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Topic: Our Provence theater
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Jean-Marc Toussaint
Film God
Posts: 2392
From: France
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted August 02, 2009 07:34 AM
As promised in the "What film did you show..." thread on the 8mm forum, here are a few "work in progress" pics of the cinema I'm building at a friend's house in Provence.
It all started with an abandonned vaulted sheepfold below the house. Over 2008, it was totally cleaned and refurbished, with concrete injections to reinforce the ceiling and a slightly elevated hardwood floor to keep everything away from any potential humidity. The cellar is roughly 30 x 15 ft and can accomodate an audience of roughly 20 persons. The front part has been given an extra 8 inches step to be used as a small stage.
This July, I built the screen (wood frame with fabric plus black-painted plywood for masking). It is attached to a steel structure made out of an old shelving system that uses small pistons as attachements in the floor and ceiling. It's been customized in order to withstand the weight of the screen itself, the light fixtures, the speakers and a storage space for unused masking boards.
The screen in its academic/4:3 masking configuration (the masking boards can be simply clipped to the side of the screen):
With the "flat" masking and back lighting. The narrower boards can slide sideways in order to accomodate the 1.66, 1.78 and 1.85 formats:
The screen in scope configuration (it's 10ft wide) and some of the cinema seats. I decided on building units of 3 seats, attached to small platforms with teflon pads. Seat units, normally very heavy, can be moved around without much effort, so the cinema can be used for dancing, playing games, etc. When it is finished, the room will feature (pun intended) 6 units of 3 seats. You can see additionnal platforms awaiting to be fitted with seats just in front of the screen:
Looking the other way around. Two seat units (one is already painted) and the projector stand made out of two reinforced Ikea filing cabinets. I also used this method here at my Paris cinema. The heavier machine rests on a gliding panel so it can simply be pushed away in order to make way for the 16mm projector (here the Eiki Xenon). Later this year, probably around Xmas, we will build the booth with sound-proof walls:
Projector stand in detail. The heavy Portacine on its gliding board (equipped with handles and teflon pads), so it can be pushed away from the optical center in order to make way for either super 8 or 16 projectors. Shelves in the cabinets are used to store the projectors and tools on one end and some prints on the other:
This old kitchen table has been rebuilt into a multiformat rewind bench for up to 6000ft reels:
Our "a la fresca" set-up. The house being built on a hillside, we use the middle terrace as a booth, the lower terrace as the audience area with reclining deck chairs and the opposite wall, painted white, as a screen (in scope we project a 35ft wide image):
Seen here is a shot of "The Grass is Greener" (the digital camera doesn't do justice to this Technicolor print):
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But first, we'll built the partition sound proof wall to isolate the machines from the audience.
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