Savoy Dublin - Screen 1 Lighting

ED E

(Hope this isnt a dupe, did Adv. Search)

Was at Rogue One yesterday and while it was a great flick and I thoroughly enjoyed it I was rather annoyed at the lighting.

Screen 1 has at least 5 fire escapes with the iconic green illuminated signs above them. The thing is they're insanely bright, so much so that the room doesn't really darken. Other cinemas/screens have them half way back in a depression so you get a slight glow from them, these are in full view.

Two escapes are directly beside the screen so there's no way to not have glare directly in the viewers eyes.

I've been there before many times and its never bothered me so I suspect this is new? Part of the Galactic branding perhaps? I'm all for safety, especially in such a packed environment, but it almost ruins the point of paying for the big one. Surely the emergency lights could be dimmed in parallel with the house lights so they're relatively bright and yet not offensive? Might be a question for the DFB there.

Anyone else noticed it?

Passenger

The lights are always fine tbh. As for Screen 2, I used to love it until they divided it into two separate smaller screens.

david75

Have twice had similar problems with savoy one.
If you're sitting anywhere in the middle and towards the back, if you wear glasses or have to wear 3D glasses? The same fire exit lights and the lights from the toilet along the back whenevr anyone goes in, constantly reflecting off the inside of the glasses. It's annoying.

r93kaey5p2izun

I hate Screen One. I agree the fire exit lights are too bright and there's always far too much traffic up and down the side aisle by staff going in and out the door beside the screen. It's just so distracting I avoid it at all costs now. I remember loving Screen One years ago but back then it was always packed so I'm not sure if the emptiness emphasises the issues.

There's another smaller screen also (not sure of number) where you enter at the side, about 1/4 way along the rows, with no other aisle on the other side and the light from the entrance is unbelievably bright throughout the film.

ED E

So far off topic....

Grandeeod

ED E wrote: »

So far off topic....

Sorry OP.:( I guess there's only so much to say on the lighting issue in Savoy One. Never bothers me. Won't be a problem it the plans to subdivide it go ahead.

Sad Professor

I’ve split the discussion of old cinemas into its own thread. Keep posting pics and recollections!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057709850

tony stark

Is there anything we can do to stop the capitalist pigs from splitting screen 1 in the savoy. Seriously though? Would a petition be a good start? I feel so sad about this. It's the last great cinema. I go to screen 1 for almost everything. It just feels so good there apart from the new lights

Sad Professor

I’m withholding judgment on this until we see what the actual plan is. IMC say the screen size won’t be affected. They are presumedly looking to reclaim some space by reducing the number of seats in Savoy 1, many of which nobody wants to sit in anyway because of bad angle, bad sound, etc. The place needs to be refurbished anyway with properly tiered seating.

Re: the fire escape lights, sit closer to the screen and they aren’t a problem.

Grandeeod

tony stark wrote: »

Is there anything we can do to stop the capitalist pigs from splitting screen 1 in the savoy. Seriously though? Would a petition be a good start? I feel so sad about this. It's the last great cinema. I go to screen 1 for almost everything. It just feels so good there apart from the new lights

I feel the same way. However I can also see where they are coming from in this get em in, get em out society. Maximise everything in a world where most cinema goers are used to small enough screens and a high turnover of films.

I don't think there are enough of us who appreciate that it is the last great cinema in Dublin and even Ireland. The Adelphi One in Abbey St was another great screen in the post subdivision world. A fabulous auditorium. It went quietly.

tony stark

Could they not just fix them? Everyone pays the same for a ticket but if you get in late and are seriously stuck in an aisle you're blinded. Sorry about the rant but it ruined 2 movies for me. True no one ever sits in the outside aisles unless it's a premier, but I don't predict what they're going hi do as positive judging their other operations so far. One of their multiplexes has a tiny screen and massive seating arrangement. They call it the galactic screen!!!!

ED E

I suppose if a few people actually said it to them they might consider it. A slightly dimmer bulb wouldnt be that difficult as a start.



I can see why theyd wannt split it up though, people just dont go to the cinema as often and filling it is nigh on impossible.

Passenger

Send The Savoy management an email and mention the light in question.

Sad Professor

It is a large space. They may be concerned that the exits are visible from everywhere. Many multiplexes won't even turn off the overhead cleaning lights because they are afraid of someone falling down the steps in the dark and are too cheap to put in step lights.

AMKC

I think screen 1 in the Savoy is nice it has a lovely character to it and really hope they don,t ruin it but I always preffered screen 2 over screen one just think it has better sound and its still a nice size. Will admit the new exit lights in screen 1 are quiet bright but they are also there for a very good reason. Regarding the exit lights being dimmable that ain,t possible. They are more than likely the LED ones so no bulbs that can be changed either. I do think all the Savoy screens could do with been upgraded especially the sound as it ain,t the best.
Have heard that there was two new screens in the Savoy.

Did they just basically divide screen two or does it have two new screens.

Passenger

AMKC wrote: »

Did they just basically divide screen two or does it have two new screens.

Two separate rooms with new (smaller) screens.

Calibos

They're all royally screwed within 10 more years anyway when Virtual Reality Headset screens have the resolution and FOV to do Virtual Cinemas justice and in a more mass market friendly form factor.

I might watch a Star Wars Triple Bill in a virtual recreation of a Savoy No 1 type auditorium or I might decide to watch it in the Imperial Star Destroyer Hanger Bay Cinema screen with an array of Star Fighters parked under the screen and surrounded by other viewers in Star Wars costume avatars

tony stark

The world of cinema as I knew and loved it is gone so. There's something special about the cinema experience of the 80s and 90s. That's me being nostalgic probably but there's a definite decline in the quality of output these days too. I'll find it hard to get over the death of the savoy. I think splitting screen 1 and giving the savoy a more modern multiplex feel will be the nail in the coffin. If they had savvy they'd give it a nostalgia makeover. Old posters, furniture etc. It worked for the force awakens! People love "remember when!"People will just go to cineworld as their screens are bigger on average per room. I'll end up going to the nearest suburban multiplex along with heaps of people I know who always went to the savoy for screen 1