Thursday 30 December 2010

Is in Earlsdon
Is the wrong side of the tamar.

Tuesday 28 December 2010

Christmas part 2. Proper turkey and stuffing this time. Only 6 vrg this time.

Sunday 26 December 2010

Review of the Year 2010 from the Mad Cornish Projectionist

At this time of the year most people will be reviewing theirs, myself included. It's been a very good year for me personally and a rather interesting on for the cinema industry as well. Below I try to look back at the news stories which I have seen and highlighted through the News Headlines on the Mad Cornish Projectionist website and try to summarise them.

Without question 2010 was really the year when both 3D and digital cinema were experienced by more of the audience than ever before, helped on by Avatar. The number of news stories about cinemas committing to one supplier or another to provide there Digital Cinema equipment were countless and continuous. This was helped with the various Hollywood studios signing up to Virtual Print Fees. Technicolor were demonstrating their new 3D system for film projectors, while Sony’s 4K DLP projector sent waves through the industry, causing Texas Instruments to release their 4K chips for Barco, NEC and Christie. And 4K was a big discussion this year, helped on of course by the work I was commissioned to do for Barco and the release of their 4K projectors. However, Kodak also demonstrated a new laser projector in the summer that they had been working on. And of course 3D glasses are becoming a fashion accessory which will become more wider marketed in 2011. It was also ten years since the first digital cinema trials were taking place in Leicester Square.

Stories in the industry also indicates that more conversions would have taken place if the equipment was available. It was interesting to talk to projectionists of multiplexes who in 2009 only had maybe one projector now having 50% digital and expecting to be completely digital at some point in 2011.

Of course the other side of that story is that it became clear in 2010 that projectionists were really going to go the way of the lighthouse-keeper and Cornish tin miner. I think it is very unlikely that there will anywhere near the same number of projectionists in existence by the end of 2011 as there were in 2010. In fact today while I was looking at material on Google there were a number of different articles relating to the demise of the projectionist. I have also seen very few projectionists jobs even being advertised this year. On a regular basis I would be asked by people how to become a projectionist, and I would given them the information, but from the middle of this year that changed and I now tell them that there is no chance that they will ever become one.

However the number of alternative content stories increased for the first time this year along with delivery via satellite of this content and that of some films. It is easy to see that this will be the news story that we will see more and more stories about.

The cinema buildings themselves were also a large part of the stories for the year. The number of former cinemas that were being campaigned to be saved seemed to be high, but there were some good stories - like the cinema at St Albans which managed to raise the money to buy the building and is now big renovated. I think that we will see more these stories too in 2011.

The news that the Government was shutting down the UK Film Council created a number of column inches as people argued why it was either right or wrong that the body that represented Film in the UK should go. In the end it is going and most of it’s powers will be handled by the BFI. These changes will give rise to new stories over the next year to follow.

But there was some good news as Warner Brothers announced that they will building a new film studios at Leavesden Studios.

Not surprisingly there were also mergers, takeovers, and closers from with in the understory. The main on in the UK was Vue being sold, although there were also says of cinema chains in other parts of the world including the US. And then there was the announcement that Technicolor were closing one of their labs, something that I’m sure we are going to see more of in 2011/2012.

Just before the end of the year with the sale of Vue, rumours started to sound about a possible sale of Odeon cinemas as well. It is quite possible that this is likely to happen in 2011. I think it is safe to say that 2011 will see more of the same as in 2010, perhaps at an accelerated rate.I think there are going to be some challenges for all of us in the industry.

If you would like to see all the news stories I put up online, then you can see them here: http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/news2010.php and also the news as distributed via Google Reader: http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/news_crawler.php.

And don't forget, I'll be here writing material and finding headlines and other information of interest or relevance for you all via www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk.

Saturday 25 December 2010

Has been given a indoor skydiving experience for christmas!

Friday 24 December 2010

would like to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas tomorrow (or today if you are a head of the time in the UK).

Thursday 23 December 2010

Has now finished for Christmas! :-)

Wednesday 22 December 2010

The act has just been sick over my laptop!

Tuesday 21 December 2010

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The Latest Cinema and Exhibition Industry News for 21-12-2010

Dear All,

Please find this weeks news headlines, the last for 2010. They are available as ever at http://ping.fm/TZfar I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas, and a very happy new year - all the best for 2011.

2010-12-21
Doubts over Chelsea Cinema inquiry - THE Ombudsman’s investigation into Burnside Council’s attempt to sell the Chelsea cinema could be suspended indefinitely while the draft MacPherson Report remains secret.
Source: Eastern Courier - Editor: VM

2010-12-21
Outlet opens drive-in cinema - The Outlet, outside Banbtidge will play host to a revival of a great American cinematic tradition
Source: Belfast Telegraph - Editor: VM

2010-12-21
The Grand Cinema Moves Towards A New Digital Era with Sony 4K - The Grand Cinema in Hong Kong is moving towards a new digital era in entertainment with the recent roll-out of Sony
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2010-12-21
GDC surpasses the 6500th mark in digital cinema server shipment to customers worldwide - GDC Technology (GDC) has delivered more than 6500 digital cinema servers worldwide
Source: Business Of Cinema - Editor: VM

2010-12-21
XDC Is Deploying the Smartjog Library and Delivery Solution in 100 Cinemas Across Europe - XDC and SmartJog links extended agreement to jointly offer an end-to-end delivery solution to exhibitors
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2010-12-21
Future promising for Regal Cinema - Newcastle Councillors last night endorsed the re-opening of the iconic Regal Cinema and voted to reconvene a committee to ensure that happens.
Source: ABC Newcastle - Editor: VM

2010-12-21
George Stewart Joins MasterImage 3D as Director of Digital Cinema - Cinema Industry Veteran Hails from Warner Bros., Walt Disney Studios and AMC Entertainment
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2010-12-21
RealD Opens Offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai - RealD Inc. (NYSE:RLD), a leading global licensor of 3D technologies for cinema, consumer electronics and professional applications, announced today the opening of new offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai. The offices will focus on the company
Source: Business Wire - Editor: VM

2010-12-21
Phase one of work at Clevedon's Curzon Cinema complete - Six months of building work to renovate Clevedon's Curzon Cinema have come to an end, opening parts of the building which have been inaccessible for years.
Source: BBC News - Editor: VM

2010-12-21
BFI to cut 37 jobs and close gallery - British Film Institute announces cost-cutting measures alongside plans to relocate library and enhance digital strategy
Source: The Guardian - Editor: VM

2010-12-21
Dolby and Sundance Cinemas Deliver the Ultimate Movie Experience - The Sundance Kabuki Cinemas showcases newly equipped Dolby 3D and Dolby Surround 7.1 auditorium with release of Disney
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2010-12-21
XPAND Offers Safest 3D Glasses in Cinema - Trusted Methods of Sterilization Deliver Germ-Free Glasses With Every Use
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2010-12-21
Southfields group hopes to bring cinema back to life - An entrepreneurial group of Southfields residents are one step closer to realising their dream of re-opening the cinema that was closed over 40 years ago after they put in a formal offer for the old Southfields picture house.
Source: Your Local Guardian - Editor: VM

2010-12-21
Mobile digital cinema travels to rural England - December marked the debut of mobile d-cinema standard screenings hosted by White Horse Pictures, the rural cinema initiative for Wiltshire and Test Valley counties in the U.K. With only an average of eight full-time screens per 1,000 sq. km (386 sq. mile) versus 22.3 screens nationally, U.K. Film Council-sponsored research identified the region of 542,000 people as underscreened.
Source: Film Journal - Editor: VM
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Bacon roll and coffee looking out on the cornish landscape - priceless

Monday 20 December 2010

Is starting out on his journey to Cornwall

Saturday 18 December 2010

has managed to get back from Bletchley. Thankfully doesn't have to do it again tomorrow as originally planned
Is off to the PPT chrustmas lunch. Fingers crossed we don't get snowed in.

Thursday 16 December 2010

Is watching Kneehigh Theatre's Hansel and Grettel at the Southbank Centre @wearekneehigh
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Hello All,
Please find this weeks news headlines, available as usual at: http://ping.fm/Vr8PW

2010-12-16
Scrabble Spells Digital for Middle Eastern Cinemas - Mumbai Co. and Top Hollywood Studios to Subsidize Digitalization over Two Years
Source: Hollywood Reporter - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Asia Faces 3D Conversion Revolution - As the speed of 3D moviemaking picks up, with more than 30 titles coming from Hollywood alone in 2011, Asia presents a challenge and an opportunity to the companies helping the region
Source: Hollywood Reporter - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Dolby Drives Digital Cinema Adoption In Greater China - 600 Dolby Screen Servers and 600 Dolby CP750 Digital Cinema Processors ordered by Dadi
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Welcome jobs boost for borough - 60 jobs to be created with new Omniplex Cinema
Source: Antrim Times - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Wanda Cinema selects GDC for a repeat order of digital cinema systems - Deployment to involve 280 digital cinema servers and 45 Theatre Management Systems (TMS)
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Prima Cinema to Offer Films Same Day as Theatrical Release - for $20,500 - The startup company hopes to install its system in 250,000 homes within five years, and has the backing of Universal Pictures, an investor.
Source: Hollywood Reporter - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Curzon launches video on demand service - The arthouse chain Curzon Artificial Eye to debut its new video on demand streaming service with Iraq War film In Our Name
Source: The Guardian - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Odeon cinema set for Dorchester's Brewery Square - Cinema giant Odeon has agreed to take open up a cinema at the town centre development, it was announced today.
Source: Dorset Echo - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
December Shipments Catapult Doremi Cinema Beyond 20,000 Units - Over 1,300 IMBs Contribute to Milestone
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
GDC and Barco Succeeded in Deploying More Than 300 Systems of Barco Series 2 DLP Cinema - DC Technology (
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Cineworld talks underway ahead of all-digital circuit - The union has started redundancy consultations with Cineworld as the company prepares for an all-digital circuit in 2012.
Source: BECTU - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Warner Bros. Pictures International Continues to Forge New Ground in Digital Cinema in Partnership with Taiwan - Building on its record of forging new territory in the delivery of high quality entertainment across multiple formats throughout Asia, Warner Bros. Pictures International (WBPI) has entered into digital deployment agreements directly with several key cinema circuits in Taiwan. Under agreements with Showtime Cinemas, Miramar WV Cinemas Co. Ltd., Cinemark-Core Pacific Ltd. and Ambassador Theatres.
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Luxury eight-screen cinema signs up to Dolphin Square - Vue Cinema will provide an eight-screen cinema with more 1,000 seats in the planned new
Source: The Weston Mercury - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Will Israeli cinema soon be scouting for more Arabs and ultra-Orthodox? - A bill earmarking 25 percent of the country's filmmaking budget to the periphery will be considered today by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation. The heads of Israel's film industry are outraged by the proposed law, branding it "populistic" and "redundant."
Source: Haaretz - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Film-makers to be asked to help with funding shortfall - Abolition of UK Film Council will see core duties passing to the BFI, with costs of attracting foreign investment levied on industry
Source: The Guardian - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Cinema plan reeled out - PROPOSALS to turn the former Odeon on Clerk Street into a multi-purpose arts venue will be on display to the public on Saturday.
Source: Scotsman - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Resort development to boast 8-screen cinema - AN eight-screen, 1,000 seat cinema is to open as part of a
Source: This Is Bristol - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Screenvision Announces New Exhibitor Agreement with Cinema Entertainment Corporation - Cinema Advertising Leader Strengthens Presence in Key Midwest DMAs
Source: Business Wire - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Italy to get first IMAX screen near Milan - Italy will get its first IMAX screen, thanks to a joint venture between IMAX Corporation and the Odeon UCI Cinemas group for the Italian market.
Source: Screen Daily - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Barco - Digital Cinema pioneer Barco has achieved a notable Guinness World Record. Its DP2K-32B digital cinema projector, already recognized as 'the brightest projector on the planet', can now officially claim this title after succeeding in a world record attempt.
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Arqiva Supports the Launch of an Independent Website for Live Alternative Content - Arqiva supports launch of LiveCinemaEvents.com an independent website connecting cinema exhibitors with rights holders
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
UCI buys the HD-Clipper for its Cinemas in Vienna - UCI KINOWELT the Austrian Affiliate of United Cinemas International has purchased the HD-Clipper to start playing the advertising in High Definition.
Source: Cinecom Systems - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
GDC Surpasses the 6500th Mark in Digital Cinema Server Shipment to Customers Worldwide - GDC Technology (
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Doremi Cinema Opens Second Manufacturing Facility - Doremi Cinema, the world
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Barco Announces Success in Asia-Pacific Digital Cinema Market - Barco is proud to announce a successful year in the Asia-Pacific digital cinema market. The company was able to secure a number of reference contracts as well as install more than 4000 projectors through out the region. 2500 of those projectors were installed in China, which helped demonstrate the company
Source: About Projectors - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
ODEON select Unique Digital - ODEON & UCI Cinemas Group has selected Rosetta Bridge TMS and Cinema Accord solutions, developed by Unique Digital Ltd, as an integral part of their bespoke digital exhibition infrastructure. ODEON have 202 cinemas and 1,802 screens across Europe and will commence a full digital rollout in the UK in Q4 2010.
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Council Leader Throws Weight Behind Cinema Campaign - Pressure is mounting on Empire to come clean and explain its intentions for Ealing's neglected cinema site.
Source: Ealing Today - Editor: VM

2010-12-16
Ulster Omniplex cinema chain plans 2011 jobs blockbuster - The largest cinema chain in Northern Ireland is to open a new
Source: Belfast Telegraph - Editor: VM
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Peter

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Monday 13 December 2010

Really enjoyed the party today.
Is looking forward to the @bksts ctc christmas party today. Work first though.

Saturday 11 December 2010

Is showing 4 x 35mm films today. Now just got to remember how it all works ;-)!

Tuesday 7 December 2010

We managed it! Everything came together in the end!
Today is an important day for the project. Hope everything goes ok!

Saturday 4 December 2010

#flix-3 are getting ready for their christmas meal
Really enjoyed his backstage tour of the #railwaychildren at Waterloo the other evening.

Wednesday 1 December 2010

has managed to break the back of his Christmas shopping today. Now for sending out the calendars and Christmas Cards.

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