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Author Topic: Getting the booth today Cody Martin Expert Film Handler Posts: 214 From: Edinburgh, IN, USA Registered: Jun 2004 posted 10-02-2005 10:02 AM                        I am so excited...the days of running out of the garage are over. Yesterday I purchases a 10x10 shed to use as my booth. This week we will be constructing the booth, and then over the fall i'll be doing all of the electrical, isulation, sound system work. This is my new booth until I graduate college :-). Anyone have any thing I should keep in mind while building the booth? Thanks, Cody  |  IP: Logged Floyd Justin Newton Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 559 From: Phoenix, Arizona, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 10-02-2005 10:59 AM                     YES-- control the atmosphere wheather it be an air conditioner, dehumidifier, or whatever, to keep everything from rusting. John P. can make good reccomendations in this area. Good luck on your project!  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 10-02-2005 11:06 PM                     Not to be a "kill-joy" on such an exciting project as your own home cinema, (and congratulations on such a project..) but a 10x10 room is a little dangerous, especially if you're doing stereo with surrounds and all. Should never have a room that can be divided completely by itself in size. If you could do some adjustments to get the room "unsquare" your sound problems will erase. You'll have sound reflection problems and dead spaces with waves cancelling each other out when they bounce around and hit each other head on. Good luck, one again. - Monte  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-03-2005 02:46 AM                        Will it be Adamesque, Atmospheric, Thematic, or Movie-Theatre Deco? Movie-Theatre-Deco is least expensive, but requires a much more completely-thought-out & unified design.  |  IP: Logged Cody Martin Expert Film Handler Posts: 214 From: Edinburgh, IN, USA Registered: Jun 2004 posted 10-03-2005 07:18 AM                        Thanks for everyones posts. Monte- I will be building a 10x10 booth. I do screening outside so the sound will not actually be in this building. William- I'm not sure i'm a theme for the booth yet. I was thinking about finding an old intermission frame and having that painted on one end of the building, but am not sure yet. Well, yesterday we got the frame up, 2 parts of the ceiling and the back wall. Hopefully we can complete it wednesday and thursday :-)..woohoo.hehe. Cody P.S. I am planning on buying some old equipment from the nonprofit theatre i work at. They have some old Altec Voice of the Theatre equipment that still sounds great, and a crapload of old seats.  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-04-2005 12:57 AM                        I see - the building will house only the projector, the screen & seating will be outside. Shoot, I was hoping for a movie-theatre-deco/industrial auditorium theme.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-04-2005 06:28 AM                     Remember the dehumidifier!  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 10-05-2005 10:03 AM                        Best conditions for film handling are between 50 and 60 percent RH. Too dry (below about 30%RH), the film can have excessive curl and is more prone to static. Too damp (above about 70% RH) and the gelatin emulsion gets softer and more likely to be abraded, metals rust or corrode, and some electronic gear can be adversely affected. Temperature is not critical. Between 20 and 25 Celsius is comfortable for most people, and cool enough for most electronic gear.  |  IP: Logged

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