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Barry Floyd
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posted 05-16-2002 02:03 PM

80' x 33.5' - That's the size of our drive-in screen.

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Mark Gulbrandsen
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posted 05-16-2002 03:30 PM

Grant,
Did you measure on the curve itself, or just straight across form corner to corner?

Jordon Commons Snooper Screem is way underlit. I'd venture to say its between 6 to 8 foot lamberts. Not much better on 8/70 either. The Museum Of Ancient Life's 8/70 is alot brighter mainly due to the high speed pulldown that is just a part of the Iwerks Linear Loop Projector.
Mark @ GTS

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John Pytlak
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posted 05-16-2002 03:39 PM

Mark said: "Not much better on 8/70 either."

What sized lamp are they using for 8/70? What sized screen and what gain (reflectance) is it?

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Grant Smith
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posted 05-19-2002 11:25 AM

I measured the screen along the curve, with the tape measure right up against the bottom of the screen.

I have seen one movie on the Superscreen at Jordan Commons, "Unbreakable", and didn't think there was anything wrong with the brightness of the picture. I think personal preference will be the main factor in whether people enjoy seeing movies on large screens like the Villa, Jordan Commons Superscreen, or drive-ins. Obviously people don't think the picture is dim enough to keep them away.

Here is a rough stitch of a 360 panorama of the area behind the Villa's screen.
http://www.villatheater.com/photos/tour/020515-BehindA.html

If I had measured the screen before I took the photos, then I would have taken a photo that better shows the edge of the screen, but this one gives you something of a view and it also shows the original stage.

If you look at the mural,you will see the figures of two women. I believe that the 100-foot Cinemiracle screen came right up to the wall where these women are. The curtain that hangs here may have been to mask the edge of the screen. If you look at the floor in front of the stage you will see what might be the curve of the Cinemiracle screen. I think they laid carpet down right up to the screen and it was later removed, leaving the black stuff on the floor. The Cinemiracle screen was used from September 1960 to when Cinerama was installed in July 1961.

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