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Written
by: Paul
Samuels |
Date:
24.11.2008 |
Paul
Samuels is welcoming his guests to the Cinerama Barn. Image by James Hyder, LFexaminer
Ever since I saw Cinerama in 1952, I was so deeply affected by it that I
only knew that I wanted it. That event sparked my interest in
photography, optics and all the rest. The final step began when I
learned of John Harvey's home setup, then the Neon Theatre, and after he
suffered his stroke, I became more determined in my small way to
perpetuate his love for the medium. A friend asked if I wanted that much
authenticity, why can't I work something out with three video
projectors? That was the beginning.
I had a building put up big enough to meet my specs, but small enough to
fit in my back yard. Inside the building I erected an 8x14 foot (2.5x4
m.) flexible frame to hold my screen and two more attached to my side
walls. The walls flex to permit my screen frame to curve from 30 to 135
degrees depending on the original medium and aspect ratio.
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Me
chatting with Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Kipnis of Danbury CT in front of my
curved ribboned screen. Image by James Hyder, LFexaminer
The screen is composed of over 300 flexible ribbons I bought in a yarn
shop, each one overlapping the one closer to the centre in order to turn
it slightly toward the audience for light reflection. Each one of my
three matched Casio video projectors are located eqidistant from its
screen centre when the screen is curved to 135 degrees.
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Projector
on the left glowing in its idle state and the main port on the right showing
my single panel projector on the top shelf and the merge shadow masks of my
"baker" projector below it. Image by James Hyder, LFexaminer
My Cinerama materials consist of "...Brothers Grimm" and "How the West .
. .", and I send the one signal to all three projectors. Each projector
blocks the part of the picture intended for other panels and provides
for the blending of the images by blurring. I have been photographing
everything else with my video camera fitted with a fish-eye lens to take
in a 120-140 degree picture. Masked to 1:2.6 the result is most
striking. I also have some fun with some of my old 35mm 'Scope films
such as the 1962 musical "Jumbo" which works very nicely, but not all
do.
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Cinerama
barn exterior. I painted the sign to look as crude and rustic as possible.
Image by James Hyder, LFexaminer
In the final analysis, I do not have Cinerama's phenominal razor
sharpness, but my ribboned screen seems to create its own vibrancy.
What is most important of all is I have fun.
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by James Hyder, LFexaminer |
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