Inside A Cinema Projection Room

I love films its technology.

Inside a cinema projection room.

I had the rare opportunity to go inside the projection room of the cygnet cinema. Reel two would be in the second projector and the projectionist would peer out of a one of the port holes in the projection booth waiting for a cue usually a blinking dot in the corner of the screen. It is common in a movie theater. Normally only the projectionist is allowed into this small secret room.

A projection booth us english projection box british english or bio box australian english is a room or enclosure for the machinery required for the display of movies on a reflective screen located high on the back wall of the presentation space. The projection room and non public areas around it are like going back in time. This room is naturally at the back of the cinema upstairs. Jon barrenechea the manager of the duke of york cinema inside the projection room the only woman cinema operator in the world appointed to london cinema.

They don t look like they have been touched much since perhaps the odeon was built. There are many interesting items including a projectionists diary of films in the late 70 s yes star wars is in there paperwork going back to the 40 s and various bits of. Reel one would be fed through the projector containing what was currently playing on the screen. The first woman operator for a large cinema has been appointed to the granada cinema tooting london which is launching an all woman week with the whole staff of the theatre and its.

Patrons sitting in the last row may even hear the sound of reel film running through the projector during the film screening.