projectionists
Cinema booth workers
Projectionists are the people who operate film projectors in movie theaters, responsible for threading film, maintaining focus, and ensuring smooth playback.
The role was skilled labor through most of cinema's history, requiring knowledge of temperamental equipment and flammable celluloid.
Digital projection has largely eliminated the position: The old projectionist retired when the theater went digital.
Temporary enclosed compartment
- filmMovie or coating
- reelWinding cylinder or dance
- theaterVenue for live drama
- screeningEvaluative selection process
35mm · splice · changeover · xenon · platter · celluloid · aperture · intermission
Tools for a task
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- shutterHinged window covering
- gateHinged barrier in fence
- sprocketToothed wheel for chains
threading · lamp · bulb · alignment · calibration · aspect ratio · digital · automation
Filmmaking before talkies
- talkiesMovies with audible dialogue
- nitrate filmUnstable early cinema material
- hand-crankedTurned by rotating lever
- magic lanternOil-lit painted slide projector
nickelodeon · vaudeville · cinematograph · pioneer · archive · preservation · restoration · repertory
booth
Temporary enclosed compartment
screening · 35mm · splice · changeover · xenon · platter · celluloid · aperture · intermission · focus
equipment
Tools for a task
sprocket · threading · lamp · bulb · alignment · calibration · aspect ratio · digital · automation · maintenance
silent era
Filmmaking before talkies
- talkiesMovies with audible dialogue
- nitrate filmUnstable early cinema material
- hand-crankedTurned by rotating lever
magic lantern · nickelodeon · vaudeville · cinematograph · pioneer · archive · preservation · restoration · repertory · revival house
DCI
Roman numeral 601
- serverOne who attends tables
- hard driveComputer's internal storage device
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
encoding · playlist · automation · laser · 4K · 3D · IMAX · Dolby · Christie · Sony
- entertainment workersentertainers, performers, stagehands, film crew, dancers
- theater crewstagehand, stagehands, stage hand, stage manager, stage managers
projectionistsaudiences
Assembled viewers or listeners
moviegoers · box office staff · viewers · patrons · ushers
projectionistsfilmmakers
Motion picture creators
directors · cinematographers · content creators · auteurs · audiences