Projectionist
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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"The final scene in the film Cinema Paradiso[1] is a montage of deleted kissing scenes from the movies shown at the local movie theatre Cinema Paradiso, where the protagonist Salvatore used to hang out as a kid, keeping the old projectionist, Alfredo (Philippe Noiret), company. During Salvatore's childhood, the audience of Cinema Paradiso can frequently be heard booing whenever there are missing sections, causing the films to suddenly jump, bypassing a critical romantic kiss or embrace. These missing sections are "censored" for being 'pornographic' by the village priest. The deleted scenes are piled on the projection room floor. Most of them are kissing scenes. At the end of the film Salvatore takes home an unlabeled film reel and discovers that it is a very special montage. It contains all the deleted kissing scenes that the village priest ordered to be cut from movies. Alfredo spliced all the sequences together to form a single film sequence." --Sholem Stein |
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A Projectionist is a person whose profession entails the operating of a movie projector. In some movie theater chains, but not all, booth work is done only by the management. The level of automation also varies by chain. Some companies feel that shows should be started manually to ensure that someone makes sure framing, sound, etc. are working correctly. Other companies make use of the available technology to cut down on needed labor in the booth.
Digital movies are still in the introduction stage of the business life cycle. Most prints are still made of physical film (several reels) that must be spliced together. Projectionists "build" movies by splicing ads, trailers, PSAs, and the film reels into one large circle of film. Projectionists also "break down" movies after their run is over, thread movies through the projector, clean projectors/the projector booth, fix any presentation problems that occur (including brain wraps, static wraps, mis-frames, sound problems, etc), and maintain humidity; especially in theaters that use ELF platter systems.
