I knew I loved movies, I loved going to the theaters.

When the opportunity presented itself to work at a movie theater, I was very excited about it I actually quit another job to do it.

But I never expected it to take me this far.

This is a plastic reel that we do not project from.

This is just for storage.

This is essentially what that will look like, where this comes down and taps into this pattern right here.

So the film will go through this in that format, come through all of these areas.

I think there's a lot of misconceptions about what projectionists are and what we do, because so many theaters around the country and around the world have become automated for the most part.

What we do here at the Sie FilmCenter is we have so many special events, so many things that we do have to be done manually by a team of projectionists.

Running 35 millimeter is a performance.

You are rehearsing by checking out your cues and your timing.

So when it is that moment when you're presenting the film to the audience, you have to be on top of it.

You have to be aware of every little thing that's happening.

Make sure that every piece of film goes through the projector properly and that when your cues hit, you are hitting those on the right time to make that seamless transition.

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Being able to handle that type of film, that type of format in its best quality that the director intended, it's fantastic.

I love being able to handle 35 millimeter here.

One of the last theaters to be able to do it here in Denver.

And we try to do it as often as we can, and we get the audience for it.

People want to see that people understand that that is a rare opportunity, but also the quality is is worthwhile.

I've always liked being behind the scenes.

I like knowing that my work is being appreciated and realized by hundreds of people at a time, but I don't really need it to be something that I get recognition for.

We work with a lot of filmmakers directly, so where they're playing and showing their their films for the first time, whether it's a short or a feature in our film fest or just doing a premiere as a special event, we're working directly with a lot of filmmakers to make sure that their their vision, their art is being exhibited in the manner that they wanted.

They can feel comfortable knowing that they've finalized their product, they've handed it off.

And then when they sit in the audience with all their friends and family, showcasing it, sometimes for the first time, doing their premieres during a festival, they know that they're going to see it in its best quality and how they intended.

And that's just that makes me feel really good.