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Topic: Theatre Survival Skills
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Rick Green
Film Handler
Posts: 12
From: Sacramento, CA, USA
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 02-12-2003 01:18 AM
I guess I'm mostly a lurker, you can almost count my posts on one hand. More importantly, I've been a part-time projectionist at the Crest for almost sixteen years. What I'm about to say is my own opinion, and is not necessarily a reflection of the Crest management. The staff, owners and management of the Crest are some of the most dedicated, sincere and yes, nice people I've ever worked with. Several of them, (myself included) have worked for chains such as UA and Syufy. Been there, done that, I'll take a theater like the Crest any day. To top it off, the Crest is the last full-time union booth in Sacramento. I already know Syufy's position on the IATSE.....
The owners and management know exactly what Syufy has up its sleeve. And hopefully we can illuminate the contents of that sleeve for the city fathers, who profess to be conceerned with the Crest's continued well-being. One thing that the Crest has going for it is the many live events and concerts that add significantly to the bottom line. We do run a lot of film (with Film Guard)through our three screens- and we do our best to make it "Film Done Right".
Finally, a few words of caution to the industry in general: You'll notice that I allude to my part-time status as a projectionist. I saw the writing on the wall- I have been a television professional in the capacity of camera operator, editor and now as a producer for some years.
Trust me... when the average person that I come in contact with learns of my projection background, I hear one question continually: "Why do so many of the theaters run so badly today?" I tell them exactly why, explaining that the reason the film was out of frame for a half hour was because the "projectionist" was probably shoveling popcorn or pouring soft drinks. Folks, the PRESENTATION IS EVERYTHING!! It is in that spirit that theaters like Sacramento's Crest are trying to survive. In my opinion, the public will be the ultimate loser if such theaters are allowed to perish.
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