The film daily year book of motion pictures (1931)
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A PERFORMANCE CHECK
FOR THEATER MANAGERS •
' Compiled by Jack Barry, Director
Publix Theater Managers' Training School
CAREFUL STUDY of this article will reveal many suggestions for checking up on theater performances. The check plays an important part in the operation of houses in the Publix Circuit.
SCREEN
(1) Blank screen. (2) Dirty screen. (3) Shaky or bulging screen. (4) Defective masking of the screen. (5) Unsteady picture. (6) Poor definition. (7) Travel ghost. (8) Flicker. (9) Poor illumination. (10) Misframing. (11) Faulty change-over. (12) Unnatural speed. (13) Distortion. (14) Dirty aperture. (15) Punch-marks, rain, scratches, thumb-prints, warped film, oil spots. (16) Slides offline. (17) Cracked or smeared slides. (18) Poor slide change-over. (19) Noisy projector. (20) Flipper late, or misplaced. (21) Sound track visible on screen. (22) Glare spots' on screen. (2) Spread light on apron.
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SOUND (MECHANICAL)
(1) Fuzzy sound. (2) Flutter. (3) Ground noise. (4) Echo. (5) Improper musical introduction to sound shorts. (6) Needle noise. (7) Sound and picture out of synchronization. (8) Faulty synchronization change-over. (9) Volume too low or too high. (10) Jerky Fader change.
(11) Noisy moving of horns. (12) Horns moved into position too late. (13) Loose units in horns.
(14) Failure to remedy "pockets" iij "dead spots."
(15) Improper framing of the transvox over silent screen. (16) Motor generator or fan noises.
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STAGE PERFORMANCE
(1) Clumsy entrances and exits. (2) Faulty line work. (3) Dancers out of step. (4) Dancers out of tempo. (5) Line arrangement for size. (6) Crooked lines. (7) Costumes not clean. (8) Voices not loud enough. (9) Miscues. (10) Faulty make-up. (11) Properties incomplete. (12) Too many bows. (13) Numbers repeated too often. (14) Poor arrangement of units. (IS) Omissions.
(16) Unplanned encores. (17) Stalling. (18) Superfluous and unnecessary "ad-libing." (19) Continuity disregarded. t.20) Similarity of dance routines. (21) Lack of contrast of units. (22) Performers visible off stage. (23) Failure of M. C. to sell an act. (24) M. C. cues. (25) Gestures. (26) Poor diction. (27) Lack of variety in introductions. (28) Announcements made too soon before applause dies down. (29) Familiarity with audience overdone. (30) Failure to subordinate M. C. to performer after introduction.
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STAGE LIGHTING
(1) Tardy or wrong size spot. (2) Over spread flood lighting. (3) (jlare from shiny surfaces reflecting light. (4) Manipulation of dimmers. (5) Spot-light halo. (6) IneflTective choice of colors (gelatines). (7) Improper lighting on transparencies. (8) flights behind scrims at improper time. f9) Failure to mask ofT-stage lighting equipment. (10) Cracked gelatines. (11) Burned out lamps.
(12) Footlights unsheltered from balcony. (13)
Spot reflection. (14) Bad contact at stage pockets. (15) Improper spotting of performers. (16) Effect machines at improper speed.
HOUSE LIGHTS
(1) House lights late. (2) Picture house lighting too bright. (3) Lights bumped on or off.
(4) Stray light from booth, house fixtures, etc.
(5) Glare spots in auditorium. (6) Color combinations.
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STAGE MECHANICS
(1) Jerking curtains. (2) Fouling of drops. (3) Failure to mask battens. (4) Noisy sheaves. (5) Improper "live" or "dead trim." (6) Unsteady stage braces. (7; Improper off-stage masking. (8) Noisy traveler. (9) Noisy lowering of drops. (10) Off-stage noise. (11) Ripped scenery. (12) Set off center line. (13) Platforms not rigid. (14) Improper storage of scenery. (15) \'isible wires. (16) Borders not trimmed. (17) Failure to draw curtains to meet. (18) Failure to mask towers. (19) Too rapid or too slow lowering and raising of curtains and drops. (20) Dirty stage apron.
PIT— ORCHESTRA
(1) Noisy entrance and exit. (2) Loud and discordant tuning. (3) Untimely elevator. (4) Lack of proper "elevator" music. (5) Wrong levels of elevator. (6) Orchestra out of tune. (7) Lack of uniformity in bowing of violins. (8) Wrong combination of instruments. (9) Ineffective speedometer signals. (10) Untidy music racks (11) Talking in the pit. (12) Tardy cueing of newsreels clip. (13) Cueing to the newsreel improperly timed. (14) Poor arrangements. (15) Inefificient use of music. (16) Selections too lengthy. (17) Leader's showmanship. (18) Glare from instruments. (19) Traps and sound effects. (20) Overplaying voice or picture. (21) Defective grouping of musicians.
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ORGAN
(1) Organ lift untimely. (2) Improper color spot for selection. (3) Music on rack disorderly. (4) Personal appearance of organist. (5) Glare. (6) Organ out of key with orchestra on co-ordination. (7) Monotony of stops. (8) No music during trailers. (9) Organist improvising and not following the score. (10) Improper control of volume. (11) Improper .selection of stops. (12) Improper selection of tempo during slide presentation. (13) Console dirty. (14) Cyphers. (15) Carelessly spotted. (16) Failure to catch direct cues. (17) Signals for change of slides not properly timed. (18) Failure to change selection after feature concluded. (19) Too long pauses before stage show or following presentation. (20) Light left burning.
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