Projectionists Meeting @ 2010-10-04 18:00:00
Projectionist Meeting 04/10/2010
Held in H3.55 at 18:00
Present:
Andrew, Nikita, Owen, Alex, Kath, Fergus, James & Matthew
Apologies:
Ed, Rachel, Martin, Tim D. Tim B. Robert.
Show Reports.
SUNDAY @ 18:30: GREENZONE
QUALIFIED PROJECTIONIST: Owen Rye
GENERAL SHOW COMMENTS:
- White lines at top and bottom of screen for 1/2 a second at start of R1.
- R2 started VERY OOF due to poor prefocus. Remained OOF for ~10s while looking for source of problem, only to find that it was just a matter of adjusting the knob.
- R3 had a lot of DTS issues: at one point, it was dropping/picking up every few seconds for approx 30 secs.
- Loud soundtrack blip at start of R5, likely due to no longer lacing DTS and probably not hitting SRD on control box in time.
- Missed changeover between R6 and R7 due to mental shit onscreen (exploding helicopters in a night sky..): hit run on P2 as second set of cue dots onscreen, did not down or mute so ~5s of header and footer onscreen.
TECHNICAL:
- Neither P3 button is working, meaning that to launch the KPMG video, you have to use Esc on the keyboard.
- Stability on both projectors is pretty lousy.
- Prefocus on P1 is appalling; the same may well be true of P2.
- DTS on P2 is simply not playable - it drops down to SRD and picks up again at least once a minute.
- There is also something constantly projecting onto the screen - I thought it was the data projector on the balcony, so turned it off via the lectern which seemed to work, however by the time the film was on screen the light was back on...
SUNDAY @ 21:30: GREENZONE
QUALIFIED PROJECTIONIST: Matthew Breeze
Not perfect start up.
Change over R2 to R3 missed - Foot & Head on screen and forgot to mute.
Change over R6 to R7 missed - Foot & Head on screen and forgot to mute.
DTS Sonic Stage is scratched.
See Tech issues raised in early.
Rotas
Please sign up to shows – we still need a projectionist for Thursday and Sunday Late this week and more shows next week!!!!
A.O.B.
· Films are being delivered to the Arts Centre as NFT have changed driver and they are not aware of the dump’s location. This will not change in the foreseeable future due to communication issues with NFT and that the entrance to chemistry downstairs is currently a construction site.
· We require new speaker cables as the current ones are damaged.
· The speaker matt has disappeared and we need a new one.
· Do not use the spot lights in the auditorium as they strobe.
· We need a new plastic cover for the speakers as it has also disappeared.
· The speakers need a new paint job.