Screen Machine is an 80-seat, air conditioned modern mobile cinema. It is equipped with state-of-the-art 3D digital projection and Dolby Digital surround sound. The cinema seats are by leading manufacturer Quinette Gallay.
Screen Machine tours 22 communities in the Highlands and Western Islands with a programme of current new release films. Each tour lasts 6-7 weeks. Screen Machine also appears at selected film festivals.
Screen Machine is sponsored by the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Full details of the current tour and programme, including details of how to book tickets, are available at: www.screenmachine.co.uk
Hire Screen Machine
The Screen Machine is available for public and private hires. We plan 3 months in advance. If you would like to hire the Screen Machine contact Graham Campbell, Screen Machine Development Manager, who will be delighted to discuss your ideas.
Contact details: graham@regionalscreenscotland.org Tel: 01463 720 887
Screen Machine now 3D digital!
In December Screen Machine travelled south to west London where our technical suppliers Sound Associates removed the 35mm film projection equipment and installed the new digital cinema projection equipment including 3D.
Screen Machine is now operating entirely as a digital cinema! The first tour programme includes: James Cameron's astonishing sci-fi 3D film Avatar, Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are, the award winning drama An Education, and Robert Downey Jnr in Sherlock Holmes.
For the technically minded, we have installed a Christie CP2000-ZX projector, a DoReMi digital server, and will be using the Xpand 3D system.
The conversion to digital has been possible due to generous grants from the UK Film Council and from Scottish Screen.
An article describing the conversion process will be published in the March 2010 issue of Cinema Technology magazine