Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Tissues for Tears

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Posted by Alex Shultz (Member # 5027) on 07-29-2010, 11:33 PM:

Does anyone have any advice or experience about providing facial tissues for all the ladies?

The "chick-flicks", especially the sad ones, are very popular with all the ladies. They often come in groups for a ladies night out.

If there's a sad part in the movie I know I'll have ladies coming out to grab napkins for their tears.

Has anyone done anything before with handing out little travel packs of facial tissues for movies like this?

Perhaps something else would work better?

Posted by Ian Parfrey (Member # 5122) on 07-30-2010, 05:35 AM:

Do a deal with a tissue supplier and get your theatre logo and tag-line printed on the pack. If you're going to give away/sell tissues for the ladies, then might as well get advertising for the good deed...it's amazing just how far those packs will travel.

Posted by Sean McKinnon (Member # 612) on 08-01-2010, 10:46 AM:

Or the other way around strike a deal with a tissue manufacturer to provide free sample packs of tissues for you to give out as a way for them to advertise their products so that it won't cost you anything other than the labor to hand them out.

Posted by David Favel (Member # 1125) on 08-01-2010, 10:49 PM:

We just use 6" square serviettes that we hand out with our choc dip icecreams.
Bought in 100 packs at the supermarket.

Posted by Pravin Ratnam (Member # 1417) on 08-05-2010, 03:35 PM:

If this were a porn theater forum, I guess the title would be Tissues For Smears.

Posted by Ian Parfrey (Member # 5122) on 08-05-2010, 05:52 PM:

You naughty boy, Pravin. [Big Grin]

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 08-08-2010, 07:18 AM:

SELL them at concessions.

Posted by Dominic Espinosa (Member # 2122) on 08-08-2010, 12:47 PM:

Agree with Frank.

Or offer them as a compliment on your condiment stand.
We do this with super-cheap star-mints at the door podium. Customers love it.

I don't know why but I'm bothered by the fact that the post has the word "ladies" used 5 times in such a short message.