NPP Projection Blog

To do this evening/ was completed: Kept an eye on T6 this evening.   In T6, at one of the tables, the (what I presume to be a) loop of the white wire for the menu lights was popping out, dangling into the seats. I put it back in the little slot, but the metal attachments should be screwed off to take another look at how we can seal it up more properly. I've let Juan know, but this looks like an easy fix. I can't imagine it just falling out...it appeared to have been pulled on. Lights are working just fine.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Added the slide to the Billie Jean playlist with all the other cues needed.  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?: Updated the doc. Added Popeye tracking! Maintenance/cleaning: Made a few notes for the month ahead. We'll get back to our regularly sch...

To do this evening/ was completed: Double-checked content in T6 due to Alec's note. Things are working well for now. 3/7 booth swept. Heat playlist built. Went through Cotton Comes to Harlem again to get more stills. Those are on Drive; started a 2025 35mm folder. Conrad notified. Billie Jean slide ingested to LMS.  Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes:

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: The ILS board seems to have stopped working in T6. This is what controls all the lens movement: zoom, focus, and offset, so it's needed for switching between 1.85 and anything wider. A warning popped up just before 5, during Babygirl. I tried power cycling the projector after the show ended but this did nothing so I set the lens zoom/focus to 1.85 by hand (for Mufasa). After that show I tried reseating some of the connections to the IMCBs (Integrated Motor Control Boards) after calling Christie, but this didn't work either. I ended up having to adjust the lens by hand to scope for Wicked and played the whole playlist top to bottom with the lens in that position. After the last round got out I adjusted the screen files for 1.85 and 2.00 so the lens stays in the scope position with the image shrunk to be presented in the proper ratio. An old blog note reminded me you can do this. So nothing has to be done manually tomorrow, ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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: