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The Projection Project is a research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council which investigates cinematic projection. It documents the projectionist’s role as it passes into history, following the switch of most cinemas to digital projection between 2010 … Continued
The role of the cinema projectionist is one of great importance though often little recognition. In a new series of photographs, Richard Nicholson captures those performing the job today, as the industry transitions from film to digital. Source: Richard Nicholson … Continued
The digital revolution represents the biggest shift in the exhibition sector since the ‘multiplex boom’ of the 1980s. Old-school projection booths, once the beating heart of the cinema-going experience, have all but vanished, replaced by sterile environments housing touch-screen monitors … Continued
As film reels have made way for digital files, cinema craft has changed. Researchers from the University of Warwick, working with photographer Richard Nicholson are giving members of the public privileged access to a realm most cinema-goers never venture, the … Continued
It’s always satisfying to see mainstream filmmakers fight for the team, to champion cinema itself rather than simply their own work. Martin Scorsese’s been at the forefront for years, of course, with his Film Foundation, while Quentin Tarantino has made … Continued
Is it actually over?We have heard so many tales. They inform of the dying and even the dirt-on-the-coffin demise of movie as a storytelling medium, and as a method to venture films onto our psyches. Source: How a Chicago film … Continued