projection booth

American  

noun

1. a soundproof compartment in a theater where a motion-picture projector is housed and from which the picture is projected on the screen.

2. a compartment at the rear of or above an auditorium, in which spotlights and other lighting units are operated.

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Etymology

Origin of projection booth

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

He knew the projectionist so we got to go up into the projection booth.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2023

The hall answers this with multiple stage configurations, a pop-out projection booth, elaborate lighting rigs obscured by an elegant mesh ceiling, and acoustic capabilities that can transform to accommodate acoustic or amplified music.

From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2022

In the back of the theater is a projection booth, added in the 1950s, which made the Ace one of the first Los Angeles-area movie houses able to project the larger-format 70-mm film.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2017

These films were screened at the Egyptian, with its projection booth specially refurbished to resist possible nitrate-related fires.

From Washington Times • Apr. 10, 2017

This cosmic stem of light, blossoming as my body, seemed a divine replica of the light beams streaming out of the projection booth in a cinema house and manifesting as pictures on the screen.

From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa