Projectionist Extraordinaire

Directed by Anthony Gardiner. A documentary that we made at college following projectionist Mark Okakwu around for the day at UCI Surrey Quays, London.

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• UCI
• odeon
• gardiner
• projectionist
• okakwu
• mchenry
• mcdermott
• lewisham
• college
• cinema
• documentary
• film
• booth
• projection

[shane4345]

I was a booth manager for amc, easy job not hard at all this guy makes it seem alot harder than it really is. I ran a 18plex by myself not to complicated. I was the shit i must say this guy sux.

[theevilant]

well done...

[Quadrangle]

I wanna work in a cinema now, it looks great! But what is with the crazy guy under the table with headphones and trying to harrass mark at the end? Is he like the evil monkey in the closet from family guy but a cinema version that every projetionist room has one? good stuff my friend....we can edit that part out...we can edit that part out...

[theevilant]

Dear Dear quaddy, yes he is the cinemas evil monkey, we call him dohnut, and he lives behind screen 2.

[ObelyskDAN]

Haha, this is great stuff, i'm a projectionist at Cineworld Bexleyheath and I think you captured the spirit of the job pretty well.

Sometimes though, the projection department isnt such a nice place to be: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v­=bcuixRvy9GU

[theevilant]

Cheers mate. Yeah it was a laugh, was a projectionist there myself at the time, moved on to another cinema now though, as has Marky boy.

[Mxsmanic]

Nice except for the music.

[deesyphrr]

Hell, the AMC in our town is now all digital. The movies are on big hard drives. The Cinemark still uses the film style the chap in this vid works with. I don't think I ever saw a film where there was a new reel every 20 minutes switched. I was born in 1976.

[dorko225]

@theevilant

Doesn't Mark manage a Vue cinema now? Because I could honestly say I saw him

[fenny123]

hi mark i worked with you at printworks on the cinemechs, see your on kinoton now, i worked on them at norwich, they are much better, hope your keeping well mate, m .fenerty.

[falldank1]

You're actually 43 and talk like that?  I thought you'd be 15 or something.

[fcapote1111]

Did you fucking seriously say projection is stressfull you have got to be fucking kidding me dude grow the fuck up

[mathewbailey08]

Someone in the UK should get Tim Hunkin to make a video on the secret workings of each piece of projection equipment.

[oldproji]

I was a projectionist from 1958 - 1974. I started at the Gaumont Clapham and finished my last 5 years in the business at ABP/EMI Elstree studios. In my early days there wasn't shift work and ten people in the projection team to cover days off. We had carbon arcs to keep trim, changeovers every 20 minutes, tabs and masking to maintain which gave us the incentive to be showmen. Today, 1 projectionist, one feature film, 1 projector. Simple...chick.

[ChrisHippVemma]

I've been a projectionist for about 10 years. It is just a job to me now, but seeing these videos kind of makes me miss the days where I saw it as a lifestyle.

[uglymonkey360]

with a bit of luck i'll soon be a projectionist again, good to see some decent equipment. Last time i did this i was using Westar projectors with a Pearless xennon converted lamphouse