NPP Projection Blog

To do this evening/ was completed: Posting this a bit earlier than usual since we're cruising at this rate. Shut down T4 early since no one came in for the last round of Air .  Presentation Issues: No presentation issues. Kept an eye on 3/7. Checked in on T2, no leak has resumed.  Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Started the DCP process for the rental on 5/8 ( Wakanda Forever) . Ran through MKV, now it's processing through Handbrake. I'll check in on this tomorrow.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Jumanji is ready to get picked up. I sent an email out to John since it's a Sony situation.  Print/video Inspection: Inspected The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk , which will be a very fun show, despite the fact that this print has certainly seen better days. This film looks really cool. Full report here . This is an AGFA print and they tend to come a little rough n ready, so ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Jumanji + intro went very smoothly. Print has been re-inspected and (mostly) put back on its shipping reels. Mic brought back to the booth. Kept a remote eye on 3 and 7 today--no issues. 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?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and scheduled a pre-show playlist for War of the Worlds on 5/1; built a new PG-13 trailer pack with The Flash trailer included in it (labeled as "NEWTrailerPack_PG13_042823) and this can be added to all first run PG-13 show playlists on Thursday per the trailer list for this week White Lightning pre-show was already built; email correspondence confirmed the host will be running a slideshow from his laptop following the pre-show Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Gremlins 2 finished converting to DCP; I brought the drive to the office and locally ingested it to theater 6 Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Jack inspected Dead Calm last week; I wound the print onto house reels in 4/6 and noted all technical information Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/che...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Lamps in the 3 and 7 Christies went off simultaneously around 1:30. This was during preshow in Theater 3 and the first round feature in Theater 7. I switched the lamps back on from booth 1 (this was during Jumanji ) and they both stayed on after that. Theater 7's lamp was back on in less than a minute, since 3 was still in preshow it took a couple of minutes before someone caught it and radioed me. I thought about doing a hard restart of both projectors between rounds but since they stayed on I decided against it. Checked the booth just in case something was up there and AC and exhaust were both working. Second round preshow in Theater 1 didn't start, the server loaded the playlist and left it paused at the start like it sometimes does in 2&6. So I guess this is a thing now. I'll bump this with DMS during the week. House music shut off at some point today, no one radioed me I just noticed as I was walking around. I...

To do this evening/ was completed: Inspected War of the Worlds-- it is in excellent condition. Stills uploaded to Drive, Conrad notified. Sent Jumanji stills to Desmond. 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?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Tech'd Jumanji and The Matrix this morning with Desmond.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Started the DCP of Gremlins 2 in T1.  Singing in the Rain got tech'd.  Received one of the episodes from HBOxNewFest. Downloading via Aspera Connect.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Received LOADS of film. War of the Worlds, The Apple, Banquet, Sundays on Fire feature  Outgoing/Shipping (content): Highlander II and Stepfather are packaged up and should be on their way this evening.  Print/video Inspection: Re-inspected Highlander II 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: Archival screening of The Highlander II was insanely fun. Really, really enthusiastic crowd. I'll re-inspect and package it up tomorrow morning - we'll ship it out with The Stepfather . Marked for Death trailer was a hit.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Adjusted volume levels for Are You There God? and Beau Is Afraid Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Coupla devices needed. Everything's been put back.  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. I adjusted the sheets earlier this afternoon. We're all set for the most part, but Singing in the Rain keys don't open until tomorrow morning, so we'll make sure that's taken care of and all other special events.  Marquee updated?: Yes! Jumanji and Are You There God Po...

To do this evening/ was completed: Spent the day thoroughly inspecting Jumanji-- it's in decent condition overall. The first few reels had a good amount of accumulated detritus, relatively dirty, but the subsequent reels are much cleaner. Also a good amount of edge damage on the first two reels.  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?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Added the Highlander II show playlist to the TMS schedule Presentation Issues: Adjusted the flat lens macro in theater 6 this afternoon and the flat and scope lens macros in theater 4 after the final round; bleed on the left side curtains is gone and picture is centered Preshow Clips/Playlist: Downloaded, ingested, and added the "Generic_70s_25min" clip to all Are You There God? show playlists; downloaded and ingested all "Generic_Space_V2" files for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and built/scheduled show playlists for this feature (PG-13 trailer pack for the week of 5/4 will needed to be added to this show playlist on Thursday with The Flash trailer included) Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Heaven Stood Still... screening and intro/Q&A went very smoothly; turntable was set up prior to the show and broken down after the DJ set Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shippi...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Downloading the 25min 70s preshow clip, please ingest it when it's done and add it to the Are You There God playlists and schedule them. End times on cues also need to be filled in. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Alec started ripping Gremlins 2 for the private event on 5/4.  Kim from NewFest got back to us with somewhat of an eta for HBO content. By the end of the week we'll have all we need for the event on May 9th. Tech time is TBD. I'll report back soon. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested Passengers directly to T4. Ingested Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 Received and ingested the keys for Renfield and Are You There God?  Received the print of Jumanji !  Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Gonna hold off on shipping The Stepfather until The Highlander II is ready to go since they're both from Moving Image Ar...

To do this evening/ was completed: The single event tonight gave me a chance to focus on the cue sheets, TMS scheduling, and prepping for White Lightning next week  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: I downloaded the preshow clips (Generic_70s_15 and 5 mins, AreYouThere_5mins). The trailer list says "Generic_70s_25mins," but all I could find was the 5mins in the DCP downloads folder on the drive.  I tried to ingest them as they were and I got error messages. So I ran them through DCP-o-matic and that seemed to do the trick. I managed to build the initial Are You There God playlists at the tail end of my shift, but please double check them so the cue sheets are accurate Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Cymande event in Theater 1 went great! Intro and Q+A went smoothly and the DJ set up in Trees was super simple. Everything is broken down and back in its place.  Q+A added to the recordings folder on the Drive.  Ordering/Receiving (posters ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Tech'd White Lightning with Cristina--volume logged. Put the print onto house reels. C wants to run our Hooper 35mm trailer before this show too, so I put that on a house reel as well. Inspected the first reel of Matrix Reloaded-- it's in great condition. Desmond would like to take a look at it on Friday, if possible. DCP'd/ingested all of Desmond's slides for May. Generic 70s and Are You There God preshow content is not yet available, should be ready for download by the end of the day, so AYTG playlist can't be built until then. Buck Alamo trailer downloaded and ingested. Alec set up direct HDMI connections to the Trees Projector for Plex/Trivia/Cable. Adjusted showtimes for the upcoming week, as they were scheduled at the public "showtime" instead of twenty five minutes prior.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/R...

To do this evening/ was completed: We received the film schedule. I scheduled almost all shows through next Thursday. Might need to make a few changes with OCAP screenings, but I scheduled those first. We're still waiting on Guardians DCP. Please double check this tomorrow.  Slight schedule change - I'll be taking Will's Sunday shift this upcoming weekend. He'll take my Saturday.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Archival screening of The Stepfather went very well! Good crowd.  NoBudge event was smooth! Went a little over with the q&a, but this did not disrupt the next screening. Thanks, Will, for handling this one.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret . Both the OCAP and CCAP files. Playlists need to be built.  Ingested the new keys for Beau Is Afraid .  Outgoing/Shipping (content):  The Stepfather can head...

To do this evening/ was completed: Ran loops in T4--framing and focus set for tonight. Final tech'd the NoBudge playlist with all of the transitional cues--all good to go. Wireless mic left behind the right-side curtain. Tech'd the Heaven Stood Still and Cymande feature DCPs as well at the holding slides with Vanessa and Colm. 6.5 volume for both features sounds great--playlists updated. For Q&As they want two center spotlights (502 on the lightboard). *For Heaven Stood Still, the feature mostly stays within the 1:85 ratio but occasionally expands, briefly, to 2:00. This is to say that a majority of the film will appear pillarboxed.  Jumanji is scheduled to arrive via Sony Courier by EOD 4/26. Prints of The Apple and The Wedding Banquet scheduled to arrive Friday. Singin' in the Rain playlist built. T4 projectors cleaned, ready for that archival print. Dead Calm stills uploaded to Drive. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV se...

To do this evening/ was completed: Added special event/retrospective titles to the whiteboard in 4/6 for the month of May Presentation Issues: None of the scheduled OCAP screenings today were placed on the TMS this morning/early afternoon; I began double checking the cue sheets this evening (around 5PM) after getting up to the office from updating the posters and marquee and realized that the 3:45PM Super Mario Bros. Movie,  which was nearly over, was the wrong (read: CCAP) show playlist, and quickly realized none of the other OCAP shows from this morning were scheduled as such -- I am not entirely sure who is responsible for having placed these show playlists on the TMS for this day/the week but this is a pretty egregious error and should have been fixed in advance in order to  reflect the cue sheets -- thankfully no complaints were made but we can not repeat this mistake Noticed during a walkthrough this evening that the image in T6 (final round, during Chevalier ) was bleed...

To do this evening/ was completed: Ronin went smoothly--a few presentation observations below. Kiki's removed from T2 server. Presentation Issues: Blurred edges on the left side of the screen (P2) during Ronin-- no matter what I did to manipulate gate tension I could not resolve the issue. It wasn't that prominent but not ideal, in my opinion. 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: T7 and T4 had multiple near-sold out shows...!  Presentation Issues: No presentation issues. Smooth evening.  Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): This is another note for Sunday folks to make sure that the print of Melancholia (by the T6 projectors in the orange shipping box) is put out by/on the black kitchen cart in preparation for its pickup Monday morning! Please do not forget. Sunday opener (hello Jack) please reminder Sunday closer (hello Will) to pop this down.  Print/video Inspection: We got the 'okay' from Matt Jones at UNCSA to make the repairs we needed to for The Highlander II . I've updated the print report.  Reel 2 has been re-inspected and rewound, ready to screen.  Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Double checked...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ronin went very well today. The print is ready for tomorrow. Put everything away after the DJ set in Trees. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Reminder to put Melancholia on the cart tomorrow night before close. Print/video Inspection: Inspected the last two reels of Highlander 2 . They're in good shape, neither had any damage that wasn't already repaired. Reel 4 has scribe cues instead of lab like the first three. 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: Inspected Dead Calm print--it's in pretty nice condition, stills will be uploaded to Drive soon. Most of the reels' leaders are labeled incorrectly (wrong reel number printed onto the leader) but looking at the frames at the end of each reel, everything seems correct. Presentation Issues: No other masking issues in T2. 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: Ran the screener of Divinity for John and Cristina today.  The masking didn't move at the start of the first feature in Theater 2. The power strip (which the masking motor is plugged into) was turned off after Shouting at the Screen last night. I switched it back on and opened the masking about 5 ish minutes into the movie. - Alec Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Kat sent over the new trailer list. Updated all first run trailer packs and playlists apart from Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret , which is not yet available via Eclairplay.  Made DCPs for Cymande ( Getting it Back ) and Heaven Stood Still slides.   Downloaded Forecasts for 4/28. Downloaded BSides_5min preshow content  Downloaded BSides_15min preshow content Trailer Updates: Ingested the new Barbie trailer. Ingested Transformers 7 trailer.  Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: The lights did not come up at the end of  Evil Dead Rise  in theater 2 during the second round -- turned out that in place of a "Lights UP" cue there was a "masking 1.66" cue added to the point in the feature where the credits began which kept the theater dark and the curtains narrower than usual -- I adjusted this accordingly and double checked the OCAP playlist to make sure it didn't share the same error Preshow Clips/Playlist:  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Dazed and Confused film feast in theater 3 went smoothly (John/Stewart/Nick chose to speak without a microphone so I removed it before the pre-show and used it in Trees instead for John Woods to announce trivia during his DJ set -- this was brought back up to 4/6)  I tested volume with Cristina in theater 2 prior to the Shouting at the Screen pre-show (I did not realize that the moving spots were off in this booth and it was too late to ...

To do this evening/ was completed: NoBudge 33 playlist updated with volume and lens/mask cues.  Highlander slide DCP'd. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Tech'd Kiki's Delivery Service. Playlist is complete (adjusted volume) Tech'd Dazed and Confused plus new First Runs.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Double checked the playlist for Shouting at the Screen. Went through the show to make sure the hdmi cues were all set. This should be a smooth show! Bluetooth presenter is working great.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested Getting It Back to T1 server.  Outgoing/Shipping (content):  Print/video Inspection: Inspected The Step Father and   reels two and three of  Highlander II . The former has a load of base scratches in all reels, but should be fun nonetheless. It's a little beat up, and I am reaching out to both of these prints' respective distros since they need some adjustments...

To do this evening/ was completed: Accidentally came in for a morning shift today until I double checked the schedule and left once Alec arrived. Still somewhat jet-lagged, which is a little new for me... Presentation Issues: Sound did not transfer after the c/o cue to reel 4 on P2 in T4 ( Corpo Celeste ). Will investigate tomorrow. This was a quick fix and did not cause much disruption. Print was/is gorgeous.  Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Corpo Celeste was a great show apart from the aforementioned sound issue. Only lasted about 20 seconds. I hit the c/o button again and that did the trick. I've had issues in the past here with sound not transferring.  Cruise event went great in T3. Gave the folks their hard drive back after the screening.  Confirmed that the DJ's console tomorrow has an RCA output for sound. We'll be just fine. Thank you, Alec, for setting up Shouting at the Screen for tomorrow! Ordering/Receiving (posters & ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and checked the playlist for the private event tonight. Built Shouting at the Screen, Stepfather , NoBudge, Highlander 2 , and both Doc n' Roll playlists. Please check the Shouting at the Screen playlist tomorrow, I built in a transition between the DVI/HDMI channel and DCP so want to make sure it's smooth. Highlander 2 needs its intro slide. NoBudge volume and masking cues need to be added, not sure where these were written down. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Set up mics in Theater 3 and Theater 4 for tonight. The mic in Theater 3 doesn't need to be broken down tonight, we have the Film Feast intro in there tomorrow. I brought the Ronin print up to 4/6 and ran a bit in Theater 4 to check volume and sound format. Confirming we should play this in Dolby A. I also switched back and forth between a reel of Corpo Celeste to check the volume for that when played in SR and check...

To do this evening/ was completed: A few hiccups during Melancholia, which took up the majority of my time, but otherwise fine.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The private in 6 went off without a hitch Trivia went fine once it was set up. Our usual tables were missing from their spot, so I had to use the family meal table. Also the AUX/Single XLR cable was missing from the DJ box. I grabbed the one from Theater 1 (and put it back once it was done), but like I said once it was all set up, it went fine.  Melancholia was a mixed bag. My framing from 1 to 2 was not my strongest (SMPTE countdowns in Theater 1 are my mortal enemy now), I pushed the wrong button by mistake changing over from Reel 2 to 3, and then to top it all off, I didn't see the cue from 6 to the last reel, so for both Reel 3 and Reel 6/7 the audience saw the tail and countdown. Not my best show, but all the other reels went fine. They are post inspected an...

To do this evening/ was completed: Scheduled the week in the TMS sans a few special events. We are still waiting on the new Family Friendly trailer, it should be available for download by EOD tomorrow. Josh Stewart's people sent over a new DCP for Just Cruise II which was actually the same as the first, which repeatedly failed to ingest last evening. Chenelle was able to send a pro-res file over, so we made a new DCP with that. The tech for the intro slide and Magenta Warm Up (1.78 lens and masking) went smoothly--slight keystoning for the 1.37 portions of the preshow but it's ok. Eventually tech'd he new feature DCP, looks and sounds great (5.0-5.5 volume, 1.37 lens and masking). Ran loops for the scope lenses in T1 and tech'd the first two reels of Melancholia with Desmond, all good to go. Alec ran a reel each of The Stepfather and Highlander II : - The Stepfather looks pretty good though it's quite a scratchy print, which seems to be affecting the sound a bit. ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Made an intro DCP slide for the Just Cruise 2 event (this was ingested and transferred to theater 3 via the TMS) and began downloading the feature file from the WeTransfer link provided by Chenelle Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received additional posters for  Blue Beetle and a one sheet for  Book Club: The Next Chapter Ordering/Receiving (content): Downloaded and uploaded new KDMs for The Super Mario Bros. Movie Chenelle reached out to projection/MOD about a hard drive drop off at 2:30PM (this was delayed due to a technical difficulty); the Just Cruise 2 filmmaker brought by a LaCie hard drive containing the "warm up" file and this was downloaded to the P&T drive in the 4/6 office Just Cruise 2 DCP was ingested locally to theater 3; began converting the "warm up" file to DCP (this is setup for 30FPS playback ... not sure if ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: I could hear a low buzz/static rumble coming from the left rear surround speaker in theater 6 during the third round (5:20PM screening of  John Wick: Chapter 4 ) that was noticeable only as I was walking into the room; standing closer to the center of the auditorium this was barely audible but seemed to peak when the mix/score was at its loudest Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built a pre-show playlist for Ronin ; built/scheduled show playlists for Evil Dead Rise and scheduled Beau is Afraid playlists (cue sheets were updated accordingly) Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Uploaded KDMs to the TMS for tomorrow evening's  Serial Mom screening Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Yes (adjusted a first round screening tomorrow; 4:15PM The Super Mario Bros. Movie was scheduled as CCAP when it was me...

To do this evening/ was completed: Re-inspected Bring It On post-screening--ready for outgoing shipping. Presentation Issues: Round two in in T2 did not start as auotmated. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Bring It On in T1 went very smoothly, crowd was loving it. 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: Built a pre-show playlist for Corpo Celeste  and finished building the show playlist for the Dazed and Confused  screening  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Finished inspecting Melancholia (reels 3-7) and uploaded some stills to the shared drive; the reels I looked at were in good condition overall but are pretty noticeably scratched on their base sides (lots of vertical surface scratches on the base/horizontal scratches on the emulsion but none are deep enough to have created any colored lines on the image plane)  Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Turned off the 35mm breakers in booth 1 Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): An OCAP screening of The Super Mario Bros. Movie was mistakenly scheduled at 5:15 tomorrow; thi...

To do this evening/ was completed: I left both of the lamps for the T1 35mm projectors on for a while today, about 4 hours, and they stayed on the whole time, which is both a good and a bad thing. Good in that it makes me feel good about Bring It On tomorrow, bad in that we still can't say for sure that the power supply is the issue. (For those not keeping up Roger asked me to switch the power supplies between projectors yesterday to make sure that is definitely the issue, hence why I had both lamps on). I wrote Jack some special instructions for tomorrow just in case something happens. I tried removing the penthouse reader from P1 in T4 and switching it with one from T6, but they are different models and the one from T4 (Cat. No 701) has a power cable, while the one from T6 (Cat. No 702) does not. The 702 is still attached to P1 in T4 but is NOT functioning. I will have to pull the cables and switch them along with the penthouse readers. I should be able to get this done before C...

To do this evening/ was completed: Downloaded and ingested all preshow content--4/21 first run playlists and trailer packs built, sans Evil Dead, though that was ingested to TMS.  Divinity ingested completed successfully. Finished inspecting White Lightning-- print has been wound back onto its shipping reels for the time being. Started inspecting Melancholia. So far it's in good condition with a fair amount of edge damage at points. I added a few pieces of tape to a few frames of damage that were basically pre-tears. 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?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: After the lamp issues happening again during Bring It On last night, and after I put that grey power supply back in P1, I determined this power supply would only give us worse problems than the black one so I took the grey one out again and put the black back in. I re-did some of the bypassed switches and just made sure all the wiring going in/out of the power supply is OK. I spoke to Roger and he agrees with me that it's likely we'll need a replacement power supply. He has ones he can bring but asked me to switch the power supplies between projectors to make sure this is the issue first. I'm going to give them both a good test tomorrow, I'll just leave the lamps on for a few hours and keep checking to see if anything shuts off. Seems like this is the only way we can truly test it at this point... For Sunday's show, I would recommend switching the lamp off after the reels finish on both projectors, switching the power supply/recti...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: The second round in theater 2 was delayed by 5 minutes because the server paused and did not start Renfield at 7:20 as automated During the Bring It On screening in theater 1 this evening, the bulb in projector 1 began flickering during reel 2, going dark on three separate occasions (these looked like blips on screen), reigniting itself just before the changeover, then turning off completely once the switch to reel 3 was made -- I power cycled the rectifier and got the lamp to strike again  ... the lamp then went dark again during reel 4, close to the head, so I brought the house lights up, made a brief announcement to the audience, power cycled the rectifier twice (the first did not allow me to successfully strike the lamp), and ever so slightly adjusted the back of the lamp house before striking the bulb which, thankfully, stayed lit up for the rest of the show Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Tech'd NoBudge33 shorts with Desmond--aspect and volume logged. 1.33 masking cue unresponsive in T2. Inspected White Lightning reels 1-3 -- print is in great condition, minimal base scratching, hardly any damage. Tech'd Renfield playlist, brought the feature volume down to 4.5 on both playlists. Kiki's Delivery Service ingested to T2, Beau is Afraid to TMS.  Laptop setup in Trees for servers meeting.  Keys uploaded for Blues Brothers and John Wick OCAP. Reached out to John for Melancholia tracking--print is scheduled to arrive tomorrow. Ran loops for Bring it On-- framing and focus set. Did not test the digital soundheads in T4. Cristina sent over a Google Slides version of the slideshow for Shouting at the Screen. Presentation Issues: Digital marquee needed a reset, was showing yesterday's showtime info. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Desmond noted the sound "went out/dipped out" at the top of every other reel during the White Chicks screening in theater 4; I could not hear it from the booth through the processor speaker, so my assumption is that there was some sort of delay in the sound reader following the change overs from reel to reel but, otherwise, the sound from the print was nice and loud/clear throughout Preshow Clips/Playlist:  Dazed and Confused  special event playlist was built and scheduled and the cues were updated accordingly; the event memo currently has no information regarding any programmer introduction/opening remarks (does this playlist not need a slide with the Film Feast sponsors?) Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Karaoke at Trees Lounge and  White Chicks 35mm screening in theater 4 went smoothly Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Dazed and Confused pre-show content was inge...

To do this evening/ was completed: Build/schedule Dazed & Confused , update timing on cue sheet. Put up Renfield letters, move the poster outside (replace whatever has been open the longest), and hang up Evil Dead in the lobby. Continue converting NoBudge shorts to DCP. Check tomorrow's cue sheets and TMS schedule. Karaoke and White Chicks screening tonight. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Scheduled staff screenings for Renfield . Downloaded/ingested Scream Queen trailer. Built and scheduled Serial Mom and private D&D event playlists. Downloaded 420 15min and 5min preshow clips, please ingest and build the Dazed & Confused playlist. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ran loops in T4 for White Chicks , framing and focus are good for tonight. Increased gate tension a bit on P1, but it's loosened all the way on P2 (the tension knobs have a different range on each gate --i.e. the loosest setting on P2 is tighter than the loosest setting on P...

To do this evening/ was completed: The quietest shift I've had here in a while gave me some time to work on the cue sheets and get a head start on a print for next week.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Automation for next week's shows scheduled, including the OCAP screenings. Just certain events and 4/20 features need to be added Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up:  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers):  Ordering/Receiving (content): Uploaded new keys for John Wick,   Everything Everywhere, and Renfield Outgoing/Shipping (content):  Print/video Inspection: I inspected Paprika . The print's in really nice shape. A little dirty, but otherwise fine. I put them back on their shipping reels and boxed it back up so it can head over to Williamsburg where it belongs.  Asset tracking doc updated/checked?:  Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): I made the cue sheets for next week. All we need is the credi...

To do this evening/ was completed: Set up the laptop/HDMI connection (on stage AJA connection) in T2 to look at the Shouting at the Screen slideshow. Connection worked just fine but our projection laptop doesn't have a Microsoft PowerPoint account. I tried to create one which caused the application to freeze repeatedly--I couldn't do anything with it. Cristina didn't have PowerPoint on her laptop and neither did MOD (floater) so we didn't really test the preshow. That said, the HDMI connection worked well and I was able to advance through the slides no problem (Dropbox slideshow).  Tech'd Bring it On and White Chicks with Desmond--logged volume for both. Both prints are in great condition, look really good. Also tech'd the first two reel of 2001-- ran the first reel once on each projector in T1 to get a sense of the placement of image print on the reel. The image is significantly more pillarboxed on the right side of the screen, and looked the same on both proje...

To do this evening/ was completed: Tomorrow Cristina would like to take a look at the presentation for Shouting at the Screen.  I tested the HDMI cable in T2 today. The port had a green light, but it went out when I connected the adapter for the laptop. I would do the Aja set up we have in T1 for this, but who knows, it could be working tomorrow. I attached a DVI to HDMI adapter to the board in T2.  Saw that Jack noted in his blog an issue with the lamp turning off and having to finagle with the power again. I think we just need new power supply units at this point. Two things: the 9 pin that connects the unit was a little loose, didn't have any pin screws to fully secure it, but it was connected nonetheless. Same thing for P2. I couldn't find any pin screws that yielded a perfect fit, but I made two work, so it's a little tighter now. Gave this a good clean, too. I turned on the rectifier for a little while, then turned on the lamp as per usual for a show. After more than...

To do this evening/ was completed:  Presentation Issues: Finished downloading .mov files for NoBudge to the DCPIII drive in booth 1 and began converting one of the titles to DCP (two others had already been made into DCPS; I added these to a new folder in the DCPIII drive labeled 'NoBudge33') Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Scheduled a FedEx pickup for tomorrow morning for The Virgin Suicides Print/video Inspection: Finished inspecting  The Virgin Suicides and repackaged it for return shipping Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Checked all showtimes against FilmBot listings and the TMS schedule and found no errors Marquee updated?: Removed The Virgin Suicides and Fast Five ; added letters for White Chicks and Bring It On Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Y...

To do this evening/ was completed: Re-inspected Virgin Suicides-- ready for outgoing. 2001 stills uploaded to Drive. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Virgin Suicides 35mm went very smoothly. One note: after striking the P1 lamp, about thirty minutes later I found it had gone out/turned off. I power-cycled the rectifier which solved the issue, for now. 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: For tomorrow: Please remember to put Blue Velvet (in 4/6 ) down on the black cart for its Monday morning pick-up!  Thought I'd share a few images of Corpo Celeste . The rest of these are in a folder  here Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Continued the downloading process for NoBudge shorts. Started downloading Mommy and La Piscina to the desktop. Please move these to the NoBudge folder. Made Self Tap e into a DCP using the new file Alec adjusted.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Inspected Corpo Celeste . Lovely Kodak print from 2011. It's hard matte. Report is  here Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Yes Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Yes. All set for tomorrow. Adjusted Shazam credits for Sunday in T6 since they did not reflect the TMS.  ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Virgin Suicides screening went very well. Cleaned the projectors after the show and rewound the print for tomorrow. The countdowns are quite dark, so I marked two frames with grease pencil, one for framing and one to advance into the gate for changeovers. Please wipe them off after the show tomorrow. I put everything out for Brunch Club, but there was no DJ set. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Started downloading and converting NoBudge shorts. I downloaded the files of the first 4 shorts, the first ("I'm At Home") is converting to DCP, the second ("Self Tape") is converting through HandBrake since its 2.00:1 within a 16:9 container.  Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee ...

To do this evening/ was completed: All 4/14 A1 playlists built, aside from Renfield. Playlists for Blues Brothers and Melancholia built. Serial Mom ingested to T1, Sanctuary ingested to TMS.  Finished inspecting 2001. Reels 8-10 are in really good condition overall--multiple false motor and changeover cues on 8 and 9, slight soundtrack damage toward the end of reel eight. Got lots of great shots, will upload to Drive on Sunday. 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-- Scream was scheduled for round three in T6--updated it with Shazam beginning at 5:55, credit times updated. Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes: