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Re: 10232 Grand Palace
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Sat, 23 Mar 2013 19:19:34 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Jean-Marc Détraz wrote:
> Hello gang,
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> Here is finally the result of my work.
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=524784>
> I build it from 2 sets. I was short of 2 16x16 tan plates as well as 2 8x16 tan
> plates, and 6 seat back seat.
> I made quite a few MODs, can you guess? I still have a full bag of leftovers.
> The piano was the BrickFair 2010 set. The popcorn machine required pieces from
> my inventory.
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> Enjoy, Jean-Marc
Hi Jean-Marc.... I love what you did!!! (What so many views and no comments?!)
The stretched out long building is PERFECT... movie palaces (what movie
theatre's of the 1920's and early 1930s of this type ) were long large
buildings... not just some store front with a few seats.
However, I'm going to critique you just a little bit, partly because I am
(besides a LEGO historian) also a movie theatre historian, and know all there is
to know about movie theatres (from Procenium, Mezzanine, Loge, Balcony, Grand
Foyer, Lobby, etc).
Movie palaces of the golden era had large 2 story auditoriums. It wasn't until
the 60s/70s that single story multiplexes first came out.
I saw an example from Eurobricks that got the 1920s movie palace look
perfectly... First of all... back then there were no concession stands... these
did not come into being until the 1940s (that's why old movie houses have so few
bathrooms... no "big gulps" available to have to make you "go").
What I would do is make it a movie palace type theatre, by having a main floor
seating (eliminate concession and piano)... and just have a small vestibule and
mainfloor seating (with stairs going up to the balcony). Between the first
floor and balcony (which are both tall spaces)... you should add a small
mezzanine projection booth that is mostly hidden, except for some headlight
bricks showing where the projection goes (as in real movie theatres).
And in the 2nd floor, make that only a 1/2 floor with a steeper slope for
balcony seating... the front half (towards the screen) would look down on the
main floor section of the theatre.
As for the procenium (the arch framing the stage/screen)... make it about 1 1/2
stories tall, more prominent, and with some kind of decoration alonge the side
and especially top.
This way you would have seating for over 25 seats.
Again, this is just a suggestion, go Google "Movie Palaces" for other ideas that
you might like.
The model for this original theatre was the 1927 Grauman's Chinese Theatre in
Hollywood, which also had a shelf (short) balcony.
You don't have to make any changes at all, since from the outside, your theatre
is much more to real scale than ANY I have seen.
Great Job and happy building!
Cheers,
Gary Istok
P.S. I give theatre tours in Detroit (which has America's 2nd largest Theatre
District).
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