Edinburgh Napier University BA TV student Alan explores one of Edinburgh's finest cinemas, the Dominion Cinema based in Morningside, Edinburgh. For my Napier University BA TV course, I had to produce a short presentation interview piece to camera for my presenting module where I chose to do my one at the Dominion Cinema in Edinburgh. I first visited the Dominion Cinema Edinburgh premieres when I was younger and more recently having watched the Bond Film, "Quantum of Solace". I really enjoy the Dominion cinemas movies as the comfort of seating and customer service are second to none. I've always been greeted with a friendly smile at the screenings and like to think of this films cinema as my favorite one for things to do for family activities. You can easily each it by using bus. One of the difficulties prior to filming the piece was gaining access to the cinema for a recce. My solution was to negotiate over the phone with the manager. The exterior of the Dominion caused problems on the shoot despite having undertaken a recce, mostly to do with the camera framing. The Dominion Cinema Edinburgh United Kingdom is an independent cinema situated in the area South of the City Centre called Morningside whic offers private parties. It's doors first opened on the 31st January, 1938 featuring Shirley Temple in "Wee Willie Winkie". It was designed by Edinburgh architect, Thomas Bowhill Gibson between 1937 and 1939 who came up with the Art Moderne style which includes many such features as the ceiling spine in Screen 1 which draws the audience's eyes towards the screen. The Dominion has a large flat-roofed style architecture with an off-centre stylized advertising tower; steel framed with a brick infill making use of Craighall cast stone and coloured pebble dash cement render. The advertising tower features a projecting clock and sign board. T. Bowhill Gibbson was Edinburgh's leading cinema designer in the 1930's, the Dominion Edinburgh cinema originally the Embassy was one of the largest and last cinema built in Edinburgh before World War Two with Gibson's other work being lost. The interior of the British cinema Edinburgh Dominion cinema Morningside auditorium includes seating for 1,375 in stalls and circle levels. The lighting is concealed in ceiling coves where there are decorative Moderne style features on the splay walls beside the proscenium, which was 36 feet wide. The cinema was equipped with a restaurant for the convenience of guests. The interior of the main auditorium is subdivided horizontally and converted as two cinemas and a box office. The top storey was rendered with a continuous row of windows divided by cast stone mullions. Over the course of years, the Edinburgh Dominion cinema has been closed on three occasions; in 1972 for twinning where the original circle was fully forward to form Screen 1 where it re-opened on 25th May, 1972 with 584 seats in the former stalls and 2% in the former circle which had been extended forward over the front stalls area. By Late 1998, a final fourth screen was added to the Edinburgh cinema Dominion with a seating capacity of 60, which was in the former restaurant location. The UK cinema is still open for business today offering audiences four screens. The cinema has been protected as a category B listed building since 30th March, 1993, designated by Historic Scotland. To this day, the four screen Dominion Cinema is the only independent suburban cinema out of the Edinburgh cinemas. It has been re-seated with luxury leather recliners and is now equipped with Dolby DTS and SR Sound systems. The Dominion concentrates on providing comfort and style with a 'gold standard' service, including reclining armchairs and complimentary drinks to interest customers, a unique feature of the cinema.