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Posted by Keith Richardson (Member # 97) on 07-24-1999, 08:44 AM:

Has anyone else been getting stupid Pepsi ads to put on before the movie? And, have you been getting them on time? I just got a shipment in of them and these were the first to come on time! The pepsi ads for the Acade,y Awards came on the day of the awards. And I got another copy for something else that had already happened. Either Pepsi isn't on the ball, or the delivery company sucks. Maybe both?

Posted by Jim Ziegler (Member # 86) on 07-24-1999, 02:18 PM:

We have stupid Coke ads.. What company do you work for? I haven't run across that many theatres (at least in my area) with Pepsi...

As for the Coke ads, they usually show up a day or two befre they need to be on the screen... So it is usually a week before they make it.

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 07-24-1999, 02:57 PM:

I think most theaters play the "stupid Coke" ads. They can't be any better than the "stupid Pepsi" ads on arrival time.

Some of these companies need to realize (including the studios) that we don't just drop the trailer into some kind of magical bucket and suddenly it plays, but a bit of work is involved to place that trailer into the roll of film. I'm speaking specifically of the movie trailers that come in Friday at 5:00 right alongside the trailer checkers. I do my trailer change-outs on Wednesdays (I think most people do) and if a trailer isn't there on Wednesday, it can wait. What about everyone else?

As to advertisements on the front of movies, it's turning the moviegoing experience into a giant TV. People are paying to come see a movie non-stop and especially without commercials. Kudos go out to Buena Vista and Warner Bros for their policies banning such nonsense!!!

Posted by Erika Hellgren (Member # 22) on 07-24-1999, 05:19 PM:

If memory serves, MGM used to be against ads on their movies, too. Wish they still were. If I owned a production studio, the first thing I'd do is ban ads on my films!
As far as trailer placement, I have to have an acurate trailer report turned in to my manager by closing time Wednesday. If a trailer doesn't arrive till Thursday or Friday, tough luck for that studio as far as I'm concerned. They'll have to wait till the following week. In my opinion, what the trailer guy at Home Office wants takes precident over what the trailer checkers want. Trailer checkers piss me off (forgive my language).
As for coke ads, you know how they tell you to keep the old one on till the new ones arrive? Well, the new ones are almost always a couple weeks late, so forget that! I take those lame things off the day the flight ends!

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Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 07-26-1999, 08:35 PM:

We just got our new Coke R.S.A.'s a week early! (Old ones = "Death Slug" -- New Ones = "Brian Reagan "Take Luck".) I usually don't have much trouble getting these things late.

As far as getting trailers on the screen,my motto is: "I can't play what I don't have!" I agree, If they don't get it to me on time, they'll have to wait till next week.

Posted by Keith Richardson (Member # 97) on 07-27-1999, 09:32 AM:

Well, I don't know why all of you people have coke ads, I just guess that everyone suppliers are coke, where as all the theatres I've ever been to in New England deal with pepsi (probably because Pepsi is closer than the local coke plant) But, anyway, I'm glad to see that people still have trouble with ads, Pepso pr Coke or whatever.

Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 07-28-1999, 10:14 AM:

Where are you guys getting Coke and Pepsi trailers?!? Is this something that chain theatres get but independents don't? The only Coke trailers that I ever had were a "Snack Canyon" Coke trailer which I bought myself, and a "New Kids on the Block" Coke trailer which I found on a reel of old trailers that someone gave me (this was _perfect_ for midnight shows!).

Posted by Bill Langfield (Member # 818) on 03-01-2003, 09:06 AM:

Are you guys (in the US) compliaining about ONE ad (be it Coke or Pepsi)??

Where I live, people (patrons even) expect Slides/ads/trl's adding up to around 15 minutes.

Even allowing for the 15 minutes, they still show up late. These people are called 'late comers' over the two-way.

I hate changing the ads from one film to the next every week, but the ads & Val Morgan do pay a few of the bills.

BILL!

DONT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE. JUST NOTICED I GOT SUCKED INTO REPLYING TO A THREAD THAT IS YEARS OLD. SEE BRADS OTHER MESSAGES ABOUT IT.

BILL.

Posted by Ray Bernardi (Member # 1615) on 03-01-2003, 09:47 AM:

I own an independent theatre (1 screen, 100 seats) and I've never seen these trailers either. When the print arives, it usually has the trailers on it already. I assume the last place that showed it left them there?

I'm still trying to get a handle on this business and the way we handle trailers is something I think I need to look at.

We typically change trailers on Friday when we swith movies. Why is it that most people do it Wednesday?

Erika, can you shoot me a copy of a trailer report so I get an idea of what someone who has a clue is doing?

Posted by Sam Hunter (Member # 1119) on 03-01-2003, 10:27 PM:

I like collecting coke items and ads are my bag. If you want to let em go just let me know [Smile]

Yeah I know Brad, why?

Posted by Jason Black (Member # 684) on 03-01-2003, 11:50 PM:

Ray,
I'll shoot you a copy of what we use. The reason most folks use Wed. is presumable due to the fact that they are all mainly in multi-plex theatres that handle multiple (4 or more) changeouts on Thursday. Having all trailer packs pre-built greatly reduces the amount of time spent building both the trailers AND the prints on Thursdays. Plus, it gives you more time to inspect the condition of your print(s) as they are built.

As for your prints arriving with trailers already on them.. do you mean your prints have normally ONE trailer attached, or more than one? It is very typical for most distributors to add a single attached trailer to the head of the print...

Damn.. I got snookered into replying to a topic 3 years old.... WOW....Brad, who was it that was trying to up post count? I can see now why it's a PITA, but I also see that it stimulates old topics that I, for one, would never have taken the time to go back thru and read.. [Smile]