Members TIKILOCKEDOUT Posted February 14, 2007 Members Share Posted February 14, 2007 I've been making documentary films for a few years and have a semi pro photography thing going on as some may know. I might be taking a job as a local cinema projectionist ... I like night work and weekend type work. Anybody done this type of gig before? It totally appeals to my better nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sense_of_henry Posted February 14, 2007 Members Share Posted February 14, 2007 Tyler Durden'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TIKILOCKEDOUT Posted February 14, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 14, 2007 Funny you say that ... it did occur to me I could splice a few giant cocks into sequences of the latest PIXAR fodder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GCDEF Posted February 14, 2007 Members Share Posted February 14, 2007 I ran the projectors at a movie theater when I was 17 or 18. Not really much to it. You thread the projector, you dim the house lights, you start the movie. If the film breaks, you splice it and start the projector again. It was a fun job in that after the theater closed, we'd run private shows for our friends. Lots of cute girls worked there and the projection booth was a good place to hang out with them. It was a great party atmosphere, at least where I worked. I don't see that you'd get much satisfaction from it just because your hobby is photography and film making though. Running a projector and seeing the same movie 100 times in a row isn't very creative or rewarding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Marshall Posted February 14, 2007 Members Share Posted February 14, 2007 Back in highschool, my friends dad was a professional photoprapher, but also owned a lot of high end video equipment. He was quite the outdoorsman in his free time. For him it was more freelance work. He got a lot of jobs shooting in remote areas around oregon, and washington. Tops of mountains, and middle of nowhere nature type stuff. He loved it, because often they would fly him out via helicoptor to areas you normally could not get to by car, and by foot would take a week or more. Not all of it was documentary stuff. A few times he was contracted to get footage to be used in movies... Of course I had never heard of any of the movies, but getting paid to do something you love can't be a bad thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TIKILOCKEDOUT Posted February 14, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 14, 2007 I don't see that you'd get much satisfaction from it just because your hobby is photography and film making though. Running a projector and seeing the same movie 100 times in a row isn't very creative or rewarding. I hear that ... I'm a film lover anyway and have a high tolerance to replay but largely it's just something to pull some extra cash in the hours that I tend to keep ... nights! And it's local ... AND it's film. I'm hardly looking to be creative as a projectionist but watching flicks for free is nice and then when I get bored I read a book - and or plan the next event for project mayhem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gil1 Posted February 14, 2007 Members Share Posted February 14, 2007 If you can get WIFi rolling in the booth, you can roll film and goof here, and it'll be like getting paid for what you do anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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