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Everybody loves a great film. However, for you to get the best
experience out of it, you have to see it in movie theaters. Though
movies can always find their way in television through network
broadcasts or DVDs, only a theater can give you a thorough immersion
with the help of massive audio systems and pictures that are often
larger than life. Just like films that are being shown, movie theaters
have also undergone improvements to heighten the audience's experience. How It All Started The inception of movie theaters is closely related to the developments of motion picture itself. Besides, movie theaters would not have come to life if motion pictures did not become popular in the late nineteenth century. Another precedent was photography, which enabled the recording of a still image. Motion picture photography became available in the 1880s. The moving images were recorded on reels, eventually making the invention of better projectors necessary. Because each image is only shown for a split second before the next frame appears, it creates a fluid motion. The first areas where motion pictures were shown involved a dark room with a projector capable of rotating the film reels situated at the back. Movie theaters back then shared the space with music halls or were converted from a different establishment. Then, when projectors became more readily available, certain companies decided to create places solely for showing movies. Growing Popularity Just like early photography, motion picture films then were in black and white. Certain frames were inserted to convey the conversations or important information about what is shown since there was no audio. It was also very common to see musicians perform near the stage to add life to the movie. Movies on that era were obviously called silent films. Movie theaters at that time were also used by the government to deliver news about the war. The most important evolutions of the film industry were the ability to add sound and the color photography. Because of these, more and more people came flocking to movie houses instead of watching plays. Theater actors were also being lured by the idea of being able to perform only once but get shown to a lot of people. By the twentieth century, there were already many studios dedicated to making movies, sparking the creation of a real film industry. The creation of more movie houses naturally followed. Current Trends IMAX became a popular subset of movie theaters that began in the seventies. It was built with a massive screen five times larger than those found in regular theaters. The format was often used to show visually appealing documentaries. Regular films are fitted to play using an IMAX projector. The most important development in movie theaters is digital cinema. With digitalization, there will be no more need to change reels or use multiple projectors since the movie is already stored in a storage media. This prevents the cutting effect commonly seen in traditional theaters. Digital cinema also provides clearer pictures and will hasten the adoption of 3D movies. |