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To do this evening/ was completed: The booth ACs are back on. Zoolander tech is in and can get converted/ingested tonight. Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Built and scheduled Childhood Delusions, Above The Rim , Perfume , and  Thiiird after looking at the new DCP (which looks great). Added preshow and slide to the NoBudge tech playlist and renamed it. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): I believe John is coming by tonight with the Bullet DCP on a hard drive. Ingested the new Thiiird DCP to LMS and T3. Ingested History of Concrete and Forgotten Island to the LMS. Received the ProRes for Zeism and began converting to DCP. Please ingest it once it's finished this evening. Started downloading and ingesting DCPs for Gotham shorts. Marking progress on the spreadsheet . We also have a few shorts to convert, they're in a folder named "Gotham Files" on the desktop. The Ghosts...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within  screening in theater 1 went well save for a minor framing issue at the top of the second to last reel; placed the mic back in booth 1 after the show Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Childhood Delusions one sheet was delivered and brought to 4/6 Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Finished inspecting Above the Rim this evening + placed  Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within back on its shipping reels and placed these back in their box Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: A/Cs have been down all evening so do not be alarmed if the booths are warmer than usual when you get in tomorrow morning Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Yes Marquee updated?: Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Yes Projection cart by entrance?: Additio...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: I built all the A1 playlists for next week (and Betty Boop). Kat has a new clip coming in to add to these, I think we will get it tomorrow. Once that's confirmed I'll make the necessary updates. Built and scheduled Lemonade Blessing for tomorrow. Teched the feature. Cristina confirmed we'll use the logo slide for the intro and Q&A so this is all set. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Ran loops in T1 for Final Fantasy tonight. There was no official tech of this so start at 7.5 on both processors and check. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Ingested  Minority Report  and Death Spin 2 (private event on Halloween) to the LMS. Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Got a new version of Thiiird from Kat which I'm converting to DCP, finishing into the Share folder. Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Topp...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Smooth sailing for the tech and pre-show performance ahead of To Wong Foo...  in theater 2; broke down everything after the show and returned the mics to the booth Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): John Woods brought the print for Above the Rim over from Roxy this afternoon and I placed it in booth 1 Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Began inspecting Above the Rim in booth 1; will continue this tomorrow evening before the Final Fantasy screening  Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Double checked all cues for tomorrow evening and updated the final show in theater 7 (this was missing its OCAP labeling) 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: Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Multiple prints on the cart going out tomorrow: Gang Related , Men from the Gutter , and The Departed . Pickup is scheduled. Print/video Inspection: Asset tracking doc updated/checked?: Maintenance/cleaning: Based on some customer feedback for closed captions in T7 I think I'm going to need to put a USB extender in there for the transmitter. I've ordered one. Cue sheets updated/checked (every shift): Yes checked for tomorrow and all set. Marquee updated?: Updated brunch, took down the rental from yesterday and put 35mm titles back up. Posters updated?: Cleaning lights on for the night?: Projection cart by entrance?: Additional Notes: Located the fourth T1 mic, it was under the curtain.

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up: Shrek played its final brunch show this morning with no issues  Sundays on Fire intro went smoothly, as did the screening of  Men from the Gutter . The mic was brought back to the booth to charge though one is still missing(?), presumably misplaced from an event this past week. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): Outgoing/Shipping (content): Print/video Inspection: Men from the Gutter is back in its canisters in booth 1 and can be shipped out with the print for The Departed soon 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: A/C units in booths 5 and 3/7 went down this morning. MODs could not get them up and running again so I left the door to eac...

To do this evening/ was completed: Presentation Issues: Preshow Clips/Playlist: Ingested the "with QR" versions of the Kids & SciFi How to Order PSAs Built Resident Evil , scheduled The Uprising for the rest of the week and all first run shows for Thursday. Trailer Updates: Special Events/ AV set up:  The Departed went well again today. I wound it back on shipping reels and packed it away. Will get the cans ready to go out tomorrow night. US Open is on in Trees with sound for the private event. Heads up: we'll put the match on tomorrow which should be on ESPN at 4pm. No sound for tomorrow. Ordering/Receiving (posters & trailers): Ordering/Receiving (content): I started the Death Spin 2 DCP, it's going to be running for a day or so. Ingested the second Dear Mama episode to the LMS. We'll need a new file for Zeism . I tried ingesting the DCP but it gave me a hash error (I remember this from last time), then when I tried running it through DCP-o-Matic I kep...