Special fabric is lined on the walls to keep colours consistent, although that won’t hide the fire exit signs. The main picture uses one but the wings need four. The combined image is then fired out of five projectors. They are stitched together using the clever ScreenX software. Movies arrive at the cinema in two digital files (most cinemas no longer use reels of film): one for the standard film, the other for the sides or ‘wings’. Only this isn’t just light – it’s proper video footage, composed, filmed and edited at the same time as the standard theatrical material and subject to the same CGI and colour grading efforts. It’s a similar idea to the Ambilight system on Philips TVs, which fill your peripheral vision with light. That’s a 270-degree field of view, designed to fill up your peripheral vision – theoretically making the picture more immersive. ScreenX presentations beam additional footage on the walls to the left and right. It displays the same film and format as what you’ll eventually see on Netflix. How does three-screen viewing work? The middle one is like any cinema screen. I was invited to check it out ahead of its public opening today. The first one in the UK was just installed at the O2 in North Greenwich, London. ScreenX has arrived in the UK, and it’s a multi-projector cinema experience that has you looking at three screens instead of one. It even has a Starbucks in it to satisfy your pumpkin spice cravings as you watch Daniel Craig race around dodging bullets for the last time.If you’ve ever watched a movie and wondered what’s just out of frame, you’re in luck. Screen X was a great experience, but as a personal preference, IMAX will always be my favourite.Ĭineworld in Wolverhampton has had an impressive facelift and is worth a visit. But the millennial in me will always see him as Voldemort no matter how much I try to change that.Īll in all, the move is a must watch – and returning to the cinema after lockdown is the perfect setting in which to do so. Lea Seydoux and Lashana Lynch offer up excellent performances – as does Ralph Fiennes. The only issue I have with his character is the fact that he is a scarred villain, something disability campaigners are fighting to stop. Other cast members shone through too – Rami Malek was fantastic. I found myself watching Bond race up some steps and my first thought was, ‘I would definitely need a cup of tea and sit down after that.’īut Daniel Craig – he made it look effortless. You of course have the clichés of every bond movie – the gorgeous girl, martinis and seemingly trained assassins being terrible shots. This is very accurate as the movie is an impressive 2hours and 43minutes long.ĭespite this, I was glued to my (kicked) seat for the duration. One of the first lines he utters is, “we have all the time in the world.” You could say this added to the immersion experience – I was being ‘attacked’ at the same time as Bond. The people behind are also very close – which made for a lot of kicks to the back of my seat. However, any slight movement forward and the back of the chair pings right up – sitting you to attention. Seats in the Screen X cinema can slightly recline which makes for comfortable viewing. This is a great element to their health and safety efforts – but not the best for watching a film. The only issue I had was the huge screen meant the whole cinema would light up – and it really emphasised the fire exit signs. I would like to see him attempt such a feat on the M6 in rush hour. This was great for the first establishing shot – Bond driving a car I could never afford down impossibly narrow, windy streets that seem to have no other vehicles on them. Scene from No Time to Die with Daniel Craig in his final outing as 007 (Image: Danjaq, LLC/MGM)
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