CINEMA STRUCTURE AND A METHOD FOR FACILITATING PROJECTING AND VIEWING A MOTION PICTURE
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Abstract
A cinema structure (1) comprises an auditorium (3) having a flat planar screen (10) onto which images of a motion picture is projected by a projector (12) located adjacent a rear wall (5) of the auditorium (3). Seating (14) comprising rows (15) of seats (16) are supported on tiered plinths (18) which are tiered at an angle α of approximately 25°. A front row (15a) of the seats (16) is formed in two parts, namely, a left-hand part (44a) and a right-hand part (44b) on a front plinth (18a), which is also formed in two parts, namely, a left-hand part (42a) and a right-hand part (42b). The left and right-hand parts of the front row (15a) and the front plinth (18) define central gaps (45,43, respectively) in order to accommodate the projected beam of the motion picture uninterrupted from the projector (12) to the screen (10). The rows (15) of seats (16) are pitched at a horizontal pitch (P1) of 1,300 mm, and each plinth (18) is at a vertical height (h1) of approximately 600 mm above its adjacent plinth (18). The front plinth (18a) is at a height of approximately 1,200 mm above a floor (8) of the auditorium (3). The screen (10) extends substantially the width of a front end wall (4) between opposite side walls (6) of the auditorium (3), and extends substantially the full height of the front end wall (4) between the floor (8) and the ceiling (9) of the auditorium (3).
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1-83. -83. (canceled)
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84. A cinema structure comprising a front end wall and a rear end wall spaced apart from the front end wall and defining with the front end wall an auditorium, a screen being located adjacent the front end wall, the screen extending from a lower edge to a spaced apart upper edge and from one of a pair of spaced apart side edges to the other side edge, an image projecting means located spaced apart from the screen adapted for projecting a motion picture onto the screen, and tiered seating located in the auditorium, the tiered seating defining tiering angle of the seating in the range of 20°
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rising in a general direction from the front end wall to the rear end wall. - View Dependent Claims (85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97)
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98. A method for facilitating projecting and viewing a motion picture, the method comprising providing a cinema structure comprising a front end wall and a rear end wall spaced apart from the front end wall and defining with the front end wall an auditorium, locating a screen adjacent the front end wall, locating an image projecting means spaced apart from the screen adapted to project a motion picture onto the screen, providing tiered seating in the auditorium at a tiering angle in the range of 20°
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rising in a general direction from the front end wall to the rear end wall, and projecting images of the motion picture from the image projecting means onto the screen. - View Dependent Claims (99, 100, 101, 102, 103)
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