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Topic: Your Screening Room Pictures.
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Paul Adsett
Film God
Posts: 5003
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted July 21, 2012 08:28 PM
Thank you Michael for your kind comments.
Unfortunately it is impossible to take these kind of pictures with an actual projected picture, as the room lighting has to be turned up considerably in order to photograph the room, and under these conditions the screen picture is 'washed out'. So, as is standard procedure in all the home theater magazines, the picture is a composite. However the screen pics are the same size as I get on my screen for 4:3 and scope, and are very representative of the picture quality that I get in a darkened room with digital projection.
The screen has remotely powered masking, which I did myself. It has left and right panels which move in and out for the various widescreen and CinemaScope format ratios. There is also a movable top mask which comes down for just a little bit of top masking for 2.35 CinemaScope, and comes down further for 2.65 Technirama and super 8 scope. The curtains move on a different track than the masking and are independantly controlled. Both the curtains and masking are controlled via an RF remote. The room ceiling lighting and accent lighting is also dimmable via RF remote.
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Gerald Santana
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1060
From: Cottage Grove OR
Registered: Dec 2010
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posted February 04, 2013 02:50 AM
I've been very fortunate to have a place made available to have regular film screenings here in Berkeley. This is normally an office so, my set up is simple and portable. Today, I took a few pictures to show you what the room looks like when you come to see a film but most importantly, how I run the sound out of the projector.
Here's the room from the lobby, tonight we had a Super 8 show and watched Pigskin Palooka then, Sons of the Desert in honor of the Superbowl. There were 6 people in attendance, not bad considering it was Superbowl Sunday so, many of us prefer an alternative...watching film. Tonight, the Kodak M100 took care of it on two 800' reels:
So, the sound has to be good for these films since, the ceilings are very high and no insulation because the building is from 1918! The music has to be just right or it could come off as muddy because of the acoustics. The first thing, is to get a cable for your projector to connect into a DI box. Here is a less common 0.210 inch jack plug to RCA for the Kodak M100:
Then, I plug that into to the DI box input to clean up the sound and hum from the tube amp. You connect out from an XLR to 1/4", 3.5mm, or RCA to balance the signal:
Finally, I take the out from the DI box and connect that into a Tescam 4 track recorder 1/4" in. mic plg and the Tescam goes "line out" into a Tanberg Reel to Reel that works as a pre amp and rear speaker:
The Tescam controls both the tape player and the sound from the projector. The Tandberg, now working as a mixer, has a 3.5mm line out cable that plugs into Dell computer speakers with a subwoofer :
The speakers were found on the street then, donated to our film club!
Here's a picture of the room before the screening:
Here's a picture after:
As you can see, everyone has a great time when the sound can be tweaked so you can hear the dang song in the film! This is really a simple and portable set up for film projection and I've been doing it for a while since I got the DI box, it really helps minimize noise and feedback from grounding issues, especially in an old building such as The Tannery.
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http://lostandoutofprintfilms.blogspot.com/
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