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To do this evening/ was completed: A very quiet evening overall Dune 2 brought in steady (large) crowds throughout the night and letters/posters were updated for this release last night Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received posters for Horizon: An American Saga , Borderlands , The Watchers , You Can Call Me Bill , and Dogman Ordering/Receiving (content): Downloaded keys for One Love and Poor Things (these KDMs were set to expire tomorrow morning) Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Double checked and initialed -- all set for tomorrow Marquee updated?:  Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Yes Projection cart by entrance?: Yes Additional Notes: A new HDMI splitter was delivered and left on the desk in 4/6

To do this evening/ was completed: Tech'd Dune Part 2, volume is good at 5.0, credits lights up added to playlists. Reached out to David Jennings for Sony courier pickup for The Last Dragon. Someone will be by tomorrow. Inspected all of Righting Wrongs. It's in great condition, almost no wear. Inspection report is filled out. I need to double check reel three to see if there was one more splice than I noted, but if someone wants to pass the report along to Cristina tomorrow they can. Private Benjamin still transcoding in T1. 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: Wireless mics in theater 2 were still configured for the Shouting at the Screen event earlier this month and had to be adjusted for the introduction to The Zone of Interest (there was also an improperly placed house lights down cue in this SPL which caused the auditorium to go dark during the pre-show -- I noticed this before the MODs alerted me to it and brought the lights up from the booth) Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Aside from the aforementioned trouble in theater 2, the private screening for The Zone of Interest  went well, as did the Opening Nite screening for the NSF (the intro and Q&A for this event was recorded and saved to the desktop in booth 1 -- all mics were returned to the booths to charge)  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Re-inspected  The Last Dragon  and pl...

To do this evening/ was completed: Posting a little early since there's lots going on today.  Hi everyone! Staff screenings are out and blocked on the calendar. I put Dune II in T2 on Friday so we can keep T1 clear for tech. With that in mind though, I'll make sure to get eyes on West Side Story Friday morn before the screening (keys open up then).  We had our cinema meeting today, which went very well. We're all set on content. I've sent out our weekly email to help us get refreshed for the week ahead, along with some other future happenings. Please read it carefully and jot down anything that's necessary for you to keep on your personal radar.  School screening went just fine today. The keys for Dune II open up tomorrow. Please get your eyes on it and confirm that the cue sheets are correct! Thank you! I will not be here tomorrow morning for my usual admin shift as I covered Joe on Sunday at WB and need to avoid overtime.  Alec, Matthew, Joe (and McKegg!) and ...

To do this evening/ was completed: A super quiet night with an easy presentation of what looks like my last print at Prospect for a while! Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Last Dragon went well! I had to ride the focus a few times throughout, but it otherwise went great. The reels are rewound and ready to be reinspected.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Zone of Interest keys uploaded  I brought in a Blu-Ray of Jaws for the Film Feast screening next week. It's in the 4/6 booth.  Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: 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?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Yes Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Finished the cue sheets for the coming week.  DCP'd March holding slides, Freddy's Dead, West Side Story, Legend, yet to be ingested. Tech'd Freddy's Dead and The Last Dragon. Reel five of Freddy looked okay with the 3D glasses, left a pair in the booth. Loops ran, T1 projectors ready for tonight. Illyse from Roxy came by to pick up Space Jam, and gave me Lillian's Pillow Book print, which is back in 4/6. West Side Story keys uploaded. Kung Fu Panda 4 ingested to TMS. New Wild Parrots DCP transcoding in T1 failed due to an error stating the software could not read the subtitles included, unrecognized root node.     *If keystoning was the only issue with the DCP we downloaded, probably better to adjust the 1.33 projector channel than trying to make a new DCP. -AL Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: We received two new mic stands, they're in the bag in the Trees closet. Orderin...

To do this evening/ was completed: Screen capped the PDF Cristina sent along for Pumping Iron slide, slide made and ingested. DCPoMatic force quit itself every time I selected the alternative Private Benjamin file. I made a slide after the many force quits and had no issue. Opened the file in VLC and it played fine. Not sure what's up with that. Restarted the desktop and it still does the same force quit. Scheduled the week in the TMS and started the cue sheets. Presentation Issues: T3 went offline at the beginning of round two. Right before we got the call I noticed that the KDM for One Love had apparently expired for that server only. Then we were notified there was no sound in T3 and cleaning lights were still up. T3 quick controls failed, TMS playback tab displayed error messages for projector communication failure and degraded storage. Power-cycled the CP750 but that didn't do anything. Went to restart the IMS and found that I could not access that IP address at all, 404 n...

To do this evening/ was completed: Took a look at Wild Parrots and Private Benjamin. Wild Parrots is slightly keystoning - this was a file we received, not an in house DCP. It's 1.37 in a flat container (the frame is 1.37, but comes out at 1.85 ratio)  I adjusted this a little in DCP-o-matic. It's transcoding in T1. Private Benjamin can get dcp'd (the first file. I downloaded it again to the desktop). We'll have this as backup and show it to Desmond this week.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built the private event playlists ( Bob Marley run of show is confirmed. Waiting on the folks for Zone of Interest to see if there's an intro.) Saw that Zone of Interest was initially built as an A1, but it's not, it's just for this private event on Wednesday.  Deleted a bunch of playlists we no longer need.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Howard the Duck all set for tonight. We'll be streaming Jaws on 3/5 in T3. John sent out an invite f...

To do this evening/ was completed:  Presentation Issues: The final round in auditorium 2 did not begin as scheduled and was delayed by about 3 minutes Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Double checked the Howard the Duck SPL for tomorrow and it is all set Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Updated keys for The Zone of Interest were delivered and ingested (these are valid until the 29th) Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Double checked against the TMS and website + initialed the cue sheets for confirmation Marquee updated?: Added letters for West Side Story to the brunch screenings side Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Yes Projection cart by entrance?: Yes Additional Notes: Updated the first run/special events white boards in 4/6 Some guy named Howard Simon dropped by this ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Quiet evening! Everything's running well. I'm leaving about 20 minutes early tonight to get some rest before covering Joe tomorrow. MOD is aware.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Went through the new playlists to double check everything I made the other day looks good, especially NH Shorts.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: DCP of Private Benjamin is still transcoding and likely won't finish up until tomorrow eve.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Friendly reminder that the keys for Howard the Duck should be coming in at some point tomorrow! Please ingested these and I'll take a look first thing Monday.  Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Checked the lamp life info on each projector. 1, 3, 5 and 6 are at half their life span.  Brushed up/started on some personal studies.  Cue sheet...

To do this evening/ was completed:  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Space Jam went very well. Rewound the print and cleaned the projectors after. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Put the Private Benjamin file through HandBrake because DCP-o-Matic doesn't let you choose from different audio tracks and just goes with the default. The file is converting to DCP down on the booth 1 iMac. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Took Lisa Frankenstein down Posters updated?: Took down Zone of Interest and Lisa Frankenstein posters, put up Kung Fu Panda 4 and Love Lies Bleeding for coming soon. Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Tech'd all of the NSF24 playlists with Cristina, John and Kat this morning. We've made a few adjustments--and some of the masking/lens settings weren't quite right for a few shorts--but it's all been updated. The final playlists have been built and are ready to go.  Downloaded and ingested the Dune II preshow content (including  Villeneuve 25min PS ) Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built the new 03/01 playlists for all A1 PG13, R rated features, West Side Story , Pumping Iron II   Deleted the 2/16 playlists.  Tech'd Notting Hill . Playlist is all set. Cue sheets updated!  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received a thumb drive w/trailer of Chase on it. Addressed to John. We already received an e-delivery.  Ordering/Receiving (content): Downloaded and ingested the following content from Kat: TLR_NPP_FORECAST_0301_A  TLR_NPP_FORECAST_0301_B TLR_KGO_Me...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Shaft screening in theater 1 went very well Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Dune 2 feature files (5.1 and 7.1 versions) became available this evening and were ingested to the TMS from EclairPlay Outgoing/Shipping (content): Removed Raiders of the Lost Ark  feature content from theater 2 Print/video Inspection: Re-inspected Shaft and packaged it for return shipping Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Double checked and initialed Marquee updated?: Removed some older first run titles and added letters for  Drive Away Dolls  and Spaceman Posters updated?: Added "now showing" snipes above  Drive Away Dolls  and  Spaceman Cleaning lights on for the night?: Yes Projection cart by entrance?: Yes Additional Notes: Received another standee...

To do this evening/ was completed: Drive Away Dolls and Spaceman tech'd, volumes set. Inspected the last three reels of Pumping Iron and the first two reels of The Last Dragon, which is in good condition. Framing and focus set for Shaft tonight, projectors cleaned afterward. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: All the NSF24 playlists have been built for tech and start with TECH in the playlist title. We'll be going through these tomorrow. Thank you to Kat for sending an early preview of the trailer list so I could get this done before we go over it in the AM. Really we're just waiting on the new forecasts.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Received Last Dragon .  Outgoing/Shipping (content): Packaged up some DCPs - outbound - Raiders of the Lost Ark , Coffy, Lego Movie.  Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Yes. Updated today.  Maintenance/cleaning: ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: House lights went up to pre-show levels exactly 4 minutes into the screening of The Sweet East --  thankfully I was in the room checking on volume and caught it as it happened -- and I ran to the booth to bring them down again before the opening credits rolled (I checked the SPL before the show began but did not catch that the lights cue was so misplaced) Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Sweet East screening and Q&A went smoothly -- despite the lights issue described above -- and the intro and talkback were recorded to the desktop in booth 1 (added these files to the desktop and emailed them to Cristina who moderated)  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Deadpool & Wolverine posters and standee were delivered and stored behind 3/7 (there is a number on the standee to send it elsewhere) Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection:...

To do this evening/ was completed: Hey team! Weekly email is out. Please take the time to read through the information and reach out with any questions/concerns you have for the event(s) you'll be working. We're kicking off NSF24 at the tail end of this upcoming week.  Thanks for reading!  Staff Screenings are out and have been scheduled on the TMS and are labeled on the theatre blocking calendar.  Keys for both Spaceman and Drive Away Dolls open up tomorrow, so we'll run through them in the morning.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Hawks w/Babies playlist for Drive Away Dolls has been built and scheduled for this upcoming Tuesday!  I built the (brief) playlists for 2/16 Spaceman and the 2/23 ones as well. These have been scheduled on the TMS and filled out on the cue sheets.  Downloaded and ingested the NSF24_Mubi trailer. I built the Opening Nite  playlist, but we'll have to add in the new preshow element (PS_Generic_Shorts_25min_NoCa...

To do this evening/ was completed: A lot of the usual Tuesday things rolling in late, but thankfully without a print to run or look at, I could still get it all done.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Killers of the Flower Moon event started about 15 minutes late due to the hosts putting the event in at Williamsburg on some of the invites, but it ran smoothly from there. Trivia also started a bit late, but once it did we were all set. Everything is broken down and put away. 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): The schedule came in later than expected, but I manages to get most of the cue sheets done with the exception of event timing and Spaceman and Dune Part 2 timing. I also scheduled as much of automation as I coul...

To do this evening/ was completed: Got credits offset for Coffy, playlist updated.  Tech'd KOTFM, volume set to 6.5, credits offset updated slightly. Slightly adjusted the T5 scope lens file as well. RCA to 1/8th cable attached to CP750 at the last minute, host ended up wanting music over Nitehawk slide for preshow. Raiders of the Lost Ark tech'd, volume updated. Ran a reel of Space Jam for Desmond, volume logged. Also ran the first reel of Private Benjamin. Print is very faded, some sections more so than others. Desmond said programming might look into finding a DCP for the screening. Standby. Spaceman feature ingested to TMS. Scheduled a pickup for Buckaroo Bonzai tomorrow 2/21, print is on the cart. Received the Pumping Iron II print, residing in 4/6. Downloaded and ingested all NSF24 slides, fifteen in total, eight with sponsors attached, seven without. **All slides that include sponsor logos feature either "Sp", "Spo" or "Spon" in their abbre...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Buckaroo Banzai screening in theater 1 went well Added start/end credits information to the cue sheets for the private Killers of the Flower Moon screening tomorrow evening (the SPL had not been ingested to this auditorium -- also sent an email to Deluxe about the keys needed for the content to be playable so please follow up on this in the morning ) Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): West Side Story DCP was delivered (the film is split into two parts on the hard drive) and ingested to the TMS + transferred to theater 2 Removed The Sweet East from the TMS since it was transferred to theater 1 and began transferring Howard the Duck from the TMS to theater 1 Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Re-inspected  Buckaroo Banzai after the show and placed the print back on its shipping reels Asset tracking doc up...

To do this evening/ was completed: Tech'd 2/23 trailer packs, adjusted a few trailer volumes. Looked at the Fallen Leaves and Pagemaster trailers too, they're fine at 4.0. Ran loops in T1, framing and focus set, projectors cleaned afterward. Still waiting on Spaceman feature, Deluxe portal says it will be delivered physically by EOD. Will reach out to Deluxe tomorrow if it's still MIA. *KOTFM and Raiders keys go active tomorrow. Space Jam slide DCP'd, added to playlist. Coffy tech'd, volume set to 6.0. Pictures looks good, a little grainy. Didn't have enough time for credits offset so will get that tomorrow. Cleaned/wiped T2 booth. 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 updat...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Overlap in theater 3 prevented the third round from starting as automated (there was only a minute between the show playlists scheduled on the TMS) Preshow Clips/Playlist: Double checked special event show playlists scheduled tomorrow for volume and lights cues Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Scheduled a pickup/printed a return label for The Tales of Hoffman  which is being sent to the Academy Film Archives  Print/video Inspection: Teched  The LEGO Movie in theater 2 after the final round (volume is set and light cues are all good) Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Swept around 4/6 Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Double checked agains the TMS/website and initialed   Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Yes Projection cart by ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Built playlists for Drive Away Dolls, Space Jam (SAT), Howard the Duck, Notting Hill and The Last Dragon, which still needs the Nancy Meyers trailer. Took a look at The Lego Movie before round 1 in T2 , set volume at 5.8. Picture looks great. Brunch shows went smoothly, removed content from servers afterwards. Took down outgoing brunch letters, put up Notting Hill and Space Jam. Asset tracking sheet updated and all content needed for next eight days is in, aside from the custom Sweet East preshow, which should arrive sometime Tuesday/Wednesday. T1 swept and mopped, put Space Jam on house reels. Reached out to programming for NSF slides, playlist can get built once we receive them. 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:...

To do this evening/ was completed: Great night. Made the rounds - no issues.  Friendly reminder - The Lego Movie has its first screening this Monday and the keys open up (today, Sunday). Please get your eyes on it. Thanks! Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built the playlist for The Lego Movie matinee screenings. Built the playlist for the KOTFM private on Tuesday.  Got the credits info for Raiders of the Lost Ark , adjusted the playlist and added the info for this (and all the above) to the cue sheets.  Ingested the PS_Generic_Space_25min_V2 (plus 15min, and 5min) for Spaceman .  Transferred the DCP of KOTFM to T5. There's a manual start for this, so I just want to make sure it's in there for when we tech. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Reminder: Keys for Coffy (screens Tuesday) open up on Monday.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested the keys for KOTFM & Raiders of the Lost A...

To do this evening/ was completed: Forgot to mention this in my blog yesterday, but we received a new license for the TMS. Uploaded it, we're good for another year now (which will be our last with the Dolby TMS!) Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Noticed quite a few SE playlists were missing lights down cues. Noticed this on Four Weddings , Raiders , Coffy , and I think Curse of the Cat People and maybe others. Remember to put one right at the beginning of the Welcome clip for playlists without pre-built trailer packs, and right after the Pause cue on slides for intros. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested Raiders keys. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Deleted a lot of old playlists/packs and consolidated all the NSF shorts (DCPs and files) onto the designated hard drive and deleted them from everywhere else. Cleared some old SE DCPs off the various drives as well. Print/video Inspec...

To do this evening/ was completed: Downloaded and ingested 2/23 forecasts, Drive Away Dolls preshow content, Generic_Caper_25min, TLR_KGO_MentalHealth, MUBI_FallenLeaves and Nostalgia Ultra preshow content. A1 playlists built. Double-checked tomorrow's SE playlists, all set. Inspected reels 1-3 of Private Benjamin. All of the reels are very red/pink. Reached out to Programming about it. Will inspect the rest if this is what we end up using. 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: Downloaded and ingested the Pagemaster trailer and NSF preshow clips. New forecasts arriving by EOD. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Got another HDMI to DVI adapter and put it in Theater 3 so all the projectors which use DVI instead of HDMI have one. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Private Benjamin print came in. In booth 1. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Made a new shipping label for Curse of the Cat People , it had a FedEx Ground label but we should always use Express. Canceled the shipment/pickup and scheduled a new one for today. Curse of the Cat People and Heroes Shed No Tears got picked up. Print/video Inspection: Ran the first reel of Buckaroo Banzai for Cristina. All good, volume noted! Teched Four Weddings and updated the playlist and cue sheets. Very loud logos added to the beginning so I added a cue to raise the volume 30 seconds in, afte...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Set up mics and chairs for the  To Kill a Tiger screening in theater 3 with John Woods + charged the camera/set it aside to record the Q&A following it; Alec was on site for this and was in communication with John, the director, and event moderator (update: Q&A footage was uploaded to the recordings folder on the 4/6 desktop and the camera is currently charging) Shouting at the Screen DJ set and tech + screening went went super smoothly -- thank you Lillian for readying all necessary gear for this -- and all gear was broken down and stored away (wireless mics are back up in booth 2 charging and the rest of the equipment was placed back in the bin behind the curtains) Superbad private event in theater 6 this evening played as scheduled with no issues Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Spaceman posters were delivered and stored behind...

To do this evening/ was completed: Early start to the day getting the Pillow Book outta here. Jack is out sick today. Alec will be coming in this evening to provide Will with some event support. Deleted the One Love staff screening for today since no one showed.  Took a seat out in T1 for R1 One Love . In the same theatre for the same round, there is also a closed captioning device out.   Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Went through the Superbad DCP/playlist. Made a few adjustments. All set for this evening!  Went through the To Kill A Tiger playlist again today. Added an extra mic for tonight's Q&A. Everything looks/sounds great. John looked at it, too. FYI - I updated the playlist and the event memo, but they have decided to not do an intro. They just want to do the Q&A. New KDM for Tales of Hoffman is in. Tech'd it this morning- the colors look amazing. Updated the playlist and rearranged a few things. This was missing the Happy Hour PSA...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Read through the weekly update and took note of events I'll be running this upcoming week Paris, Texas screening in theater 1 needed a slight volume adjustment (the dialogue was very quiet) but looked gorgeous and played well to a sold out crowd Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): The Sweet East finished downloading and was unzipped; had to transfer it to the Preshows & Trailers drive from the desktop since there was too little space remaining on the DCPII drive (update: I was unable to read the Preshow & Trailers drive from the TMS and there is still a file transferring to DCPIII -- not sure why this feature file has so many .mxf elements but that seems like it could be causing some issues) Copied the Wild Parrots  feature zip file to the DCPIII drive in booth 1 (it is currently connected to the desktop in 4/6) ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Hey team. I sent out our weekly update today, detailing the upcoming week ahead, what's on and what we'll need to pay extra close attention to. Please take the time to get your eyes on it and reach out to me or Alec with any questions. Our (many!) staff screenings are out and on the theatre blocking calendar.  We had our cinema meeting today and we're looking good on content, seems to just be a few pesky KDMs we're waiting on.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Double checked the Paris, Texas playlist for tonight. Speaking of this playlist--and I mentioned this in our weekly update today--but on the cue sheet, this had 10 minutes of trailers instead of 5. Please remember that we can assume all special events will have 5 minutes of trailers, unless there's an event memo that says otherwise. This has happened a few times recently. Let's stay on it.  Tech'd Madame Web , Bob Marley , and The Oscar Shorts . Note: the...

To do this evening/ was completed: A nice Tuesday night with a short print  Presentation Issues: MOD walkied me saying that the heating in Theater 6 was busted so they cancelled the last round. I deleted the last round off automation and shut it down early.  Preshow Clips/Playlist: I ingested the NSF Shorts Preshow content into Theater 1 along with the Shaft intro slide.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Curse of the Cat People went great! A terrific intro from Cristina and we rolled right into the feature after that. An easy breezy 4 reeler. It's rewound right now for inspection tomorrow.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): The LEGO Movie DCP came in. I plugged it into Theater 2 and ingested it.  Drive Away Dolls and Notting Hill also came in through the Deluxe server and I started ingesting Drive Away Dolls .  Updated Zone of Interest keys uploaded Outgoing/Shipping (content):  Print/video ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Scheduled the coming week in the TMS and got the cue sheets started. Notting Hill ingested to T2, Drive Away Dolls  to TMS, Four Weddings and a Funeral  to T3. Tech'd all shorts in the closing night NSF program with programming team. Volumes and specs logged in the spreadsheet.  T4 loops run for tonight's show, framing and focus set. Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare print delivered, brought to T1 booth. Ran a reel of Shaft for Desmond, volume logged. *Tales of Hoffman DCP will go back to the Academy Film Archive. PS_SE_NSF24 content has been downloaded. Heads up to all: we're missing the furniture dolly from 3/7 (what we use to wheel the ADA seats around after removing them) and the blue bag of miscellaneous tools (which was in 4/6 last time I saw it, living under the rewind table). I looked around for them today but had no luck, please return them to their rightful place if you see them. -AL (everything below this is me too) Present...

To do this evening/ was completed: Since we've got the Closing Nite tech tomorrow for NSF, I transferred all the shorts in that program to T2. Hope this goes well!  Time Bandits playlist is all set for tonight. Double checked.  Tech'd To Kill A Tiger Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built the playlist for To Kill A Tiger . John let me know that they're still undecided about the slide for the intro, but that we can use the Q&A slide for it and they'll let us know if we need to change it.  Built the playlist for Shouting at the Screen . I know the new file got tech'd and I saw in a blog that the info was added to a playlist, but I couldn't find any playlist, so I built one and tech'd this.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested both the live action and animated Oscar Shorts .  Keys for Madame Web should (potentially) be here by the evening, or sometime ...

To do this evening/ was completed: A very quiet night overall with the exception of the A/V setup needed for the (legally distinct, copyright free) Big Game coverage this evening Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Put the Super Bowl on at Trees without audio + began playback in theater 3 during the pre-game coverage and adjusted the volume level accordingly before opening the auditorium Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Sundays on Fire print is still in booth 1 (MODs informed me the printer in their office is currently not printing anything in black & white so I refrained from making a return label for it) Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning:  Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Double checked all cues, TMS schedule, and website + adjusted end credit information for a few auditoriums (cues have been initi...

To do this evening/ was completed: Hopped into the Deluxe portal to see if we had any info for The Lego Movie and a few others, but it alerted me that our password was going to expire in a few days and we needed to change it right away, so it's been updated and saved to the browser. New password is also right by the comp on a white card.  Seat removed in T6, put back safe n sound.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Double checked the new playlists for this upcoming week.  Built the playlists for Coffy, Buckaroo Banzai  and Raiders of the Lost Ark . Initials on the sheet. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Re-inspected the print of Car Wash and got it packed up.  Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Yes. Updated info for a few titles.  Maintenance/cleaning: Cleaned the T4 and T1 projectors. T1 all set for tomorr...

To do this evening/ was completed: Forecasts and Kids PSA downloaded and ingested. All A1 2/16 playlists built. Remaining 2/9 content removed from servers. T1 and 4/6 swept and mopped. Raiders of the Lost Ark and Coffy locally ingested to their theaters. Car Wash screening went very smoothly, after I was able to successfully strike the P2 lamp. If would not strike initially but Alec told me what to do (reposition the negative end connector so it's not touching its housing). Maybe we can put a picture of this part of the projector in the manual.  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: Really happy to hear (per Chenelle's email) that the NewFestxHBO event went so well yesterday! - L Closed captioning device in T6.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Tech'd and adjusted the playlists for Time Bandits, Paris Texas, You've Got Mail .  Madame Web ( n Bob Marley) features are in. Keys for Madame Web will be out come Monday, I believe.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Superbowl is ready to go in Theater 3 and in Trees. For theater 3, choose BluRay HD 178 on the projector and set the masking to 1.78. Sound will go through the Non-sync input. For Trees it's the usual: Digital Link on the projector. Both have been tested and are working. If they want sound on in Trees (which I imagine they won't), there's the cable behind the pew below the screen you can connect to the DJ inputs for that.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested One Love to the TMS ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Reviewed the weekly update and took note of upcoming special events and Super Bowl playback this weekend (Shouting at the Screen coincides with a Q&A next Thursday...might need to ask the opener that day to stay a little late to assist in juggling both events) Presentation Issues:  Preshow Clips/Playlist:  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up:  Yi Yi  played to a near sold out crowd in theater 1 this evening HBO x NewFest screening in theater 1 went smoothly overall despite the hosts wanting to change the spotlight settings at the last minute (again) which was ultimately shot down. Set up was broken down after the show (the spare mic stand is behind the curtains beside the stanchions). Plex playback needed the slightest troubleshooting but was resolved before the guests in attendance got down to Trees. DJ set went well and the equipment was broken down afterwards. ***Soundhouse equipment rental was packed up and put away i...

To do this evening/ was completed: Attached one of our new (4/6 bin) 1/8th to RCA cables into the 750 nonsync input in T2. The NewFest Spotify playlist is on the rack monitor. We're logged into the projection account so no need to give anyone a heads up when using Spotify. Playlist for the show will switch over to nonsync a few seconds in, just have the music playing and you'll be fine. Tested mics and spots, those are fine. Note that the hosts decided to add a spot setting for the Q&A today. It's one spot to the left of the screen and one center stage, I made this preset and it's bank 1 scene 7.-AL DJ equipment is set up in Trees. We rented it and it's getting picked up tomorrow, so please break it down at the end of the night. The cases are under the equipment on the table in Trees. Some cables were included with the rental, so be sure to include these in the cases for returning. It'll be pretty obvious which are theirs, they have a velcro fastener which s...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Double checked tomorrow evening's HBO/NewFest SPL and everything appears in order for the run of show Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up:  Paddington 2  private event in theater 6 this evening went very smoothly (the blu-ray was brought down to the MOD office after the show concluded) Don't Tell Her It's Me screening in theater 1 went smoothly save for an error with the picture during the intro (the film's trailer had been added to the SPL in place of the custom slide with all the necessary cues so it paused on a random frame at the start of the clip before switching to the mic channel) and Cristina was alerted to it; skipped ahead after the intro concluded and began the feature   Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): The Boy and the Heron and Demon Slayer posters were delivered and stored behind 3/7 Ordering/Receiving (content): Updated keys for The Iron Claw were delivered a...

To do this evening/ was completed: Our weekly projection notice has been sent out. Please take the time to read through it, making note of the events you'll be supporting and what you might need some guidance on. Also, I've been noticing recently that folks have been forgetting to make sure that for all normal SE events, there's usually only five minutes of trailers instead of ten. Always check the playlist and the event memo (if there is one) and you're unsure. Thanks, team!  What can get tech'd tomorrow: Time Bandits (credits info/volume), Lisa Frankenstein (double check credits and check volume!) What can get tech'd Friday:  You've Got Mail (volume), SOF , Car Wash Staff Screenings are out! I got the 'okay' from Matthew to put the first screening in T2 tomorrow, but for the next few weeks, we're generally going to be avoiding putting staff screenings in T2 and T4.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: NewFestxHBO playlist has been b...

To do this evening/ was completed: A double feature of Trivia and Super Fly was enough to keep me busy for the night.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Super Fly went fine. I was having a little trouble with framing on the second reel, but I was keeping an eye on it. Other than that it went well. Everything is broken down and packed up.  Trivia went smoothly. Everything's broken down and put back Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Updated Zone of Interest keys uploaded Outgoing/Shipping (content): Once Super Fly was done, I packed it up and put in on the cart to be picked up tomorrow Print/video Inspection: Did a post-inspection on Super Fly and put it back on its shipping reels.  Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Yes Maintenance/cleaning: I cleaned the Theater 4 projectors both before and after the show.  Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Did the cue sh...

To do this evening/ was completed: Ran through all NSF Opening Nite shorts with Programming, aspect and volumes logged in the Tech Spreadsheet. Tech'd Thomasine and Bushrod with Cristina in T2, volume and credits offset added to playlist. Tech'd Paddington 2, volume and credits added to playlist. Slightly adjusted T6 scope lens file. Ran loops in T4, framing and focus set for tonight. Added Quick Controls back to T6 and T7. NoBudge 37 shorts and Streets of Fire removed from servers. **Around 4:30 today I took a look at the day's schedule in TMS and saw that there was nothing scheduled in T7. This is very odd because I checked the today's cue sheets last night by cross referencing with the TMS and the playlists were there. The playlists were also missing in T7 for tomorrow 2/7 and 2/8. Rescheduled those. Checked the T7 IMS to see if the schedule had remained there but it was blank. Odd. Triple-checked feature content and it's all there on the server but the time on t...

To do this evening/ was completed: 2/9 A1 and SE playlists built. New Sort Of slide ingested, re-ingested Paddington 2 to T6. NoBudge went smoothly. Checked in on volume a few times throughout, no issue. Presentation Issues: Round 3 T6 ultimately had to be canceled. The screen went blank and the cleaning lights came up at the moment the trailers concluded. Looked at the T6 server and saw an error message stating "could not load show playlist, unknown error". Then I saw that the feature in question, American Fiction, was not loaded onto the T6 IMS. So I started to transfer the content from TMS hoping it would move quickly but instead the CCAP file just immediately disappeared from the ingest monitor tab, while the OCAP file transferred normally (nowhere near quickly enough to salvage the show). Went to ingest logs and there was no "ingest failure" for the CCAP file. Scrolled through the logs and found that the CCAP feature file failed to ingest at 1:30 pm today. Afte...

To do this evening/ was completed: Big day. Lots of maintenance. I apologize for the length, but it's all (mostly!) good and important stuff, so I appreciate you taking the time to read through. All my notes are in bold. - L DMS came in this morning to reinstall the projector in T3, replace the servers with IMS3000s in T6 & T7, and finally fix that pesky douser in T4. I got in at 9, as did Colin, but Jerry didn't get in until a little later. Things started around ten, but despite the late start, things went quite well. Colin got a head start on the removal in T3 so we could jump in once Jerry got in.  I reached out to Deluxe as soon as I saw the serial numbers for the new servers so we could get those KDMs as fast as possible. The correct serial numbers now correspond to their respective rooms.  Ingested content has been going just fine in T6. I want to note that, if you look at the interface of the IMS for T6, you'll see a warning that says "storage/data needs ass...