Glen
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« on: July 20, 2010, 02:59:52 PM » |
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Sorry, I know that's a vague question. There may be a job opening up near me soon and it's the only thing that's come along in ages that really appeals to me. Just wondering if anyone has advice or can recommend anything I could read up on, online or otherwise? I tried for this job a few years ago at the same cinema and didn't get it, but I was a teenager then and had had very little experience of work however since then I've had multiple jobs and some management experience which I know isn't directly related but it at least shows I have had some responsibility. Thank you.
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Rich
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« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2010, 03:29:25 PM » |
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You were only a teenager a few years ago!?!? I will buy you beer if you invite me to parties.
Film projection is serious bidness, I believe they have a guild/union/something. You can probably start there to learn a bit about it.
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Steve Lilley
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« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2010, 03:53:12 PM » |
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Go to your local mom-and-pop theater and just ask about it. I used to work at a theater in college and it was really laid back. I know you have to build the movies when they come in, and you sit up in a little room and read magazines (or at least that's what our projectionists did).
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Strang
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« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2010, 06:47:20 PM » |
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Go to your local mom-and-pop theater and just ask about it. I used to work at a theater in college and it was really laid back. I know you have to build the movies when they come in, and you sit up in a little room and read magazines (or at least that's what our projectionists did).
You're in Britain! Don't leave stuff like that out. You don't need Fart-with-a-beard to buy you anything. |
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Randy
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You had me at meat tornado.
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« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2010, 07:22:59 PM » |
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It's a dying job from what I gather, what with digital projection and IMAX coming to dominate the multiplexes. I know that AMC will train regular employees to work in projection (I did it for 5 years) and only some cities still have unions to deal with - NYC being one of them. It takes a few weeks to get threading down, and building up/tearing down films is pretty simple once you get the hang of it.
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Steve Lilley
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« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2010, 09:14:38 PM » |
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You're in Britain! Don't leave stuff like that out. You don't need Fart-with-a-beard to by you anything.
Buh? |
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Donnacha
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« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2010, 10:26:15 PM » |
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I wa sa projectionist for years. It's a very fun and pretty easy job that carries a lot of responsibility. Got too laid-back and forgot to check a loop or close the sound drum? Great, no sound in theatre 13. Everyone gets refunds/passes.
It's very easy to learn. Threading projectors is easy to follow - just do exactly what you're told, or what is says in the diagram, and you can't fail. The problem is doing it well without help, which takes a few days.
As for dying job, not as much as you might think. They still need people to upload the movies, make the playlists and monitor the digital projectors, lamp hours and sound.
Do it, Glen!
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Michael
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« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2010, 04:29:20 AM » |
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As for dying job, not as much as you might think. They still need people to upload the movies, make the playlists and monitor the digital projectors, lamp hours and sound.
Exactly. The theater I run is right in the middle of our digital conversion, and while it's sad to see the 35mm projectors get scrapped (I've been a projectionist on and off since 99), it's fun to learn the new technology. Being a projectionist is going to be really different in some respects, but if you're going for a job with film projectors, listen to what everyone else has said: it's fun and easy but stay on your toes because the slightest mistake can wreck a print and cost the theater a lot of money. |
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hayden elder
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« Reply #8 on: July 24, 2010, 06:39:31 PM » |
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we just shot a movie in a theater and the manager was bragging about how they were going to be getting rid of all the projectionists within the next year or two. they have an outside company they contract with to come in and repair anything broken and to check once or twice a week for upkeep. and they said once they have it all digital they'll just need someone to upload all the films and set the times for the week and then it'll all run by itself.
it's sad. two of my best friends in high school were projectionists at the local theater and i spent a lot of time hanging out in the booth with them and it's super sad to see that dying out.
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Neri
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« Reply #9 on: July 24, 2010, 08:10:50 PM » |
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That one scene in INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS kind of covers the "how-to" for film projection, doesn't it?
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Randy
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You had me at meat tornado.
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« Reply #10 on: July 25, 2010, 01:41:00 PM » |
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That one scene in INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS kind of covers the "how-to" for film projection, doesn't it?
For WWII-era France, sure. |
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Steve Lilley
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« Reply #11 on: July 25, 2010, 05:18:14 PM » |
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Wouldn't the projectionist stuff in INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS generally be a "what not to do" kind of situation?
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Neri
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« Reply #12 on: July 25, 2010, 06:21:50 PM » |
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Wouldn't the projectionist stuff in INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS generally be a "what not to do" kind of situation?
Well, sure. Just do the exact opposite of what they do. |
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Dan
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« Reply #13 on: July 25, 2010, 11:25:45 PM » |
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Well, sure. Just do the exact opposite of what they do.
Y'know, for years I've been looking for a job where all I have to do is [spoiler]not blow up the building where I work.[/spoiler] I think a career change is in order. |
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Steve B
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« Reply #14 on: July 25, 2010, 11:52:07 PM » |
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Fight Club also covered the what to do/what not to do as a projectionist.
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