Adam Savage's IMAX tours show the art behind large format films

Left: Two IMAX film projectors. Right: Two digital IMAX projectors. Do note, this isn't the caliber of equipment you're likely to find in your local theater, even at "IMAX"-branded showings. It's a rare thing to be able to see a full-fat IMAX film projection, but former Mythbusters star Adam Savage is letting everyone take a peek behind the curtain to see what goes into exhibiting movies using such a large format. Over the past few weeks, he's posted two videos shot at IMAX's headquarters, taking a look at the projection process in one and the film scanning and printing processes in the second. The video on projection, which you can watch below, illustrates the scale of the machinery needed to project an image from a 70mm negative onto a 27m-tall (90') screen. The reels and projectors used are larger than a person, and the film has to travel up through the floor between the two. Watching it, it makes it seem like a miracle that the whole thing works at all. Even more incredib