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Author Topic: No communication in the booth Antonio Marcheselli Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1260 From: Florence, Italy Registered: Mar 2000 posted 08-11-2000 08:22 AM                        Richard, You have to stop you projector to change the lens? On my Cinemeccanica V5 i just have to push a botton. Once the ads started in scope format. I just close the dowser (to avoid the ghost image of the bulb during rotation), push that botton and open the dowser. Just few seconds... I hope that you didn't show the entire movie with wong lenses... Bye  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-11-2000 01:03 PM                     I am sure there is no turret installed on Richards machine as I doubt the owner of the theatre would spend that money here is the booth log template in Excel format that we use in the Imax theatre and the now gone theatre1 3d 70mm theatre EXAMPLE 1 EXAMPLE 2  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-11-2000 03:09 PM                        I kind of like the idea of a booth log book for maintenance issues. Personally, I've usually just left handwritten notes on the rewind bench about routine stuff like what prints are where. Usually it works fine if the people I've worked with were competent and cared. I've worked with a couple of people who just ignore everything you try to tell them or write down; I still left the notes for them, though, even if I knew that they would ignore them. As for labeling prints: I usually label the head of the first reel with white tape: "title - R1 - Head - Flat/1.85 - Dolby SR"; I label subsequent reels with the name of the film, the reel number, and "head" or "tail." With platters, I put the same information on the tail leader. When using large (6000') reels, I also label the reels themselves: "Title - R 1-2-3 - Scope - Dolby A"  |  IP: Logged Dave Cutler Master Film Handler Posts: 277 From: Centennial, CO Registered: Jun 2000 posted 08-11-2000 04:44 PM                     For maintenance issues I have a VERY LARGE white erase board that is divided up into 24 sections (24 projectors) which we write any problems on so they can be fixed by me (if I know how) or by a tech when they come in.  |  IP: Logged Richard Quesnelle Film Handler Posts: 67 From: Penetang, Ontario, Canada Registered: Mar 2000 posted 08-11-2000 06:28 PM                     I ran it with the wrong lens for the whole show. Nobody really said anything. I just didn't want to make my mistake obvious. Like I had said there were both flat and scope ratios on the print. I was hopping to stop it after a trailer to make it less obvious. As Gordon mentioned, we do not have turrets and takes a great deal of focusing when changing lenses on this particular screen, so it would have made it even more of a screw up. I do check my screens quite frequently, but being a newbie I have not had encountered many breakdowns or problems, so this was a good lesson learned. Richard  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-11-2000 07:00 PM                     If you were frequently checking the screen you should have seen the problem and YOU WERE OBLIGATED to stop the show if necassary and change lens. A newbie is no excuse. If you accept the job you have to do it not fake it  |  IP: Logged Rick Long Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 759 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Nov 1999 posted 08-11-2000 07:48 PM                     I'm afraid I have to agree with Gordon here. Although I can well appreciate the reluctance to stop a performance in progress, I beleive the audience would have apreciated the correction, even though it meant a short stop, rather than suffer through an entire feature, shown in the wrong format. Oh well, live and learn.  |  IP: Logged

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