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Author Topic: How many trailers would you put on? Kurt Zupin Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 989 From: Maricopa, Arizona Registered: Oct 2004 posted 09-02-2007 03:43 PM                     Thomas all rolling stock is is Screenvision ads. My old theatre used to run them, now the theatre I'm at dosn't. Insted we have a whole screenvision preshow that runs it all.  |  IP: Logged Phil Blake Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 558 From: esperance western australia Registered: Nov 2003 posted 09-04-2007 12:00 AM                        only run 1 trailer and on the odd occasions 2 max we try to work super fast turn arounds , 3 mins ads plus 1 trailer is about the maximum time I can spare without causing overlaps.  |  IP: Logged Robert Burtcher Expert Film Handler Posts: 194 From: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Registered: Jun 2005 posted 10-17-2007 04:37 PM                     While I worked for Dickinson, the formula was: Coke ad (:30) Screenvision ad pack (0:00 - 2:30) MovieTickets.com ad (:45) 4 trailers (most often 2:30 ea) Policy snipe (if available, but usually not - :30) Worst case scenario, this was ~14 minutes. Best case, 11:15.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 10-17-2007 05:54 PM                     ..and most of the Dickensons theatres that I've frequented,in KS and MO, they used opaque tape. (horrible!)  |  IP: Logged Robert Burtcher Expert Film Handler Posts: 194 From: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Registered: Jun 2005 posted 10-17-2007 07:06 PM                     My location, Penn Square 10 in Oklahoma City, used that crappy T-Stripe stuff. I brought in two sleeves of clear Neutape and used it for a while, but then the managers complained they couldn't easily find the splices and forced me to use T-Stripe again. I used what was left of my Neutape to break down prints properly, until one of the AM's hid it from me and told me to break it down - in his words - the "Dickinson Way" -- rip the splices and tape the heads and tails back on with the cheapest masking tape they could find at Wal-Mart. I actually put written apologies in the cans of the prints I was forced to ship out that way.  |  IP: Logged Thomas Dieter Expert Film Handler Posts: 234 From: Yakima, WA Registered: Jun 2004 posted 10-17-2007 07:50 PM                     If I were you Robert, I would take and use up all ther T-Stripe tape just to piss them off.  |  IP: Logged Robert Burtcher Expert Film Handler Posts: 194 From: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Registered: Jun 2005 posted 10-17-2007 09:27 PM                     Hah! I seriously thought about it... but not only would other theatres be subjected to the tar-like adhesive residue of the T-Stripe, I haven't worked there in nearly a year. I left there due to extremely poor wages ($5.50/hr), and a lack of confidence in the company, as I discovered that some of my hours had gone missing... (cumulative total of about 70 hours over the course of a year). Tried to resolve it within the company and got the runaround, so I left to get a job working for a software company, doing technical support for twice the pay. I want to get back in the film biz, though... Working tech support is sucking my soul. >.<  |  IP: Logged Steve Maggs Film Handler Posts: 22 From: Brisbane , Australia Registered: Apr 2000 posted 10-22-2007 08:27 AM                     Here in Brisbane, Australia our company screens up to 5 trailers plus other advertising. However, we can only show trailers with the same or lower censorship rating. This means that a Family G rated film may only have 2 trailers attached due the small amount of other G rated trailers available at the time. Some of our films do not have many of the standard pre-show advertising so we can have a range of advertising from as short as 3 minutes up to 25 minutes. I have worked for a different company that would sometimes go as high as 35 minutes of advertising. That always backfires as Patrons get bored, complain or simply do not arrive until 30 minutes after the advertised time.  |  IP: Logged Thomas Pitt Master Film Handler Posts: 266 From: Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: May 2007 posted 10-22-2007 09:53 AM                     This is something that's been bugging me - trailer certificates. Most cinemas in the UK usually show only trailers for movies that are the same or lower certificate to the actual movie being shown. For example, you wouldn't have a trailer for a 15-rated movie shown before a PG-rated movie. But what if the trailers themselves were edited to omit any objectionable content that wouldn't be allowed under the lower rating? Cut out or digitally 'mask' shots of gore, excessive violence or adult themes and just leave the general gist of the trailer - then you could run it before PG or U movies! This probably wouldn't work in practice though since trailers are designed to promote the story and themes of the movie. If it's a movie with lots of action, you'd end up with a virtually non-existent trailer if you cut out all the violence! Besides, it's not for the cinema managers and projectionists to decide - it's up to the movie companies who produce the trailers. Just a thought, though.  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 10-22-2007 12:08 PM                     I have occasionally seen something like "12a trailer advertising 15 film" on the start of a trailer, but I don't remember seeing any of these recently.  |  IP: Logged Mark Hajducki Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 500 From: Edinburgh, UK Registered: May 2003 posted 10-22-2007 01:25 PM                     quote: This is something that's been bugging me - trailer certificates. Most cinemas in the UK usually show only trailers for movies that are the same or lower certificate to the actual movie being shown. For example, you wouldn't have a trailer for a 15-rated movie shown before a PG-rated movie. But what if the trailers themselves were edited to omit any objectionable content that wouldn't be allowed under the lower rating? Cut out or digitally 'mask' shots of gore, excessive violence or adult themes and just leave the general gist of the trailer - then you could run it before PG or U movies! Trailers are classified separately by the BBFC and (in the vast majority of cases) are rated the same or lower than the film. Larger films tend to have multiple versions of the trailers, usually at different ratings.  |  IP: Logged Ron Curran Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 504 From: Springwood NSW Australia Registered: Feb 2006 posted 10-22-2007 07:24 PM                        In Australia, the trailers are given the same rating as the feature and the screenings are enforcable by law. The stupid thing is that the same trailer can be rated for tv ads and shown on most time slots. Promotion of films in cinemas is problematic.  |  IP: Logged Thomas Pitt Master Film Handler Posts: 266 From: Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: May 2007 posted 10-23-2007 05:38 PM                     Many TV commercials are also being played in cinemas though. Whereas for TV commercials can be given time restrictions (ex-kids, post-9pm etc), commercials to be played in a cinema have to be rated by the BBFC before they can be shown. The certificate is usually shown in the corner of the screen as the commercial starts. Just like the trailers, the commercials shown in a cinema are never any higher than the certificate of the actual movie. Come to think of it though, I've never seen a commercial in a cinema rated any higher than '12A'...  |  IP: Logged Peter David Bruce Expert Film Handler Posts: 187 From: East Anglia -England Registered: Aug 2007 posted 11-19-2007 08:17 AM                    here at Empire Cinemas the ads and trailers combined last no longer than 20minutes. trailer number... no more than 5 max. all ads and trailers only go up to the age restriction of the movie. for one-off kids showings on weekends we just bung in a couple of U-rated trailers to give people time to settle in their seats pre-film.  |  IP: Logged Ron Funderburg Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 814 From: Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA Registered: Nov 2007 posted 11-20-2007 05:35 PM                        I put a DTS log to start off (as we don't have proper automation) then 2 to 3.5 minutes of rolling stock. I ad two or three trailers so there are never more than 4 trailers for a total time of no more than 11 minutes.  |  IP: Logged

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