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NPP Projection Report 12/31

Happy New Year everyone! To do this evening/ was completed: I turned the temp down on the ACs in 3/7 as I noticed it was pretty hot up by the T3 projector. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: MOD radioed me that Nosferatu was ending a few minutes late, so I went into the playlist and it was starting at 42 minutes, not 40. I took out the 28 Years Later trailer for Nosferatu only since that it was just over 2 minutes and seemed like the best thing to get rid of, but let us know if I'm wrong about that. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Printed the shipping label for Billie Jean which Sony sent us and attached it to the box. We're circuiting this one to an Alamo location in L.A. after the show. Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Changed the lamp in Theater 3 because it was exhibiting a slight flicker. Normall...

NPP Projection Report 12/30 Close

To do this evening/ was completed: About the lamps in 3 and 7, they have over 300 hours to go until the warranty limit, these will be perfectly fine to keep using until we get the warning which should be in over a month. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built/scheduled the Critters playlist. Re: scheduled playlists in T2 loading but not starting; from what I gather this has been happening a lot more than it used to before we switched to Screenwriter (maybe even every show these last few days?). I updated the 1.85_PS pack to include the GPI trigger cue, which it didn't before. After doing that, the final round in 2 started automatically, so maybe this helped. In any case I've added the new version of this pack, with the trigger cue, to every current playlist and saved/synced them all. Will note what happens with T2 schedules tomorrow. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipp...

NPP Projection Admin 12/30

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Babygirl and Nosferatu staff screenings this morning went smoothly (ended up turning off  A Complete Unknown  in theater 4 since no one showed up for it) Ran house checks this afternoon and picture and sound are in working order Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received posters for Night of the Zoopocalypse , Warfare , and The Room Next Door (in addition to a stack of small lobby cards with the same design) and stored them behind 3/7 Ordering/Receiving (content): Critters feature content was made available this afternoon and began ingesting to theater 2 (the SPL can be built later this evening -- double checked and all necessary content for the pre-show is saved to theater 2) Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Swept and mopped in 4/6 Cue sheets updated/checked (every ...

NPP Projection Admin 12/29

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Apartment  and  Hook  screenings this morning went smoothly + removed the feature content following the shows Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received posters for All We Imagine as Light and  Death of a Unicorn  and stored them 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): Marquee updated?: Removed The Apartment and Hook  and added letters for Howl's Moving Castle Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes:

Projection Close 12/28

To do this evening/ was completed: Built the cue sheets for 1/6 - 1/9! Checked the previous.  Made the rounds, listened in on the speakers.  Presentation Issues:  Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Waiting to hear back about the 1/6 plans for Newfest. Still TBD.  One seat taken out and put safely back in T6 for Wicked.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Come Jan 3rd, the keys for Babygirl, Sonic 3, Wicked, Mufasa and Moana will expire. We should be receiving new sets soon, but we'll keep an eye on these.  Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Did some sprucing up in the booths tonight. Also, I checked the lamp life in each house and as expected, 3 and 7 need to be changed quite soon. Not sure if Alec would want to get in there early on Tuesday, but the next time we could get them out would be the 1st, which I th...

NPP Projection Open 12/28

To do this evening/ was completed: Scheduled 1/3 - 1/9 in LMS. A few manual starts in there. I scheduled those shows just a minute or two after their real start time to get the content transferred, just FYI. Started building the cue sheets as well. Got the first three days done. SE screenings went smoothly. 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:

NPP Projection Close 12/27

To do this evening/ was completed: A quieter evening overall...kept eyes and ears on picture and sound throughout the evening as I made the rounds during the night (there have been no further issues with the masking in 2) Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Double checked all first run show playlists for the week of 1/3 and added Jack's initials to the spreadsheet since he had adjusted them this afternoon 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): Double checked all cues for tomorrow/cross referenced the schedule on Screenwriter and initialed for confirmation  Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes: Received an order of Q-tips and microfiber cloths and brought them to 4...

NPP Projection Open 12/27

To do this evening/ was completed: Cleaned the port glass windows in 3 and 7. Cleaned the 35mm 1.85 and scope lenses in 1 and 4. Tech'd Hook and The Apartment. Volume cues set, lights up set. Removed all 12/20 content from servers. Removed the the 2106-2108 seat block in T2 before round one. Lots of time between rounds to put it back in after Nosferatu. Presentation Issues: Per usual, T2 failed to automate playback this morning for the staff screening. The playlist loaded onto the server but didn't start itself.  Death of a Unicorn posters received. 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:

Projection Admin 12/26

To do this evening/ was completed: FYI - Nosferatu sounds good in T1 and T2 at 5.8, as opposed to 5.5. It's not a huge difference, but maybe listen in tonight to give a second opinion. I'd appreciate it!  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Checked the Nosferatu playlists and packs to make sure everything would execute just fine. No issues. Like Alec, I also think that's strange, but Screenwriter has certainly been throwing a few wrenches into the mix recently and we're still in the early stages of understanding its full functionality, but I think the system in T1 just got confused and paused itself since, (and I know this is a different theatre, but) the staff screening in T2 this morning was perfectly fine, despite not having the pack updated.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: One HI device taken out and safely put back.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Setting myself a reminder here - keys for Hook and...

NPP Projection Close 12/25

To do this evening/ was completed: A quiet night on the projection side of things...kept an eye on picture and sound for the majority of the evening and completed some light troubleshooting with the masking in theater 3 (see below) Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Screenwriter continues to glitch, for lack of a better word, and has to be refreshed whenever new content is played and individually viewed from the "Screen" tab Tested the Nosferatu show playlist in theater 3 before its final round there to make sure the 1.66 masking cues triggered normally and actually moved the curtains to their proper setting (Jack's switching of the regular 1.66 masking cue and the 1.37 or 1.66 cue seems to have resolved this issue of the curtains not moving so I took the liberty of switching the order of each of these in all future playlists for this feature) Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Splashtop connectivity has been spotty all evening and booths 1 and 4/6 are ...

NPP Projection Open 12/25

To do this evening/ was completed: Outgoing letters down, new first runs up. Same with posters except for Gladiator II. The poster case key snapped off inside of the lock and I was not able to pull it out, so we'll have to re-attempt soon.* Minor presentation issue front-of-house-wise , but: T1 round one Nosferatu: the 1.66 masking cue failed to trigger when the feature came on, so I just hit the cue through quick controls in the IMS to bring the curtains in. I looked at the 12/20 playlist and the masking pack is included in full when you go to Content > Playlists in Screenwriter. But, if you click on T1 in the Screen tab of Screenwriter and scroll down to that masking pack you would see that only the lens channel cue is included, the masking cues are not there. This absence goes for the IMS too when you look at the playlist in Editor. I ran the 1.66 lens/mask pack in T1 through the IMS after the screening and it executed normally. I'm not totally sure why this automation fa...

NPP Projection 12/24

To do this evening/ was completed: Tech'd Nosferatu, Babygirl  and Complete Unknown playlists. Preshow and feature content sound good, lights up time correct. I checked in on Complete in T1 and it sounded a little too loud at 5.5 during a concert sequence, but that same volume sounds right for T2 and T4 so...leaving the volume cue alone for now, but just so everyone's aware. This has probably been mentioned before but the quick controls cue for 1.66 in T2 fails to trigger. Did not have enough time in the auditorium to look into it further. 1.66 lens/mask pack works fine, but in the case of a full manual start that cue would come in handy. Inspected the rest of The Big Heat (1988). It's in good condition. On house reels. As Lillian mentioned, there are additional false cues present. For reels 2 - 5 they're only present near the correct changeover cues. I added grease X's placed on top of the false CO cues so the projectionist knows not to change over when those come ...

Projection Close 12/23/24

To do this evening/ was completed: Not to fear- we got the keys to Moana 2 and The Apartment . Ingested them to the TMS. A wonderful thing to see a full house for It's a Wonderful Life ! Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Went over the new playlists and schedule on the TMS.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): I only noticed that we received the Sundays on Fire print later this evening as there wasn't any film when I got in or while Jack was here. I wanted to get a head start on this so a report is there to finish up the film and the first reel has been taken care of. See notes below.  Outgoing/Shipping (content): Note: we lose Gladiator and Conclave after tomorrow!! Print/video Inspection: Made an FYI note about the SOF print, which has an extra set of cues not near, but a few minutes before the actual motor/changeover cue. Print is from The Academy and in good condition! Uploaded...

NPP Projection Open 12/23

To do this evening/ was completed: No inspections today so no lighting panel resets. Made all of the schedule changes lined out in Matthew's emails. LMS and cue sheets updated. Content is currently transferring to designated servers. Reached out to Deluxe for new keys for Wicked and Moana. They're set to expire after 12/26. 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:

NPP Projection Report 12/22 Close

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Scheduled the rest of next week's shows, content transfers are queued for various times throughout this week. Built all 1/3 A1 playlists Built Howl's and Cotton Comes to Harlem playlists. DCP'd both of Desmond's slides for January and ingested them. Trailer Updates: Made the 1/3 R trailer pack, just swapping the Billie Jean trailer for Dark Angel . Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Nosferatu keys are in Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Updated the first run titles on the white board. Maintenance/cleaning: Ordered more small cotton swabs and microfiber cloths. Touched up the grease on the T1 projector motor gears a bit. Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projection cart by entrance?: Addi...

NPP Projection Admin 12/22

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: First round in theater 2 loaded successfully but paused before playback could start properly (figured this might happen and caught it right as the playlist was scheduled to begin) Second round in theater 5 was delayed ten minutes since no show playlist was scheduled (overlap between end and start times) and I was busy helping a guest in theater 7 Preshow Clips/Playlist: Began scheduling show playlists on Screenwriter for the week of 12/27 Built show playlists for The Apartment and Hook Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Brought down an assisted listening device to theater 7 (OCAP screening of  Anora ) after some confusion about whether or not the guest needed a closed captioning device -- I was told this is what they requested but realized once the guest mentioned needing sound there had been a miscommunication Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Remo...

Projection Close 12/21

To do this evening/ was completed: Got a lot of inspection done this evening - please see notes below!  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built all A1 playlists for 12/27!  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: DCP of Heat finished. Ingested to the TMS and T6.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested the keys for A Complete Unknown   Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Inspected both Lifeforce and Killer Klowns from Outer Space, despite my extreme fear of clowns. Killer Klowns has, in the fourth reel, an enormous patch of repairs - please see the report! You'll have to keep a keen eye on the projector. The fourth reel is also faded. I've emailed Cristina a photo for her reference. This is the only reel that is noticeably faded, and the color is still rich in some scenes.  Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee upd...

NPP Projection Report 12/21 Open

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Noticed there was no volume cue for the Mufasa feature clip in this week's playlists. Added that, 5.0 is fine for this one actually. Also made the OCAP playlist for next week since there wasn't one. -Also had to reschedule a bunch of this movie's shows. Every CCAP one from Monday onward was showing up as "Unknown Playlist" on the schedule on Screenwriter. Checking the IMS web GUI revealed this playlist didn't exist there either. Was this playlist deleted and rebuilt at some point? Volume cue for Wicked didn't get updated in the playlists on the theater servers, just the TMS. When you update a playlist you need to click "Save and Sync" instead of just "Save" otherwise it won't get updated on the theater servers, only Screenwriter. That said, I only adjusted the volume cue to 6.0 for the T1 & T2 playlists, it sounded good at 7.0 with a not-quite-full...

Projection Admin 12/20

To do this evening/ was completed: Got a notice about the volume being too loud in T2 for Wicked. it was, indeed, pretty loud, so I adjusted it. I did sit with the film for a bit just to make sure. Playlists for this feature are now at 6.0 volume, which is perfectly fine.  Note: when ingesting manually to Screenwriter, don't plug a drive into the Dell server in the rack(what we used to do for the TMS), instead, plug into the bottom server.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Double checked the playlists for tomorrow.  Trailer Updates: Checked trailers for 12/27 and 1/03. Ingested 28 Years Later from Deluxe. Ingested the  Altman trailer from the drive.  Built new trailer packs including a rep pack for Hook and The Apartment .  Special Events/ AV set up:  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content):  Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Inspected all of Billie Jean , which is in good conditi...

NPP Projection Admin 12/20

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up:  Mufasa  and  Sonic 3  staff screenings this morning +  Presence tech in theater 3 all went smoothly Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Downloaded and ingested additional keys for It's a Wonderful Life Downloaded all new forecast and pre-show/trailer content for 12/27 and 1/3 to the P&T drive and transferred them to the LMS on Screenwriter Outgoing/Shipping (content): Printed return labels for Insomnia and scheduled a pickup tomorrow morning for it to be returned to WB (tracking ID: 770943986871) Print/video Inspection: Tech'd Elf in theater 1 (picture looks great and the volume is solid at 5.5) and added a lights up cue for the end credits Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift):  Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleani...

NPP Projection Close 12/19

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Went through all 12/20 first run show playlists and double checked that the correct forecasts were built into each one Brought down the feature volume for all Sonic 3 show playlists since the film sounded a tad loud at 5.5 (it is currently at 5.2 but can be brought up and saved/synced if crowds expand over the weekend) Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Insomnia screening in theater 4 this evening went swimmingly Scheduled the show playlist for the programmers' tech screening of  Presence  tomorrow afternoon Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Slides for Cotton Comes to Harlem  and  Popeye were received, converted to DCP, and saved to the P&T hard drive Heat  is currently transcoding in DCP-o-matic in booth 1 for a private event in T6 on 1/5 Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Re-inspected  Insomnia  after...

NPP Projection Report 12/19 Admin

To do this evening/ was completed: We need to keep an eye on Theater 4 storage. It's got several first run features and rep DCPs, none of which can be deleted yet. On Sunday we'll need to delete A Real Pain after it screens in there (6:30 showtime) as Nosferatu  is queued to transfer to 4 on Monday. Deleting that and Don't Look Back should give us plenty of space for the transfer. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built Nosferatu and scheduled it plus a few others which hadn't been scheduled for Xmas eve onward Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ran loops for Insomnia tonight Went around checking the 1.66 lens files and masking since Nosferatu is in this ratio. All are set. Did notice that a separate 1.66 masking cue was made (though when you fired this cue the curtains did not mask for 1.66, it was more like 1.37, so it's puzzling why this was done). I'd made a 1.37/1.66 cue in Theaters 3 and 7 not to have one masking preset to use for ...

NPP Projection Close 12/18

To do this evening/ was completed: Inspected Cotton Comes to Harlem and put it on house reels. It's in excellent condition. Will upload stills soon. Film Feast intro and screening went smoothly. Trees mic back in storage closet. Nosferatu preshow content downloaded and ingested. Filtered intake warning T3. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Yes Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes:

Projection Admin 12/18

To do this evening/ was completed: Weekly Update and Staff Screenings are out. Everything's been blocked on the calendar.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built playlists for staff screenings and elf, wonderful life, don't look back. Kat will be transferring the Nosferatu preshow to the downloads folder this evening. I did just take a look and it seems as though it's almost ready! So please start downloading and ingesting.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Reached out to Chenelle about the first two private events in January (1/5 - Heat , and 1/9 Brooklyn Nets presentation). Heat (BluRay) will be dropped off this evening. Check in with MOD if you don't get radioed. For 1/9, she's still trying to hash a few things out but all in all, it'll be a simple laptop setup and they'll control the slides. Update: Literally just picked up the BluRay from MOD.  Just saw John who asked for a mic in Trees and not for the intro, so Jack is setting t...
To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: There was overlap between the first and second rounds in theater 3 -- started the latter manually ( Flow @ 6:15PM) The second round in theater 2 loaded but paused itself (again, as it did yesterday) and the pre-show was delayed roughly ten minutes The final round in theater 4 was delayed some twelve minutes because of the overlap from the previous screening (I did not catch this in time as I was busy with the intro in 1 but thankfully the servers radioed me about the delay) Preshow Clips/Playlist: Refrained from making any playlists for this weekend since there is so much content being ingested or transferred and placing everything for each specific show playlist is a bit of a puzzle at the moment ( Elf , Nosferatu , and Don't Look Back  can all be built in the coming days -- we are waiting on Nosferatu pre-show content from Kat so keep an eye out for this once it hits the drive) Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set u...

NPP Projection Open 12/17

To do this evening/ was completed: LMS scheduled for the coming week. 12/20 playlists for Complete Unknown, Babygirl, Sonic and Mufasa built. Nosferatu and Don't Look Back still need to be built. It's a Wonderful Life and Hook locally ingested. Love Actually Film Feast slide DCP'd and ingested to LMS. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Cotton Comes to Harlem and Thieves Like Us prints arrived and brought to their respective booths. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: The new curtains are up in the Theater 2 booth. -AL Updated the desktop shortcuts on all the rack PCs to include the new address for Screenwriter and deleted the old Dolby shortcuts -AL Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Cue sheets for the next two weeks are filled out. The only thing that needs to b...

NPP Projection Close 12/16

To do this evening/ was completed: Downloaded and ingested lots of preshow content: Babygirl, Sonic 3, Don't Look Back, A Complete Unknown.  Inspected Brewster McCloud and put in on house reels as it'll be the next T4 show after Insomnia. It's in very good condition overall. 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:

NPP Projection Admin 12/16

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Began downloading first run pre-show content for Mufasa and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 to the P&S drive Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: After troubleshooting a few technical issues with Screenwriter I was able to properly tech the show playlist for Scrooged  in theater 2 this morning (there were two separate SPLs on the LMS and another on theater 2's IMS which led to some confusion when updating the playlist with the proper policy stinger -- I opted to update one on the LMS, delete the others, and transferred this to theater 2 before double checking it played without issue) Got eyes on the Space Jam private event playlist in theater 2 (there has been a surplus of Bill Murray content today) and made a couple of adjustments to the pre-show + increased the feature volume Ran house checks before the first round(s) in each auditorium and picture and sound are in great shape Ordering/Receiving (post...

NPP Projection Close 12/15

To do this evening/ was completed: Put Nosferatu poster back in the entryway slot. New brunch letters up, concluded shows down. Looked at Scrooged at the end of the night. Volume logged, lights up logged. There's a slight black letterbox bar at the top of the image throughout. Only at the top. 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:

NPP Projection Admin 12/15

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Kept an ear on volume levels for Wicked  this afternoon and brought it down from 7.0 to 6.0 during the first round OCAP show since the crowd was small Made a very minor framing error on the third reel of Jumanji which was quickly adjusted (did not realize this was an open matte print until I noticed a boom mic at the top of the screen during a shot) Second round show playlist in theater 2 was paused and needed playback started manually (not entirely sure why this issue is continuing with Screenwriter but it seems the IMS has a mind of its own) Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Jumanji  screening in theater 4 went smoothly save for the aforementioned mishap (raised the volume on the 750 since the film sounded a little soft in the auditorium) + cleaned the projectors after the show Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Neon is doubling down on whatever Oz Perkins is selling and had a...

Projection Close 12/14

To do this evening/ was completed: Made the rounds - nothing out of the ordinary tonight.  Monitored volume for Wicked throughout the evening. Friendly reminder that the keys for Scrooged will be open tomorrow. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Went through new content and playlists for this upcoming week.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Sonic 3 showed up on Deluxe! Ingested. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection:  Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Transferred Insomnia to house reels in 4/6.  Went through the Screenwriter manual to continue familiarizing myself with it.  Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Yes.  Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes:

NPP Projection Report 12/14 Admin

To do this evening/ was completed: One of the smaller drill batteries had been connected to the vacuum, Don't use these for the vacuum, only the bigger ones which are the correct voltage. As Wicked crowds start thinning out we should eventually lower the volume in the playlist. Have already had a few complaints about it being too loud during certain shows. Lowered to 6.0 for the first round in 2 which was roughly 2/3 full and that sounded fine. Haven't updated the playlist but something to keep an ear on. Presentation Issues: None Preshow Clips/Playlist: Scheduled Turbulence for Tuesday and sent the remaining content over to 1. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Jumanji screening in Theater 4 went very well. The second time I've had the pleasure of screening this timeless classic in 35mm. Rewound the print for tomorrow, cleaned projectors before/after. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/v...

NPP Projection Close 12/13

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Double checked the film vault drive on Screenwriter to see if there was any missing content available but we will have to wait on a few first runs to be released in the coming days Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Space Jam  finished copying to the DCPIII drive and was locally ingested to theater 2 this evening (the DVD is on top of the desktop disk drive in booth 1) + built a show playlist for this feature with a generic all ages pre-show and saved it to theater 2 Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): DCP drive with WB holiday films was delivered and brought up to 4/6 Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Added a garbage bag to the bin in booth 1 Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Double checked cues/schedule on Screenwriter for tomorrow and initialed for confirmation  M...

NPP Projection Admin 12/13

To do this evening/ was completed: Removed outgoing content from TMS and build new 12/20 A1 playlists, 12/20 forecasts downloaded and ingested. Tech'd Turbulence, built playlist with sound and lights cues. Trailer list includes "slide for Love Actually film feast". I did not include that in the playlist but should probably double-check with Kat. Fisher King print picked up. Flow letters and poster up out front. Added projector lamp on and off quick cues to Screenwriter interface. Lightning bolt symbols for those cues. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Tech'd Little Women and adjusted the cue sheets. I also made a note about Scrooged for Rebecca on the Monday sheet so that they know we'll add in the info once the keys are live (Sunday they open!). - L Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The DCP of Space Jam is done and is now copying over to the DCPIII drive in T1 - once it's finished, please ingest to T2! Thank you! - L Ordering/Receiving (...

NPP Projection Close 12/12

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built a playlist for the Presence tech on 12/20 Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up:  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received a couple teaser posters for 28 Years Later  and stored them behind 3/7 Ordering/Receiving (content): Ran  Space Jam  through HandBrake and later DCP-o-Matic  Received and uploaded keys for Scrooged Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Finished inspecting Jumanji  this evening (a portion of the credits are in pretty bad shape with close to 60 perf repairs but this should run through the projector without much issue) Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Yes Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Yes Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes:

Projection Admin 12/12

To do this evening/ was completed: It's cold as heck out. Friendly reminder to maybe keep an extra sweater or warm accessories in the booth in case you gotta do the marquee/posters.  Weekly notice is out. I did forget to mention Scrooged , but we have that sorted and there's no memo for it. Keys come in tonight (as mentioned below).  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: School screening went great today.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Took out a chair in T3. I put it back already.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Reached out about the keys for Scrooged , which should be coming in late this evening.  Transferred Love Actually to T3 and Turbulence to T1.  Received the DCP of Presence for the screening in T3. Ingested directly.  DCP'd the slide for Turbulence .  Received the DVD of Space Jam (2 disc set with the OG and reboot). Chenelle confirmed with me that they want to watch the...

Projection Close 12/11

To do this evening/ was completed: Caught up on emails and impending special events/screenwriter notes - will be easier to get a few more tasks done tomorrow morning. Thanks for holding down the fort whist I was with family this weekend!  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Mics/chairs/spots remote all cleaned up from the Music Video event in T3. Event went super well.  Few notes below on Fisher King.  Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Started inspecting the rest of Jumanji , which is looking good. I already have some print pics, including a pic of the physical board game! Got lucky and caught it at the right time. On the drive. I'll add more tomorrow.  Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: I'm glad I decided to thread up early in the evening because the damage in the head of the first reel needed to b...

NPP Projection Report 12/11 Admin

To do this evening/ was completed: Jumanji arrived this afternoon. Inspected the first reel. Good condition overall, lots of small edge tape-ups though. Ran through Night Flight feature content with John. Volume and content all good. The two feature elements were in the wrong order in the playlist, not that we could've known exactly beforehand, but I switched them so that "V2" with the music videos (42 min long) comes first. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Set up two mics and chairs in Theater 3 for Night Flight tonight. -AL Ran loops for Fisher King . Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers):  Ordering/Receiving (content): Sony is closed from December 23rd until January 6 so they're arranging delivery of The Legend of Billie Jean early. They'll drop it off on the 19th and pick up Jumanji and Fisher King at the same time. -AL Outgoing/Shipping (content): Julie Darling got picked up. -AL Print/video I...

NPP Projection Close 12/10

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Julie Darling screening in theater 4 this evening went smoothly (as did Cristina's introduction) and both projectors were cleaned after the show Readied everything for trivia at Trees Lounge this evening and put all materials back in storage after running the print in 4 Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Uploaded keys for Little Women Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Re-inspected Julie Darling after the show, placed each reel tails out on shipping reels, and scheduled a return pickup for tomorrow morning (tracking ID: 770662317791) Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Double checked all cues/schedule on Screenwriter and initialed for confirmation Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Yes Projection cart by...

NPP Projection Report 12/10 Admin

To do this evening/ was completed: Ran loops for Julie Darling tonight. Note that the opening titles are printed very close to either the top or the bottom of the frame. Most should appear fine but be aware that some will be cut off. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Went out on a limb and built the Flow playlist with the latest All Ages generic preshow (V4). Kat is back tomorrow and can let us know if this needs to be swapped. Scheduled next week's shows through Wednesday 12/18. Missing a few SE playlists: Love Actually (feature ingesting and need slide) and Turbulence (need special slide). When scheduling, I held off on transferring a few things for next week until tomorrow or Friday. These are all queued and will start on their own at the specified time, just letting you all know. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Surprise fire alarm this morning delayed the school screening some 20 minutes but everything was fine after that. Ordering/Receiving (posters ...

NPP Projection Admin 12/9

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Readied everything necessary for the private Frida: A Self Portrait  event in theater 6 this afternoon...keys did not go live until 2PM so I was unable to tech the content this morning  (update: tech'd the holding slide and feature once the keys went live and everything is in order for this afternoon) Tech'd  Good Will Hunting this afternoon and brought the volume up to 6.3 from 5.2 Double checked the pre-show playlist for tomorrow evening's Julie Darling screening Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Received additional A Complete Unknown one sheets Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Swept and mopped the 4/6 booth Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Double checked cues for tomorrow and cross referenced the schedule on Screenwriter...

NPP Projection Close 12/8

To do this evening/ was completed: T4 mixer remained in T7 post-MTV private screening from a little while ago. I brought the mixer up to 4/6 toward the end of the night. Went through a decent amount of the Screenwriter manual getting familiar with the odds and ends. The basic functions are easy enough to enact, so far. Brought Insomnia print up to T4. Not yet time to put on house reels. 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:

NPP Projectionist Admin 12/8

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Received a few complaints that the volume was too loud during the OCAP screening of Wicked in theater 3 this afternoon...brought it down to 6.0 from 7.0 Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Birdcage played without issue   in theater 3 this morning (however a guest did ask for a closed captioning device which could not be provided since the feature content does not have any hearing/vision impaired components) Sundays on Fire screening in theater 1 this afternoon went smoothly (save for the final changeover when I missed sight of the motor start cue and let some of reel 5 run to its tail before quickly switching to 6) and the mic was brought back up to the booth to charge after the show. Projectors were cleaned as well Tech'd feature volume and slides for Sugarcane with the filmmakers this morning. Had to take the A/V bin from theater 1 up to 4 since there was next to nothing in the one beneath...

NPP Projection Close 12/7/24

To do this evening/ was completed: A quiet night apart from one VI device in my first round, some Plex updating, and playing around a bit with Screenwriter. Lent one of our extension cords to MOD for the event tonight, but still needs to be tracked down.  Presentation Issues: While loading some new content to the Plex servers, I faced some particularly tough moments where when it was scanning for new content it would freeze up and I had to restart it a few more times. After a while and once I got it back up and running, I decided to leave it alone.  Preshow Clips/Playlist: As I was looking at automation, I played around with building a Sundays on Fire playlist to get acquainted with the Screenwriter setup. I did not schedule this new playlist with the one that was already made for tomorrow.  Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The event in Trees went smooth outside of the Plex going in and out, but finally had it going. MOD borrowed one of our extension cords, w...

NPP Projection Report 12/7 Open

To do this evening/ was completed: For the private event tomorrow morning, we are just having their first holding slide on screen with music in the background. I opened a playlist that should be fine on Spotify on the projection laptop and there's a headphone jack cable hanging in front of the T4 rack which is connected to the Non-Sync input on the processor. For Monday they also want a playlist on for preshow but they specified what they want. This playlist is open on the T6 rack PC and the PC is connected to the Non-Sync input on the processor. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and scheduled playlists for both Moana school screenings next week. Built and scheduled the Julie Darling preshow playlist, scheduled Fisher King preshow. Scheduled Good Will Hunting and filled in credits times on Monday's cue sheet. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Bumped Birdcage up to 7.0 Spoons went well today, broke everything down and put it away after. Ordering/Re...

NPP Projection Close 12/6

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To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built all first run show playlists (CCAP and OCAP) for next week and began building special event playlists with the exception of a few whose content is not yet available (the MUBI JUN trailer was transferred to the LMS for some of these pre-shows) Built a short playlist with Sugarcane slides for the tech scheduled Sunday morning Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Expect a delivery of posters and tabletop items some time tomorrow for the Sugarcane event on Sunday Ordering/Receiving (content): Night Flight finished converting through DCP-o-matic this evening and was ingested to 3 (update: the file failed to transfer -- not entirely sure why the system is not recognizing it) Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Finished inspecting The Fisher King  and updated the inspection report Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleanin...

NPP Projection Report 12/6 Admin

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: All new preshow content is ingested to the TMS so next week's playlists can get built. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: We got keys for Frida for the private event on Monday. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Started the first Night Flight DCP on the 4/6 iMac, I'm saving it to the network share folder so it will ingest automatically when it's finished. Also started the Turbulence DCP on the booth 1 iMac. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Inspected/repaired reel 5 of Fisher King . There were definitely a lot of creases and tears in the first several feet of the reel but I was able to tape them up. I ran this reel in T4 and while it doesn't look/sound great for this portion, it's only about 15 seconds so I think we're fine to go ahead with this print for the screening. We looked at Julie Darling today in T4, th...

NPP Projection Close 12/5

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Particle Mace party at Trees went smoothly save for a lost connection to a speaker during the DJ set (had to swap XLRs since the wire originally used had been badly coiled causing the connection to come and go) Spoons Toons & Booze event in theater 1 this evening started on time following a very quick setup and tech (gear was placed beneath the tablecloth off to the side of the screen + mics were brought up to booth 1 to charge for the brunch show on Saturday) Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Finished inspecting reels 1-4 of The Fisher King in 4/6 but hit a bit of a wall with reel 5 as the leader was very badly damaged and shoddily taped together. Added new leader/countdown only to realize the first twenty-something feet of the reel had the same issue and would be a ...

NPP Projection Report 12/5 Admin

To do this evening/ was completed: I started a Google doc with notes about Screenwriter as we get used to the new software. Feel free to add anything to it as we figure things out. I've shared it with everyone and you can find it here . The KDM is connected to Screenwriter now so all keys should load automatically. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: I spent a while working on playlists on Screenwriter, I know we said we were going to leave the schedule as is for this week, but I wanted to figure out how packs would get transferred between the new TMS and the IMSes. See the notes doc for what I figured out. Essentially sent all playlists from the IMSes to Screenwriter, added the packs we remade on Screenwriter, and sent them back to the IMS. The only playlist I didn't build on Screenwriter was Heretic since that finals tonight.  Tl;dr, all current playlists exist on Screenwriter and runtimes are correct on the schedule. Except Heretic.  Long winded explanation of why...

NPP Projection Close 12/4

To do this evening/ was completed: Attended the projection meeting this morning and took in as much about Screenwriter as possible through the morning fog of my barely awake brain (later touched base with Lillian about executing commands/cues and navigating the various tabs/menus throughout the software) Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built show playlists for The Birdcage  and Good Will Hunting  via the IMS in theater 3 (both features will need lights up cues added for their credits) + transferred content to theater 4 and built a pre-show playlist for The Fisher King Built a pre-show for the Sundays on Fire screening on 12/8 (this is saved as "SOFTheTriadZone") Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ghost in the Shell 2 screening in theater 1 this evening went very smoothly Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Two 27x40 foam board posters for the Frida  event were delivered and stored behind 3/7 Ordering/Receiving (content): Prints for...

Projection Admin 12/04 (Lillian/Alec)

To do this evening/ was completed: Hey ya'll! Weekly update is out. Please get your eyes on it and confirm with me that you've read it. I put out Screenwriter login info in there, but it lives elsewhere (as you'll read about). Also! whilst teching Frida today, I had a look to see if we had quick controls on the TMS and we don't, which makes sense since it's new, so Alec and I put a few of the necessary ones on there but there doesn't seem to be as many icons as needed, which will prove to be quite tricky, but we can, of course, still use the IMS. We'll still bring this and a few other notes up with DMS. Thanks again for meeting with us today!  (quick update - I noticed that if you linger on an icon in quick controls, it tells you what it is, so we could potentially use some of them for masking controls, but our initial statement is still good feedback for the screenwriter folks. ALSO - I downloaded the Screenwriter Manual to the desktop in 4/6! - Lillian  Th...

NPP Projection Close 12/3

To do this evening/ was completed: A bit of a trial by fire evening adjusting to Screenwriter but ultimately all shows played without any issue and it was a largely hands off experience save for the event in 2 Presentation Issues: Had some difficulty loading content for the rehearsal prior to the event in 2 (called up Lillian to assist -- safe to say I am a bit rusty using the older version of the IMS which was exacerbated by my general unfamiliarity with Screenwriter) and was toggling between each before settling into a groove Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: The Matrix pre-show drag performances and screening went smoothly despite the aforementioned troubleshooting and a delayed start (the rehearsal set us back about 15 minutes) + all gear was broken down and put back behind the curtain/mics were brought up to booth 2 to charge Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Downloaded and uploaded keys for The Birdcage Ou...