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Bill Gabel
Film God

Posts: 3873
From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA
Registered: Jan 2002

posted 01-12-2004 05:36 PM

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Jez my projectionist get paid $8.00/hr and as the Projection manager I make $9.50/hr. I have never worked for a company in the booth even at Cinemark for less than $6.00/hr and that was back in 1989.

Thats why I stopped working in the theatre end of this business. We would get around $18.75 to run a 9-10 plex theatre. And on the low end of the scale $11.00 to run a single screen theatre and that was in the mid 90's.

Today I handle a screen room at double the 9-10 plex rate an hour. If I was not in this business I would be back doing Film Location Manager work.

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System Notices
Forum Watchdog / Soup Nazi

Posts: 215

Registered: Apr 2004

posted 06-04-2007 01:24 PM

It has been 1238 days since the last post.

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John Wilson
Film God

Posts: 5438
From: Sydney, Australia.
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 06-04-2007 01:24 PM

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Lionel Fouillen
So I just keep an eye on what's happening in the projection business, and if one day I see somebody launching a project, with the need to find a projectionist for a few hours per week on evenings or week-ends, I will volunteer immediately (even for free!).

Hey Lionel,

If that offer still stands...take a trip up the road to the Lumiere in Maastricht. They are a 'volunteer' cinema with some interesting programmes as well. I was there the other day and would help out but it's a bit far from here for volunteer work.

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James Westbrook
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1133
From: Lubbock, Texas, Usa
Registered: Mar 2006

posted 06-05-2007 06:32 PM

They say the business gets in your blood.
I'm considering getting a transfusion.
"Would you like a basket, Ma'am?"

Okay...I don't mean that. My back was aching from rassling with one of those Peavey Cs800 amps and I was grumpy. The Ibuprofen finally kicked in.

[ 06-05-2007, 10:32 PM: Message edited by: James Westbrook ]

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Christopher Crouch
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 128
From: Holywood, ca, usa
Registered: May 2006

posted 06-06-2007 03:26 AM

I really don't know what I'd do, but I OFTEN run the scenerio through my head. I have a BA and MA in history, breifly tried a more standard, non industry, desk job. However, I've never found anything that fit me as well as the theatre industry; I don't know how much of that is my love for the industry and how much is simply it's what I've become accostumed to (i.e. it's hard to adjust to a more traditional career when you've been in the theatre industry your entire life).

The film industry was never my planned proffession or goal. If anything, it was just a familiar way to make money while I decided what I wanted to do. Yet, as the years passed, it has somehow become my career.

Who knows? Maybe, I've found my perfect job. Maybe, I'm missing out on my true calling in life.

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Frank Dubrois
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 896
From: Cleveland, OH
Registered: Mar 2005

posted 06-06-2007 02:11 PM

quote: Bill Gabel
Thats why I stopped working in the theatre end of this business. We would get around $18.75 to run a 9-10 plex theatre. And on the low end of the scale $11.00 to run a single screen theatre and that was in the mid 90's.

Today I handle a screen room at double the 9-10 plex rate an hour. If I was not in this business I would be back doing Film Location Manager work.

But it looks like thats in New York? Isn't that the same place that you pay $2000/month for a one bedroom apartment? It seems like a rediculously high wage for a 1 screen theater. If I understand the $$ numbers, your making $37.50/hr? No matter where you are, thats a lot of money to project.

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Jeremy Weigel
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1062
From: Edmond, OK, USA
Registered: Mar 2007

posted 06-06-2007 09:08 PM

I have a BS degree in accounting so I would probably be crunching numbers at some accounting firm and getting migranes everyday. Not to mention have an ulser by now aswell.

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Shane Cooper
Expert Film Handler

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From: Little Rock, Arkansas
Registered: Jun 2004

posted 06-06-2007 11:33 PM

Before getting back in the industry, I was using my degree in communications and journalism as a sports reporter and columnist for a small town newspaper in Indiana. It is the only thing that got in my blood like the exhibition industry. I only left because I needed more income to support my wife through graduate school. However, I rediscovered how much I enjoyed theaters so I have never left.

I imagine if I left theaters it would be to write again full time.

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Chad M Calpito
Master Film Handler

Posts: 435
From: San Diego, CA
Registered: Apr 2006

posted 06-07-2007 12:17 AM

Well, I would probably do one or more of the following: 1) Astronomy, 2) A Musician singing and playing dance music, 3) A Professional Dancer, 4) Being a Shoto-Kan/Shito-Ryu Martial Arts Instructor, or 5) Be a DJ. I studied the first three in College and spent 10 years studying Martial Arts and got certified as a Black Belt. The fifth one I started in the mid-1980's. So, it would be hard to say which one exactly, but, if I weren't in the movie industry, I would towards being a Martial Arts Instructor since that is my secondary passion.

When I started in this business in 1998, I knew that this business was in my blood. So, I'm here to stay with the nickname "Da Kine Dark Side Evil Booth Beast".

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Paul Mayer
Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under!

Posts: 3836
From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Feb 2000

posted 06-07-2007 01:01 AM

I'm not in this biz anymore, though I do still visit people and places that are - like Dave and the gang at the Palms for the beginning of CineVegas today.

I am working at my other life's passion - airline operations. Not as a pilot unfortunately, but I'm still around the airplanes every night in the maintenance department while working for a profitable and fun little company. Can't say that about too many airlines these days.

And I'm still tutoring Japanese language students at the local community college. Not teaching anymore, though that may change soon. After three years the aviation program didn't work out, but I'm in the running to teach part-time in the Japanese program again when any of the present adjuncts needs or wants a break. Education or training scenarios seem to keep popping up in my life.

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Phil Blake
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 558
From: esperance western australia
Registered: Nov 2003

posted 06-07-2007 09:08 AM

After the drive in closed for the last time in 1986 I put away the splicer for the last time i thought. I worked with a diesel mechanic for some time before ending up driving an express mail truck for a bit then going onto long distance overnight express transport for 14 years. and then the splicer came back , with great pleasure i was returned to my hard top 3 plex , i guess the passion with film is a strong as so many of us in this forum , mine started with super 8mm when i was just a kid.

If i did leave the business , I would for sure return to the road , also another industry I did form a passion for , diesel in the blood they say !

500 miles each night dusk till dawn .

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Jason Black
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 06-10-2007 11:07 PM

I'd like to stick by my original thoughts of being a PIMP...

However... seeing that I am NOT in the business any longer.. just over two years now..

I am in Real Estate right now... and I have to say.. it's the best job I've EVER had... Our newest Community... www.waterbridgesc.com

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Carl Martin
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Oakland, CA, USA
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 06-11-2007 04:40 AM

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Mike Williams
Master Film Handler

Posts: 255
From: Knoxville, TN
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 06-11-2007 06:19 AM

I left the industry about 2 years ago and I am now involved in presales for Kronos. I love it. I get a little bit of travel - mostly regional - and have a much better work environment.

It was hard at first since I had worked with Regal for close to 10 years between the theaters and the corporate office. Not that Regal was bad, it was just time to move on.

I still do miss working at the theater a little bit. Overall, it was pretty fun.

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Louis Bornwasser
Film God

Posts: 4441
From: prospect ky usa
Registered: Mar 2005

posted 06-12-2007 02:41 PM

Well....now that Hefner is 80+ I guess I could consider replacing him in his harem.

Seriously, I would probably do very well in commercial real estate. Louis

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