Images: Behind the scenes at the Randall 15 theatre in Batavia
The woofers, speakers that deliver the thumping low bass sound, are more than seven feet tall, and are stacked behind the middle of the IMAX screen.
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Paul Warren, IMAX/projection manager at Randall 15 in Batavia, stands behind the four-story IMAX screen. The Randall 15 theater has 383 seats
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Warren controls the digital movies and previews with a simple keyboard and monitor.
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Paul Warren holds a box containing a hard drive that stores an IMAX movie. The Randall 15 theater in Batavia receives all the IMAX movies from a California company that supplies them on an individual hard drive. Each movie is between 150-300 gigabytes, and a computer access code allows the theater to play it only on certain dates.
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Warren controls the digital movies and previews with a simple keyboard and monitor. He can add or subtract the number of previews before a 3-D movie.
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Warren stands at the base of the 43 x 70 IMAX movie screen as credits roll for the latest Harry Potter movie.
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Paul Warren, IMAX/Projection manager. at Randall 15 in Batavia, holds a hard drive loaded with the last Harry Potter movie. Each 3-D IMAX movie is shipped from California on its own hard drive. Each movie can be as large as 300 gigabytes.
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Warren leans against the pair of digital IMAX projectors. Two are used, along with polarizing lenses, to create the 3-D effect. The projectors are liquid cooled and each has a 6,000 watt gas light bulb. The warm air is pushed through the roof. Warren controls the digital movies and previews with the computer behind him. The sound is controlled with the stacks of amplifiers at right.
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