formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
The Projection Project is a research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council which investigates cinematic projection. It documents the projectionist’s role as it passes into history, following the switch of most cinemas to digital projection between 2010 … Continued
The role of the cinema projectionist is one of great importance though often little recognition. In a new series of photographs, Richard Nicholson captures those performing the job today, as the industry transitions from film to digital. Source: Richard Nicholson … Continued
As film gives way to digital, Richard Nicholson gained access to an endangered habitat where most cinema-goers never venture – the projection box – to document the people who make the movies move Source: Keeping it reel: the dying art … Continued
The digital revolution represents the biggest shift in the exhibition sector since the ‘multiplex boom’ of the 1980s. Old-school projection booths, once the beating heart of the cinema-going experience, have all but vanished, replaced by sterile environments housing touch-screen monitors … Continued
As film reels have made way for digital files, cinema craft has changed. Researchers from the University of Warwick, working with photographer Richard Nicholson are giving members of the public privileged access to a realm most cinema-goers never venture, the … Continued
In the world of Hollywood blockbusters there’s arguably no bigger proponent of shooting on film than Christopher Nolan, and the director is turning to both 65mm and IMAX film for his next project. Variety reports that Nolan’s secretive new film is … Continued