2018 was the 40th anniversary of the formation of an association for the giant screen industry, and Mary Jane Dodge at MacGillivray Freeman Films, as a member of the GSCA Member Services Committee, is helping GSCA with a video series to share stories about the association and the industry. In this video Mary Jane interviews Dave Duszynski, President of Mercury Museum Services, a subsidiary of Cincinnati Museum Center. In 1990, along with the opening of Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, Dave assumed responsibility of the Robert D. Lindner Family OMNIMAX® Theater operations and has been an executive producer or consulting producer on many OMNIMAX® films during the past 20+ years, including Journey to Space, National Parks Adventure, and Volcanoes: The Fires of Creation. He is a founding officer of the Giant Dome Theater Consortium, a group of seven museums with similar OMNIMAX® theaters, for the purpose of providing financial and production support for promising new films.

2018 is the 40th anniversary of the formation of an association for the giant screen industry, and Mary Jane Dodge at MacGillivray Freeman Films, as a member of the GSCA Member Services Committee, is helping us with a video series to share how it all began. Here's her first interview, featuring award-winning producer/director Greg MacGillivray.

Susan and I feel unbelievably fortunate to have not only finished our first Giant Screen film, Backyard Wilderness, but to have received a big nod from our peers in the industry. Ever since our first conference, the GSCA has been incredibly welcoming to us as newcomers. But before we were regulars on the scene with our three-minute teaser, back when we were still trying to choose the best marketplace for our film, Giant Screen was anything but a slam dunk. [Read more]

The IMAX^® Dome Theater at The Tech Museum in San Jose, California, opened in 1998. In 2003, we began to offer traditional movie concessions. I know that some institutional giant screens are just dipping their toes into the concessions world. As we approach our twentieth anniversary, we feel we have achieved a balance that works for us. But when it comes to concessions, the only right way to do it is the way that fits comfortably into your institution’s operating model. Let’s explore the world of concessions, which is located somewhere, over the rainbow.