TOUR OF EMPIRE 1 LEICESTER SQUARE PROJECTION ROOM

This is a tour of the beautiful Empire 1 Leicester Square Projection Room. One of the finest Projection rooms you will find. This was before IMAX came along and carved up this beautiful room, in order to screen IMAX movies when major construction work in Projection happened. Filmed in 1989. This is a historical record on how the Projection Room looked.

[@fp30e]

They were great days Tony. Hope your keeping well. Thank you for your comment. All the best.

[@TeeJayDeluxe]

Ilker taught me how to use these machines when I worked at the empire. Lovely chap. Wonder what he’s up to these days.

[@fp30e]

Hi TeeClover, Thank you for your comment. Ilker is doing very well thank you.

[@LebowskiDonny]

Remember it like it was yesterday

[@phoenixsmith6026]

lovely, theres something about analog things doing there stuff, yes digital stuff is good as well, but a green light has not got the same feels as say like in this video, film on the move at speed, a CD may sound better, but a record feels more alive so to say, its not about the age how it looks or sounds its sometimes the action taken to get the same event with anlog as it is with digital that matters.

[@fp30e]

Hi Phoenix, I totally agree with you. Thank you for your comment.

[@CF-uh2xl]

I think what's really falling by the wayside is "showmanship." There was no better venue than Empire 1 to experience it.
Whether it's opening tabs (with exact timing!) or maybe even slightly quirky bits (like the old "beware..." snipe with the snake inserted into the ads/trailers.) A slide loop touting Cineworld Unlimited cards and so on hardly sets the ambience for the show!
The dual IMAX GT laser projection is actually an outstanding piece of engineering, with the prism recombining red/green/blue found in other digital projectors eliminated. There's videos on YT showing how it's done (invar frame.) It's all automated with full daily recalibration and the screen is constantly monitored by a camera so that the system can make adjustments to keep the image aligned and in focus. More accurately than a human could...