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Author Topic: Rolling stock and Disney Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 11-24-2003 09:07 AM                    It's been the case at AMC for quite some time that there isn't to be any rolling stock in front of Walt Disney Pictures films either animated or live action. This only applies to WDP, not Touchstone or any other BVD company. The exception would be any ad considered institutional, like Movie Tickets.com. However, the way AMC corporate sends this information to their theater managers and projectionists is extrordinarilly confusing, and often results in the wrong thing being done unless the digital projectors are used. The NCN digital preshow system reads the show schedules from the theater's server and takes care of all the behind the scenes stuff for you. Not just the obvious Disney stuff, but also the differences in the ad lineup due to film ratings and all the other little quirks. The looping ads (what used to be slides) do run before Disney films, as do the music video clips (which come directly before the actual pre-show ads), so I guess they aren't considered ads, even though they're "Brought To You By 1-800-CALL-ATT For Collect Calls." Hopefully Mr. Clip isn't trying Mickey's patience.  |  IP: Logged Eric Hooper Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 532 From: Fort Worth, TX, USA Registered: May 2003 posted 11-24-2003 10:59 AM                     Sorry I'm confused. So to clairify: Will there be slide advertising before Haunted Mansion?  |  IP: Logged Eric Hooper Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 532 From: Fort Worth, TX, USA Registered: May 2003 posted 11-24-2003 11:05 AM                     Sorry I'm confused. So to clairify: Will there be slide advertising before Haunted Mansion?  |  IP: Logged Dustin Mitchell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1865 From: Mondovi, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 11-24-2003 02:34 PM                     In all the time I've been working in the booth I've never been instructed to turn off the slide projectors when a Disney movie is playing in that house. As I understand it, Disney's current policy is as Mark states it-you can run commercials on any Disney title except ones that have the 'Magic Kingdom' logo.  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 11-24-2003 07:25 PM                    According to our Home office Ads do not play but the anti-piracy and the coke trailers (NBA Nascar etc.) have been aproved to play.  |  IP: Logged Martin Brooks Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 900 From: Forest Hills, NY, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 11-24-2003 07:36 PM                        quote: Why not, I thought, Disney video and Disney DVD? I suppose it was just the alliteration of the two D's. The ads now usually say "Disney video and DVD." Yeah, but why does everyone (except me) refer to VHS as "video" and DVD as "DVD". Is DVD not video? It should be VHS and DVD. Or "Tape" and "DVD".  |  IP: Logged Jon Miller Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 973 From: San Diego, CA, USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 11-24-2003 08:35 PM                     Hey, Martin, you're not alone ... It could be because the marketing types think the average consumer thinks "video" is shorthand for the VHS videocassette format, if not those audio-visual works once synonymous with MTV.  |  IP: Logged

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