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ThePlaza HDCAM/Digi-Beta 4minutes 2010 Dir/Prod/Camera/Sound:EmilyRichardson SupportedbyFACT,theFoundationforArtandCreativeTechnology,Liverpool Withthanksto:ThePlaza,Stockport TheCinemaSeriesisaseriesofsingleshotfilmsmadeinindependentcinemas.Astheshiftfrom35mmtodigitalprojectionsystemstakesplacethepositionofthesecinemasbecomingfragile.Iaminterestedincreatingarecordofthischangingrelationshipbetweenfilmandcinemaarchitectureandinsomewaycapturingtheessenceofthetraditionalcinemagoingexperience,wheretheatmospherecreatedbythecinemaitselfplaysapartintheaudiencesexperienceofthefilm. Thefilmsareallshotinthesameway,usingasingle360degreetime-lapsedshotfromthecentreofthecinemawhereafeaturefilmisprojectedwithoutanaudience.Thesoundtrackofeachfilmreflectsthefilmbeingprojected,thesoundhavingbeenrecordedintheprojectionboothduringtheprojection.Eachfilmisadistilledcinematicexperience,thesoundbecomesacacophonyofpastprojectionsandtheauralexperienceisclosertothatoftheprojectionistthantheaudience. Thisworkisacontinuationofmyexplorationofplaceanditsculturalmeaning.Usinglighttoanimatespace,focusingontheplace,theenvironmentitselfIaminterestedinwhatitcanrevealofitshistory,itsmeaninganditsculturalnarratives. ThefilmstodatearemadeinTheFuturist,Scarborough,a2000seatcinemathreatenedwithclosure,TheWooltonPictureHouse,theoldestworkingcinemainLiverpoolandThePlaza,Stockport,arestored1930’sArtDecocinema,completewithworkingWurlizterorgan.Eachofthesecinemashasitsowndistinctivecharacter,theessenceofwhichiscapturedinthefilms.Thesefilmsareanhomageto35mmfilmandthecinemaexperience.