Feeling like a projectionist (Mike Williams)
Is part of Mike Williams Interview (incomplete)
Mike Williams interviewed by Richard Wallace
Projectionist Mike Williams describes the qualities required of a projectionist and the associated feelings that come with the job.
I don’t think it’s the skill, I think it’s loving what they do. It’s not a skill. It’s something embedded in you. And I think you either have it or you don’t have it. And that's a deep love of providing a competent showing for the public. It doesn’t matter what the show is if the public like it and it’s presented properly that's the projectionist’s job. And that’s about it really. It, it’s not a, I felt I could do it when I walked into the projection suite the first day. I felt I’d come home. Nothing was unfamiliar, it felt right. Everything about it. With no training, and they were the first projectors I’d ever seen. But I felt right with my hand on the projector, I felt I was in the right place. And that basically has what a projectionist must feel. He must be competent and able to put on a show. Providing, providing that window on the world. That's what it’s all about.
Title
Feeling like a projectionist (Mike Williams)
Subject
personal views on being a projectionist
Description
Projectionist Mike Williams describes the qualities required of a projectionist and the associated feelings that come with the job.
Creator
The Projection Project
Source
Interview with Mike Williams
Publisher
The University of Warwick
Contributor
Richard Wallace
Mike Williams
Relation
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/7970
Format
.mp3
Language
English
Type
Sound recording
interview extract
Coverage
1956-1964
Interviewer
Richard Wallace
Interviewee
Mike Williams
Location
Cardiff
Transcription
I don’t think it’s the skill, I think it’s loving what they do. It’s not a skill. It’s something embedded in you. And I think you either have it or you don’t have it. And that's a deep love of providing a competent showing for the public. It doesn’t matter what the show is if the public like it and it’s presented properly that's the projectionist’s job. And that’s about it really. It, it’s not a, I felt I could do it when I walked into the projection suite the first day. I felt I’d come home. Nothing was unfamiliar, it felt right. Everything about it. With no training, and they were the first projectors I’d ever seen. But I felt right with my hand on the projector, I felt I was in the right place. And that basically has what a projectionist must feel. He must be competent and able to put on a show. Providing, providing that window on the world. That's what it’s all about.
Original Format
One-to-one interview
Duration
00:01:07
Bit Rate/Frequency
320kbps
Cinema
ABC (Olympia) Cinema, 67 Queen Street, Cardiff