SMPTE Journal ( Volume: 94, Issue: 5, May 1985)
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The Design of Audience Spaces with Predetermined Visibility Performance
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- Publisher
- SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
- Doc Type
- Journal Article
- Content Type
- Original Research
- Abbreviated Title
- J SMPTE
- Volume
- 94, No. 5, pp. 578–584
- Abstract
- This article discusses the parameters necessary for the proper design of theater audience seating. A quantitative “figure of merit” (probability of viewing) is put forth for a proposed design, with the aim of viewing a specific critical point on the stage. The floor heights of the rows can be calculated using anthropometric data for seated adults and a probabilistic model. A designer can customize the shape of the room to meet size constraints or to favor some part of the audience by establishing a contour with a selected probability of viewing for each seat, or by adjusting the viewing probability for each row or group of rows.
- Publication Date
- 1985-05-01
- DOI
10.5594/J07962- ISSN
- Print:
0036-1682 - Link
- https://doi.org/10.5594/J07962
- Author(s)
- Mert CramerUniversity of Waterloo, Waterloo. Ont. CanadaKellogg S. BoothUniversity of Waterloo
- Copyright
- © 1985 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.
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