Behind the Big Screen - Part 1

This 5 part episode explores what goes on behind the scenes in a movie theatre. We'll take you into the 35mm projection booth of the Hyland Cinema, show you it's inner workings, and you'll get a chance to hear from an experienced projectionist about everything to do with film and cinema.

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• Christian
• film
• cinema
• theater
• 35mm
• projector
• projection
• booth
• projectionist
• movie
• reel
• digital
• cinemascope
• anamorphic
• HD

[Olphus]

Being a projectionist doesn't seem that fun - you can't sit and watch the movie because of all the noise.

Also, what did he mean film could be much better, is there so much more you can do to improve it? I know 1080p is a digital limit right now and film doesn't have resolution at all, or...?

[KWDproductions]

Perhaps if Victor is reading this, he can respond to your question about improving film.

The way film is handled and projected, will impact the image on the screen.

1080p is the digital limit of the official HD spec only. Digital can go much higher, and will need to for digital projection to compete with film. 35mm film doesn't have "resolution" but it is estimated to be equivalent to about 7 mega pixels. 1080p HD is currently about 2 mega pixels.

[boldav45]

Wow! I always wondered how that was done in the theater. Well done and instructional.

[brasscoe76]

cool video. your projectionist was very informative.

[GentlemanlyScholar]

@Olphus Digital cinema uses 4k resolution, I believe.

[Onneff69]

The only thing I'd strongly disagree with him about is the platter system being "easier" on film than the older traditionall 2 projector reel to reel setups (although he is right about the platters contributing to more dust & dirt to the film). In fact, the major studios won't even allow an "archival" print of their classic movies to be released to a theatre that has only a platter system to show it - due to the greater wear & tear on the print - besides the extra "dust in the air" factor.

[Onneff69]

Victor has to be one of the few most intelligent and skilled "modern" projectionists I've seen or heard speak in ages (especially on YouTube) and would qualify as a *real* projectionist in the "old-school" tradition (vs. most of what's found in multiplexes today). He has a sensibility and pride along with an accurate knowledge of film & projection equpiment - things that were common (& mostly required) in the days of single huge screen theatres, pre-late 70s/early 80s.

[andresbriano]

I commend Victor´s efforts. Unfortunately that booth does not look THAT clean in the video. One thing I do envy is not having the need to label the tails of the films to know which one it is. There´s something very magical about small operations like this one. LONG LIVE FILM!

[tripjet999]

Good theaters run film, not crappy digital.

[wishwacom]

nice work ..... really good lesson ,thanks a lot ..



he is a very good teacher

[sOuLjAvIcK]

lmfao victor looks like he wants to slap the shit out of the interviewer lmfaoo

[Airboy15]

Some theaters still use this format, but the top theaters nowadays use digital. As of today, we can say film is more of a small-town format. and digital is a big-city format.

[frediswyde]

Interesting documentary,spoiled by music-why include it the video is great on it's own!!

[vic19644]

I should have mentioned the wonderful FILMGAURD film cleaner which cleans and protects film prints like every show was the first!This theatre now has curtains that open and close!We have also added Dolby digital to our sound system.I also upgraded to ISCO Ultrastar hd lenses and a curved gate!