film projectors

Movie theater equipment

Film projectors are devices that shine light through a strip of motion picture film, projecting enlarged images onto a screen in rapid succession to create the illusion of movement.

Before digital projection became standard in the early 21st century, film projectors were ubiquitous in movie theaters: The old film projector clattered to life in the back of the auditorium.

Related
  • movieRecorded visual narrative
  • lensLight-focusing curved glass
  • reelWinding cylinder or dance
  • frameSupporting outer structure
  • screenDisplay or barrier

screening room · cinema · movie palace · drive-in movie · flickering light · kinetoscope · sprockets · filmmaking · bulb · footage · wide-angle lenses · focus · aperture · IMAX · archival footage · aspect ratio · arc lamp · 35mm

Categories
Opposites
image display technology direction

film projectorsprojection screens

Surfaces for displayed images

silver screens · television sets · receivers

media technology era

film projectorsdigital projectors

Electronic display-casting devices

smart TVs · LED displays

image capture vs. display function

film projectorsfilm cameras

Devices exposing photographic negatives

movie cameras · cinematographs · camcorders · video cameras

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G