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Author Topic: Information for a new projectionist, anyone? Carl Martin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1424 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 11-27-2004 04:21 AM                        what's an oc spongebob?  |  IP: Logged David Yauch Expert Film Handler Posts: 206 From: Mesa, AZ, USA Registered: Oct 2004 posted 11-27-2004 05:03 AM                     Sorry, oc = open captioned. We always try to keep at least one open-captioned movie playing in the theatre every day. Last couple weeks it was polar express, this week it's sponge bob. Probably sponge bob for next week too.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 11-27-2004 06:56 AM                        quote: Anyways, the reason I was so behind on my threading was because one of our engineering men came down and wanted me to show him all of our big problems in the booth. If you're thinking there's no point to this, you'll see where I'm going. In a move that would make most Film-Techers cringe and hurl, I got to personally witness a xenon bulb changing where the operator wore no protective gear! If you don't wear protective gear to handle a xenon lamp, the last thing you ever see may be the exploding lamp, as the shards of quartz shred your eyeballs. Even if you survive, the doctors will need to probe to find each piece of quartz shrapnel in your body, as it doesn't show up on x-rays.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 11-27-2004 08:06 AM                        Agreed. I've had a 1.6k bulb explode as I was removing it from a lamphouse. The fact that I was wearing the full suit of armour certainly saved me from serious injury and possibly saved my life. The indentations on the surface of the face visor give a frightening indication of how much force those quartz fragments hit it with, even though the lamp exploded when cold. I wish I'd taken a picture of the visor at the time. Another precaution I'd support is only handling bulbs with someone else in the booth (doesn't have to be another projectionist - just someone who can get help should there be an accident which causes injury).  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 11-29-2004 03:38 AM                     True, can be a bit scary when your changing out CHR CXL-60's - the 6K varieties. They REALLY can emit a nasty explosive force when these big ones do explode. One blew up in a console (a CHR Reference console) while operating, and they can put out some pretty effective shock waves...and I was standing next to the console, for the feature had just started and I was checking frame/focus. Yet, it really didn't damage the mirror all that bad-just a couple of lines here and there...but,OHH..the cleanup of quartz everywhere! I'd like to see "newbies" learn on the old system-running changeover machines with carbon arc lamps with either foot or wall dowser buttons, and watching for the cue marks. We almost can add in running nitrate through these old machines. For This really teaches them on how to be "a Projectionist" instead of the usual "booth operator." .. But that's almost a thing in the past now. thx-Monte  |  IP: Logged Tom Simcoe Film Handler Posts: 9 From: Hamilton New York Registered: Nov 2004 posted 11-29-2004 03:54 AM                     As the teacher of me always told me, believe in PIP.... Pride IN Presentation... your job is to do the best possible to give the audience a flawless showing with the movie going on the screen in frame and focus... care about details, and make everything as perfect as possible.  |  IP: Logged

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