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Author Topic: Turning the lights down Jackson Gilman Film Handler Posts: 37 From: Madison, WI, USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 04-06-2004 01:16 AM                     Ouch! Well, it's better you guys holler at me than my boss. Please don't use my previous post as a benchmark for my level of professionalism. I blame the naivety of my youth! On a side note, many entry-level projectionists can get nervous about changing something about presentation on the screen. Some may downright panic. It's an interesting misconception, as you all have well pointed out, that claiming ignorance for presentation faults is the better way to stay out of trouble; a mistake I won't make again.  |  IP: Logged Alexander Smith Expert Film Handler Posts: 128 From: Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Registered: Jun 2003 posted 04-06-2004 10:54 AM                     Reference Jesse Skeen's comment regarding when a show has "started". I agree entirely, although my company's policy of single manning where possible, means (on rare occasions) a problem with another screen (or air conditioning, e.t.c.) means I can't make those checks as promptly as I'd like. Of course a problem is more likely to happen in inverse proportion to the probability of it being observed by you. ;-)  |  IP: Logged Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 04-07-2004 12:33 AM                     By all means, fix the problem! Once it's fixed, the non-complaining audience will breathe a sigh of relief. Another example is apeture plates being misaligned. On one or two of our machines, the lens turret doesn't always knock the apeture all the way over to the next format, so there's a fuzzy edge on one side. Of course, no one complains, but if I come in for my shift and see it, the movie could have just one reel to go, but I'll fix it. Also, if you fix a problem even after the fact, it makes it look like you were at least trying, or "working on it" for the time. =TMP=  |  IP: Logged

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