Designer: Sam Cavitt, Ryan Brown, Kyle Brown | Paradise Theater
Location: Corporate offices in Carlsbad, Calif., supporting global projects and teams
Website: paradisetheater.tv
Years designing theaters: 32
Number of theaters designed: 750+
Services provided: Performance design, space planning, acoustic engineering, sound isolation design, interior design, construction documentation, onsite collaboration and construction administration, performance verification, and audio calibration.
What makes your service and your designs unique: The faithful adherence to a set of inherently vital principles and values assures that every private cinema Paradise Theater produces is as good as it can possibly be and spot-on for each individual client. These values are: Experience Nonpareil. Every Paradise Theater will deliver the greatest private cinema experience for every Paradise Theater client based on their unique, informed requirements.
Paradise Theater will deliver the highest degree of engineering, design, support and performance achievable for every client’s unique, informed requirements and confirm all outcomes with every client. We are a team inclusive of acoustic, audio, and mechanical engineers, architectural, interior, and CAD designers, project managers, quality assurance and performance verification managers and much more.
Do you have a signature design: A Paradise Theater is a bespoke creation, every aspect rigorously matched to our client’s vision. An initial discovery process assures every Paradise Theater project scope matches our client’s desires, aesthetically, budgetarily and experientially. All designs are comprehensively documented to the highest architectural standards to assure accurate communication of design intent.
Production of Paradise Theater designs may be completed by a project’s general contractor or specialty theater construction firms. Either are overseen by Paradise Theater quality assurance project managers.
Why should integrators work with theater designers vs. attempting it on their own: The private cinema is likely the most technical, detailed, and challenging room in any residence. A state-of-the-art private cinema, even one dedicated to movies alone, represents many disciplines. Design and construction trades alone encompasses architectural, structural, electrical, mechanical, interior, lighting and more.
What are the biggest mistakes you see integrators make when doing their own theater designs: Mistake is a strong word, but there is a lot of value in recognizing your core competency and focusing resources and efforts on excelling at that. A private cinema design firm for example requires a much different business model than an integration firm.
What is the key to great dedicated theater design: Collaboration is key. We work with the most talented architects, designers, system integrators and other trades in the world by facilitating great collaboration we’re able to leverage the talents and skills of the team and this yields extraordinary results.
The ability to both zoom in and zoom out. The details matter as well as the overall holistic design. Every element of a private cinema design impacts the others so we must iterate through a design by focusing in on every detail then zooming out to ensure the design is holistically approached and extraordinary in all facets.
Thoughts on microLED trend vs. projection in theaters: There is no disputing the image resolution, light output, dynamic range and contrast capabilities of microLED displays. There are other advantages as well. There is also no disputing their popularity as we are involved in many implementations. What is of concern is what effect this technology will have on the artform of film and music as it is experienced in private cinemas. As George Lucas has famously said, “sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie.” Screen wall sound is the most important for cinema as well as music.
How has immersive audio impacted modern home theaters: Immersive audio has been an incredible catalyst to our ability to deliver extraordinary and transportive experiences. The added realism and impact of artfully produced immersive soundtrack in a private cinema environment enhances the suspension of disbelief. Immersive audio has been a favorite feature of every Paradise Theater for the past six or seven years.
