Sridhar Kumar Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 In one of the guest lectures at my school, the filmmaker talked about how cinema industry competed with TV in the 1950's. He mentioned that 3D technology, pansensory cinema, cinemascope are some of the approaches Hollywood took to bring the audience back to theater. I googled pansensory cinema and I didn't get anything. What is pansensory cinema? Are there a different term for this. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted May 1, 2019 Premium Member Share Posted May 1, 2019 Are they talking about something like the modern gimmick where people get sprayed with water, scents, and moved around in their seats? P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Mosness Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 I think the gimmicks existing in the 50s were those like William Castle's really cheesy ones, such as "Percepto!", where there would be a small electrical jolt under the seats that would give you a little buzz. He also swung skeletons over the audience in some horror films. There was another called "Illusion-O" where you'd put on glasses to "see" ghosts in the 13 Ghosts movie. Later in the 70's there was Sensurround used for Earthquake which was heavy use of subwoofers for when the quake was in full effect. Fun stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Connolly Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 My local has been providing the service for awhile: The rooms smell of damp to enhance horror film basement scenes The chairs move and vibrate - due to minimal leg room encouraging seat kickers Surround sound is offered in the form of teenagers and pensioners chatting all the way through Interactive lighting effects are provided using various phone screens Multiple Language's offered by the "English as a foreign language" students from the local collage summer school Not being a fan of such gimmicks, i tend to watch more and more films at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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