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Jeremy Fuentes
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From: Corpus Christi, TX United States
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 02-27-2004 11:59 AM
I couldnt find a thread on this, but I just wanted to complain about regular floor employees who just dont understand the importance of the booth at all. I get pretty frustrated when things go wrong in the booth, just like the rest of you, but when an employee says something like "whats the big deal", or "why are you freaking out" it makes it even worse. The other day, the owner of the theater brought a big group of friends, family and people from his church to screen The Passion. So naturally, whatever can go wrong does. First I start it, and it is out of frame slightly, so I turn the knob, but I turned it the wrong way, so I had to turn it all the way back around to get the picture centered. So I fix that. I check the sound and picture and platters for a while, then head to the auditorium to check there, when an employee tells me the owner said that it is out of focus. So I go all the way back up, and the little arm that keeps the turret from opening was not in place, causing the lens to shake a little bit. I ran the show the night before, to avoid all these problems when they were gonna be here, and not a single thing went wrong. So when I finally get downstairs, an employee has the nerve to ask me "Why are you all stressed out for?" I just walked away. Does this ever happen to any of you, when the unexpected happens in the booth?
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Brad Allen
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posted 02-27-2004 02:16 PM
quote: First I start it, and it is out of frame slightly, so I turn the knob, but I turned it the wrong way, so I had to turn it all the way back around to get the picture centered. So I fix that. I check the sound and picture and platters for a while, then head to the auditorium to check there, when an employee tells me the owner said that it is out of focus. So I go all the way back up, and the little arm that keeps the turret from opening was not in place, causing the lens to shake a little bit.
Jeremy, not to pick on you, but everything you listed here is basically your fault. Take it as a learning experience. These are things you should of noticed and or been able to avoid to begin with.
If you had checked the position of the framing knob and or intermittent, you would have known it was at one end of it's travel, before you threaded. And the next question is, why was it so far from centered to begin with, someone regularly threads out of frame?
You should of double checked the turret catch before pressing the start button.
Etc.
It's good that these things churn your stomach, but it can be avoided.
You'll save yourself from the need to purchase tums on an ongoing basis.
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Jeremy Fuentes
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From: Corpus Christi, TX United States
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posted 02-27-2004 02:24 PM
Brad, you are right, it was all my fault. And yes, my backup projectionists threads out of frame alot, after I showed him how not to. All that should have been avoided, it was before that showing, and it has been after that showing. I dont know what happened, there is no excuse, so I wont try and make one up. It just makes me look like I dont know what the hell Im doing, and then to have someone ask me why Im stressed about it. I guess, because to them its a job, but to me, this is my career. All that a few days after the owner said he wants me to take some courses to learn tech stuff, so I can be the tech for his theaters. I know it doesnt seem like it from my mistakes in my post, but I am alot better at my job than that. Just chalk it up to experience like you said. Thanks.
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