Response to DOS 76: I am a projectionist at Cineworld (which is a UK chain just incase this a mainly american site.) Our cinema uses the platter systems. Not sure what you mean by carbon arcs, I’m not sure I’ve come across those unless they go by another name.
Response to Gerald A, DeLuca: I don’t know how the cinema in question does things but the “lights down, seating music off” system works by a sensor reading “cues” whuch are attatched to the film itself. When the projector reads these cues it does certain things like lower lights, turn the cd player off and switch the audio feed to the film soundtrack. Basically what I’m trying to say is that it’s an automated system so the problems you experienced were technical and not the fault of the projectionist. Also as a projectionist it’s hard to pick up on a problem like that as the glass between the projector and the auditorium is, of course, soundproof, and the only way the projectionist can hear the audio is on a tiny speaker in the projection room which wouldn’t have played the cd player’s audio crossing over anyway. Hope this gives you a better idea as to what happened. Also, one person shouldn’t be in charge of all 12 screens, that’s understaffing, and that IS the cinema in question’s responsability as there should be at least 2 for H&S reasons.
Response to DOS 76: I am a projectionist at Cineworld (which is a UK chain just incase this a mainly american site.) Our cinema uses the platter systems. Not sure what you mean by carbon arcs, I’m not sure I’ve come across those unless they go by another name.
I am a Projectionist at Cineworld.
Response to Gerald A, DeLuca: I don’t know how the cinema in question does things but the “lights down, seating music off” system works by a sensor reading “cues” whuch are attatched to the film itself. When the projector reads these cues it does certain things like lower lights, turn the cd player off and switch the audio feed to the film soundtrack. Basically what I’m trying to say is that it’s an automated system so the problems you experienced were technical and not the fault of the projectionist. Also as a projectionist it’s hard to pick up on a problem like that as the glass between the projector and the auditorium is, of course, soundproof, and the only way the projectionist can hear the audio is on a tiny speaker in the projection room which wouldn’t have played the cd player’s audio crossing over anyway. Hope this gives you a better idea as to what happened. Also, one person shouldn’t be in charge of all 12 screens, that’s understaffing, and that IS the cinema in question’s responsability as there should be at least 2 for H&S reasons.