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Topic: Will green band-cutting be allowed to continue?
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Frank Angel
Film God
Posts: 5305
From: Brooklyn NY USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 01-15-2003 11:27 PM
Rating frames are too long and too ugly and there is no reason to subject an audience to a string of four or five of them in a row. One will suffice, but logic dictates that even that is not necessary. The rating of the trailer is of no consequence because the audience knows what the rating is of the feature they are about to watch; we never run trailers that are rated more restrictive than the film. So what's the purpose repeating the rating of each of the previews? Does the MPAA assume that [R] trailers will play with [G] films and thus the need to warn the "g" audience? And even if that were the case, what does the MPAA assume will happen? Do they think the "G" audience run out of the theatre or cover their eyes and ears when warned of an impending [R] trailer? That's ridiculous. The rating information about how the trailer was cut is information for the THEATRE, not the audience. The exhibitor needs to know the rating cut of the trailer so as to avoid playing [R] rated previews at [PG] features. We certainly would never run such a combination (as I would hope that would also be the policy of most reasonable exhibitors). So, again, what's the logic of showing a rating relating to the preview if you only program previews that match or are less restrictive than the rating of the film that is about to be shown?
My take on it is that it is enough for the theatre to be responsible to the intent of the rating system by making sure that they are not mixing previews containing restricted material with feature films that are unrestricted. There is no obligation to tell the audience that you are doing what you're supposed to be doing for each and every preview. If you MUST announce that you are being true to the spirit of the rating system, surely a single snipe (as suggested, from Filmack or Pike or Cinema Concepts) stating that "The following previews are rated by the MPAA as appropriate for screening with the rating level of the feature playing in this theatre." At least a custom snipe will be in focus. Or baring that, just use the rating frame on the first trailer and let that suffice to assure those patrons who might be concerned. Besides, aren't 99% of all previews cut to be [G] level anyway? So what's the compulsion to say it over and over and over?! Exception would be if the audio runs into the band (fairly infrequently as far as I've seen) and then, as John says, you don't need 60 seconds of it; only leave enough so that it doesn't look like a mistake.
And with all due respect to the MPAA, let's consider a modicum of aesthetics in this mix. Repeating the same rating frame over and over gets an F in presentation simply because of the repetition. It gets a second F because the image is so often out of focus and looks like a 6th generation dub. At the very least, if the MPAA wants to promote its name, then at least come up with a decent looking frame and supply the production houses with first generation negs or IPs that will result in something I would want to put up on the screen and not hide in the can marked "ugly kaka -- do not run."
Frank
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Don Bruechert
Mmmmmmmmm, bird!
Posts: 340
From: Manitowoc, WI, USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 01-16-2003 10:01 AM
Please pardon the Rookie here, but in our theatre I have been told to leave the green band on the first trailer and remove them from the rest. I had no idea the sound for the picture actually started within the green band, although I have noticed and thought odd that the beginning of our 2 weeks notice trailer seems "abrupt". We also have a policy of never putting trailers above PG on any kind of kids movie. From a customer's perspective, I have always been confused by the ratings bands, so it just felt natural when they told me to only leave on the first one. The issue to me is that the band says "The film advertised has been rated...." and then they go into the trailer. When you have 3 or 4 trailers at the beginning of a film and are not keeping track of them (as a customer) it gets foggy as to whether the rating band applies to the trailer that just played, or the one coming up. "Advertised" means after the fact. If they changed the wording to "The following film has been rated...." or "The film about to be advertised has been rated..." that would make a lot more sense. In my humble opinion if you have a bunch of those green bands on there the customers have no idea which trailer they apply to anyway. From a sound perspective on the other hand, I wouldn't want to butcher any of the dialog or music, so I would be inclined from that reason to leave them on.
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