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Jean-Marc Toussaint
Film Handler

Posts: 60
From: Paris, France
Registered: May 2008

posted 11-25-2011 02:19 AM

I'm surprised by the numbers read in the last two posts. Don't you have regulations for seating? Here, you can't have more than 8 seats between a wall and an aisle and no more than 16 seats between two aisles.

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Kenneth Wuepper
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From: Saginaw, MI, USA
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 11-25-2011 06:13 AM

The fire regulations in Michigan require that there are no more than 6 seats to the nearest aisle. Therefore the maximum number of seats between aisles is 13. The local civic auditorium got a variance for their theater and they have "continental seating". There are many seats with the aisles only at either side wall. Most people do not like these center seats as they are totally user unfriendly. Oh, Yes, the rows of seats are so close together that everyone must stand up to let you pass in front of them.

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Mark Hajducki
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Edinburgh, UK
Registered: May 2003

posted 11-25-2011 09:10 AM

quote: Sam D. Chavez
Just to be clear, I can't remember the last time I saw a stadium with a center aisle. I miss them as you need to trip over twice as many feet to get to an aisle.

The average number of seats to an aisle will be the same, so will the maximum.

The customer has to choose between the better seat for access (aisle) or better seat for view (centre), whereas a centre aisle had seats (at the wall) that were worse in both situations.

Customers using the side aisle will be less visible than those using the centre aisle. Late arriving customers will be less disturbing to those already seated. A handrail mounted down the wall will ease access for those more infirm.

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Mike Blakesley
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From: Forsyth, Montana
Registered: Jun 99

posted 11-25-2011 10:41 AM

I don't know about anyone else but the theatre I mentioned was built in the 1930s so it was "grandfathered in."

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Sam D. Chavez
Film God

Posts: 2153
From: Martinez, CA USA
Registered: Aug 2003

posted 11-25-2011 11:27 AM

That wide, no center aisle is sometimes called "Continental Seating" to dress up the concept.

It does look pretty in pictures but does not work so well, especially now with silver screens where sitting on an end seat is intolerable due to poor light distribution.

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Tony Bandiera Jr
Film God

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From: Moreland Idaho
Registered: Apr 2004

posted 11-25-2011 01:16 PM

quote: Robert Throop
My pet peeve with multi use rooms is location of the booth floor even with the floor in the back of the auditorium for "handicap access". This requires the projectors to be raised on some sort of platform. When the projectionist falls off a stepladder while loading a projector they'll need handicap access.

Yep we have that exaggerated elevation to the film projector's floor at UCI's HIB 100 but it was more because of the dual use booth. Still a pain and it does result in a steeper than necessary projection angle. Thankfully the throw and screen size make it not too bad in the keystone department.

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Robert: we would have been fined (because we might have a handicapped projectionist) if we ever did that. I even have a few theatres that had to install a $175k elevator for wheelchair access. Louis

Yep, one of the biggest jokes of the whole HIB 100 booth is we have said elevator installed as well. The Kinotons are so tall and the #2 machine is so close to the sound rack (and the machines are close together anyways) that there is NO WAY an operator in a wheelchair could ever run a show there. But since the booth's restroom is on my upper level, and the mid level used to be run for classroom use, they had to put it in I guess.

Come to think of it, the counter for the A/V use on the lower level is so high that again a wheelchair-bound operator couldn't see over it to do anything anyways.

One location where they should have pushed hard for an ADA exemption and saved a ton of money.

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Markus Ito
Film Handler

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From: San Diego, CA, USA
Registered: Apr 2011

posted 11-29-2011 03:44 PM

In our theatre we simply unscrewed the grill that directs the light to the floor and installed a blue gel between the light and the grill. This makes the light dimmer but it is still bright enough for lighting the stairs and walkways. Blue is also not as distracting as a bright white light.

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Frank Angel
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From: Brooklyn NY USA
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 11-29-2011 05:38 PM

It think those regs are probably set by local or state and like it's been mentioned, those with deep pockets can buy almost any variance they want.

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