If you want the very best in home cinema, there's a company that can design one for you. I recently spoke with Chris Walls of Indesign Theatre to find out what goes into a deluxe home cinema.
“This was around the time we were finishing off a screening room for Lucasfilm at Pinewood Studios. The room was for reviewing dailies and CGI etc for the lastfilm. It was far more technically advanced and sonically accurate than the music artist’s cinema, yet it cost less. We could see no reason why the same principles and rigorous standards couldn’t be applied to all high-end home theatres.
“When we first started talking about setting up the company, we thought it would be a compelling offer to have your home theatre designed by the team who deliver industry-leading facilities for Lucasfilm, Netflix, Apple, Sky and Abbey Road Studios. Our clients include Oscar-winning film directors, composers and sound designers, as well as the world’s biggest streaming company. We think that experience ought to give our clients instant bragging rights over their friends.
“I set up my own acoustic design company in 2014 and have since designed studios for Abbey Road Studios, Netflix, Lucasfilm, NBC Universal, Google and Spotify. Many of whom are now regular clients. I still carry out and oversee the acoustic design for all our projects and generally do the commissioning testing which then feeds into the design of the next project so that we are constantly improving. That’s the really interesting bit for me.
“The design process will normally start with an acoustic survey and thorough appraisal of the performance requirements for the build, in terms of isolation, building services, noise, room acoustics and technical integration. This determines the size, shape and construction methods required and forms the basis of the ensuing design. From there we start looking at equipment, technical and interior design & furnishing options, which is where the client often gets heavily involved.
“Audio over IP and IP-based decoding and custom-designed hardware and software integrated controllers are the norm. We only specify a handful of speaker manufacturers that we know can deliver the performance and accuracy our clients demand.”“Resolutions will increase at some point and as films are often shot in much higher resolution than they are released.
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