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To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built a pre-show playlist for Sundays on Fire on 6/9 (volume can and likely will need to be adjusted for this but it is tentatively set to 7.0) Built separate show playlists for  The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed on 6/8 (with intro and Q&A) and 6/9 (different trailers, no intro or Q&A) Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Additional one sheets for Harold & the Purple Crayon  and Bad Boys: Ride or Die   were delivered and stored Ordering/Receiving (content): Mulholland Drive was delivered and brought to booth 1 for inspection The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed  feature content was made available this evening and ingested to the TMS Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Finished inspecting Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and placed it on house reels; the print is a bit of a mess overall

To do this evening/ was completed: Took the DeWalt to booths 5 and 3/7, vacuumed both pretty thoroughly, particularly around the AC units and projectors. There was a fair amount of detritus, and some dust balls, but it didn't seem so, so dusty. Obviously still a good thing to regular clean these areas, though. Removed outgoing 5/24 content, playlists, packs and forecasts. All 6/7 A1 content downloaded and ingested, playlists built. Upcoming SE playlists not yet manufactured--waiting for content.  Private screenings this morning went just fine. Tonight ~ SOF print can get inspected (it's called Eagle's Shadow)! - L Inspected the rest of Cloud Atlas. It is in excellent condition, rewound onto its shipping reels for now. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Tech'd Indiana Jones . Playlist set. -L Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Seat out in T3. 3410. Chair is on the dolly at the landing.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (c

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Added a shutdown CPL to theater 2 Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Downloaded and converted a slide for the  Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. intro to DCP Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Finished inspecting Bad Education and uploaded stills to the shared drive (could not build the event show playlist for this as the 6/7 forecast has yet to be uploaded to the drive) Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Brought the lens cabinet from booth 2 down to 4/6 + swapped the lenses and plates from theater 2 with the ones from theater 6 (both cabinets have been appropriately relabeled) Did some much needed sweeping around the 4/6 booth and cleared away dust that had built up around the perimeter/projectors Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Double checked and initialed for confirmation

To do this evening/ was completed: We had Will's review today and had a good long chat.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built the playlist for Bad Education .  Tech'd Babes which sounds great at 5.0!  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Villain Edit preshow received and ingested.  Received the CRU drive of Cora Bora . Ingested directly to T1. I took a look at this today and the image/sound is great.  Checked the TMS for missing/about to expire KDMs and uploaded new keys for The Fall Guy/Challengers.  We received three prints today! Crash , Bad Education , and Eagle's Shadow for SOF. Brought all of these down to T1.  I started inspecting Crash  (favorite Cronenberg movie, really wanted to see this one on the bench again. I'll finish it tomorrow!) but we'll also need Bad Education looked at this evening.  Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Coordination

To do this evening/ was completed: Free Time screening and Q&A went smoothly, uploaded the Q&A to Drive, equipment broken down afterward. Scheduled the rest of the week in the TMS. Inspected the first four reels of Cloud Atlas. So far it is in great condition. No T6 IMS issues to speak of this evening. 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: Hi everyone! Weekly Update is out. Please get your eyes on it as soon as your next shift. Friendly reminder that for this upcoming week, we're losing Back to Black and I Saw the TV Glow . Please do NOT delete I Saw the TV Glow until after this Thursday!! Thank you!  Staff Screenings are out, on the TMS, and blocked on the calendar.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Made CCAP/OCAP playlists for Babes , but there's no playlist info for it on the trailer list (reached out to Kat about this) so I have generic preshow in there at the moment. We can swap it easily if need be. Update: Kat confirmed generic preshow so we're all set!  Trailer Updates: Updated the PG13 and R trailer packs for 5/31 with Janet Planet trailer.  Special Events/ AV set up: I checked the 1.66 lenses and plates for the T1 projectors, since Crash is 1.66 I believe, and will be the first time we've used these lenses and plates. Both plates needed filing so

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Set up for trivia at Trees Lounge this evening Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Additional Beetlejuice Beetlejuice posters were delivered and stored behind 3/7 Ordering/Receiving (content): Lesbian Bar Project DCP finished downloading to the DCP IV drive this afternoon but was only 53.03GB and not the full 62GB...tried ingesting this file to the TMS but it failed immediately Cloud Atlas print was delivered (in three canisters) this afternoon and brought to booth 1 Made DCP slides for intros to Bad Education , Basic Instinct , Crash , Cloud Atlas , Hellraiser , and Little Rascals (tried to place music in the breakdown slides for  Basic Instinct and  Hellraiser but the program keeps crashing whenever the mp3 files are added) Downloaded keys and ingested feature content for Babes (only 5.1 content was available) Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video In

To do this evening/ was completed: Theater 4 house lights are back to functioning normally now. Vlad informed us that the dimmer wire had been cut so that's why the settings were not coming on with the commands on the rack board. He reconnected that and disconnected the fluorescent that had been flickering but we still weren't getting either the sconces nor the other fluorescents to come on. Ultimately he left leaving the problem light disconnected and we were going to just have the two options (ceiling high hats on but too bright for preshow/credits/cleaning, and completely dark for trailers/feature) for now. When going over the details of the issue to explain the situation to MiT it occurred to me that the fixtures on two of the four channels (flourescents/cleaning lights and the wall sconces) would not come on no matter what and the fixtures on the other two channels (ceiling and hallway high hats) would come on but only 100% and could not be dimmed. So I reseated the channe

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: The house lights issue in theater 4 continues to provide its share of trouble as the light control switches inside the booth are still malfunctioning (the switch to trigger cleaning lights brings them down and vice versa) and only the two middle fixtures turn on during the pre-show (pictured below) + we need to bring up the lights manually at the end of each round since the cleaning lights cues are not being triggered in the SPLs/functional in this room  Ran some tests this morning and show playlist content is unhindered but we are still gambling with the rogue ceiling panel at the rear of the auditorium (Paul said an electrician was coming in to disconnect the light but there has been no update on this as of yet) **update: two electricians arrived just before the start of the first round, disconnected the bulb, and asked to bring up the cleaning lights to see if it worked but for obvious reasons we could not, no flicker as of thi

To do this evening/ was completed: Ceiling light came back on during round three in T4, eventually turned itself off. No issue during last round as far as I could tell. Took down outgoing brunch and Mubi letters. Outgoing content removed from servers. Swept 3/7, cleaned the projectors 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: The ceiling light in T4 continued to flicker/turn on throughout the first round (noticed the room was dark this morning and any attempt to bring the house lights up via the sound rack switches kept it in darkness...once the house lights did come up only the malfunctioning ceiling panel and center bulbs turned on...switch controls seem to be working in reverse for some reason); MODs are aware and Paul reached out to Matthew about contacting additional electricians since Vlad was unavailable today **Update: cleaning lights did not trigger at the end of the first round and the room was left in darkness through the credits; tried resetting the light control panel on the sound rack but unplugging/plugging this back in made no difference (current pre-show light configuration heading into the second round, only the center lights are on and the ceiling panel is still flickering intermittently): **Update #2:   second round just began...cei

To do this evening/ was completed: T4 gave us quite the headache tonight.  Emailed everyone about this, but putting it here too. T4 light started flickering again in T4 during the penultimate round. Did quite a bit of troubleshooting from the booth to remedy the situation to no avail. Got the ladder and cut the LEDs as we previously did in T2, but I couldn't remember (neither could Alec) the exact protocol for the wires as there's loads of them ad each ceiling light has its own electrical box, essentially. Tried putting the port glass cloth up there as well as garbage bags but it was too tough, so we just left it and, to my delight, the light stayed put for a little while. I texted/called Vlad to make sure we can get him in here as soon as possible. Despite everything, a lot of folks chose to stay for the final screening, too, which turned out well.  Presentation Issues: Other than what happened in T4 we had no issues.  Kept an eye on the Williamsburg splashtop. Ariel and I che

To do this evening/ was completed: Worked on getting some more preshows not currently in rotation backed up to our stationary external drive ("Preshows & Trailers") remember to check this if any older preshows get reused and we don't have them on the TMS, good chance they'll be on there! You can ingest directly from this drive so no downloading or copying between drives is necessary. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Added the Far from Home feature to the playlist and updated the cue sheet. We got the extended cut of this, with a whopping 14 minutes of credits. Built and scheduled the Free Time playlist. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Bumped Band of Outsiders to 5.5 for the show today and updated the playlist. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Uploaded keys for Far from Home and Free Time . Ingested Humanist Vampire to the TMS. Sent Free Time and Humanist Vampire  features to Theater 3. Outgoin

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Brought the drive bay back to 4/6 after  Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom finished ingesting to theater 2 + built and scheduled the show playlist for this event Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Horizon: An American Saga and Robot Dreams posters were delivered and stored behind 3/7 Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Yes Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Band of Outsiders tech'd, outgoing letters taken down, Free Time feature ingested to TMS. I set up VNC connections to each projector touch panel on the iMac in booth 1. You can control all the projector TPCs from this computer now without using Splashtop. Just open the VNC Viewer application and you can remotely access any of the touch panels.-AL Jack and I went over checking speakers in Theater 2, but this applies to all theaters. Showed him how to pipe signals through certain channels through the Dolby app to check the speakers on individual channels. -AL Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Received a DCP download of Humanist Vampire through Aspera, being downloaded. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cleaned the T1 booth/projectors/port glass

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: T6 went offline...again...alerted the MODs to this and noted there might be a slight delay to the pre-show for the final round (this delay lasted about 2 minutes into the pre-show and the SPL loaded without issue after the system reboot) Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Daddio one sheets and extra Kinds of Kindness posters were received and stored behind 3/7 in addition to an easel board for Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person Ordering/Receiving (content): Indiana Jones combo pack hard drive was delivered + began ingesting  Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom locally to theater 2 Downloaded and ingested the remaining 5 and 15 minute Kirsten Dunst pre-show files to the TMS Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: A/C unit in 3/7 became operational again this evening

To do this evening/ was completed: Folks, please remember to sign into your own Google account. Thank you!  Tech'd both Furiosa and Hit Man for image/sound/accurate credits info. Furiosa looks really, really cool.  Sent out an update with new staff screening info so folks know we're doing a Kill Bill V2 screening.  The KDM for Band of Outsiders will be active starting tomorrow. Can tech then. Had a look through the June calendar today to get ahead on a few things and since we're playing Cora Bora on 6/11, which we've shown for NewFest (or NoBudge...cannot remember) I figured there'd be a chance we still have it on the drive and we do! Emailed Desmond to see if the filmmakers would be cool with us using the one we already have or if they've made changes since then. Update: we're gonna wait until they send us the new one. It might be the same DCP. We'll see.  A/C is still off in 3/7, Palco was here yesterday but still haven't been able to repair

To do this evening/ was completed: Had a few great meetings today. We're looking good on content, just waiting on delivery for Free Time . You can find more information about the week ahead in the weekly update which I sent out this afternoon! Please feast your eyes upon it. Much appreciated.  I shared the wedding video DCP from Saturday with the couple at their/Chenelle's request. Please don't delete this off the T1 iMac until I get confirmation from them that they've downloaded it. -AL Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Staff Screening playlists have been built, scheduled on the TMS, and are blocked on the calendar.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Corrected the second slide for the second intro ( Kill Bill Vol 2 ) tonight. Playlist is all set - double checked everything and let Desmond know we're all good. Should be one helluva show!  Ran loops for tonight. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): We receive

To do this evening/ was completed: Set up for karaoke, went smoothly, broke down all equipment afterward and returned pieces to their rightful resting places.  Kill Bill double feature went very smoothly. Print has been rewound, ready for the next show, wireless mics returned to T1 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 updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: The lights issue in theater 4 was resolved(?) after Jack disconnected/connected the power from a circuit board at the rear of the sound rack -- the final rounds played without interruption and all lights stayed down during feature playback Preshow Clips/Playlist: Added some missing masking/lights cues to the Kill Bill  double feature and scheduled it on the TMS Added missing SPLs to theater 2 on the TMS (not sure if the swapped IMS caused these to be deleted and/or if they were never scheduled to begin with) for the entirety of the day Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Tech'd Kill Bill Vol. 1 and added a lights up cue at the start of the credits to its solo show and double feature screening (not enough disk space to transfer Vol. 2 to theater 1 so the former will need to be deleted following its solo show on 5/25) Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested keys for Band of Out

To do this evening/ was completed: I put the original IMS back into the Theater 2 projector with the new OS disk in place. Switching these went fine, not content ultimately needed to be ingested because our original storage disks were placed in the loaner, so I just removed those and put them back into the original. Deluxe (eventually) sent us the right keys for the "new" serial number. Only slight glitch is that the TMS is showing the incorrect SPL names for Theater 2 on the schedule tab. Fear not, the correct playlist is scheduled. You can check on the IMS web UI. Also the playlist runtime on the TMS scheduler tab matches the playlist that is scheduled (i.e. it does not display the runtime of the playlist whose name appears). While I believe DMS was correct in getting this OS disk replacement for us, please keep an eye on this server, just in case. -Alec Kill Bill Pt 2 playlist built, TMS scheduled for the upcoming week, cue sheets finished as well. T2 keys re-uploaded afte

To do this evening/ was completed: The rep for the Queen's Cartoonists reached out and will pay us a visit tomorrow at noon to check out our equipment. Alec confirmed that's an okay time for him tomorrow. Thank you, Alec!  Note: I know I mentioned this in our chat already, but just for posterity - It was Matthew that took the bit of plexi glass out from the poster case where IF is. It was cracked so he removed it this morning and we'll be getting a new bit of glass for it by tomorrow.  Checked in with Chenelle about the DVDs we have in the booth. She'll pick them up tomorrow! Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Sent some DCPs in advance to T1 and tech'd all of the Furiosa/George Miller preshow elements, forecasts, new trailers and slides for the Kill Bill double feature show. Made notes about the volumes and Will has adjusted the playlists.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Checked volume and credits info for  Spiderman Homecoming  tonight. Eve

To do this evening/ was completed: T6 server went offline after the last round feature started. Feature played fine and I manually brought the lights up once the credits started. Powercycled the projector afterward and it's back to functional. Took down Dragon Tattoo letters. Took a look at the Kill Bill inspection report and event memo, getting ready for that show. T4 projectors given a good wipe down. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Kept an eye on theater 6 and there were no issues with playback during the first two rounds Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and scheduled a babies  Back to Black  show playlist for the brunch round in 2 on 5/21 (the feature volume cue has been lowered and the PG trailer pack was added) Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ponyo and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo screenings in theaters 1 and 2 played to modestly sized crowds this afternoon (deleted both features following their respective shows) Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Downloaded and ingested the Generic_GeorgeMiller pre-show folder to the TMS and added it to all  Furiosa show playlists Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Double checked/made some adjustments on the TMS and initialed for confirmation  Marquee u

To do this evening/ was completed: Alec and Matthew will have seen my email in our thread with DMS, but just so everyone knows here - the T6 server went down again tonight, just once, about 30 min into the feature during the penultimate show in there. I had enough time to reboot the projector and get everything back up and running again without delaying preshow, but still, it's a bummer of a mystery. We'll make sure to solve this soon. Please do let me/Alec know if this happens again tomorrow. Keep your eye on T6 and we'll inform you guys with any info we get from DMS. Thanks!  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Just as a reminder - for playlists, we've switched some of the ordering, so the 'how to order' will go under the B forecast instead of the A forecast so more people see it, and the 'tip' comes later. I adjusted a couple playlists for this.  Built the rest of the A1 playlists for 5/24.  Built the playlists for SE shows that have all avai

To do this evening/ was completed: Not sure this covers everything from yesterday, did my best to recap. Underlined are today's notes. I set up the iMac in T1's booth to be able to access the TMS and IMS web controls directly from the browser yesterday. Splashtop no longer needed! I ordered a longer ethernet cable which I'll be able to run more neatly over to the rack, but this is working. Tidied and organized the side desk in 4/6. There's a bunch of hard drives here, most of which belong to Kat I think. There's Miyazaki, Almodovar, NSF-NPP, and Fugazi. Do these need to get back to the office? Forgot to mention this a few days ago but Deluxe finally got back to me saying the CKM (Content & Key Manager a/k/a the Portal) is back online after the maintenance, but apparently the old account we had with the KDM email is no longer active. They asked if I wanted them to create a new one with my Nitehawk email since that address is "pre-approved" and I said ye

To do this evening/ was completed: Made the usual rounds throughout the evening and checked on picture and volume; shows sold well but there was very little to do outside of some light clerical tasks Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and added show playlists for Furiosa  and  Hit Man to the TMS for the end of the 5/17 schedule (cue sheets will need to be updated with offset times for these shows) Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Knicks game was put on at Trees Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Downloaded and ingested Generic_v10_5min files to the TMS and added this to the necessary show playlists 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: Presentation Issues: No further issues with T6 this evening following Alec's repairs Preshow Clips/Playlist: Refrained from building show playlists for Furiosa and  Hit Man  since these require pre-show content we are still waiting to have uploaded to the shared drive Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Took some fifteen minutes to rehearse and lock in volume adjustments and lighting cues with the performers before the Carrie in theater 2 (everything ultimately got pushed back by about ten minutes on the cue sheets) and all of it went smoothly + basketball game was put on at Trees Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content):  Furiosa  and Kill Bill Vol. 1  feature content became available this evening and was ingested to the TMS  Downloaded and ingested files for Generic_v10_15min and PS_FR_Furiosa_25/5min files (waiting for the Generic_v10_5min and Generic_GeorgeMiller folders to be uploaded to the shared dri

To do this evening/ was completed: Replaced the OS disk in the Theater 6 IMS. since this was looking like it would arrive later in the day I asked Paul to sell out the first round as it had no tickets sold. The disks arrived just before 3pm but it was still a good thing we blocked that first screening. After replacing the disk, performing the update, and restoring the backup I still could not open the controls using the IP for Theater 6. Spent a while on the phone with Chris from DMS figuring this out. Apparently the backup that the IMS automatically restored from when I replaced the OS set it to the wrong IP. This was all an issue with this particular backup file on the IMS and not the OS disk I installed. Chris eventually was able to figure out what the IP had been changed to, access the webpage for the IMS, and restore a different backup file which reset it to the correct IP. we were back up and running before the second round. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Checked vo

To do this evening/ was completed: Theater 6 managed to stay "online" for the last two shows and everything played in there without a problem. Will keep my eyes peeled for the UPS truck tomorrow morning (which will have the replacement OS disk for T6) and replace it right away. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Ingested the V2 15min Apes preshow and updated the playlists. Updated the trailer pack for the Babies show next week, it had a lights down cue. Built and scheduled the Spider-Man Homecoming playlist, still needs credit offset for the feature. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Updated the wireless mic to PA section in the manual with the new setup and included pictures. The Flintstones screening + intro went well. Will reinspect and pack this up tomorrow. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Drop Dead Gorgeous and Pope of Greenwich Village are on house re

To do this evening/ was completed: Had a great cinema meeting earlier today. We're doing just fine content wise, but John has reached out to Sony on our behalf since we don't have Spiderman-Homecoming , and it plays this Monday. Also reached out about Kill Bill Vol 1 since we don't have this either and need it not just for next weekend, but 5/22 double feature day. UPDATE: We actually have Spiderman Homecoming - a ton of Spiderman titles are on one of the CRU drives we received, it's just not immediately noticeable. This is currently ingesting in T1.  Weekly Update is out with more info about this week and the month ahead. Please get your eyes on it! Thank you! Staff Screenings have been emailed out, are scheduled on both the TMS and the Google calendar.  Presentation Issues: T6 went down during first round today. We rebooted the projector and it's done the trick for now. I told Carly just so she's in the know, and both Alec and Will are onsite now for this even

To do this evening/ was completed: A little too much happening all at once this evening, between trivia coinciding with the start of the Dune (1984)  pre-show, the latter needing a table set up in the lobby for its post-screening book sale and there not being enough tablecloths to spare for both events (trivia had to go without one so the table in the lobby could look presentable as it was covered in some sort of black paint and/or residue), finishing up admin work that couldn't really be started earlier to begin with since we've been slow to receive new content for our first run titles and some show playlists have yet to be built and scheduled, and with a plethora of guests in the mix as these two events are being readied and managed, it has been a humid and slightly flustering few hours but, alas, we've prevailed... Presentation Issues: T6 went offline again during the penultimate round and a reboot was needed to restore the projector to working order -- thankfully there

To do this evening/ was completed: An OS disk replacement for Theater 6 is on its way to DMS and should be there tomorrow. They'll then forward it to us. They think this is whats causing the issues we've been having with that server. -AL Presentation Issues: The Challengers screening today was supposed to be a Babies screening and the regular playlist played instead. All Ages/Babies Playlists still need to be built for IF cause the first screenings every day are going to be All Ages/Babies and one for Back to Black . Preshow Clips/Playlist: I made some adjustments to the Carrie playlist including adding new clips and the updated intro slides with the Mubi logo on it.  I also downloaded the updated Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes , Back to Black , and Action Policy that Kat sent over. It's on DCP IV but still needs to be ingested along with the Gasoline Rainbow trailer.  Back to Black , Hit Man , and Furiosa still need to be built.  Trailer Updates:  Special Events/ A

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Avoided one before the last round as The Fall Guy  was improperly scheduled for a CCAP show and not an OCAP one T6 went offline during its final round -- the show playlists disappeared from the TMS/the IMS failed to load -- but the feature continued playing without any issues (update: the lights did not trigger during the credits and needed to be brought up manually after the show) Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 screening in theater 1 this evening went well + left the reels tails out since we are waiting on confirmation from Sony as to whether or not they want the extra film spliced onto/shipped back with the print Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Could not download interrogator logs to USB in T1 despite running them f

To do this evening/ was completed: Realized my blog didn't post from last night, so I'll also be recapping here.  Last night, we almost had a presentation issue - the server went down towards the end of the fourth round in T6 as waitstaff radioed me for cleaning lights during credits. I restarted the projector, which as per usual did the trick, and got the final round back up and running for preshow (8 minutes into preshow, not a huge loss). Emailed DMS. Went down the Google/film tech forum rabbit hole for potential answers.  *DMS emailed us back today - they've ordered a replacement part as per their theory of a failing OS disk/disk corruption, a procedure of which we recently had done in T2, if you recall. This all makes sense.  For the dowser issues in T1, I pulled logs/systems report(s) and passed them on to Chris. The log from the christie I haven't pulled yet, which I've shown Will how to do. If there's any issue, we can send this to them tomorrow.  Presen

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore went well. I reinspected and packaged up the print for return. Scheduled a pickup for tomorrow. First Wives Club intro went great! Set up the mic mixer from T3 in 7 for the Mamma Mia intro. Handed the spots remote over to Raekwon as I was projecting Alice when the intro happened. All went well as far as I could tell, started the movie from T1 on Raekwon's signal. After this finished, I brought the mixer back to T3 and reconnected it. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Ran the Search for Spock blu-ray rip through HandBrake, audio is being analyzed on DCP-o-Matic now. iMac in T1. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Antonia's Line never got picked up on Friday, so I included that in the FedEx pickup for tomorrow as well. Deleted First Wives Club, Born Innocent, Mamma Mia. Print/video I

To do this evening/ was completed: Lots of HI/VI devices needed this evening, as well as ADA access. Certainly got my squats in. Quiet night otherwise. Some important notes about Drop Dead Gorgeous below.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Double checked the playlists for this upcoming week/all the SEs we have in the coming days.  Trailer Updates: Checked trailer packs, made notes about new trailers/swaps.  Special Events/ AV set up: Game went on just fine in Trees.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Inspected all of Drop Dead Gorgeous . It took me a really long time to safely inspect reel four as the shipping reel broke (almost) in half, and because the core (not a detachable core like the ones we use for trailers) was still protruding out and over the film on its newly exposed side, so I couldn't even transfer it to one of our split reels. (I've added a photo below for re

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and scheduled a show playlist for the private Mamma Mia! screening in theater 7 tomorrow (this needs to be tech'd in the morning and have a lights up cue added for credits) Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The First Wives Club  played without issue in theater 2 this afternoon + Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore screening in theater 1 went smoothly (the print is a bit soft looking throughout and a quick focus adjustment was needed during the second reel due to some light warping) Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Ran loops prior to the  Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore  screening and wound the reels back to their heads following the show Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Carly noted a few rounds in theaters 3 and 5 ended a f

To do this evening/ was completed: Mounted all the new Shure wireless mic equipment in the case, connected everything. Like I said I will test it out during the week. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built the Carrie playlist. It still needs some cues, lights for credits and volume for the performance tracks and feature. All the content is there though. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Finished inspecting Kill Bill Vol. 2 and uploaded some pics to the drive. Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Took down Ungentlemanly Warfare and Godzilla x Kong (can't have *two* destructive primate movies playing at the same time, can we?). I also rearranged the titles cause they were looking a bit randomly placed. Posters updated?: I'll need to remind Matthew

To do this evening/ was completed: Hey folks. I know the schedule is still funky, but please remember to schedule staff screenings on the TMS if you're building them. Thanks! Presentation Issues:  Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built all new A1 playlists! Signed my initials on the trailer doc. Just need the Rep/ SEs built (with what's available) Tech'd First Wives Club along with the slide and adjusted the playlists accordingly. Looks and sounds great! Trailer Updates: Made all new trailer packs for the week of 5/17!  Special Events/ AV set up: Mathew sent over the game info for tonight. We'll have the Knicks game on in Trees @7pm. Channel 574! I've put this info up on the board just in case.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ingested Harold and the Purple Crayon, Hit Man REV, AQP Family, etc.  Ordering/Receiving (content): Received the new preshow content from Kat. Downloaded all new available content: Tarantino  25min PS, IF 5min/15min/25min, Forecasts and

To do this evening/ was completed: We received the new wireless mic equipment, I will mount it all into the case tomorrow night, then test it out next week. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Born Innocent went well, the Q&A recording is on the drive. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Scheduled a pickup for Antonia's Line for tomorrow. Print/video Inspection: Started inspecting Kill Bill Vol. 2 . It's in quite good condition, I can finish it off tomorrow night. Reinspected and packed up Antonia's Line Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Yes Marquee updated?: I cleared the brunch side of the marquee and put up the Mubi Presents... copy. Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Weekly Projection update is out - please familiarize yourself with the events you'll be working, plus there's a few notes on summer vacation plans and 7Shifts.  Folks are barely showing up for those earlier Abigail screenings...we've all taken turns shutting them down due to no-shows. Bummer.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built the playlist(s) for First Wives Club . KDM will open up tomorrow morning! Transferred the feature to T2.  Ingested the 5min Lynch preshow. Built the playlist for Dune (1984)  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Put two chairs off to the side in T1 for Born Innocent . Simple setup this eve. Wireless mics for the intro/Q&A.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Checked the TMS for any missing KDMs, noticed Dune II would expire by Friday evening. Reached out and got the new set almost immediately! Uploaded.  Received and ingested The Girl with the Dra

To do this evening/ was completed: Wedding video for the rental on 5/18 in T3 finished transcoding in T1. I copied it to a drive. This has been ingested. I'll get eyes on it tomorrow to make sure it looks/sounds good.  Presentation Issues: T6 stayed sound.  Preshow Clips/Playlist: Double checked the playlist/ cue sheet info for Born Innocent , which screens tomorrow.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Free Party in T3 went very well. They scrapped the mic last minute, which was totally fine. Just wanted to speak without one is all. Host was super happy with how it looked/ sounded, I just brought the volume up a little bit.  Setup karaoke in Trees. Started a  little late, but that's all fine.  Mixer/cables/mics have been reorganized. It was quite loud but I didn't get any complaints or get any bleeding in the surrounding screening rooms.  Mixer is back in T4.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Received and ingested the keys