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Topic: You know you have been a projectionist for too long when…
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Dennis Benjamin
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1445
From: Denton, MD
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 11-04-2002 07:22 PM
.....when people ask you if you think things should be brought to you on a silver platter - and you say - YES! I got 42 of them at work!.....when you find yourself explaining to a total stranger how it is 35mm film in a movie theatre projection booth and NOT a DVD! .....when someone says "Germans build the world's best automobiles - you yell out -"Projector Heads too!!" :-) ------------------
"Running through life at 24 frames per second"
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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today
Posts: 12859
From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: May 99
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posted 11-04-2002 09:19 PM
-When you discover that you are allergic to the sun-When you find anything that turns or spins round and round hypnotically fascinating. -When you find anything in the world that is even the slightest bit off-center to be frustratingly annoying since it is not perfectly "in frame". -When you start to wonder how many frames per second real life is, and how much better everything would look if you saw the world at 24 frames per second. -When you see something in real life (like a wall, painting, or a far away vista, etc) where the lower portion is noticably darker than the upper portion for whatever reason, and you are annoyed that either the douser did not open all the way or that the xenon needs to be refocused. -When you look out of a window that has a few vertical streaks and your first thought is that the world has been scratched and you'll need to call TES to replace it with a new one.
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Scott Norwood
Film God
Posts: 8146
From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas)
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 11-04-2002 09:49 PM
- your car is filled with reels, splicers, 16mm projectors, and other film junk and random bits, but you never bother to clean it out because you know than an occasion will come up where you will need to use at least some of these items within a week or two- your friends all hate you for having explained cue marks to them and thus made it impossible for them to watch a film without noticing the cues - you refuse to explain cue marks to anyone else for this reason - you have wanted to adjust the shutter timing on a TV set - you go to the record store specifically to shop for non-sync music - you will refuse to watch a movie if you know that the prints were made at Deluxe Hollywood - you have an urge to strike an arc whenever you hear clangy bells - your paperweight at your "real job" is a scope lens - you know the TES phone number by heart - you admit that all of the above apply to you
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Kara J. McVay
Film Handler
Posts: 95
From: Delaware, OH
Registered: May 2002
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posted 11-04-2002 10:36 PM
You can time 8 seconds exactly.You remember change-over sceens, even though it has been years since you have seen the film. You are very good at lip reading. You can read in the dark. All the old projector parts and other old "junk" is YOURS AND ALL YOURS. Do not touch!!!!!
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"That's a chip up the nose, Ken" Fish Called Wanda
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