Summary

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 17484
Story Slug Twin Cities 3D Theatres (05/10/1997)
Location Apple Valley, Minnesota
Format Pkg (Yest)*
Date 5/10/1997
Archive Time 52:42
TRT 2:20
Supers Apple Valley, Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota Keith Meissner, Technical Manager Mike Day, Omnitheater Director Kalley King, Reporting
Video Description (FOR AN ADDITIONAL FEE, THE REPORTER IS LICENSABLE) (MOVIE CLIPS ARE NOT LICENSABLE) Clip from old movie, sot of woman, kids with 3-D glasses, sot of man, IMAX theater, film running th rough projector, sots of people who watched the 3-D movie, kids in audience grabbing the air with their hands, shots of projector, sot of boy, sot of man, clips from another movie.
Script LEAD: Two theatres in the Twin Cities provide two very different 3D viewing experiences. Reporter Kalley King tells us about the technology that is assaulting movie viewers' senses. (Take Pkg) SCRIPT: Movie-goers in the early 1950's had a ball with 3-D. But the high cost and tricky mechanics of running the films regularly, scared many Hollywood studios away. SOT Today, audiences at the Imation IMAX theater at The Minnesota Zoo still wear funny glasses. But experts say the 3-D effect can't even be compared. SOT Keith Meissner oversees the operation of the 15,000 kilowatt projector that casts its image on a screen 6 stories high. SOT The projector runs two strips of film simultaneously....projecting two images slightly off. Then, polarized glasses and the viewer's brain help create the illusion of depth. We watched the audience react as they watched the film, "Into The Deep," SOTS Audiences report a sensation of feeling wet and cold when they watch this deep-sea expedition...the same way audiences feel queasy watching previews of "The Magic Of Flight" at The Science Museum's Omnitheater. SOT At the Omnitheater, the film format is just as large. But only one strip is threaded through an IMAX projector. The illusion of depth comes from the combination of the camera's wide angle lens and the eighty-foot wide domed screen. SOT Omnitheater director Mike Day oversees the Science Museum's own productions like "Greatest Places," which comes out next spring. SOT Day says, there's no sign of audiences tiring of the big 3-D experience. SOT END
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