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Topic: Hey you, you suck! (AKA: Outing bad film handlers) Part 2
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Blaine Young
Master Film Handler
Posts: 477
From: Kirkland, WA, USA
Registered: Sep 2006
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posted 11-30-2006 01:36 PM
These are exactly the points I was trying to make. Those of us that are in it for the love of film and the love of the presentation are few and far between. Almost anyone can be tought to pull film over some rollers and slap it into the projector head, push the blinking green button and then fix the framing afterward. But little respect is paid by the owners to those who do actually care about the presentation.
You're right, Mitchell, paying bad film handlers more will not make them good handlers. And as some have reported here and elsewhere, the biggest problem today is the pittiful work ethic. It's almost impossible to find theater staff that are committed enough to work in the booth, that can be on time every day, who don't thread the projector with the wrong film (when doing splits), and who can actually start a film in frame and properly thread a sound head.
I'm not going to say that I miss the days of Union Projectionists, however back in the union days, you worked as an apprentice to an experienced film handler, learned the proper procedures and techniques. They were being taught how to be a professional projectionist - not an usher that simply wants to use his phone during work hours to text his girlfriend. That structure is sorely missing in my opinion.
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Charles Greenlee
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 801
From: Savannah, Ga, U.S.
Registered: Jun 2006
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posted 01-02-2007 06:59 PM
Well, I know it's not our copy, since we still have it. Buuuut.... quote: Luci Reeve
Is there a penalty for scratching a print?
Yes, we get penalized for damaged prints, and have since I've worked there. But if you ask me, we were falsely charged, we had to replace a reel due to a soundrack synch error. They still charged us for the replacment reel, even though the problem happend at the lab, and not at our theatre.
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Charles Greenlee
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 801
From: Savannah, Ga, U.S.
Registered: Jun 2006
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posted 01-05-2007 03:34 AM
I wish it was on our GM. Then I could pass along the snetiments. Beleive me, I already told her it was a huge steamy pile of poo. However, the bill goes straight to corporate somewhere. Maybe our bookings dept? Whoever gets it, then enters it into out ?PNL? report. I don't know. From my understanding, Regal normally investigates when we file a film damage report with them, rather than automatically trust the distributor. Carmike, on the other hand, has always paid, whether our fault or not, film damage fees, at least they eventually pay it. I could be wrong, since I couldn't see exactly what went on, just relaying what I put together from my manager at the time, complaining about the fees.
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