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ShugoWah
@ShugoWah

I really appreciate the bit in this Tech Connections video about "the lost art of projection"

back in the mid-2000s I worked at my local theater as a projectionist, and as digital has largely replaced 35mm film, it's a precise hands-on skillset that's basically gone

you really felt like a niche professional, walking around in that dark, hot concrete hallway upstairs above all the movie-goers, carefully threading and timing 14+ giant complex mechanical machines within a minute-tolerance of a constant schedule

easily the most satisfying skill I've performed with my hands as a job, you could really feel yourself improving threading speed, improving building speed and making cleaner splices, caring more than anyone else in the building about framing and volume and creating a good film experience


StrawberryDaquiri
@StrawberryDaquiri
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RoxannaRachnid
@RoxannaRachnid

I used to work at a little demi-arthouse theater back in CT that was one of the longer holdouts of traditional projectors in the area and I still remember the day seeing them get packed up and wheeled away as the theater eventually switched to digital ones, I was heartbroken. Lost a cool authentic touch for effectively a bunch of big blu-ray players.


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