"You learn to listen to the hum," says Suzanne Goodwin, talking about her job as a projectionist at the King's Theatre in Stratford.
Suzanne started out over 11 years ago at the theatre as a volunteer, "helping with the historic building and then becoming an usher for both movies and live shows".
Describing herself as "someone who always gives it a go", Suzanne therefore willingly gave it a go when she was asked if she wanted to train as a projectionist. Training under the late Bruce Cook, Suzanne remembers that "when I couldn't work something out he would say to me, 'think it through' and I still apply that to this day".
Suzanne works with two 35mm projectors, with the films running through the machines at 24 frames a second. She explains the purpose of the small black spot that you may have noticed on the screen while watching a film play at the theatre - it is a cue mark that appears to warn the projectionist that it is time to press the change button on the projector. This means that a projectionist is required to watch each movie playing very closely, so it is not surprising that Suzanne says she almost knew the dialogue from The Lord of the Rings off by heart after showing it 16 times.
Suzanne's love of the job has been passed on to her son Steve.