Flatpack Festival
Film for all the senses

Secrets of the Projection Box

Sunday 24th April, 2016

BM&AG - Gas Hall | 15:45

Last year the University of Warwick’s film department embarked on a research project exploring different aspects of this world, and today will be sharing some of the stories, sights and sounds they’ve discovered.

Hair in the gate. Cigarette burns. The Maltese Cross. Projectionists inhabit a parallel universe with its own lexicon and rituals. Last year the University of Warwick’s film department embarked on a research project exploring different aspects of this world, and today will be sharing some of the stories, sights and sounds they’ve discovered.

Claire Jesson is interested in the projectionist as represented onscreen, and will be showing a selection of clips from different movies. Richard Wallace has travelled the country interviewing a range of film technicians about their work, while Michael Pigott has been capturing the unique auditory environment of the box. Finally, Alexa Raisbeck is a projectionist and artist who will be talking about how her work is informed by analogue film technologies.

Suitable for all ages.

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