Please don’t cram 30 friends into your tiny garden… but with outside the new inside, it pays to have your open-air hospitality options on point just in case
PRO TIPS
Backyard cinema hints from George Wood, founder of the Luna Cinema (lunadriveincinema.com)
1 SET THE SCREEN
If you haven’t got a white wall you can string a bedsheet between two fence-posts, pull it taut and project onto that. The picture won’t be brilliant but it’ll be decent enough.
2 DON’T START TOO SOON
Even with the most powerful projector you’re still governed by sunset. At dusk you start to get a picture so you can set the scene a bit, but wait until it’s fully dark before the film starts.
3 FEED INTO THE FILM
Food or drink can mirror the atmosphere of a film and it really enhances the experience. Everyone loves it when you screen The Big Lebowski and serve up White Russians.