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As a result four screens, each with their own identity, all with a local flovour were created. Pelmets were used to create skyline silhouettes. Cinema 1 and 2 depicts different portions of the Tasman Bay, adopted to suit speaker placement. Cinema 1 has a crying room, a small soundproof room at the rear of the auditorium, with a large glass window. To sit in Cinema 3 is to sit on a beach with trees either side going down to the water. Cinema 4, the arthouse screen, located on the first floor, is different. It has a lower ceiling, with all the structure and services visible. The roof trusses and supporting pillars have been picked out with an urban skyline beyond. The cinema is out fitted with recling armchairs. It is also covered by the wine license, enabling patrons to take a glass of wine into the cinema.
The foyer has a curved ticket and confectionary counter in keeping with the curved art deco facade. As you move through the complex, ceiling heights rise towards the atrim leading up to Cinema 4 and the cafe. The cafe, licensed, is licensed, is located on the first floor opposite the projection room. The cafe has a low ceiling. The curved bar, contrasting colours and terracotta tiles lead to the balcony, bring another dimension, bringing the inside out again to tie up with the colours and forms of the facade.
In the auditoriums the rows are curved so that no matter where one sits, they will be looking at the middle of the screen. Each is equipped with full ceiling to floor screen baffle walls. In addition, the ceilings are covered with 50mm monaccoustic reverberation control tiles, with the rear walls covered in 50mm absorbative materials. The amplifier power in each auditorium, apart from Cinema 4, is 2400 watts. The State was the first cinema complex in New Zealand to use JBL's design programme to match the speaker systems precisely to the characteristics to the auditoriums.
The heart of the State Cinema Centre is the projection room. It is equipped with computer automation systems from the United States. The projection room also has four platters, two three-deck, and two five-deck systems, enabling up to 12 complete movies to be made up ready to go at any time. The cinema is eqipped with Dolby Stereo. A large window facing the foyer area allows patrons to see the projectors and film system operating.
Date Opened: 1936
Opened as Multiplex: 27 August 1992
Location: Trafalgar Street, Nelson
Operators: Amalgamated Theatres, Hoyts, Independent
Seating: Cinema 1 196; Cinema 2 138; Cinema
3 107; Cinema 4 74
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