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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"movie theater"”.
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The aesthetics of concealment : Weegee in the movie theater (1943-1950)
Between 1941 and 1945, movie theaters in the United States enjoyed a period of intense activity marked by record levels of attendance. Film scholars have explained this phenomenon by referring to the fascination exerted by "escapist" Hollywood films, which either idealized or completely negated the …
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Technology, local communities, and market evolution: The rise, fall, and perseverance of the American movie theater industry, 1896-2020
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-05-01
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UNtheater
… This led me to a program and a site - a theater on the corner of Swann St. and 14th St. in northwest Washington D.C.; a building necessitating stairs, in an area of the city that was full of artists and theaters, but which lacked a movie theater. I was compelled to design a magical …
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Going To The Movies: Immersion, Visual Awareness, And Memory
… performance? To answer this question, two model theaters were used in order to manipulate a person's assessment of being immersed in two experiments. A realistic condition used a model of a movie theater complete with curtains, seats, wallpaper, working wall sconces, and patrons. A haphazard …
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A Statistical Analysis of the Impact of Cable Television on the Use of Competing Media
… specific statistical analyses revealed that pay movie channels directly compete with local television viewing and movie theater attendance, that import channels compete with newspaper reading, and that automated information channels compete with all forms of alternate media examined. This study …
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Media Insensitivity To People Of Color: A Comparison And Contrast Of How African Americans Are Portrayed In Mainstream Media To White Americans
… same light. James Holmes, the gunman in the 2012 movie theater shooting was portrayed by the Associated Press as a “Brilliant” science student. The narrative seems to soften when White Americans commit and I want to show people that mainstream media either intentionally or unconsciously vilifies …
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Light flight : an orchestrated perception
… vs. Kindle, lectures vs. MIT Opencourseware, the movie theater vs. Netflix, etc., where does the traditional museum stand? Since the launch of Google Arts & Culture in 2011 (then called Google Art Project) and other platforms, the stronghold of material public galleries and their raison d'être …
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The impact of the media on the elderly (over 60) population in America's middletown
… computers. The elderly were very critical of the movie industry and two-thirds said they had not attended a movie for at least a year. Almost one-third of the 30-50 age group also admitted they had not attended a movie theater showing for a year, but all groups were watching movies on television, …
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Let's All Go to the Movies
Welcome to the movies! Welcome to the stars! Welcome to this grand illusion! All of it's yours. New Urbanism. Hollywood thinks you're stupid. Scientology. Retro-futurism. Taking back color from toiletries. Personal politics. Cutting off the legs of the bioscopes. The architecture of Fun. The death …
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Reality and Imagination: A Place for Blacksburg
There is nothing impossible in the world. Humans use their imagination to make their dreams come true or to achieve their desires. In architecture, a project should be completed by team effort and technology. Architects and engineers transform their ideas and imagination into an real object: space. …