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Author Topic: Educating yourself for Digital Cinema Carl King Expert Film Handler Posts: 199 From: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Registered: Mar 2000 posted 05-09-2002 11:42 AM                     My question is this: What education should a projectionist who wants to remain employed with the coming of Digital Projection get for himself/herself? Maybe John Pytlak is the best person toanswer this question. Or is there someone here from an exhibitor who can answer it?  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 05-09-2002 01:11 PM                        Look for the similarities in the technology and build on those skills. Digital Cinema will use xenon lamps, power supplies, lenses, screens, and digital sound systems including processors, amplifiers and speakers. Much of the equipment will be modular, allowing on-site replacement when hardware fails. Urgent on-site repairs will need a skilled projectionist, or the system will be down while waiting for a service engineer (e.g., recent "hiccup" problems). You will still need to assemble and present shows with a sense of scheduling and showmanship. The "computer" skills required will vary with the operating system. Kodak's Digital Cinema Operating System is designed to be very "user friendly" to anyone familiar with theatre operation: http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/digital/cineOpSys.shtml http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/digital/system.shtml IMHO, Film Projection and Digital Cinema will co-exist for many years to come, so you have some time to make the transition. ------------------ John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7525A Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA Tel: +1 585 477 5325 Cell: +1 585 781 4036 Fax: +1 585 722 7243 e-mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion  |  IP: Logged

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