Digital projection (Mick Corfield)
Is part of Mick Corfield Interview (incomplete)
Mick Corfield interviewed by Richard Wallace
Projectionist and BECTU representative Mick Corfield describes the moment he knew digital projectors would replace projectionists.
The time I knew that we were finished was the time when there was a problem with a projector and I was standing with my projectionist and we dialled in on the ISDN line, he sorted it out and he said to me on the phone, “All I’ve got to do is press ‘start’, shall I press ‘start’?” And I went, “I don’t think that’s a good idea, do you?” And he went, “No actually.” And then I pressed ‘start’ and then I turned round to my colleague and went, “We’re finished because if he can press ‘start’ remotely we’re finished.” So that was when it was pretty straightforward that we knew that we were on our way out.
Title
Digital projection (Mick Corfield)
Subject
digital projection
job losses
union business
Description
Projectionist and BECTU representative Mick Corfield describes the moment he knew digital projectors would replace projectionists.
Creator
The Projection Project
Source
Interview with Mick Corfield
Publisher
The University of Warwick
Date
08/12/2015
Contributor
Richard Wallace
Mick Corfield
Relation
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/24153
Format
.mp3
Language
English
Type
Sound recording
interview extract
Coverage
2005-
Interviewer
Richard Wallace
Interviewee
Mick Corfield
Date of Interview
03/08/2015
Location
Coventry
Transcription
The time I knew that we were finished was the time when there was a problem with a projector and I was standing with my projectionist and we dialled in on the ISDN line, he sorted it out and he said to me on the phone, “All I’ve got to do is press ‘start’, shall I press ‘start’?” And I went, “I don’t think that’s a good idea, do you?” And he went, “No actually.” And then I pressed ‘start’ and then I turned round to my colleague and went, “We’re finished because if he can press ‘start’ remotely we’re finished.” So that was when it was pretty straightforward that we knew that we were on our way out.
Original Format
One-to-one interview
Duration
00:00:36
Bit Rate/Frequency
320kbps
Cinema
Cineworld, 181 Broad Street, Birmingham