Film Projectionist Takes to Reddit
Last night on Reddit, redditor Shiftia took to the site to open a conversation about the death of film projection:
IAMA movie theater projectionist. In a few weeks, my job will no longer exist. In less than a month, all theaters are being forced to use purely digital projectors. Projection itself has become a dying art. Feel free to ask me anything about projection, movies, or working at a theater in general! :)
770 comments at the time I’m posting this and still growing. The top comment is by a digital projectionist who points out that there is still an art to operating new, digital projectors.
As someone who worked in a digital projection multiplex... your job isn't going to be gone for long. A multitude of things can go wrong with digital projectors... they're computers!
If you’re interested in the transition from film to digital, this conversation provides some great insight.