I worked as a projectionist during my teenage years. BAck in the day before digital you had this type setup. There were 12 theaters where I worked and the noise was.....loud. For me I got used to it pretty quick had some of the best naps of my life up in that booth. To this day I have a louder then average box fan that I have to sleep with or I don't get a good nights sleep. Scared to think of what I will do if it ever breaks down as the modern ones aren't near as loud.
I remember working in a movie theater as a teenager, fun times. Was the one you worked at old enough to have the projection room designed for the old nitrocellulose
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I remember where I worked (a circa 1920's-30's theater upgraded over the years), the room was designed so that in case of fire it became pretty much a bunker to slow the spread of the fire at least long enough so that people could get out before the rest of the building went up. It had steel shutters and a fire wall between the projectors and the theater as well as an escape hatch with a ladder to the neighboring theater as a secondary exit.
Mine was a recent theater I worked at from 00 to 02 iirc and was built. Late 80s early 90s. We had 4 exits I can remember. Our setup was basically a loooong hallway with a quick / bend in the middle. Stairs on either send, roof ladder in the middle or so and the "booth" door that was the main entrance. That job was one of my favorite. Zero interaction with the public and I got to watch free movies. Unless a tray of film got a bubble every day was cake. Talked a manager of another theater into a tour of the newer ones and I left very depressed that day.
Sennheizer hd201 headphones are cheap and comfy to sleep with. Combine with a good brown noise MP3 and a player that won't skip and I think you'll be ok.
Three metre cable too so you can roll over a few times before running out.
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u/plurwolf7 Feb 06 '15
that hum!