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To do this evening/ was completed: FYI: We're losing Cocaine Bear and Everything Everywhere on Wednesday. We had a good meeting with BLS this morning whilst the technician from DMS worked on our T1 hdmi issue. (they'll be back Monday to swap the IMS). In May, Sean from BLS will be out here to see the booth so we can proceed.  I ran Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind this morning. Staff screening went great, briefly adjusted the lamp once more. We still need to make a few changes, but we should be just fine for Saturday.  Tech'd the problem reel(s) of Texas Chainsaw Massacre . Volume has been noted on a white card -- attached to the first reel.  Tech'd Blue Velvet. First reel is on a house reel Heads out. Other reels can get put onto house reels, too. Volume has been noted.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Alec: Ingested updated Cars Gone Wild preshow and added it to Thelma & Louise Ingested Kirsten Dunst preshow Built/scheduled Interview playlist ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Creed  is currently converting to DCP (as of this writing it will require another 24 hours to finish) Presentation Issues:  Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind  screening in theater 1 went smoothly up until the Q&A (the guest's mic sounded super low and only improved marginally after a replacement mic was given to him); the reels were rewound back to their heads for the staff screening tomorrow morning The Holy Mountain private screening in theater 5 also went smoothly Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Renfield  posters 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?: Added a "now showing" snipe above  D&D  in the lobby Cleaning li...

To do this evening/ was completed: Dungeons & Dragons tech'd, ready to go. Volume for Spring Welcome and Guardians 3 trailer updated. Ran loops for Eternal Sunshine --all set. Downloaded and ingested the new CarsGoneWild preshow content. Double checked the trailer for Air this morning per MGM's request. It looks great! We notified them.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Cars Gone Wild preshow can get added to Thelma & Louise playlist, which is the only playlist this preshow content goes into right now.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Washes are all set for the intro/Q&A for Eternal Sunshine.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): The Keys for Air will be released 3/31 and will be available just for the first screening on Saturday, as opposed to its proper first run time. We should be receiving the next round of keys soon after Saturday.  Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: ...

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): Began ripping the Creed blu-ray for a private event early next month; this can be processed through DCP-o-Matic tomorrow morning Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Finished inspecting The Virgin Suicides  and it is in excellent condition; reels were placed tails out on their shipping reels for the time being (also uploaded some stills to the shared drive) Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Added Dungeons & Dragons  and Interview with the Vampire  and Thelma & Louise Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Yes Projection cart by entrance?: Yes Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Cinema meeting went well. Super fast! We have all content.  One more thing: PLEASE NOTE - Projectionists, it is super important that you please, please tag us when you inspect a print that contains concerning damage and before you make any substantial adjustments/repairs, text or call Alec and I. Remember - although it is part of our jobs to make certain repairs/and or adjustments that are appropriate, we are not a lab, and depending on the Distro, you might need permission in order to make any changes. Some repairs cause more damage and pose more of a threat to projection. In such cases where damage is leaning towards the extreme (listed as Poor  on the report), I would rather we get a new print or swap out some reels.  I have updated the inspection report for Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Reels 1 & 5 will be fine for projection. Here is the note (please make sure to read the part about those packed reels! Thanks!) UPDATE: I have adjus...

To do this evening/ was completed: A super quiet night, but cue sheets and events are taken care of Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Star Wars event in Theater 6 went off great!  Trivia was also smooth sailing as well tonight.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Keys ingested for Everything Everywhere All at Once and Thelma and Louise Started ingesting The Super Mario Brothers and Little Richard: I Am Everything off of Deluxe.  The Woman King DCP finished around 10:30 and I brought it immediately to Theater 1 to ingest it.  Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Yes Maintenance/cleaning: A case of barrel screw nuts came in and is in 4/6 Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Cue sheets for next week filled out apart from Air , The Super Mario Brothers Movie , and event timing Marquee updated?: Posters updated?:...

To do this evening/ was completed: Tech'd A New Hope DCP--all good to go. Woman King blu-ray ripped and transcoding in DCPoMatic right now.  Cue sheets still in progress. Playlists built for Air. Super Mario ingested to T1. Kirsten Dunst preshow content will be available on Drive tomorrow morning. Keys uploaded for D&D.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: I tried running the film I built up on the platter again, and got brain wrap again at the exact same spot... I think the countdown leader I had spliced on at this point had simply not wound with enough tension (I wound it onto the takeup by hand, and therefore not at a consistent rate, when I got the brain wrap last time. Just ran deck to deck again after that. When I was screening the film off the platter at first, the picture seemed a bit dim but I think my eyes were playing tricks on me. I compared the brightness of both projectors after, raised the voltage on P1 ev...

To do this evening/ was completed: Scheduled the week in TMS and started the 3/31 cue sheets. Ingested Air to T1--CCAP and OCAP.  DCP for Thelma and Louise arrived on a Drive with a bunch of other features. Ingested to T1. Presentation Issues: Will ran a Channel ID test in T7 and got no audio at all from the rear surrounds. We elected to just run the last two rounds as is and the sound was fine during both films. Will investigate tomorrow. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: T2 The Hunger intro went smoothly and the film was a hit. Mic brought back to the booth afterward. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received twin character posters for Disney's Elemental.  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 ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Tech'd the Naked Gardens feature and slide/ The Hunger for volume (plus slide) with Desmond. I sent both of these features to their respective screening rooms this morning before tech.  Ingested Heaven Stood Still and Get It Back to the TMS Presentation Issues: Theater 7 went dark(?) this afternoon; MODs called up and said the picture looked very dim. Lillian checked the theater and confirmed this issue. We went behind 3/7. Lillian stopped the show from running and went up to wipe the port glass. The dowser was closed and reopened once we forwarded the show to the appropriate timecode. The picture brightness was back after this and the show was resumed.  Preshow Clips/Playlist:  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up:  PLEASE NOTE: For The Hunger this evening, I programmed a preset for the wash/spots. Everything is already on. All you need to do is press scene #5 and it will come up. The host will need 1 wireless mic.  Or...

To do this evening/ was completed: Removed Terms of Endearment and Matilda feature content from the TMS; added all repertory and special event titles to the dry erase board (sans STB) in 4/6 for the month of April Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Added light cues to the show playlist for The Hunger  and added it to the schedule on the TMS Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Breathless print is still on the cart by the side entrance Print/video Inspection: Added stills from Interview with the Vampire to the shared drive and tagged Conrad and Desmond Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Removed Ant-Man and added letters for A Good Person  Posters updated?: Was unable to remove the Ant-Man poster from its case outside because of some bikes that were chained to the scaffolding a...

To do this evening/ was completed: Full house tonight, super busy. John Wick 4 is really drawing out a crowd. I took a look around the projectors in 4/6, where Jack saw the flash/pop thing from last night. Didn't find anything out of the ordinary, but I'll continue to look. I did smell something toxic around P1 not long ago, so there could've been a fuse issue, or something that leaked and caused a reaction, but I haven't seen anything just yet.  The rectifiers are never on in T6, which is a good thing.  As Alec mentioned, we've got a new bulb on the way. Neither of us heard back from Roger, who is pretty much swamped with work right now, so that makes sense! No harm though, I'm really grateful for that Interlight website. We pretty much matched it with the model in P2 (an Osram), since P1 had a Philips, which is an older model. Fingers crossed this comes Monday, but Tuesday would be fine. Alec got the fastest shipping possible... Presentation Issues:  Preshow C...

To do this evening/ was completed: So the flash/pop incident last night was not a lamp, I looked at all of the ones in 4/6 and none had burst. I'm pretty unsure what else this could have been, but Lillian and I will be clearing the crawlspace by the T6 Simplexes out soon. I tried running the film I had built up on the platter, but a warped/sticky tail leader gave me a pretty bad brain wrap. The film (a throwaway trailer that's been here since the Pavilion days) took some damage in the projector, so I spliced the damage out and then just ran the rest of the film from the middle deck to the upper deck directly, not going through the projector. I ordered a new bulb for projector 1, Theater 1. I chose next day shipping, so it should be here by Monday ( maybe Tuesday at the very latest if they don't ship on weekends). Once I receive tracking I'll share it. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Matilda intro and screening w...

To do this evening/ was completed: Toward the end of the shift, as I was using the 4/6 desktop, out of the corner of my eye I saw and heard a very quick burst of amber light. I turned to see what had just happened and saw an old bulb resting on top of a stack of Christie lamp packages. I can't say for sure that the old lamp was the source of the explosion but I think it's the only logical culprit I can observe. I told MOD about it, and also told them that I hadn't disposed of these bulbs before and didn't want to touch it. So we left things alone.  Downloaded and ingested all first run preshow content--3/31 first run playlists have been built. 4/6 swept and mopped. DCPs made for Getting it Back and Lee Fields-- both on DCP II drive. 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 updat...

To do this evening/ was completed: Hi projectionists! So this morning we checked out the bulb in T1, reseated it, cleaned the lamp house, etc. We ran Eternal Sunshine for Desmond. Bulb flickered a bit...then stabilized. Ultimately, we wound up bypassing the airflow switch and, cut/frayed the wires and taped them together. This switch tells the lamp that it's okay to turn on. It's in a stable position, so the lamp should stay lit once you strike it. That being said, we are actively trying to get new bulbs from Roger, but if he doesn't have any in storage, it will take at least a month since they're made to order now.  There's a tech website we can get ones from within a week, so that's another option, might be more expensive...Roger is going to storage this evening to see if they've got any, so hopefully by tonight we'll know and can make a decision in the next few days.  Ran Interview With A Vampire (got volume, noted on the card). Looks great! Same fo...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: During the screening of  Spirited Away  the lamp went out a few minutes prior to the changeover between reels 3 and 4. I managed to strike the bulb and called Lillian to ask about potential fixes in the event that it went dark again. As I was making the switch between reels, the bulb went off just as I had anticipated, and after trying and failing to strike it twice, I called Lillian again after bringing up the house lights and communicating the issue to MOD. She walked me through resetting the power to the projector and carefully turning the bulb from the back of the machine in order to better align it. This quick fix seemed to work as the bulb remained lit for the rest of the show and no other issues occurred. I then made an announcement over the microphone to let the audience understand the issue and started running the print shortly after. Overall the screening ended up running behind by about 5 minutes total. Pr...

To do this evening/ was completed: Spirited Away in T4 went very smoothly--good amount of staff showed, was a fun time. We re-spliced the head leader on reel five as it was attached improperly to the rest of the reel. Should be all good to go now. Ingested keys for The Hunger. Tech'd A Good Person and John Wick-- volume brought down to 5.0 for the latter. DCP made for Naked Gardens slide. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Memorial slide for John Wick is very short...but it's all set! The Hunger keys don't open until Saturday, but Matilda opens up tomorrow.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Spirited Away is back in T1! (Note: We let Will know about the poorly done splice at the head of R5 that throws you out of frame. It's all fixed now).  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content):  The audio is still analyzing in DCP-o-matic for  Star Wars: A New Hope.  Audio graph should be adjusted accordingly after it's ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Began ripping and converting  Star Wars: A New Hope   to DCP in booth 1 Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Karaoke at Trees Lounge went smoothly Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Tossed the Transformers: Rise of the Beasts standee Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Added a "coming soon" snipe to the John Wick: Chapter 4 poster in the lobby Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Had our cinema meeting today! Feeling very good about what spring/summer will usher in...more projects. I do just want to make a quick note: Projectionists, please do not forget to tag the programmers (including Alec and I) in an inspection report for a heavily damaged print. If you inspect anything that has a 3 or 4 level of damage, alert us immediately. This is mostly in response to The Fugitive , which was in rather poor condition. For a number of reasons, it is crucial we prioritize print inspection, no matter how much time we have (both small and wide margins of it).  We'll be taking a look at a few things on Friday with Desmond: The Hunger, Matilda , Interview with a Vampire and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind . Next, there will be an FOH meeting in T3 and in Trees from 11am to 2pm.  Presentation Issues: Not an issue, but no one showed up for the first screening of Ant-Man in T6, so we scrapped it.  Preshow Clips/Playlis...

To do this evening/ was completed: My first solo 35 outing went great! Outside of that, it was the usual Tuesday night business Presentation Issues: During Breathless , Cristina and I noticed on Projector 2 that the focus was going in and out. I was doing my best to keep it consistent. It was not an issue on Projector 1 at all, so it didn't wholly seem like it was the print. I did notice that the film playing on Projector 2 would moving back and forth within the reels.  It was more noticeable during the credits as I saw the text going in and out. I talked to Cristina about it afterwards and how it might be a combo of that projector, the print itself, and the house reels they were on.  Preshow Clips/Playlist: Automation scheduled for next week apart from event playlists and Dungeons & Dragons Trailer Updates:  Special Events/ AV set up: Other than the Projector 2 focus issue, Breathless went great! Just one framing adjustment was made early in the show (top of Reel 2)...

To do this evening/ was completed: We are receiving the Star Wars: A New Hope blu-ray tomorrow from Amazon, it's for an event on the 28th. Be on the look out and rip/convert once it arrives. Monday-Thursday can be scheduled and end times filled in on the cue sheets. Finish inspecting Eternal Sunshine . Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Downloaded/ingested John Wick preshow clips, the 25min Ghibli, Dungeons & Dragons , and the Spring 23 welcome/feature snipes. I also reingested our Space themed preshow, this is for the Star Wars event. Built John Wick , A Good Person , Spirited Away , Matilda (with and without intro slide), and Terms of Endearment playlists. Scheduled the week's staff screenings, we're doing one of Spirited Away in Theater 4 in addition to the new first run movies. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Set up a mic for the live intro in Theater 4 last night. Also ran loops on both projectors, focus and framing are good to go. This i...

To do this evening/ was completed: The Holy Mountain was ingested locally to theater 5; the external hard drive (DCP III) was left connected to the projector overnight to allow the file to transfer completely Presentation Issues: A guest asked for a closed captioning device during the pre-show for the final round of Shazam! Fury of the Gods in theater 1 so I brought one down and set it up for them. I explained to them that it would not start working until the feature began. A few minutes after the feature started I got a call from the MODs that the guest complained it was not working (that it just kept reading "Dolby Captiview Ready" but did not display any closed captions). I went down to the theater with a second closed captioning device and tried getting that to display captions to no avail. I then went up to the booth to reset the Fidelio device connected to the rack and, after three power cycles and three failed attempts to get captions on the device screen, I called MOD...

To do this evening/ was completed: Cristina wants to tech the Black Eye DCP in T2 tomorrow. This has been ingested into T2 and is ready to go.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Started building the 3/24 playlists, Jack took over and finished them out.  Updated the 'R' rated first run trailer pack since the other first run packs have no changes-- we can keep these going for this upcoming week.  Downloaded and ingested the Jumanji trailer.  Downloaded and ingested the new Forecasts for 3/24.  Trailer Updates: Ingested Beau trailer again since the Flat version had trouble ingesting.  Tech'd Fast X, Kirsten, Beau is Afraid and Jumanji. Volume has been noted on the white board  Special Events/ AV set up: Reached out to Chenelle about our private events this week. The first on Wednesday has yet to be confirmed as far as content goes, and the second on Thursday will most likely be Ant Man or Shazam, which will be easy to get up and rolling for t...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Playlist paused before the final round in theater 6; manual start to the pre-show which was delayed by about 2 minutes Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Added additional digital event names/dates to the dry erase board in 4/6 for the final week of the month; began converting The Holy Mountain to DCP (DCP-o-Matic currently says it will take about 23 hours to finish) Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Spent the majority of the afternoon inspecting The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and rewound all reels to their tails on shipping reels (reel 5 has some significant edge/perforation damage near its tail -- this was noted on the inspection report); also uploaded some stills to the shared drive Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Poste...

To do this evening/ was completed: Roger was here working on the projector 1 lamp/power supply in Theater 1. He noted that all the safety switches were deactivated, except the AC blower one. He cleaned out the AC blower as it was clogged and could have prevented the lamp from striking. The more likely cause though is that the voltage increased after the power supply was changed, and the lamp shut off because the voltage was too high. We left the lamp on for a while (it was on for over two hours before I turned it off), and it stayed on so this should be OK. We should check the brightness on both projectors in there now to make sure they're even, since the voltage on projector 1 has been lowered. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Fugitive screening went well in Theater 4. This doesn't mean much to us anymore, but this is a pretty junky print. Most reels (2 through 6) had discoloration on the right 1/2-2/3 of the image, ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Hey everyone. Slow night, apart from some troubleshooting.  Presentation Issues: T1 notes below.  Preshow Clips/Playlist: We should be getting our new Forecasts from Kat by Monday, along with the film schedule. There's not many changes to make in our upcoming playlists apart from the forecasts, so we can easily build those once we've got them.  Trailer Updates: Ingested the Beau is Afraid trailer for this upcoming week. Checked out the rest of our trailer inventory for 3/24 and we need the Jumanji trailer still. Kirsten Dunst is in, so is Fast X .  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: Uuuuuahhhh! Lots of film stuff. Sorry to our patrons, MOD, and sorry to Jack, who I know did a great job of holding down the fort as best he could. A cancelled show always s...

To do this evening/ was completed: Letters up for Shazam. Downloaded and ingested most of the upcoming preshow content. 3/24 Forecasts have not been uploaded to Drive, so I've held off on building playlists as the forecast is basically the only change to first runs. 4/6 swept. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Fugitive in T1 had to be canceled around the 30% into reel two. It was around this point that the lamp on P1 turned itself off. I killed sound and stopped the motor and eventually found the keys to the back of the lamphouse residing in 4/6. Powercycled the rectifier to no avail. Attempted this a few more times with no luck, then eventually turned the wheel above the rectifier to the left slightly, which seemed to do the trick. The lamp came back on, but soon enough shut off again. Went through this process a few more times, stopping and starting the show, until MOD decided to call it and cancel the screening. Reels on...

To do this evening/ was completed: Alec ran The Fugitive and Breathless for Cristina. I brought up the video intro and alternative ending for Breathless . Adjusted volume in the playlist.  Received loads of KimTech wipes. I opened one box, which is next to the unopened box at the bottom of he black supplies station.  Still waiting on the keys for John Wick. As per usual, this'll come pretty close to the screening date.  T4 scan get swept.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Please keep an eye out for Kat's preshow/trailer content for the week of 3/24. Should be getting on the drive soon.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up:  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content):  Outgoing/Shipping (content): Re-inspected and packaged up Roxy Carmichael.   Got the labels printed out and it's been sent on its way. Tracking info has been sent to the distro and to Cristina.  Print/video Inspection: Alec ch...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: T4 projectors were turned off following the Roxy Carmichael screening Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Finished inspecting Spirited Away and rewound each reel to its tail on shipping reels; overall the print is in great condition with some light base/emulsion scratches (also added stills to the shared drive) Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Shazam! can go up on the marquee whenever the construction crew moves its cherry picker from the space outside the theater (the bus stop in front of the theater is currently roped off and the machine has been left at full height so it is a little dangerous to work beneath/around it);  Good Time and Roxy Carmichael can also be taken down Post...

To do this evening/ was completed: Paul and I went over the cue sheets together and everything looks great, just need to fill out John Wick 4 as soon as the keys are active.  We've been struggling to get a few things up and down on the marquee. There's a massive bit of construction outside, which is making it a little dangerous, but I'll try tomorrow.  Kat will have our new preshow content for the week of 3/24 available by Friday/Monday.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Jack tech'd Shazam for volume. Adjusted playlists.  I got volume for Vigilante and made/scheduled the playlist.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael went extremely well! Cristina gave a really great intro for this, too. Fun night! Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): We received posters of A Good Person .  Ordering/Receiving (content): Received Spirited Away ! Cristina dropped off the drive for Black Eye , which is ingesting in T2....

To do this evening/ was completed:  Vigilante  and  John Wick: Chapter 4 were ingested to theater 3 and the TMS Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Caryn Coleman's introduction to The Five Devils went smoothly, as did the video introduction, and the microphone set up was broken down after the show Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content):  Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Blue Velvet print was rewound to its tails on its shipping reels; these can be placed on house reels when the time comes for the volume tech/screening Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: The construction crew kept its cherry picker outside overnight so I was unable to remove Good Time or Oscar Shorts from the marquee Posters updated?: The Five Devils posters were given to Caryn Coleman before the screening in thea...

To do this evening/ was completed: Hey everyone! Had our cinema meeting today. We're good on content. April schedule for Prospect is sorted and I bumped the Spring/Summer email that is mostly concerned with Jack's Germany plans. I know this is quite in advance, but please take a look when you can so we can get the ball rolling. Thanks!  Staff screenings for Shazam are out.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Updated the playlist for The Secret of Kells with the extra preshow content Desmond requested due to the film's short runtime.  Trailer Updates: Added the Mubi_NSF trailer to The Secret of Kells in replacement of the 90s trailer per the Team's request.  Special Events/ AV set up: One wired mic is ready to go in T3 for this evening's screening of The Five Devils . We received two posters for this film, which we'll give to the director when they arrive. I've put a note on the box in the 3/7 booth.  Got volume for the Intro/Alternative ending f...

To do this evening/ was completed: A lot of events today with a slight technical hiccup, but it all worked out in the end.  Presentation Issues: During the fifth reel of Good Time , the power source for the lamp in Projector One gave out, leaving the audience with sound, but no picture for a couple minutes. Luckily Alec was here to remedy the situation by turning it on and off again a few times before it popped back on.  He noted that we have a backup power source and he's going to swap it out tomorrow.   Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Good Time in Theater 1 went great apart from the Reel 5 incident. Alec was there to supervise me throughout and it went smoothly otherwise. Everything is broken down Trivia also went fine as well!  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Did a post-inspection for Good Time and it is on all shipping ree...

To do this evening/ was completed: Ran loops for Good Time tonight--focus and framing set. Re-inspected Psycho II and packed it up for outgoing pickup--reached out to DHL for coordination. The Secret of Kells playlist built and scheduled. Tech'd volume for handful of trailer: Good Person, Cars Gone Wild and Mubi 90s, the last of which is a trailer for The Five Devils.  Built the first three days of the 3/17 cue sheet. 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): Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Cars Gone Wild trailer ingested and added to R-rated trailer pack. Secret of the Kells DCP received and locally ingested to T4. The Hunger slide DCP'd and ingested. Scheduled the upcoming week in the TMS, cue sheets will start tomorrow. Built SE playlists for Fugitive and Breathless.  Will finished inspecting Interview with the Vampire.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Psycho II + House II trailer went very smoothly. Great print. Rewound, ready for post-inspection. 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:  Downloaded the 25min Studio Ghibli preshow to the DCPII drive. Others are still uploading. Please download and ingest.  Trailer Updates: Kat sent over the new Trailer List this evening. We can start building more playlists now. We have just about everything apart from   TLR_SE_CarsGoneWild Special Events/ AV set up: Got home quite late, so I'll update you folks on yesterday evening.  The Oscars show went very well. Thanks again, Jack & Matthew, for getting that new cable box sorted. Insane that it went out on us that morning. Since I noticed that, around ten minutes in, the show cut out and the Verizon display came on, which is basically an "are you still watching?" type thing (so all that's needed is to just press a random button and you're back on), and since I'm paranoid, I wound up sticking by the cable monitor all night to make sure that I'd be there with the remote s...

To do this evening/ was completed: Started the day by troubleshooting the cable box connectivity issues Will mentioned last night. Eventually reconfigured the HDMI connections in 4/6 per Alec's description, which gave me an image on screen. However, the image quickly froze and I ran through an extensive troubleshoot that ultimately did not resolve the the cable box issues. The box was essentially powercycling itself over and over endlessly. After speaking with Verizon Tech Support, they determined that the box was experiencing total failure and that it needed to be replaced. Luckily Matthew was on hand and promptly retrieved the new box from a pickup center. After some more time on the phone with tech support, the new box started to work properly. I ran a quick test on screen before round two in T1 and also tested the floater laptop directly connected to the projector via HDMI. Both methods worked well so we should be good to go.  Changed the Verizon password during this process, a...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Final round in theater 7 began with sound, but no picture, at the start of the feature CPL (closing and reopening the dowser fixed this); MOD called and asked me to start the feature file over from the beginning -- roughly 8 minutes had elapsed in darkness Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Alec asked me to test the cable TV connection to theater 1 during a flip this evening and, despite my best efforts to troubleshoot the issue, I could not get picture or sound up on screen from the cable box in 4/6 (which was displaying programming from ABC with no issue); I cycled between the DCP Flat and Blu-Ray ZOOM lens macros to see if the image wasn't just delayed in getting to the projector through the HDMI/ethernet cables, disconnected and reconnected all inputs to the AJA and ethernet port in the booth, disconnected and reconnected power to the booth AJA device, and still could not get any image or s...

To do this evening/ was completed: IMPORTANT NOTE: Tomorrow morning is daylight savings (spring forward), and for some inexplicable reason whenever the clocks go forward or back the TMS moves all scheduled shows an hour ahead or backward to "compensate" for the time change. I moved all schedules for tomorrow through Thursday an hour early, so when the TMS moves them an hour ahead when clocks go forward, they'll be scheduled for the correct time. This has happened every year so it will be fine, but please double check the schedule to make sure everything tomorrow through Thursday is scheduled at the correct time. At least this is supposed to be the last daylight savings time change, thankfully. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Switched PG-13 playlists for Thursday 3/16 to the new 3/17 versions on the schedule, so the Shazam trailer doesn't play. The Ghibli preshow clips did not upload fully, 25min is missing audio (and has extra pkl & cpl files), 15m...

To do this evening/ was completed: Took down Knock, Magic Mike and After Hours letters-- Psycho II back up on the marquee. Built and scheduled a playlist for School of Rock. Downloaded and ingested all upcoming preshow content aside from Ghibli (incomplete package)   and the Cars Gone Wild trailer. All 3/17 first run playlists have been built. Re-inspected After Hours print--ready for outgoing shipping, pickup yet to be scheduled. Removed a lot of content from the DCP II drive, as it was at capacity. Although I specifically did not select the DCP for A Silent Voice when I emptied the desktop trash can, that content still ended up getting deleted. Not sure what happened there, but I double-checked the T4 server and it's still there. Just a heads up that it's no longer on the DCP II drive. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Please take After Hours , Magic Mike , and Knock at the Cabin down from the marquee. After Hours can be reinspected and packed up for return. Download and ingest new preshow content and build next week's playlists. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Jane picked up the Night Shift posters today. UPS has yet to pick up the other boxes though, I let the event people know so they can arrange another pickup. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): School of Rock came! I ingested it to Theater 2. Playlist can be built and scheduled when it's done. I'll QC it quickly before opening tomorrow. We also got Women Talking back (?), was probably dropped off at UPS without the shipping label removed. Had to download A Silent Voice again, the download last night failed. It worked today, and I extracted and ingested it with enough time for a quick tech. Playlist ...