I was a projectionist at this theatre for 2 years, the showmanship possibilities, were virtually endless, remote start tape recorder at both projectors, the dimmers were Electrosonic, took 30 seconds to go down and or change colour, they used par38 75watt reflector lamps, there were 200 in each colour, red, amber and white. The tab (curtain) cue was 40 feet on 70mm, we had three presets for the tabs as well, small W/S, big W/S as well as two for scope. The tabs were slow and graceful, to match the lights coming up, they also took 30 seconds to close. I only left because we started showing “Beast in the Cellar” and other blockbusters like “Blood on Satan’s Claw”, I knew then, that things were being engineered to look bad
The best theatre I have ever worked in.
I was a projectionist at this theatre for 2 years, the showmanship possibilities, were virtually endless, remote start tape recorder at both projectors, the dimmers were Electrosonic, took 30 seconds to go down and or change colour, they used par38 75watt reflector lamps, there were 200 in each colour, red, amber and white. The tab (curtain) cue was 40 feet on 70mm, we had three presets for the tabs as well, small W/S, big W/S as well as two for scope. The tabs were slow and graceful, to match the lights coming up, they also took 30 seconds to close. I only left because we started showing “Beast in the Cellar” and other blockbusters like “Blood on Satan’s Claw”, I knew then, that things were being engineered to look bad The best theatre I have ever worked in.