Facilities

Capacity

The theatre seats up to 33 in comfort.

The theatre seats are fitted, uniquely for a preview theatre, with fold out work surfaces. This makes the venue ideal in many situations, for instance when film reviewers need to take notes or for conferences.

Projection Facilities

The BBFC Preview Theatre can project prints in any of the following formats:

• 35 mm. Combined optical prints. With sound types Dolby SRD digital stereo , Dolby SR analogue ,Dolby " A" type and Mono.
• 35 mm. Double-head - separate magnetic sound and picture tracks. With sound types :-single track mono, two track with/without SVA Dolby encoding and three track.
• The projection room is equipped with Cinemeccanica Victoria 5 35 mm projectors, a Dolby CP 500 sound processor and QSC amplifiers.
• This equipment is found extensively throughout the cinema theatre industry.
• Our sound system is equipped with the latest red LED sound heads which are capable of handling the recently introduced cyan sound tracks.

Sanyo Multimedia Projector

The BBFC Preview Theatre has a Sanyo Multimedia projector which can project DVD , PC based presentations and VHS video from the projection room on to the screen.

The Micro Perforated Screen And Dolby Sound System

Our current screen is a Harkness micro perforated screen which has smaller perforations, which are invisible under normal viewing conditions and is ideally suited for use with multimedia projectors.

Our Harkness Micro Perforated screen was installed in 2001. To experience cinema viewing to the full, surround sound is a prerequisite. It is recommended that there are at least five speakers strategically placed around the theatre, one of which, the centre channel speaker – mainly for dialogue – ideally needs to be where the screen is.

By using a micro perforated screen, we have been able to place three speakers behind the screen ensuring a high degree of acoustic transparency. The micro perforations are such that the viewing surface is smooth as far as the viewer is concerned, while up to 5% of the screen is perforated to allow the sound to pass through unimpeded. Our theatre has a further 4 speakers to provide a total surround sound experience.

The sound is provided through a Dolby Digital Cinema Sound processor.

Catering

We offer a professional screening service and are determined to concentrate our efforts on making that perfect.

We are not professional caterers and have chosen not to provide food and drink ourselves. We believe that many companies already have established relationships with caterers and would prefer to continue to use a service they know where possible.

If you want us to supply catering through a third party then we are happy to put you in contact with firms that have provided catering for some of our other customers.