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

Technical director Boris Ibañez was upstairs in the theater’s projection booth overseeing installation of the digital projection system.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 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

When the lieutenant brought in the champagne in two ice buckets, General Lobo signaled the soldier in the tiny projection booth to start the film.

From The Five Arrows by Chase, Allan