again in Theater 2. The breaker for them had merely been turned off at some point. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Downloaded and ingested all new preshow and trailer content for next week's trailer lists from Google Drive. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Crooklyn screening went very well, very nice print which looked great. Cleaned projectors before/after the show. DJ afterparty went smoothly as well, and was still going as I left. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Printed and attached shipping labels for Fire Walk With Me . Scheduled a FedEx pickup for Monday. Print/video Inspection: Reinspected and packed up Crooklyn . Began inspecting No Way Out , looks to be in pretty good shape. First reel was a little dusty, with a bit of scratches on the base side, though I doubt they’ll affect the picture on screen greatly. Asset ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: DMS's work on the ballast in theater 2's projector must have affected the 2.20 FLAT lens file because the image was thrown off-center on screen once the feature content started during the second round; one of the servers radioed me to let me know and I adjusted it via the touchpad and saved the lens file Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Finished re-inspecting Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me and readied it for return shipment (the print is at the bottom of the steps to booth 1) Finished inspecting Mo' Better Blues this evening   and the print is easily the best looking one I've had the pleasure of handling here (it is in immaculate condition with next to no scratches, just some light dust covering its edges throughout from storage/shipment) and the projectio...

To do this evening/ was completed:  Presentation Issues: Right after I left, Will texted me that the cleaning lights were not coming on in Theater 2, using either the automation cue or the button on the rack. He put the lights up to the Full setting so the theater could be cleaned while I checked the settings on the IP address for the Th2 lights. The settings were all fine, and the flouroescents were on before the theater opened so they’re definitely working. I changed the cleaning settings to the same as Full for now so the theater will have enough light for cleaning. Not sure what would have caused this—DMS was here working on the projector in Th2 but I doubt that would’ve affected the automation for the fluorescents specifically. They also skipped through some of our show playlists after they finished and didn’t mention anything like this as they left. I’ll look into this as much as possible tomorrow and contact DMS if I can’t get to the bottom of it. The theater will not go dar...

To do this evening/ was completed: Inspected reel one of Days of Thunder , and added some countdown leader to reel two. Noticed that reel one does not have any changeover cues so I added some with the grease pencil. The reel has motor cues but they appear too late, so I added new motor cues as well. Please let me know if the new cues need to be redone/how they look on screen. Added additional countdown leader to reel two but I haven't inspected it yet. Reel four can be put on screen as I inspected it a few days ago. I'll continue inspection this weekend. The Fifth Element print is on the push cart by the side entrance, ready for pickup. Presentation Issues: When I changed over to reel two of Twin Peaks, it was very out of focus. I refocused immediately so nothing to worry about but I'm wondering if we can make it standard procedure to run a test loop prior to opening so we can have a baseline focus when the print goes on screen. Additionally reel two was showing a significa...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and scheduled the Emily the Criminal playlist. Downloaded and ingested the Last Seduction trailer and built a playlist for the No Way Out preshow. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Emily the Criminal drive came. Ingested to TMS and sent to all servers. Out of Bounds print came as well, brought it up to booth 1. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Contacted Sony about picking up The Fifth Element . A courier will be coming to collect it tomorrow. Print/video Inspection: Began reinspecting Jungle Fever. I’ll arrange for DHL to have this picked up along with Crooklyn on Monday. Ran some of Crooklyn in Theater 4 for Desmond, it looks and sounds great. We also quickly checked both slides for Mo Better Blues in Theater 1. Checked the Bodies Bodies Bodies playlist, it’s all set. Went over adding footage markers to prints ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: During one of my walkthroughs I noticed the left rear surround speaker in theater 6 was crackling; it wasn't audible from the center or sides of the room, but passing through the door to the auditorium and standing just beneath the speaker I could hear it crackle very clearly (this seems to only occur during moments in the film when the bass is amplified or when the mix is peaking on the high end) Last round in theater 2 did not start as scheduled; had to be started/unpaused manually after a 5 minute delay Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Scheduled staff screenings for Bodies Bodies Bodies ; Jungle Fever screening in theater 4 this evening went swimmingly and the print has been left with tails out for re-inspection in 4/6 Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Received a new trailer mix DCP for the week of 8/12 and downloaded and ingested all first run keys...

To do this evening/ was completed: Finished scheduling content for the upcoming week on the TMS Presentation Issues: Fans were kept on during the last two rounds in theater 1 to help cool the room down so I turned the volume up louder than usual for the feature to compensate for the additional noise Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Private screening of White of the Eye  in theater 6 went smoothly; the blu-ray was returned to the host after the screening concluded Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Downloaded and ingested keys for Bodies Bodies Bodies and DC League of Super-Pets Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Finished re-inspecting The Fifth Element and readied it for return shipment (it is currently sitting at the bottom of the steps to booth 1); it took me a bit of time to thoroughly inspect Tiger Cage and its corresponding trailer reel (the print is, unsurprisingly, a bit of a mess wi...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built playlists for Bodies Bodies Bodies and A League of Their Own . Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordered posters for Emily the Criminal . Ordering/Receiving (content): We’re opening Emily the Criminal this Friday, the title has not shown up on Deluxe yet. Added a note for the cinema meeting tomorrow so we can check on delivery. Tiger Cage print, with trailers, arrived today. Brought it up to booth 1. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Finished inspecting Fire Walk With Me . It’s in pretty great shape. Finished the Janus inspection form, scanned it, and emailed it to Janus and copied Cristina. Teched Jungle Fever and Fire Walk With Me . Both are ready to go, added gate tension to projector 1 in theater 4, Jungle Fever looked good with no tension on projector 2. Both knobs are set for the screening. Fire Walk looked and sounde...

To do this evening/ was completed: Inspected the first three reels of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. The print is in really good condition with relatively minimal base scratching. The only significant damage I noticed was a long vertical emulsion scratch right after the motor cue on reel three. All damage has been logged on the inspection sheet. Uploaded stills to Google Drive and notified Conrad. One other potential minor anomaly (though maybe it's just something I haven't noticed before): there's often a straight white line that appears at the top of the frame when the film cuts to a new shot. The line is only on the first frame of each new shot. Not sure if it's the way the print was struck--curious to know what it might be. Presentation Issues: Rounds two and three in T2 did not start as automated.  When I changed over to reel four of Fifth Element, the screen was black. I immediately realized that I had forgotten to close the lens turret. The screen was black for 3...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Seems the dowser on the Theater 1 Christie is not closing with the light lock board down. Not much of an issue for digital shows, but for 35mm there will be a brief flash on screen when the lamp shuts off at the end of the digital playlist. This can be avoided by placing a piece of cardboard or something else that will block the light from the lens on the ledge of the port window after the end of the last digital clip. DMS will be bringing a replacement when they come to replace the ballast in the Theater 2 Christie (they’ve ordered one which is on its way to us, should be here Thursday). Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Received the Fire Walk With Me print, brought it up to booth 1. Bodies Bodies Bodies drive arrived, ingested to TMS and all IMS servers. Downloaded and ingested the updated DCP of the Off the Charts ext...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Continued turning up the feature volume in theater 1 as the fans were kept on throughout the late afternoon and evening The surround sound in theater 1 went a little haywire during the last round this evening (Gerard first noticed it during the trailers before Nope  began playing and radioed me) which caused the sound to play from the wrong speakers throughout the auditorium. After quickly checking the room and hearing the issue I told the MODs that I would try to cycle through the channel assignments first via the Dolby app on the 4/6 booth PC to try to fix it; this proved unhelpful so I asked to reboot the processor in order to recalibrate the speaker channels. To make matters worse, I could not close the dowser remotely before pausing the film (I tried manually pressing the dowser close button on the touchpad itself and not even that would do anything to the image) so I brought the lights up with the picture still on screen...

To do this evening/ was completed: Started inspecting Days of Thunder print. Initially I thought I'd hold off on doing so because we have a handful of prints coming up before this one but we should have enough reels to accommodate the coming week. So far the print is in decent condition with some significant base scratching. Presentation Issues: Bumped the volume up in T1 during all rounds as we had the fans blowing in the auditorium.  T2 round two did not start as automated. 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?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Sellout and/or near sellout crowds in theaters 1 and 2 have caused me to turn up the volume for Bullet Train and Nope with some consistency; I will continue to monitor how the crowd sizes are affecting the levels in the room over the weekend Light half life and LampLOC board communication failure critical alarms are still active in theater 1; not sure how soon we can have someone come in to properly look over this projector and server but it has not affected the presentation in the room as of yet The temperature in theater 1 was a bit high before the last round started so the MODs kept the fans on through the pre-show and during Nope ; I turned the volume up to 7.5 to compensate for the white noise from the fans running Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Raiders of the Lost Ark and Wet Hot American Summer shows played this morning without error Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/...

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): Print/video Inspection: Re-inspected the  Malcolm X  print (a majority of the reels had a vinegar smell to them so I wiped down all the reels used during the run of show/breakdown with alcohol wipes) and left the canisters on the cart for the scheduled Monday pickup Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Checked the cue sheets/scheduler against FilmBot showtimes and all show playlists are ready for tomorrow Marquee updated?: Moved Bullet Train up a row next to the rest of the first run titles and added letters for Jungle Fever Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projection cart by entrance?: Left behind 3/7 for the weekend Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Noticed two minutes before its first show today that this week's Minions playlist had the R trailer pack built into it. Swapped in the PG pack right before it started, and saved a bunch of kids from seeing the red band Bodies Bodies Bodies trailer. Top Gun had the R trailers, too, which I switched to PG13, before the first show started as well. Please be more careful when building trailers into playlists, this would've been a pretty terrible look (especially for Minions ) if I hadn't caught it beforehand. Downloaded and ingested all new preshow content for next week, built new trailer packs and first run playlists. Also built preshow playlists for Crooklyn , Sundays on Fire, and Days of Thunder . Didn’t build Mo Better Blues , I assume we’ll be getting new preshow for the live music. Likewise No Way Out , waiting for the intro slide still. No content for A League of Their Own and Men in Blac...