The largest movie screen in Saskatchewan is set to undergo a digital transformation. Regina’s Kramer IMAX is undertaking renovations to support a new digital laser projector. Currently, the theatre is home to two IMAX 3D 15/70 millimetre film projectors, displaying select Hollywood favourites and documentaries on a 52 foot tall, 73 foot wide screen. Chief projectionist Trevor Ewen has worked at the theatre since the late 90s, and has been a part of some of the previous major changes, including integrating 3D technology in 2010. RELATED STORIES “To quote my father: ‘You can’t stop progress,’” Ewen said. The latest progression at the Kramer IMAX will allow the theatre to show a wider selection of Hollywood movies–not solely those shot on IMAX film. “What the laser system is going to allow us to do is it’s going to allow us to show more movies, change the movies over more often and of course, it’s going to give us access to all the movies that people are asking us about all the time,” Ryan Holota, the chief operating officer of the Saskatchewan Science Centre, said. Two IMAX 3D 15/70 mm film projectors sit in the projection room at the Kramer IMAX […]
Digital transformation to usher in new era for Regina IMAX theatre
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