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To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Noticed a "Card Cage Fanpack (top right)" alarm in theater 2 that went off around 9AM + tested content to see if it was affecting playback and fortunately everything was working normally Preshow Clips/Playlist: Still waiting on the slide for The Sandpiper before its SPL can be built and scheduled Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Talented Mr. Ripley screening in theater 1 this morning went very well  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Re-inspected  The Talented Mr. Ripley after the show and packaged the print for return shipping/scheduled a pickup for tomorrow (return labels were shipped with the print and placed on the canisters) Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning:  Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Removed The Talented Mr. Ripley and On the Town from the brunch ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Hey team, remember that if we tech a feature, you gotta immediately update the playlist so it doesn't get missed. Thanks!  Presentation Issues: No issues. Quiet night on our front.  Preshow Clips/Playlist: Went through all the playlists for 7/05, including the special events. Went through the rest of the week on the TMS for 6//28.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Reached out to Deluxe about the keys for Jaws just to double check they're on their way for both Wednesday/ next weekend. Despicable Me 4 keys will likely come in Monday.  Outgoing/Shipping (content): Went through content in the TMS to delete what we don't need.  Cleared and reorganized content on external drives.  Cleared our desktop to make space. Unwanted files no more! Important folders are still present, of course.  Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/...

To do this evening/ was completed: There was no volume cue for the feature in the On the Town playlist, so it started at 4.0 (from the trailers). Far too quiet, especially considering its a mono soundtrack. I raised it to 7.0 and updated the playlist. DCPs with mono soundtracks need to be played at a higher volume, usually like 6.5 or 7. Ashley told me this morning that the projector in Trees was having issues, Plex would come on for about a minute then cut out, come on again, cut out again, and on and on. This was right before Ripley so I ran that then came down to check on it, just left the projector off in the meantime. When I checked it I was able to get Apple TV/Plex to stay on by plugging the HDMI cable into the HDMI 1 input (instead of HDMI 2). Will check it out further on Tuesday. -Update: they said a few hours later that it was cutting in and out again. I told them I would need to work on it behind the bar, by the TVs (as its either a cable or converter issue) so we should j...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Second round in theater 2 was delayed a few minutes due to the show playlist pausing before any cues could be triggered The AppleTV box at Trees needed to be unplugged and rebooted (it was playing one commercial on a loop) but this caused the connection to the projector to stop working...playback on the TVs above the bar was fine...the bar was too busy for me to have a proper look atop that shelf and test the connections so if someone can look over these tomorrow before anyone arrives it would be much appreciated  Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built show playlists for Maxxxine for the week of 7/5 Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): A Real Pain one sheets were delivered and stored behind 3/7 Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested all pre-show content for Maxxxine and feature content for  The Miseducation of Cameron Post to the TMS Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspe...

To do this evening/ was completed:  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Downloaded ALL new preshow content for 7/05 and all playlists have been built with the exception of Maxxxine and The Sandpiper . Still need the slide for Sandpiper and Maxxxine content came in later today. The preshow for Maxxxine is still downloading to the drive. Keep an eye on the drive! Thanks. - L Thief print arrived, it's been inspected, good condition overall. Back on shipping reels for the time being. DOA letters down, Set It Off up. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Downloaded the DCP of Miseducation of Cameron Post via Aspera. Currently transferring this to the preshow/trailers drive. Will take a couple hours. - L DCP'd the slide for Jaws for Film Feast. - L Bound print is on its way, should be here tomorrow. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Annie Baker came by to check out Janet Pla...

To do this evening/ was completed: Made the rounds throughout the evening and took note of volume levels for the newer first runs ( Kinds of Kindness might need a boost but could use a second set of ears on it...it is opening to large crowds so an adjustment could be needed over the weekend) Presentation Issues: Had to remove a strip of tape from the right of frame on the port glass window in front of projector 2 -- in booth 1 -- during DOA  because of how much it was covering up the picture on screen (there was a noticeably crooked black line along the edge of it and the image looked much better without it) and it should probably remain this way for future scope films Preshow Clips/Playlist:  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Tech'd the "Smack That" video in theater 1 and added a volume cue to the DOA show playlist (it was far too loud at 5.0 so it was brought to 4.2) + DOA screening went smoothly Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Set up the wireless mics in Trees and tested it out, this is how we should set up for Karaoke from now on (not really worth the extra effort for trivia since they only use 1-2 mics). I updated the manual to include this, look it over when you have a chance -al This morning - took a look at A Quiet Place: Day One/Janet Planet . Leaving myself a reminder here that the keys for On the Town open up tomorrow so can get tech'd in the morning. - L Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Downloaded and ingested the Jaws Slide (playlist updated), Despicable Me preshow content. Added the latter preshow content to the Current First Runs section in the preshows/trailers drive.  Built the playlists for Despicable Me 4 .  Built the playlist for Bound . - L Trailer Updates: Built a PG trailer pack for 6/28 and added it to the Inside out playlists.  Special Events/ AV set up: In addition to the 35mm trailer for DOA, with our shining star, Eric ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Ramona (one of the performers for Basic Instinct ) was unable to make it tonight so I removed her content from the playlist. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Basic Instinct preshow performance went well. We went through all the performance cues beforehand and it was a smooth show. Rowdy house as per usual, so I bumped the volume of the feature when it started. Karaoke set-up was a breeze. It occured to me tonight that we should probably use wireless mics for this in the future since we have the traveling kit. It would simplify the setup quite a bit. I'll test it out and update the manual tomorrow. Everything from tonight is back where it's supposed to go. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Despicable Me 4 posters arrived. Ordering/Receiving (content): Received the Monster Squad DCP, it's ingesting to the TMS. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Deleted all the outgoing first...

To do this evening/ was completed: Staff Screenings have been built, sent out, scheduled on the TMS and blocked on the calendar. Weekly Update is out - we're looking great on content for this week and the week ahead, in fact. Just need that print of Bound, really. - L Kinds of Kindness tech'd, T2 booth swept and somewhat mopped. Upcoming first run letters set out in 3/7. Double-checked all lighting cues for the show tonight. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built the playlists for Talented Mr. Ripley, Phantasm, Jaws, On the Town  and ingested the 25min, 15min and 5min preshow content for Jaws. Mind you, these will need to be tech'd (apart from Ripley). Also, I added 3 minutes of black at the end of On the Town as it's an oldie with barely any credits. Tagged and informed Paul on the cue sheets.  Ingested Generic Zombies preshow for Phantasm.  Still need to add the slide for Jaws! Not yet available on the drive.  Downloaded and ingested the Generic Money p...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Tested the first reel of Dangerous Game with Cristina and noted volume levels prior to the screening in theater 4 + Dangerous Game screening went super smoothly (projector vents are shut for the time being -- next show in 4 is The Sandpiper on 7/9) Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Janet Planet ,  Paddington in Peru ,  Fly Me to the Moon , and  The Forge   one sheets were delivered and stored behind 3/7 Ordering/Receiving (content): Uploaded keys for all upcoming first run titles + ingested the newest Trap trailer and feature content for Maxxxine  (there is no 7.1 available for its OCAP file but its CCAP has both audio formats) Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Re-inspected  Dangerous Game  after the show and packaged it for return shipping Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cu...

To do this evening/ was completed: Ordered a new furniture dolly to replace the one that's been missing from 3/7 -al July schedule has been posted! -al Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up : Mic is set up in 4 for the intro tonight. Ran loops for tonight--framing and focus set. Cleaned the projectors afterward, as well as the 35mm port glass windows. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): We received the Janet Planet posters. Despicable Me should be here tomorrow. -al Ordering/Receiving (content): The last No Budge short (Happy Ending) finished converting and all the shorts have been ingested. - JC Despicable Me 4 and Jaws have been ingested. - JC Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Finished inspecting  Set It Off,  put it back on its shipping reels. It's in excellent condition. I checked the Basic Instinct feature today, looks/sounds good. Updated the volume cue in the playlist. -al Asset trackin...

To do this evening/ was completed: FYI - Cristina wants to take a look at Dangerous Game before the show tomorrow. It's possible to do a 5min tech, but we'll have to be on it with rewinding and prep. - L I got the trailer for The Best of the Best onto a house reel jus to look at it structurally (pretty fragile/warped, but it should hopefully be alright) needs some leader/the DOA print that we don't have (this should be coming Wednesday morning/afternoon!) then we can get it ready for the show. - L Will mentioned having difficultly while inspecting Set it Off today and because something felt off with the feed section of the Kelmar bench, so I took a look at this, opened up the feed section and saw that the screws that hold in the diamond plates (that also latch onto the kelmar pads/plates, had all come loose and were rolling around in the bottom of the box. I reattached and tightened up the screws, cleaned everything. This should be just fine now. Please do NOT exceed 40 sp...

To do this evening/ was completed: Hellraiser and Congratulations letters down, next week's brunch letters up, as well as Bound on the 35mm side. Started downloading the NoBudge files Desmond sent over. So far 3 have been converted to DCP: Georgia, Teeth Tacs and Compounding Negativity. Yet to ingest, still residing on 4/6 desktop. Outgoing weekend playlists and content removed from servers. T1 booth 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:  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Tested the mic and show playlist for  The Little Rascals  in theater 4 before the first round (thank you to whoever left set this up overnight) and the intro and screening went smoothly  Conan the Destroyer concluded its weekend brunch residency in theater 3 this morning (removed the feature content for this film and The Little Rascals  from the TMS after their respective shows ended) Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): An additional Wicked one sheet was delivered and placed in storage 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): Double checked cues for tomorrow, cross referenced the TMS schedule, and initialed for confirmation Marquee updated?: Conan the Destroyer and  Th...

To do this evening/ was completed: Quite a quiet night. All is well on the projection front.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Checked the playlists for the coming week to make sure everything's all set for when we get the new film schedule this Monday. Made a few adjustments. The PG13 and R rated trailer packs had the wrong policy in them.  Went through SE content/playlists.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Double checked the playlist for The Little Rascals tomorrow as there's an intro. Setup the mixer and mics so it's all set for the morning, just switch the mixer on!  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Added more photos to the drive for The Talented Mr. Ripley.  Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Yes Maintenance/cleaning: Cleaned the surfaces, computer/monitor/lens cabinet in 4/6.  Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Checked. Init...

To do this evening/ was completed: Please put the Euro soccer matches on in Trees. There are multiple per day, so we should put them all on on weekends and the last match (which starts at 3pm) on weekdays. These will be on either 505 (Fox HD) or 583 (Fox Sports HD) so just check those channels and if you see people playing soccer, you should put it on in Trees. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and scheduled the A Quiet Place playlists and filled those in on Thursday's cue sheet. Ditto Janet Planet and Kinds of Kindness , only those playlists were already built. Raised the volume for the feature to 5.8 in all Inside Out playlists. 5.0 was definitely too quiet especially with the big crowds. Personally, I think 5.5 should be our default volume for DCP features. 5.0 is maybe OK for the smaller houses, but 5.5 is generally a good level for the building (though of course depends on the movie). Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Before Sunset and the proposa...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: MODs reported construction in the basement and asked that the feature volume in theater 5 be turned up during its second round Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Began ingesting On the Town  and  A Quiet Place: Day One  feature content to the TMS + Phantasm finished downloading and was extracted to the P&T hard drive and ingested to the TMS Outgoing/Shipping (content):  Print/video Inspection: Continued inspecting The Talented Mr. Ripley (reels 2-4) and updated the inspection report accordingly + uploaded stills to the desktop (these are saved under "Images" which is currently expanded on the desktop) Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Yes Projection cart by entrance?...

To do this evening/ was completed: School screening went smoothly this morning. Thelma letters and poster up. All 6/28 A1 playlists built, trailers ingested. Re-inspected the rest of Hellraiser, Lillian scheduled the outgoing pickup. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Tech'd the following features and adjusted the playlists when necessary:  The Proposal (Before Sunset), Little Rascals, Thelma, Conan the Destroyer, Basic Instinct . - L Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Brought the mic up from the intro last night. - L Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Started downloading the Phantasm DCP to the 4/6 desktop. ALSO - A Quiet Place Day One DCP came through with an ingest letter this evening, as well as the DCP of On the Town, but they are not yet available for download. Wait at least two - three hours and you should see them in the vault (Eclair)- L Outgoing/Shipping (content): Hellraiser will get picked up this evening. L Pr...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and scheduled both Little Rascals playlists. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Hellraiser screening and pre-show performance went well. The transition from the performance video to the breakdown slide was kind of awkward but that was on me. I think they also wanted the video to cut off to black/silence abruptly before the whole thing finished, which you can't do if you're in the middle of a clip, you have to pause then skip ahead. Set up/broke down the mic in Trees for the raffle drawing. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Reinspected the first two reels of Hellraiser and wound them onto their shipping reels. Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: The squeaking on the P2 feed spindle is gone, there was just a bit too much tension on it. Cue sheets updated/checked (every...

To do this evening/ was completed: FYI -We'll change the T6 lamp soon.  Can someone confirm which is the correct playlist for Basic Instinct? There's two that are very similar but I'm going to assumed it's the one that says "+performance?" Thank you! Tech'd The Bikeriders today, which looks/sounds excellent.  I checked the TMS schedule for the rest of the week and noticed that a babies screening wasn't on for Tuesday. Built the playlist and scheduled it. Please remember that we have these every Tuesday! Since I got my days mixed up, I missed our cinema meeting this morning but emailed with the team about content and met with Cristina, in Trees, this afternoon, to hash out a few things.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: I tech'd all of the Hellraiser playlist and added volume, lens/masking information to the breakdown slide and the short film. We can, of course adjust volume depending on the crowd, but I think the chosen volumes are pe...

To do this evening/ was completed: Hellraiser playlist was missing the breakdown slide so I added it. I know that was tech'd last night but I don't see a volume so might have to run it again. Also the playlist doesn't have a volume for the performance video clip after the intro. Are we running music through nonsync? If not volume might have to get checked for that piece as well. Cloud Atlas letters down, DOA up. Keys uploaded for Babes, Furiosa, I Saw the TV Glow, Tuesday and Challengers. Student film DCPs ingested to T1, built a playlist titled Private_StudentFilmSeries_062024. All Q&A slides have the house lights coming up at two seconds and back down at 57 seconds. Not sure what the preference will be for lights during Q&As so you may have to adjust accordingly. Tech'd all the films after the last round in 1. 5.0 sounds good for all of them aside from 5th Grade, which sounds best around 4.0-4.5. Humanist Vampire intro, screening and Q&A went smoothly, Q...

To do this evening/ was completed:  The last short for the student film series tomorrow morning is converting onto the DCPIV drive. Please ingest all 4 (there are two 3rd grade shorts) to Theater 1 and check them for volume levels tonight after the last round lets out. Please also build the playlist from the run of show in the event memo here . Bikeriders keys open tomorrow. Light control automations are working again in T4. I'm not sure exactly why this happened, but the IP address was reset to the factory default after the LMS was power cycled following the fire alarm on Saturday night. My hunch is that I did a factory reset when we were having all those fluorescent flickering and dimmer issues in here (though I surely would've rebooted it after doing so), and the IP reset only took this weekend when the LMS was hard rebooted. Whatever may have happened, it's fine now.  Important info for resetting theaters after a fire alarm though: The general protocol for resetting th...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Light automation in theater 4 continues to malfunction so all pre-show and feature lights cues needed to be triggered manually this evening via the A/V rack panel Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Set up for trivia at Trees Lounge this evening (the DJ key is back in the A/V bin for safekeeping) +  Cloud Atlas  intro and screening in theater 1 went smoothly despite the near 3 hour runtime Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Tech'd the  Hellraiser  breakdown slide for Desmond prior to the final round in theater 1 + re-inspected  Cloud Atlas  and placed the film back on its shipping reels/in the canisters after the show Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Light automation in theater 4 continues to malfunction so all pre-show and feature lights cues needed to be triggered manually this evening via the A/V rack panel Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Set up for trivia at Trees Lounge this evening (the DJ key is back in the A/V bin for safekeeping) +  Cloud Atlas intro and screening in theater 1 went smoothly despite the near 3 hour runtime Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Tech'd the Hellraiser breakdown slide for Desmond prior to the final round in theater 1 + re-inspected  Cloud Atlas and placed the film back on its shipping reels/in the canisters after the show Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Yes Project...

To do this evening/ was completed: Went into the T2 booth to hook up a drive with all Desmond's slides for Basic Instinct, and found a ton of water in there. Quickly tried to mop everything up and wipe it down with paper towels/rags. I let Juan know who told Carly to turn off the AC unit, which is where the leak was coming from. Condensation had pooled in the metal box below it, rapidly draining water, the corners of which I sealed to prevent any of the water getting out. It should just stay there, with a small leak, but it was not pleasant seeing a bunch of water near the rack and projector(s). I emailed Matthew about this so we can get someone in here to properly drain that out and come up with a solution to prevent further leaks. Got as much water out of there as I could. No easy feat. Update: folks are here working on it. The kill switch, for whatever reason, didn't work.  - Lillian  A note about the masking in T4: I figured out what this was. Not sure if the board was res...

To do this evening/ was completed: Brian came by to pick up his Make Me Famous DCP. Scheduled the coming week in TMS (aside from Thelma and features starting 6/27). Cue sheets started. 4/6 swept and mopped. Presentation Issues: T2 final round didn't start automatically. Got a call from MOD during round one in T4, alerting me that there was significant bleed on the curtains. The scope masking cue never activated. I hit the cue on quick controls, was told it executed successfully, but nothing happened, so I went into the theater and opened the curtains. Did the same thing for the next round, another scope feature, which ran smoothly. I didn't try to restart the IMS between rounds as I didn't want to jeopardize anything, but after the last round I went to the IMS and saw a few notifications, two stating that the Doremi maintenance program hadn't been performed on time and that the system may malfunction. There was also a message alerting that NTP synchronization had failed...

To do this evening/ was completed: Staff screening of Crash went very well this morning. Also, there's some important, additional notes below on T4! - L Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Added the slide for Humanist Vampire to its show playlist and updated cues for the intro and Q&A + scheduled show playlists for  The Bikeriders on the TMS -WB Took a look at the feature X since the keys opened today, tech'd it all. There's a long post credits sneak peak of Maxxxine . Info is in the playlist and I'll leave a note for MOD on the cue sheets. Update: I saw Alec already put a note about this on the sheets,  I just tagged Paul with a note as to how long it'll be. - L Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ingested Before Sunset to T6, and ingested Heathers to T1! - L Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Double checked all available/missing content for shows this upcoming week and downloaded and ingested addition...

To do this evening/ was completed: Inspected the rest of The Sandpiper and put it on house reels. A Quiet Place, Kinds of Kindness and Janet Planet preshow content downloaded and ingested. Still waiting on feature content. Scheduled a pickup for Mulholland Drive tomorrow, 12-6 pm pickup window. Print is by the side entrance. Continued to manually adjust lighting in T4 for the rest of the night, resetting the ethernet cable attached to the D-link did not resolve the connectivity issue. Took down Mulholland letters, Dangerous Game up. 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: Reset all lighting panels throughout the building due to the fire alarm that went off after closing last night Rebooted the theater 6 projector since it was not connected to its IMB this morning Presentation Issues: The second round in theater 2 was delayed by five minutes since the show playlist was paused and needed to be started manually Cleaning lights in theater 4 did not go down at the start of the first round despite the panel reset this morning...keeping an eye on whether or not these will go down at the start of the trailers ( update: the lights did not go down at the start of the trailers and the cue needed to be triggered via the rack panel...going to try triggering the fire alarm clear cue between rounds // update 2: fire alarm clear cue was triggered successfully but no other automations are working...going to see if rebooting the IMS between rounds will do anything to resolve this issue // update 3: rebooted the IMS and the light pane...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist:  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): I started the DCP conversion of Heathers onto DCP III. 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:   Humanist Vampire  was teched but the credit offset wasn't added to the playlist, so we'll need to grab that before Wednesday night. Same deal for  Search for Spock  which is showing on Monday .  Please at least record the credit start timecode somewhere we can all access when you tech DCPs like these, which don't come from Deluxe. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and scheduled the Make Me Famous playlist. Still waiting on the Humanist Vampire slide for that playlist. Built and scheduled the SE_ X playlist for Tuesday. :P (I used the R first run trailer pack for this, the version with the Villain Edit trailer) Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Mulholland had a great show in T1. I played this at 8.5 on both processors, which sounded nice and loud in the full house. I also adjusted the framing for the "extra headroom" per the famous projectionist note from David Lynch, which turned out to actual...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built CCAP and OCAP show playlists for all PG, PG-13, and R rated first run titles for the week of 6/21 except for  A Quiet Place: Day One ,  Janet Planet , and Kinds of Kindness for  which we are waiting on pre-show files // note: updated the Bad Boys 4 SPL on 6/18 (Tuesday) so this is now an "infants" screening (lowered the volume of the pre-show and feature; no tickets have sold for this as of this writing) Built a special event SPL for Conan the Destroyer which will need to be tech'd for its credit start time Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received new posters for The Bikeriders Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Continued inspecting The Sandpiper print Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Lillian got eyes on these earlier...

To do this evening/ was completed: Hello! I'll be away this weekend, but wanted to leave a note here as it's been tough to tech things in T4 since they're working in there all morning through to the afternoon, so please, if someone could get their eyes on the DCP of Make Me Famous this weekend, I would appreciate it! Just want to make sure everything's sound.  Tech'd The Last Starfighter , Search for Spock , Humanist Vampire (no KDM, so figured I'd take a peek).  School screening went very well this morning despite the tidal wave of popcorn that followed. Oh, kids.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Starfighter playlist is correct for brunch.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Before Sunset finished in handbrake, so I started on the DCP. This is transcoding in T1 and should be done some time tomorrow, early eve.  Downloaded the last video for the Student Film Series private event next week (6/20) entitled 5th grade interviews . I'd ...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: A bit of bleed on the curtains during the screening of Crash  needed to be remedied with gaff tape...had some difficulty focusing at the top of the reels (reels running through projector 1 appeared a bit softer throughout while everything running through 2 was sharp once its lens was refocused during the opening credits)...the changeover from reels 1 to 2 was missed by a hair as wires connected to the digital projector were obstructing my view through the port glass window (these are now taped to the wall and are out of the way) Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Crash intro and screening in theater 1 went well Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Tuesday  posters were delivered and stored behind 3/7 (added additional first run titles to the archive tube) + one of the producers of Make Me Famous was outside this evening and asked if she could provide us with a poster to display out...

To do this evening/ was completed: Hey all - please remember that we never put school screening info on the cue sheets. Not sure why this happened, but there was some confusion today as the sheets for this upcoming week contained all school screenings as first round. They've been updated.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Tech'd the preshow and features for Inside Out 2 and Tuesday . Adjusted volume for Tuesday (surprisingly soft in some areas). Playlists/cues are all set!  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Crash is ready for T1 tonight - projectors/1.66 lenses are set.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Uploaded the keys for Babes and The Last Starfighter . Keys for Last Starfighter go live tomorrow morning! Confirming here are making the DCPs for the Student Film Series next week (6/20). Chenelle sent over the materials this morning and we started downloading/transcoding. I ingested the first (3rd grade i...

To do this evening/ was completed: Last Girl on the IRT intro and screening went smoothly. Mics returned to T2 booth. Booth swept and mopped. Set up karaoke, went smoothly. Equipment broken down afterward. I had to go into T1 during a screening to grab the mixer, so if possible in the future it would be helpful to have that available in the Trees storage closet. Inspected the rest of Dangerous Game, it's in good condition, now on house reels in 4/6. No one came by with that Before Sunset blu-ray. 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: Staff screenings have been emailed out, scheduled on the TMS and have been blocked on the calendar. Weekly update is out! Lots of reminders in there since we've got a busy week ahead of us, so please read carefully.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Just Another Girl on the IRT is all set in T2 - check the event memo. I checked the playlist. and adjusted it slightly since the trailer came before the slide and it's supposed to go after.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Uploaded keys for Fall Guy, Tuesday, I Saw the TV Glow, I F.  Reached out to Deluxe for the keys for Inside Out 2. Update: keys received!  Reached out to Deluxe for the Starfighter keys and they should be coming in tonight so keep an eye out.  Spoke to Chenelle about the Student Film Series for next week and since they're having trouble making their own DCP, we'll...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues:  Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Cora Bora screening in theater 1 this evening went smoothly + the Q&A was recorded to the booth 1 desktop Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers):  Kinds of Kindness  standee was received and thrown away Ordering/Receiving (content): Dangerous Game print was dropped off and brought up to the 4/6 booth Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Double checked and initialed for confirmation + added start and end credits information for the  Crash screening on 6/13 Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Yes Projection cart by entrance?: Yes Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: TMS scheduled.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Started building the Hellraiser playlist. Downloaded the 5 min The Bikeriders preshow and the others still have to be downloaded and ingested.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers):  Ordering/Receiving (content): We received The Bikeriders , which is ingesting. X ingested as well. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Outgoing CRU drives dropped off at the pharmacy. Print/video Inspection: Desmond came over to take a look at Cora Bora , Mulholland Drive , Crash , Cloud Atlas , and the drag preshow clip for Hellraiser . All's looking good except for the issue I was having with Cora Bora, detailed above.  Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): I filled out the cue sheets for next week. All that's left is some of the event timing for the cinema events.  Marq...

To do this evening/ was completed: New Ratatouille finished ingesting, playlist built. Venom, Sing Sing and Cat Video Fest posters received, along with a thumb drive with a trailer for Cat.  We have a lot of outgoing CRU drives in 4/6, readied them for drop-off, which I'll do tomorrow. Slow night so went through various sections of the projectionist manuals we have. Swept and mopped 3/7. Old cardboard poster tubes taken out to recycling. Started scheduling coming week in TMS. 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: The new DCP of Ratatouille that Alec made finished transcoding this afternoon. I ingested this to T1 Please delete the previous once it's finished ingesting! Friendly reminder that Desmond would like to tech Crash tomorrow.  Also! Keys for Just Another Girl open up tomorrow!  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built the playlists for the school screenings this week! Inside Out/IF  Ratatouille can get built tonight! Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Built and scheduled the last min school screening for IF tomorrow in T5, starting 10am! Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Kat sent a revised forecast (B) today for the 6/14. Ingested this to the TMS and updated all the playlists (including SE). Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Updated the white board in 4/6 with ingest/key info.  Maintenance/cleaning: Great cleaning day...

To do this evening/ was completed: Noticed when double-checking the cue sheets that T4 was scheduled with wrong shows for each showtime. Updated. Label printed for SoF print, pickup scheduled for tomorrow, print resting by side entrance. The Feeling... letters down, Last Starfighter up. Outgoing content removed from servers. Took a look at Top Secret. Looks good, 5.0 sounds good, lights up time is right. 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: Added credit lights cue to Top Secret (using the timecode from Deluxe, I didn't tech it so should still be looked at tomorrow) and entered the time on the cue sheet for tomorrow. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Sundays on Fire timing wasn't filled in this morning, partly my bad as I could've checked yesterday but still, cue sheet checking remains a nightly task. The show itself went well. The print looked pretty good despite being covered in specks and lines (and this movie looks wild, I must check). The intro went a bit longer than anticipated (FOUR prizes this month), and I think we got a longer cut of the movie than we thought. IMDb says the US cut is 90 min and since we got the English dub that's the logical guess and what was on the event memo, but I think this was the 98 minute cut. All of this is to say the feature ended about 10 minutes later than what I put on the cue s...

To do this evening/ was completed: Jared radioed me around 11pm tonight because we got an email this evening (that I asked him to pass onto us) in which a customer detailed something strange they saw Friday night, during the dinner round of Furiosa in T3. "We saw Furiosa last night in Theater 3 (I think) and there was a big ol line vertical of burnt, or off looking pixels down the screen just right of center. Not sure if it was the projector or surface but it was distracting and bit frustrating to shell out for a ticket and have that happen."  I went in there this evening to first check on the film that was already playing and then, despite the fact that they describe it as an issue with the image/projector lens, I had a look up in the landing area by the port glass to see if anything was out of place. After final round I went in there to test the DCP/test pattern and honestly, at one point I just thought "are they talking about the seam in the screen?" because yes,...

To do this evening/ was completed: The T6 house light manual controls are working normally. There were some wires connected to the back which went out to the automation console (for the Simplex projectors, which I removed from the wall since it's never been used and probably never will be) which, since they were disconnected from there, might have caused the manual controls to act strangely. I disconnected them from the back of the house light control console. One of these wires was severed (not sure when or by whom), that also could've been why. They are completely separate from the automation that happens on the network, the cues on the IMS are directly activating the scenes through the IP address for the house light console, so these hard wired scene cue inputs (the wires I disconnected today) are bypassed as the cue goes through the ethernet cable which connects to the back of the console. The first thing I checked was the automation cues for the house lights, and those wer...