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Topic: IMAX projectionists put on your apron and visor.
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Ethan Harper
E-dawggg!!!
Posts: 325
From: Plano, TX, USA
Registered: May 2000
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posted 11-10-2001 12:10 AM
Cinemark is begining a new policy that expects IMAX projectionists to run shifts on the floor (usher/concession/box office). Apparently it has already taken effect at the Webb Chapel theater. Has anybody else heard anything further on this?------------------
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Dick Vaughan
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1032
From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Jul 2000
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posted 11-11-2001 05:42 AM
A 40 min 2D IMAX print costs approx $25k US, a 3D print roughly double that.A 1 min 2D trailer can cost $1k US. With a few exceptions the film cost is covered as below: The theatres pay this to the distributor at the start of their screening license period but the print still belongs to the distributor and is (theoretically) to be returned them within 7 days after the expiry of the license. If a print is damaged beyond use and the fault lies with the exhibitor then they can be liable for the cost of replacement footage or in extreme the entire print. This liability includes damage because of bad handling by the projectionist or damage that can be attributed to the theatre not maintaining the correct environmental conditions in the booth. Apart from IMAX O & O theatres the projectionists and all other theatre staff are employed by the theatre owners.
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Adam Martin
I'm not even gonna point out the irony.
Posts: 3686
From: Dallas, TX
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 11-11-2001 10:23 AM
Hmmm ... let's see ...Let's assume that a large chain that runs several large format theaters pays their LF projectionist more than $10 per hour.  Someone explain to me how an hourly $10+ projectionist working a shift on the floor is more profitable than a $6 concessionist working a shift on the floor. I mean, really, I've tried to get the math to work ... Or are they doing that thing where the projectionist isn't stationed in the booth? I was under the impression that Imax requires a projectionist in the booth at all times the projectors are running, since Imax owns the equipment and doesn't want it destroyed.
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Dave Macaulay
Film God
Posts: 2321
From: Toronto, Canada
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 11-12-2001 10:27 PM
Is there any confirmation this is actually happening (that was the original post's question after all)...And, is it common practice to have the "booth ushers" (or whatever they call the kids that run the projectors) do other jobs as well in non-Imax locations? Note: Some Imax theatres own their Imax projector. A lot are leased but not all. Even in a lease the requirements for operators are not super restrictive. If you own it the operator requirements are part of the service contract - if you have one - again not too restrictive anyway. In any event, Imax is very very unlikely to come down hard on any theatre that is actually paying for a lease or service contract.
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