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Topic: How Did *YOU* Become A Tech?
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Luciano Brigite
Master Film Handler
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Posts: 277
From: Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 03-05-2004 09:02 PM
I started asprojectionist on late 92, at that time I was still studying,electronics tech course, and had to leave the theatres around the middle of 93, after I got my diploma and realised that fixing electronic stuff ( mostly consumer gear, only worked with sound stuff) I decided to go back to theatre work,after some time my interest in knowing how all that works,how it's set up and maintaned, led me to ask around, most of time getting the "door on the nose" , at the last company I worked for, met some realyl decent people and with them got in touch with a few techs, both mechanic and electrical/electronics, they let me stay around in their shop and see how things are done, my boss at the comapny also gave some help since he saw I had interest in what I was doing. having electronics/electric knowledge from the previous school years helped a lot in that, with 2 years in the last company I bought a projector,put it to run for a while then dismanteld it entirely( at the time never had done that and mechanics aren't really my big deal and I'm not ashamed to day that I don't understand it in full,but i'm not giving up on that) put the thing back to run again, sold it and the person that bought it last time I heard about told the projector is running flawlessly (sp?) untill today. on my last two years in the theatre, after had found FilmTech, and the person that was my boss and the company tech quit his job, managed to identify some problems with a DA20 and have it back to work for 5 months non stop until the day I was sent to another theatre.after I got fired due to theatre closure, have been trying to survive as a freelance tech,did a few maintenance services, full booth setup and had a chance to be a tech and projectionists chief in another theatre chain. in this last one wich I unfirtunately didn't say, set up a double booth from scratch in 2 days ( one projector with tower + sound system per screen) serviced 3 other theatres, returned to the double booth to replace a stripped gear inn a Vic 4 ( No.. that wasn't my fault, the machine was sent to the theatre as is, without any revision) 10 days after the theatre oppening and got amused at myself I dismantled the entire projector, changed gear, reassembled, timmed shutter in about 2 hours ( Ok, the vic 4 doesn't have a lot of gears but I never had dismantled one before nor had that kind of thing with any projector being under pressure of an annyoing supervisor and the theatre owner wanting to sell tickets for the next show.) All what I know I learned by myself,with the help of those who let me stay around in their shops and/or told me how to proceed,learned from studying the manuals ( not all of them, only the ones I needed at the time!)available here and again asking around when I wasn't sure or didn't know how to do. I was told the following once, and think it's very true: "you didn't born knowing everything, you don't know everything and you will not know everything" Again, I'm not ashamed in saying " I don't know" when the time comes.To me each time a problem shows up it's a chance to learn something and/or practice what I know. I'll be soon doing my 4th full rebuilt inna projector and if everything goes well, wil lbe setting it up along with everything else in a brand new theatre, wich I already received lots of calls to give directions to the people that are building it up inside. if it turns out, it may even give a submission for the pics warehouse
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