Monday, March 13, 2006

Ever wonder how movies are played at the theatre?

If you are into tech, like me, you are cursed [or blessed, depending on how you look at it] with wondering how everything works... Well today I plan on answering one of your questions [if you didn't already know] how movies are played in the movie theatre.

Well I've always wondered about this, and what sort of cool technology they'd use to change over the reels without skipping a frame. Answer? Yes, it's manual. Line up the reels and rely on a human thumb to press the switch...

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1 comment:

Tony Spencer said...

Thanks!

Most of it is a blogger.com template, with some handcrafted additions, some of which I picked up searching for how to's and other people's cool stuff