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Author Topic: IMAX License Richard Quesnelle Film Handler Posts: 67 From: Penetang, Ontario, Canada Registered: Mar 2000 posted 04-18-2000 10:07 PM                     Gord, or any IMAX projectionist. Do you need a special license to run the projectors? If so, how do you go about getting one or apprenticing for one? Thanks Richard Quesnelle  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-19-2000 09:31 AM                     In most cases Imax owns the equipment and then leases it to the theatre. They usually train the chief projectionist when it opens and then that person trains their own support staff. In Ontario you require a projectionist license and if it is a government facility then it must also be a first class license FYI Ontario Place is currently seeking a partimer that we will train contact Ontario Place Cinesphere Manager Gulshan Singh care of Ontario Place asap  |  IP: Logged Michael West Film Handler Posts: 67 From: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Registered: Apr 2000 posted 04-20-2000 10:17 PM                        here in nova scotia a license is required to run 35mm film commercially - although this may change in the future. at our imax cinema our chief projectionist, who has had many years experience running 35/70mm film commercially, was trained by imax prior to opening. i am the assistant imax projectionist and i too have had many years experience running 35/70mm film commercially and i was trained in imax by our chief projectionist, therefore a license is required and recommended but not really necessary. personally i believe in licenses and some sort of regulation as it tends to encourage professionalism and respect for this craft - as do/did unions in "some" sense. other skills apart from actual projection experience might be an inclination for basic mechanics and electronics, some sense of photography and basic computer skills, you should be organised with a willingness to learn.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 04-21-2000 01:53 AM                     No licence required here, just a lot of money for petrol if commuting from mainland USA. ------------------ "It's not the years honey, it's the mileage". Indiana Jones.  |  IP: Logged

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