NPP Projection Admin 4/18

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. Cristina noted that it was sounding scratchy and I listened closely to the booth monitor and heard what she was talking about. The handwritten labels on the leader say Dolby A which I believe (though there's no indication of the soundtrack type on the head or tail leaders), but when I switched to SR the sound improved slightly on the booth monitor and Cristina said it was a little better in the theater, too. In all likelihood this is actually a Dolby A print given the year of the film's release, but I think we should play it in SR.

-Highlander II had a section of perf damage which had already been repaired though some of the sprocket holes were still covered with tape so I punched them through. Other than that, it's a really nice print. Not many scratches and looks great.

Removed some feature content from T1 server (Scream, Shazam, Serial Mom). 

Cristina sent over a Google Slides version of the Shouting preshow, might be good to tech it tomorrow instead of the day of, if possible.

Keys uploaded for Mario, Evil Dead, Chevalier, Dungeons and Dragons. 

Presentation Issues: 

Preshow Clips/Playlist:

Trailer Updates:

Special Events/ AV set up:

Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers):

Ordering/Receiving (content): We got The Beguiled 35mm print. This is for Williamsburg, we're coordinating getting it over there.

Outgoing/Shipping (content): White Chicks and Bring It On are ready to go out, they're on the cart. DHL confirmed they'll be picking up Bring It On tomorrow, reached out to Sony about White Chicks and waiting to hear back.

Print/video Inspection: Alec inspected the first reel each of The Stepfather and Highlander II. Condition notes above.

Asset tracking doc updated/checked?:

Maintenance/cleaning: Alec worked on the digital soundheads in T4:

I pulled the cable for the soundhead I removed from a T6 Simplex and installed on P1 in T4. After connecting it to the soundhead/processor I ran the same trailer I used to test them last time and, frustratingly, the digital sound was not working at all on P1. It just reverted to SR, saying "Not ready!" It's been a while since we've used these penthouse readers in T6, so maybe this cable is bad. I will try pulling the cable from the digital soundhead on the other T6 Simplex and try that one. I'll try and do this tomorrow but it takes a really long time to pull the cable (it's run across the room, tied to other wires, even run behind power outlets which I had to temporarily detach from the wall to get the cable out) and since we can use SR in T4 until we get this figured out, I'm not exactly in a huge rush. I'll confirm tomorrow but chances are we'll have to run Corpo Celeste in SR, which will be perfectly fine we'll just have to adjust the volume a bit.

Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift):

Marquee updated?:

Posters updated?:

Cleaning lights on for the night?:

Projection cart by entrance?:

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