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MOVIE THEATRE [9 records]

Record 1 2017-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupational Bodies and Committees
  • Cinematography
OBS

[MPTAC Central' s purpose] is to collectively support, guide and assist in any areas needed to [movie theatre owners and managers through out Manitoba and Saskatchewan].

Key term(s)
  • Motion Picture Theater Association of Central Canada

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités professionnels
  • Cinématographie
Key term(s)
  • Motion Picture Theater Association of Central Canada

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
  • Video Technology
  • Cinematography
DEF

A video film format(mostly 16 : 9 ratio) converted from the original movie theatre formats(e. g. 1 : 78, 1 : 85 or 2 : 35).

OBS

Digital DVD’s are now made with the widescreen format and can be watched on corresponding television screens.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
  • Vidéotechnique
  • Cinématographie
DEF

Format vidéo issu d'une conversion se voulant la plus fidèle possible du format large de la version cinéma originale (notamment les ratios 1.78, 1.85 ou 2.35).

OBS

Les DVD numériques que l'on peut visionner sur les écrans de télévision de dernière génération respectent le format cinéma d'origine.

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics
  • Showplaces and Facilities (Performing Arts)
  • Cinematography
DEF

[The] operating expenses associated with a film (the exhibitor’s calculation of what it takes to lease his theater, to staff and run it, etc.) ...

OBS

Some sources point out that those operating expenses for a movie theatre are calculated each week.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique
  • Salles et installations de spectacles
  • Cinématographie
DEF

Frais fixes d'une salle de cinéma [normalement établis] pour une semaine de fonctionnement.

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Video Technology
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

[A television video format that displays] the entire picture as seen in a movie theatre [and where the] resulting image... is much greater than its height.

OBS

On a TV screen with standard aspect ratio (4:3), letterboxed videos appear with horizontal black bars above and below the image.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vidéotechnique
  • Infographie
DEF

Format vidéo qui affiche sur un écran de télévision une image entière comme au cinéma, soit beaucoup plus large que haute.

OBS

Avec un écran de télévision conventionnel possédant un rapport hauteur/largeur de 4:3, la vidéo panoramique se présente avec des bandes horizontales noires en haut et en bas de l'écran.

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scenic Design
  • Cinematography
  • Theatre and Opera
DEF

A small or compact-sized object which can be moved rapidly, such as a piece of furniture, a vase, a radio set, a cigarette package, etc., used in theatre or movie settings.

OBS

Sometimes differentiated as hand props, action props, and set props.

OBS

prop; property: terms very often used in the plural.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Scénographie
  • Cinématographie
  • Théâtre et Opéra
DEF

Objet de peu d'encombrement que l'on peut déplacer facilement, comme un petit meuble, un vase, un poste radio, un paquet de cigarettes, etc., utilisé au théâtre ou au cinéma.

Spanish

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Record 6 2006-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Showplaces and Facilities (Performing Arts)
  • Cinematography
DEF

A movie theatre which is owned by a group of operators as opposed to one under independent ownership.

OBS

Circuit theatres generally share the same program.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salles et installations de spectacles
  • Cinématographie
DEF

Salle de cinéma appartenant à un groupe d'exploitants, à l'opposé d'une salle de propriété indépendante.

OBS

Les circuits de salle sont des groupements d'exploitants qui s'entendent pour la projection d'un programme commun.

Spanish

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Record 7 2006-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Cinematography
DEF

A speaker used for the rear sound reproduction on some home theatre or movie screen systems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Cinématographie
DEF

Enceinte employée pour reproduire le son à l'arrière d'un écran de chaîne de cinéma maison ou de salle de cinéma.

Spanish

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Record 8 2003-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Audio Technology
  • Cinematography
DEF

A microphone used for announcements in movie theatre lobbys.

OBS

term linked with the conception and development of large-format film technology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Électroacoustique
  • Cinématographie
DEF

Microphone employé pour annoncer les messages dans le foyer d'une salle de cinéma.

OBS

terme établi dans le cadre de la conception et de la mise au point de la technique du cinéma grand format.

Spanish

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Record 9 1999-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing Research
DEF

In the movie business, a combination of retailing and real estate that allows shoppers to browse for hours in a shopping mall, before or after watching a movie in one of the new-style movie-theatres.

CONT

Retailtainement means that movie goers no longer have to plan their dinner around 7 or 9 : 30 p. m. showtimes. If they want to see Titanic, for instance, it may be on five or six screens, with movie times staggered so as show starts every half hour or so. They can linger, then take in a movie, and after they leave the theatre, they can spill out into a mall filled with places to drop into and browse through.

OBS

Compare to edutainment, see also power retailing centre and high browsing.

OBS

commerce-tainment: Faye Popcorn’s coinage for "consumer entertainment".

Key term(s)
  • shopping entertainment
  • retail-tainment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étude du marché
OBS

Amusement au centre commercial. Amuse-acheteur : proposé par analogie à amuse-gueule.

Spanish

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