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Author Topic: Pretty soon, you'll no longer have film,' projectionist predicts Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-01-2003 10:53 PM                        So how many of us have written to jcho@plaind.com to give this person a clue?? Everything else besides the threading is done by machine....yeah, all the building up, tearing down, film-guard-pad-soaking, cleaning, removing other people's automation cues, etc. Where can I get this machine?  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-01-2003 10:59 PM                     And... pretty soon we won't need theater managers either! It used to be they had to count this green stuff called "money" and watch out for these strange people called "employees" but no longer. Manager's jobs are all done by computers over the internet. Customers hook into the movie exhibitors website and pay by credit card. They print out an "electronic ticket". When they get to the theater they slip their electronic ticket into a slot next to the door of the auditorium. All the financial transactions are done in advance by computer. Nowadays, one technician can keep ten or more theaters running single handedly, only having to enter the building when some (redundant) "popcorn shucker" breaks the equipment!  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 09-01-2003 11:02 PM                       Yes, Randy. Don't forget that magic prediction word: "will". They WILL have this, and the equipment WILL do that... as if they already know what's going to happen. That's always irked me.  |  IP: Logged George Roher Master Film Handler Posts: 266 From: Washington DC Registered: Jul 99 posted 09-02-2003 12:20 AM                     And they don't need live people to clean theatres anymore either. The Sharper Image is selling robot vacuum cleaners that run by themselves.  |  IP: Logged Chris Hipp Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1462 From: Mesquite, Tx (east of Dallas) Registered: Jul 2003 posted 09-02-2003 12:27 AM                     Robot vaccum cleaners?? I thought the thrifty way to do it now is to not even clean.  |  IP: Logged Hillary Charles Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 748 From: York, PA, USA Registered: Feb 2001 posted 09-02-2003 04:46 AM                     Tim, When they nostalgically talk about two projectors, it seemed to me they meant 20 minute reels. That's why the splicing part in that sentence confused me. Since my only professional booth experience is the 20 minute changeover, reading that description of 6,000 reel/changeovers, I feel REALLY out of it (as if platters didn't do that enough ).  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 09-02-2003 05:58 AM                        quote: Chris is extremely compotent What does that mean? Compotent is not in my dictionary. Did you mean impotent?  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-02-2003 06:30 AM                        I think that this is a case of bad reporting. Not counting DLP (which isn't really a commercially viable product yet), have there been _any_ significant changes in cinema automation since the '80s? If anything, I'd guess that running a first-class booth has become harder since then, as sound systems have become better and more sophisticated. Sure, there are probably fewer all-manual houses as a per centage of the total now than there were twenty years ago, but automation equipment and platters/large reels all existed at that time. And, arguably, the automated multiplex may be "easier" to run than a manual single-screen, but I believe that it requires a more knowlegeable and resourceful operator to be able to keep 10-20 screens in top shape and to fix any problems that may arise. And just because the multiplexes are automated doesn't mean that all booths are (or even need to be). There are still lots of manual booths out there, and many of these are used for once- or twice-only showings, and so will never benefit from automation.  |  IP: Logged Sean McKinnon Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1712 From: Peabody Massachusetts Registered: Sep 2000 posted 09-02-2003 12:17 PM                        Sorry for the spelling error, I guess I am not a competent speller. In case your still curious; competent: ADJECTIVE: 1. Properly or sufficiently qualified; capable: a competent typist. OTHER FORMS: competently  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 09-02-2003 01:23 PM                        Not the first time Film-Tech people have been upset with articles in the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper: Bill Lammers Discussion 1 Bill Lammers Discussion 2  |  IP: Logged William H. Ward Film Handler Posts: 27 From: SAn Antonio, Texas Registered: Jul 2003 posted 09-09-2003 06:47 PM                     It is all going DVD as soon as they refine the security measure for one thing and the other is refinement of the video projection process. I understand they have a theatre in Las Vegas, a multiplex, that is total video. I also understand they are working with HD projectors for theatre use. Bye Bye film....  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 09-09-2003 07:15 PM                    and how many screens do we have in the world. Multiply that by $150,000. or look at it this way if you have a theater chain with 35,000 screens multiplied by $150,000 = $52,500,000. Hell they still owe that for loans on builds.  |  IP: Logged

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