Cinemation, a 3-D movie with virtual effects, hit campus on Friday with shows running from 3-9 p.m. It is the only mobile 3-D theatre powered by generators in the country that travels and tours the entire nation.
“They are only five minute shows that the students can catch in-between classes, and it’s free, so they don’t have to worry about a thing,” Katrina Cottrell, entertainment technician, said.
Produced by Kramer Entertainment, the company is based in Grand Rapids, MI. The screen, purchased from Disney, is intended to give off a more realistic experience.
If it rains in the movie, mist will be sprayed. When something whizzes by a person, there is air blown on the neck and there are little whippers that whip your legs
as a form of a scare tactic.
“I thought it was pretty neat how the water sprayed all over me. It felt real; as if I were there,” Jess Watson, freshman, said.
Cottrell, who travels with another technician, is used to putting on shows almost once a day and is used to traveling all across the country due to her old truck driving days.
“I am used to this kind of work, except that now I have to take a month’s worth of clothes to any place I go. And you know a girl needs everything. But it’s fun for someone who really has no responsibility,” Cottrell said.
To put on the shows, it costs anywhere from $4000 – $7000 to rent Cinemation for the day.
“I thought it was worth it and I’d definitely go see it again,” Tony Yuschak, sophomore, said.
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