Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Movie Synopsis Sheets

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Posted by Rich Granata (Member # 2285) on 09-02-2004, 03:36 PM:

Is there any place online that might publish movie synopsis sheets for use in the box office? for free?

When someone asks, "What is Garden State about?" I would feel more comfortable if the attendants could answer them instead of just saying, "Beats me!?!".

I was hoping for something free. Otherwise I might just throw something together myself everyweek using info off the internet.

Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 09-02-2004, 04:14 PM:

Just print out the Fandango page for each film.

Posted by Dave Williams (Member # 299) on 09-02-2004, 05:53 PM:

Do what I always do... when they ask what the movie is about.. I just tell them "it's about two hours long"...

Actually this is why I would require that my staff either see the movie on screening night or study the synopsis before it opens, actually weeks before it opens.. fandango is a really good site for that. I figured it is always helpful when a staffmember knows some crap instead of how to just clean up crap.

Ciao

Dave

Posted by Dan Bouvier (Member # 2655) on 09-02-2004, 10:17 PM:

We use http://www.cd.gov.ab.ca/enjoying_alberta/film_classification/nowplaying.asp

but it's got Alberta's ratings. It comes in handy when I do the movie line too.

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 09-03-2004, 03:14 AM:

http://www.imeonline.com/downloads.asp

You may have to register to get there, but they are free nonetheless, along with a couple of ad slicks.

Posted by Rich Granata (Member # 2285) on 09-05-2004, 03:07 PM:

Thanks guys, but I was hoping to get all the movies on one page just for quick reference.

We've got a 10 Screen playing 10 movies
This weekend, I threw this together in MS Word
http://freewebhomes.com/richardgranata/MovieSheet09-03-04.doc

The info is straight from Fandango. That's OK right? I figure this way, it'll just take a minute to update once a week. The employees can let the customers borrow it if they want.

Posted by Adam Wilbert (Member # 1184) on 09-06-2004, 01:39 AM:

A suggestion: put your showtimes on it and make copies for your customers.

Posted by Dan Bouvier (Member # 2655) on 09-06-2004, 04:23 AM:

We run a Powerpoint show next to our box office computer. The top of the screen has the movie poster and synopsis, and the bottom has all our showtimes. People seem to like it okay.

Posted by Mark Hajducki (Member # 1732) on 09-06-2004, 06:46 AM:

If you have a foyer area before the box office, print out descriptions of each film and put them in the poster cases (putting the showtimes is a nice touch as well but for a large cinema these would be tedious to change).