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Author Topic: Payment for screenings John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 03-17-2003 03:47 PM                        Pre-screening is a part of "Film Done Right", unless you want an occasional unpleasant surprise on a busy Friday night.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-17-2003 04:22 PM                     ALL movies should ALWAYS get prescreened ALL the way through ALL the time! ALL people who don't do this are ALL F-ed up in the head! I'm ALL done ranting, now! (S)He who is in charge of the projector is the one who gets paid. All others who want to watch must have permission from the manager on duty. Typically, no other people except managers should be allowed. One good exception is when the movie is expected to be a big blockbuster that a lot of employees want to see. Most movies are "blacked-out" for employee's pass privileges the first week of their run. Thus, if great "throngs" of employees will want to watch said movie, it might be advantageous to let employees sit in on the prescreening. This allows the employees to watch the movie and still save seats on opening day(s) for PAYING customers. Besides, it's a great way to motivate employees... Any employees who work ALL their scheduled shifts the entire week preceeding the screening of <some movie> may ASK for permission. If the manager on duty thinks the person has done all their chores and has exhibited good behavior for the preceeding <designated period of time> (s)he may be allowed. Even this (proposed) ploicy is pushing it, as far as I'm concerned. But my point is that IF a manager wants to let employees sit in on screenings, there should be a set policy. Otherwise you are begging for trouble on many fronts. I know of more than one manager who was fired for letting employees and friends come watch movies after hours... They all deserved what they got. I'm a believer in the saying, "Most people don't just GET fired. They get THEMSELVES fired."  |  IP: Logged Patrick McDonough Expert Film Handler Posts: 118 From: Greenfield Ma. Registered: Jul 2002 posted 03-17-2003 04:51 PM                     we can have private showings but after hours, and as long as the owner knows about it. but thats not usually till saterdays, Kind of defeats the purpose I know. I would love to do prescreenings. but the we don't get the movies till friday afternoon.  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 03-17-2003 04:56 PM                     The only time we do a run through of a print. Is for a premiere or all media screening. I get brand new wetgate/EK prints direct from the labs. And the times I do get a regular release (new or used) print, the only thing I can done is inspect and repair the damage from theatres doing film wrong. During a normal day we run 5-6 features and video, unless its a special show. On payment to do a run through and the show, it's comes out tobe two studio calls. And during the downtime between screenings it's regular studio rate.  |  IP: Logged Richard Miller Film Handler Posts: 33 From: Lafayette, IN, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 03-20-2003 02:28 PM                     I was paid ONCE when I watched a prescreening. I guess I forgot to clock off so the time was still racking up. Other than that we don't pay anyone so movies that no one wants to see don't get checked for bad splices or reels. If I didn't have to be up so early on Friday morning I would see a lot more of these.  |  IP: Logged Patrick McDonough Expert Film Handler Posts: 118 From: Greenfield Ma. Registered: Jul 2002 posted 03-20-2003 03:20 PM                     The only time I was paid for watching a screening was for Starwars episode II  |  IP: Logged

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