NPP Projection Blog

To do this evening/ was completed: Happy New Year's Eve 💥 No issues today.  When checking in on the houses this morning I noticed the warning on the T2 projector for the lamp change, which I suspected would need to be swapped out soon. Stayed a little later and switched this out after the last show. New lamp is working well! The sensor issue is the same (don't pay any mind to it. this is on the DMS list, but it doesn't cause any immediate issue). Put the MKV file of Paddington 2 through Handbrake. Please get the DCP going tomorrow. Thank you!  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. Looking good.  Marquee updated?: Yes Posters updated?: Yes Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projection cart by

To do this evening/ was completed: Re- Make MKV inquiry from previous blog: So, this is always a little annoying to do since we haven't purchased a license from them, but you essentially need to download the latest access key (which I now have bookmarked) as it's available for the beta version through mid January. You need to reopen Make MKV after entering the licensure (perhaps a few times, which is what i had to do and it was very annoying) but! It should work. I got this up and running again and pulled the Paddington 2 file. This has been downloaded to the comp in T1. Please run this through Handbrake tonight and reference the Projectionist Manual if you can't remember some of the steps. Thanks!  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Checked the SE playlists for this week and made sure all T6 and T4 playlists are set.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Received keys for Tokyo Fath

To do this evening/ was completed: Ran through some reels of Godfather to find some pictures of De Niro. Could only get one decent shot, so maybe we can try for more tomorrow. Took a look at When Harry Met Sally after the last round in 1, picture and sound all set. Noticed the playlist was missing the NitehawkPresents slide, added that. Also took out a few elements that were listed for other playlists only. Removed all 12/22 playlists from servers. T1 35s cleaned. Presentation Issues: Round one in T4 started with a blank, grey image on screen. Dowser was technically closed on Christie panel. Opened it and the preshow came back on screen. Second round in T4 started with the dowser "closed" again on the panel but the preshow was playing normally. Guess it's just finicky. Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset trac

To do this evening/ was completed: Hey all. Thanks for the Christmas coverage and for quickly hopping on board to accompany Alec while he's out for a little while - I really appreciate it. We've just about got our schedule sorted, so please remember to take a look to see the changes made.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Double checked that T6 and T6 specific playlists are all set.  Tomorrow! Please get your eyes on When Harry Met Sally just to check sound/image and credits info. Screens this Saturday/Sunday but the keys open up tomorrow. I adjusted the playlist based on the ingest letter (and looked it up online, but the offset is a little different, so you'll want to make sure!) Thanks! Adjust cue sheets if necessary.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received Drive Away Dolls posters.  Ordering/Receiving (content): We're all good on KDMs at the moment.  Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Ins

To do this evening/ was completed: Made 12/29 T4 playlists and scheduled them 12/29 - 1/4. Gave the 35 projectors in T4 a good cleaning, T1 swept and mopped. Received a Blu-Ray of Paddington 2. Tried to start the rip process but when I opened MakeMKV it informed that the version we have is out of date and that I'd either need to update the application or provide a registration key. Has this happened before? I couldn't find a key to list. Uploaded keys for Harry Met Sally, Iron Claw  and Poor Things. We have a print of The Mission resting in T1. It's features Deniro, so I imagine it's related to the series, but I can't find the film listed on the calendar January - March 2024, and it isn't listed on our website. Reached out to programming about it. 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: A

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Despite my double checking the cue sheets, TMS, and website yesterday morning there was an open captions screening of The Color Purple this afternoon that played without any text on screen; all efforts were made to ensure the guest who took notice of the error was appropriately taken care of, however, they did not require a closed captioning device for the duration of the film (no other guests issued any complaints regarding this mishap) and the screening continued without any issues Update: turns out no open caption "T4" show playlists were made for The Color Purple following the issue Alec ran into with the douser earlier in the week; I have since made these SPLs and scheduled them accordingly as tomorrow morning's OCAP screening of this film was also scheduled incorrectly as a CCAP show Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Placed an order

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: "LampLOC board communication failure" alarm was active in theater 4 but this has not been a hindrance to any of the shows this afternoon (must be akin to the issue Alec detailed in his blog a few days ago with this same projector) + "sensor failure" alarms in theater 1 and 2 Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up:  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Tested the show playlist for The Color Purple  in theater 2; it looks great and sounds just fine at 5.0 (lots of loud musical numbers throughout carry the mix quite a bit) Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Reset the sound rack connected to the iPad in 4/6 this afternoon after some troubleshooting since the Soundtrack application was running but no audio could be heard throughout the building; tried to recreate some of the

To do this evening/ was completed: No issues with T4 today, kept an eye on it for all rounds. Tech'd the Ferrari playlist. Feature sounds good at 5.0. Maybe it could get bumped to 5.5 but the difference is small. Preshow content for the playlist sounds fine at 3.5. Noticed that the Winter Welcome sounded too loud at 4.0 in T6 so I brought it back down to 3.8, with the Winter Feature brought back to 4.0. I know these volumes can fluctuate from theater to theater but I think 3.8 and 4.0, respectively, work best.  Finished building the 12/29-1/4 cue sheets. Close to the end of the shift, around 6:45, there was another second-long flicker in the 4/6 booth, just like the power outage that occurred a few weeks ago. I checked in on all projectors and they were fine, shows weren't interrupted, but the music went out on all floors and in Trees. I tried reconnecting the iPad to the rack it's connected to, tried restarting the Soundtrack app, tried disconnecting and reconnecting to Wi

To do this evening/ was completed: Hi all. Alec detailed the issues in T4 in his blog from today, so please get your eyes on that when you can. He also sent out an email about this. We've been stable this evening, but we'll definitely try to get this all fixed up as soon as we can. Alec scheduled T4 specific playlists through Monday. I added more for the rest of the week and built playlists for Color Purple and Ferrari OCAP . I'm trying to be optimistic about this getting sorted sooner rather than later, and we can always put the normal playlists back on the schedule if it does, but better safe than sorry. I moved the Tuesday staff screening of American Fiction into T5 and updated the calendar.  I filled out the TMS schedule for 12/29 - 1/4 Updated the posters outside and adjusted the marquee this evening. I put up Mean Girls outside with the Coming Soon sign above.  Tomorrow we'll have to put up Ferrari , then The Color Purple  on the marquee for Sunday. Please remem

To do this evening/ was completed:(Hi all. This is Lillian. Alec was accidentally signed into Jack's account in Blogger. I changed the name in the title.)    Trolls poster should come down and the title removed from the marquee. Intended to do this myself but working on the T4 projector basically ate up the whole day. Presentation Issues: Towards the end of the first round preshow in Theater 4 Gil radioed me that the screen was dark in Theater 4 and sound was still playing. I saw an error message on the touch panel saying "LampLOC board communication failure" and assuming this was related to the dark screen tried restarting the projector with no luck removing the error or restoring the picture. This round was ultimately canceled.  I called Christie who suggested I reseat the IMCB which I did twice and this had no effect on either the error message or the picture. Matthew got hold of Gregg at DMS who contacted Jerry who deduced that the douser assembly was likely broken a

To do this evening/ was completed: Inspected reels 3-12 of Godfather Pt II. Print is in good condition overall. All of the reels feature CO cues only 7-8 frames from the end, a few of them 0-5 frames from the end. I added grease cues 24 FFE to the reels that really needed it. This is noted in the inspection form. End of reel seven, beginning of reel eight features an intermission, with multiple sets of cues at the end of reel seven, giving us the option to include or skip the intermission. T2 booth roof hatch closed with the lock in place. Migration CCAP transferred to T3. 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

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Funny day wheelin n dealin with aspect ratio business (see notes below) but I spent a good amount of time resetting some of our main (but not often used) automation cues for the masking in T1 since some had been swapped since It's A Wonderful Life was not entirely flush. This looks a helluva lot better now and should be an excellent show. I went through the playlist and each automation cue for the masking and everything's looking real good. I also wound up adjusting the lamp's axis ever so slightly to make it more center. This helped a lot.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): When Harry Met Sally ingested!  Today we received the following prints: Sundays on Fire feature & The Godfather Pt.II Outgoing/Shipping (content): Cobra got picked up today.  Print/video Inspection: Ran T he Wizard of Oz and Mean Stree

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): A guy dropped by this evening to put up a poster for IF in one of our lobby cases -- a film that does not come out until May of next year and whose poster I had no memory of being delivered even though there is a single one sheet for it in the cubby behind 3/7 -- and he left after having me sign a delivery confirmation for FedEx (in short: the poster was not put on display) Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Made my rounds in each booth to check on the functionality of the A/C units given the issues we had with them yesterday evening + double checked the roof hatch door in 2 which is shut Swept up around the 4/6 booth Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Yes Marquee updated?:  Posters updated?: All current fir

To do this evening/ was completed: Fire alarm went off this morning. Jack and I reset all the theatres apart from T1 and T6, which did not follow suit with their Fire Safety trigger cues. I emailed DMS about this to make sure we sort out our system as soon as possible. I made the rounds today, checked in on all theatres to make sure everything's working properly/T2 hatch closed.  Staff Screenings are out for tomorrow and Tuesday. Blocked on the calendar.  School screening went just fine this morning despite the fire alarm.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: We tech'd the following content:  American Fiction feature (brought this up half a db to 5.5)  Iron Claw feature Migration feature Tech'd all preshow content for the above. There's a part of the 5min Iron Claw preshow that sounds a bit rough at the beginning. Reached out to Kat and Joe to let them know and to see how it sounds over there.  Re-inspected Cobra and packaged it up for outgoing tomorrow. Print

To do this evening/ was completed: Built all show playlists for Ferrari and The Color Purple  (this includes OCAP SPLs and CCAP versions for theater 6) Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Additional Mean Girls  one sheets were delivered and stored in the poster cubby behind 3/7 Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested subtitled and dubbed versions of Tokyo Godfathers to the TMS through EclairPlay Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: A/C units in booths 4/6 and 3/7 needed to be reset this evening since they were either turned off or had been somehow switched to heating Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Removed all outgoing titles and replaced them with letters for  The Iron Claw ,  Migration , and  American Fiction Posters updated?: Removed The Iron Claw and Migration from the lobby and placed

To do this evening/ was completed: Hey team. The schedule for January has been posted.  Also! We now have a Spotify account just for projection use. This will be helpful when we have events that require a playlist during preshow so that we're not competing with the bar/running into any issues or have to use our own accounts anymore. The email we're using is the prospectparkkdm@gmail.com that you're already familiar with. The email/password info is in the NPP Vendor/Account Logins spreadsheet in the drive. I've also written this on the white board above the desk in 4/6. I cleaned up the board, reorganized a bit to make more space/make it a bit neater.  Important note: You must (!) remember to actively write down your inspection notes in the inspection form provided when going through a print. This is incredibly important. We all rely on these in order to have a good show and maintain solid relationships with the distros/collectors, etc.  Iron Claw, Migration, American

To do this evening/ was completed: A quiet night at Prospect before I'm out for the holidays, which I am much grateful for.  Presentation Issues: Jared walkie'd me to let me know that the Wonka trailer was was still in some of the preshows. I told him I'd mark that here to sort out tomorrow.  Preshow Clips/Playlist:  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Cobra went well, only the head of reel 5 must have been spliced on out of frame, it was off when I changed over to that reel. Noticed there was no inspection report for this also. Jack, if you have notes from when you inspected this can you put them on the drive? The print is tails out under the bench to be reinspected. -AL Trivia also went smooth as always. A perfectly fine way to close out trivia for this year Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Keys for Migration , The Color Purple , The   Iron Claw, and It's a Wonderful Life  uploaded Outgoing/Shipping (content): Pri

To do this evening/ was completed: Private Boy and the Heron screening went smoothly in T6. Ingested Ferrari and Iron Claw, as well as corresponding preshow content. Still waiting on PS_Ferrari_15min to finish uploading. Likewise preshow content for The Color Purple.  Playlists built for these new features, as well as It's a Wonderful Life.  TMS has been scheduled for the upcoming week aside from Ferrari and Purple.  Ran loops in T1 for Cobra tonight and cleaned the projectors afterward. Made the rounds to check in on each projector and booth, everything is in order. T2 roof hatch remains closed. Cue sheets started for the coming week. Cobra playlist missing Bobby's World trailer, playlist updated. 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 shee

To do this evening/ was completed: Had to reset the fire alarm in each booth today. Ran through the cues. We're all good.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Reached out to Kat about the American Fiction preshow content and they're teching it today, so once everything is good, she'll move it to the dcp files to load section and we can go ahead and get that ingested.  Built a playlist that can be used for both  Elf  private screenings this week. I scheduled them on the TMS.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: I set up the audio connection in T6 for the Spotify playlist in T6 tonight (Boy and the Heron private event!). The rca cable is plugged into the back of the processor and connected to the rack computer. The playlist has been tested. 3.5 sounded good for a preshow volume since folks will want to converse beforehand, but feel free to bring it up if they ask! I left the Event Memo and playlist up on the comp so it's ready to go. All you have to do i

To do this evening/ was completed: Renaissance was still loud during the actual concert bits. A few guests complained about the some of the speakers' behaviour, so I checked in on levels. The movie was just mixed in a pretty silly way.  Checked in on the wire in T1 as Matthew pointed out. I'll get it properly patched up tomorrow.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Waiting on American Fiction preshow content, but the feature is in.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Double checked the T6 private event playlist for Boy n the Heron. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Checked out Deluxe inventory - Still waiting on Iron Claw, but preshow content is ready to go.  Outgoing/Shipping (content):  Print/video Inspection: Re-inspected The Hudsucker Proxy and put the head leader back on R2 - it was essentially a clean cut. Labels are ready. This will get picked up Tuesday.  Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Yes.  Maintenan

To do this evening/ was completed: Ran through the Dream Scenario playlist this morning in T3 just to see if I could mimic the issue that occurred last night. Playlist ran smoothly. The Winter Feature element sounded too hot at 4.5 so I updated trailer packs to run that piece at 4.0. I know the volume can vary from theater to theater (4.5 sounds alright in T1) but I thought it'd be best to play things a little more quiet overall.  Hudsucker Proxy went alright but there were 1.5 presentation issues, the more prominent of which being that the leader for reel two snapped right as I hit the motor, clean snap right between 7 and 8 on the countdown. I stopped the motor and muted the 750, brought house lights up and reconnected the rest of the leader to the take up reel, got the picture back on screen in about 1.5 minutes. I feel like I recall a similar motor-start-snap issue a few months ago? The leader was definitely taut on the take-up reel, no slack at all. The other half-issue was th

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Hudsucker Proxy screening went very well. Rewound the print and cleaned both projectors for the show tomorrow. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): We received the Beautician and the Beast print. I brought it up to 4/6. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Inspected the first five reels of Hi Mom . It’s in great shape, must be relatively new. Uploaded photos to Google Drive. 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 the last reel of Hi, Mom! and then moved on to Beautician and the Beast, inspected all reels. The print is in really good condition with only a few splices total. Presentation Issues: Last round in T3, Dream Scenario, feature started with no image on screen. I'm not sure if we lost image before the feature started but patrons said that the film had been playing for its first five minutes with no image, just sound. I tried to close and open the dowser which didn't do anything. Then I toggled between different lens channels and that brought the image on screen. Rewound the film to the beginning, played without issue. Will investigate a bit tomorrow. 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 sh

To do this evening/ was completed: Had another meeting with BLS about installing 70mm in Theater 2 today. More info to come but the goal right now is to have it installed for Dune 2 in March. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Ingested the new 12/22 forecasts, which we'll be using for the week of the 22nd and the week of the 29th, and the Bobby's World preshow. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): We got Furiosa posters. Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested It's a Wonderful Life to T1. Mean Streets and Hi Mom prints arrived. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Ran a reel of Hudsucker Proxy for Cristina, despite some lightly visible dirt/residue along the left side of the frame, the print looks good. Volume has been noted. Checked Elf and Maniac Cop 2 DCPs. Playlists updated with the necessary cues for both. The "bonus content" on Elf is just two short WB 100th anniversary cli

To do this evening/ was completed: For this weekend, please make sure that Renaissance (in T3) is at 4.0 volume! No louder than 4.5. And yes, as Alec mentioned in his blog today, we are on our way to getting 70mm! Felt great to finally see Sean alive and well again, albeit over Zoom.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Started building the 12/22 A1 playlists, sans T6 playlists. We do not have Iron Claw & Ferrari yet. Waiting on Color Purple preshow content.  Trailer Updates: Updated trailer packs for 12/22. The R_packs are split up into two, essentially.  Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ingested new trailers for 12/22: Mean Girls, Ghostbusters, Lisa Frankenstein, Kung Fu Panda, Drive Away Dolls. Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested the DCPs of American Fiction .  Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Inspected all of Mean Streets this evening. Ran this in Chicago some four/five years ago! Should be a really fu

To do this evening/ was completed: Took down Dreamgirls letters, put up Godfather Pt II. Downloaded and ingested the BobbysWorld trailer, Maniac Cop 2 playlist built. Now Showing snipe up for Wonka. T1 swept and mopped. Presentation Issues: MOD walkie'd round two to inform me that the bass coming from Renaissance in T3 was shaking the walls in T7, very much disrupting the quiet of the film Boy and the Heron. I brought the volume down multiple times in T3, to 5.0, then 4.5 and ultimately 3.9, but there wasn't much that could be done to stop the subwoofers from vibrating. I think Renaissance sounds alright at 4.0 instead of 5.8, but we should get ears on it tomorrow. Regardless of the volume, however, I think all concert films should play in T5 exclusively, as that's the only auditorium that's really separated from the others. I personally would be driven crazy by the low hum and vibration of another movie intruding on my film, and I know there were multiple complaints to

To do this evening/ was completed: Hi all! Please remember to send Alec (with Jess, Paul and I cc'd) your time-off requests for January by EOD tomorrow.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Tech'd Wonka for image/sound. Everything looks and sounds great. Playlists are all set.  Tech'd the intro video for the private on 12/18. Updated the playlist.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: FYI - for the event in Trees this evening (not projection related) I gave Jeremy an extension cord and power strip to keep the plates hot. Just pick this stuff up after! Thanks! Set up the laptop in T3 for the staff meeting this afternoon. Everything went well!  For the private on 12/18 the host confirmed that there will be no additional in-person intro, just the prerecorded video. They sent a Spotify link for preshow, which I put in the event memo. This will accompany the slide.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): John dropped off the D

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Dreamgirls went very well! Mic and mixer were broken down after the screening. Although one odd thing happened which didn't affect the presentation, but when I went to do the first changeover (to P1), I had to hit the motor switch twice before the motor actually started. It started when I hit the switch the first time for all other changeovers to this projector. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested Migration to the TMS. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Scheduled a FedEx pickup for Dreamgirls tomorrow, it's on the cart. Print/video Inspection: Re-inspected and packed up the Dreamgirls print. Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Yes, all set for tomorrow. Filled in timing for Elf , Cobra , Hudsucker Proxy , and the Boy and the Heron private event.

To do this evening/ was completed: Heads up - a lot of manual starts today. Flagged another tight turnaround on the sheets for MOD.  The ADA seats in rows 3 and 4 in T4 were switched by accident yesterday. Carly called me to let me know since apparently there was quite a bit of confusion among guests. I swapped the seats long before we opened today so it wasn't an issue.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: I took a look at Poor Things today since the keys opened up and it sounds quite good at 6.5 - I know that seems steep, but it's certainly not the world's loudest film. It seems more ambient/atmospheric. The sound is great.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Liasied with the GKids folks for their private screening of The Boy and the Heron on 12/18. Confirmed the additional materials/run of show. I ingested the short to play before the feature. It's an introduction from the film's composer. The holding slide will be used for preshow. Send them

To do this evening/ was completed: Pretty much all there was to do was focus on the print, which went great!  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist:  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Long Kiss Goodnight went perfectly! One of my best shows, which is nice right before the holiday break. Everything is shut down and put away.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): New Boy and the Heron , Trolls 3 , Holdovers, and  Dream Scenario keys uploaded,  We also received the Memory DCP from Deluxe.  Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Did a post-inspection on The Long Kiss Goodnight and they are on their shipping reels ready to go back.  Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Cross referenced with tomorrow's automation and set Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: I spent a lot of the top half of tonight sorting through the Poster Purge emails and we go

To do this evening/ was completed: Built 12/15 T6 playlists and scheduled the upcoming week in TMS, then built the cue sheets for 12/15 - 12/21.  Silent Night Deadly Night content removed from T2. Beyond Utopia event in T7 went smoothly last night, equipment broken down afterward. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ran loops for the screening in 1 tonight. -AL Set up the HDMI connection at the front of the theater in T3 for a staff meeting on Thursday. They'll just need to connect to the HDMI cable under the curtain. To get their screen up and sound through the speakers select the HDMI 1.78 channel on the projector (I made it one of the preferred channels), and switch the CP750 to Non-Sync. -AL Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Finished inspecting Wizard of Oz , all reels are tails out in the cans. -AL Asset tracking doc updated/checked

To do this evening/ was completed: Keep an eye out for the film schedule this evening!  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Downloaded and ingested the GreatGowns preshow content.  Built the Poor Things playlists for 12/08 and 12/15. Scheduled the 12/08 playlists on the TMS.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Moved the mixer from T3 into T7 for this evening. There's three chairs and three mics ready to go. I put a stand off to the side depending on what they prefer - we can always up the third mic in there for the intro. Please put everything back in T7 either tonight or tomorrow is totally fine! Everything has been tested - mics, dcp, etc.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Just another friendly reminder that the TLR_SE_BobbysWorld will be on the drive EOD tomorrow, so we can download/ingested and place it where necessary then.  Outgoing/Shipping (content): Received the holding slide for tonight's event. This has been

To do this evening/ was completed: Went to go change the brunch titles and replace the holiday market ad with 35mm screenings as it started raining again and didn't really stop for the night. If these can get updated tomorrow, that would be great! I turned the AC back on in Theater 2's booth, it was getting pretty warm in there. When it gets colder out in a few days, you can turn it back off, or ask MODs to if you don't know how. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested Color Purple to the TMS. Ingested Elf from the WB Holiday combo drive we received for next weekend's brunch shows and added it to the playlist in place of our homemade DCP for the private event next week. This studio version apparently has some form of bonus content so we should see what that is when we tech it. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Uploaded

To do this evening/ was completed: Spent time catching up with the blogs. Thanks for the coverage this weekend Lillian.  Built a playlist for tomorrow's Beyond Utopia  private event, generic preshow content and a Nitehawk holding slide for the Q&A. I don't see any movie-specific slides for this one. Brunch shows went smoothly, removed content from servers afterward. Two seats removed in T4 round two. T1 swept and mopped. 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: A very quiet night compared to last. About to wipe down the surfaces in 4/6 and then pack up since I gotta be at WB early tomorrow, so I'm posting about 20 mins early here.  Presentation Issues: House lights up didn't execute in the SUB playlist for The Boy and the Heron during credits (round 2 in T2). The cue was definitely in the playlist, so ran through it again between rounds and, for some reason, the cue didn't execute. I took it out of the playlist and then put it back in. I told Nathaniel I'd keep my eye on it since it'd play for 3rd round and when the time came, it worked just fine! Kind of a mystery. Had a look in the booth in T2 and nothing suspicious. The SPL missing note on the TMS for this show seems weird but those are normally inconsequential and there's no specific thing it's listed at missing. The playlist is just fine. I don't suspect any issues moving forward. Preshow Clips/Playlist:  Kat's going

To do this evening/ was completed: MODs radioed me that one of the tables in T4 was very loose. The bolts were not fastened back on, presumably after the work on the table lights, so I tightened them. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Brunches went well Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): We got a couple posters, Imaginary and Out of Darkness . Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Inspected the first 3 reels of Wizard of Oz . Good looking print, it’s a reissue print with SRD sound and printed for 1.85 lenses, the 1.37 frame is pillarboxed within the 1.85 matte. Should look very good. Reels 1-3 are tails out on the shipping reels in the can. Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Checked the plug for the QSC in T1’s booth, the cable was tied quite tightly to the rack which probably led to it shifting a bit over time. I re-tied it with a bit more slack leadin

To do this evening/ was completed: Spent some time helping to trouble shoot an issue at WB. Walked Will through the reseating of ICP, marriage initiatives, etc. Big night for those folks. It was certainly a feat. They're stable at the moment, but send some good energy up yonder.  Update: Well, the qsc went out briefly this evening with 20 minutes of Renaissance left in T1. All I did was notice that the power plug wasn't entirely in. My only theory (since I was able to just unplug and plug it back in without issue) is that the bass might've wiggled it out since it's not a super firm fit. I got sound back up in less than two minutes from Wyatt's call, rewound part of the film and then we were golden. Alec, if you wouldn't mind getting your eyes on the amp first thing in the morning just to double check that it's okay, I would appreciate it. I'll shoot you a text.  Staff Screening and Screener went well today. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Te

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Checked on T3's speakers throughout the evening to note any further issue with static and/or crackling coming from the right rear surround monitor Brought the volume for  Renaissance down a bit this evening to keep from having any noise complaints from customers in adjacent theaters Preshow Clips/Playlist: Brought the feature volume cue for Renaissance down from 6.0 to 5.8 for next week's SPLs since even with near sold out crowds the bass during the performances can be heard very easily throughout certain parts of the building Built all SPLs for Wonka (this includes additional SPLs for playback in T6) Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Killers of the Flower Moon Apple TV event in T5 wrapped up this evening with very little fanfare and the hosts cleared out before the final round began STB setup in T1 this evening went smoothly (had to adjust individual mic volumes from the processor in the booth ever so slightly/t

To do this evening/ was completed: Hi all. Jack is still out sick and cannot make his shift tomorrow, so I'll be in for a mid to closing shift and will arrive onsite at 1pm. There is a staff screening in T5 and a screener for our programmers in T4, both starting at around the same time. Playlists are built and everything has been blocked on the calendar. Will is gonna get his eyes on the screener since the keys open up at Midnight.  Note: I've gone over this with Will, but, for posterity I'm putting some house keeping notes here:  Marquee letters are ready to go up.  Posters could get organized a little.  Keep an eye on T3, but I've sat in on Napoleon again this evening and we should be fine, but again, we'll be replacing this.  The  Wonka  preshow - 5min, 15min, and 25min DCPs are all currently downloading to the DCPII drive. Please ingest to the TMS once complete. If there's time, please start downloading Poor Things preshow content. Thanks!  Presentation Iss

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: MODs reported Plex was malfunctioning at Trees this afternoon; spoke to Ashley who managed to get it working despite the content displayed reading as "unavailable" Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Additonal Aquaman: The Lost Kingdom  one sheets were delivered and stored behind 3/7 Ordering/Receiving (content): All feature content for  Wonka was ingested to the TMS ( The Boy and the Heron  was in the process of ingesting and finished this evening) Downloaded keys for Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Added all missing showtimes for this Sunday  Marquee updated?: Letters for Boy and the Heron were organized/placed on the workbench and can go up on the marquee tomorrow evening Posters updated?: Cleaning ligh

To do this evening/ was completed: Note for managers - Please do NOT turn on the table lights tomorrow. This goes for all theatres, despite the fact that I'm not sure which screening rooms they'll be in. We are keeping them off for maintenance. The light technicians are coming in on Monday!  Had our cinema meeting - We're looking great on content, just had to forward our specs to the techs for Beyond Utopia (private on Monday next week) since their security blocked my first email. Road Side Attractions emails are tricky and this has happened to me before, but the bounce back didn't show up until the second time I sent it. Ask someone on the team for an alternate address if you ever run into this. Update: received/ingested the keys and we got an e-delivery for the DCP. I have ingested this and will take a look tomorrow!  Presentation Issues: Projection please note: I got a call from Carly that the masking didn't execute for Napoleon in T3 first round. I found that

To do this evening/ was completed: A lot of events tonight cascading atop each other, but with Alec handling Still , it was a manageable evening.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: I built the playlists for Boy and the Heron SUB, DUB, and DUB_OCAP. The feature still needs teching, but it should be set to go otherwise.  Trailer Updates: New PG-13 Trailer Pack is built Special Events/ AV set up: Alec handled the Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie event which seemed to go well!  Cristina's intro for The Trouble With Angels went smoothly and everything is broken down.  Trivia also went a good as it ever does and has been broken down as well.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): I ingested The Color Purple trailer to our servers Ordering/Receiving (content): I ingested Christmas Vacation into Theater 2 The Killers of the Flower Moon DCP for the event Thursday finished downloading late in the night, so it's ingesting on the TMS overnight.  Keys for How to Have

To do this evening/ was completed: The regular Priscilla playlist was scheduled for the Babies screening today. Please remember to make a separate playlist for the Babies showings and schedule it for the Tuesday matinee in Theater 2. Made one for KOTFM next week and scheduled it. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Set up and tested the mics in Theater 4 for the Still Q&A tonight. This is all set for tonight. Set up a mic in Theater 3 for tonight's intro. Checked the feature as well and bumped up the volume in the playlist and added a lights up cue for the short end credits sequence. Posting late since I was here through the private event in Theater 4 because DMS wasn’t able to send a tech. This went well although the lav mic for Michael J. Fox didn’t work super well. I had it turned up all the way but it was still too quiet and the director held his wireless mic up to him as he talked. They requested a second lav mic right

To do this evening/ was completed: Received notice today from Deluxe about the updated versions os Renaissance, and that there will be no more supplementary packages. Alec ingested new files this past weekend, which are indeed the updated versions listed in this morning's email. We will need new keys. I reached out to Deluxe and the keys will be issued mid-week, probably Wednesday.  Couple manual starts tonight - keep an eye on the TMS.  Parasite will screen in T3 tomorrow @10am. Just putting a reminder here that we're streaming. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: As per Alec's note on Friday, I ran through the Christmas Evil playlist to double check credit offset and lowered the volume a tad since it was pretty darn loud.  Trailer Updates: As per Desmond's request this morn, I updated the Beyonce playlists to have the Dream Girls trailer in there. I made a separate playlist pack for this.  Special Events/ AV set up: Made some adjustments to the NoBudge pla