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Topic: Separating "Attached" Trailers
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Manny Knowles
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From: Bloomington, IN, USA
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 05-17-2002 10:40 PM
I was over in the Info/Trailers forum and read that there was a memo with "Monsters Inc" about leaving attached trailers in place.My policy trailer says "...and now, our feature presentation..." I don't want any more trailers coming after that. It's just dumb. And it makes us look like idiots if we have trailers coming after a grand statement like that, don't you think? What's up with all the attached trailers anyway? When did this become the norm? ------------------
~Manny. Now...where was I ? Leonard Shelby, MEMENTO.
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Manny Knowles
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posted 05-19-2002 07:21 AM
As I recall, "For The Birds" was advertised with the feature in our newspaper ads, so it was left intact.That's happened a couple of times, actually. There was a "Cat Dog" cartoon with one of the Nickelodeon movies a while back, and "Luxo, Jr." came attached to "Toy Story 2." Short subject material is different. I guess I should have said "previews" instead of "trailers." ------------------
~Manny. Now...where was I ? Leonard Shelby, MEMENTO.
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Frank Angel
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posted 05-21-2002 12:37 AM
We close the curtain between our attraction reel and the main feature; naturally whatever they stick on R1 has to come off and go on the attraction reel. On the other hand, when I play features, the attractions that they were advertising have long gone....they are not coming in January or for Thanksgiving, or for whatever else they have as the last frame. If they are no longer in the theatre, they don't even go on the attraction reel, no matter what the memo says. Oh, and why doesn't the distrib give the exhibitor deductions for running the studio's ad(s)? If the preview titles are not booked in your theatre, then they are no longer a marketing tool that helps you sell tickets to YOUR theatre. You are no longer partners with the distrib, both promoting films that will play in your theatre. They are now simply ads for the distribs product and could even be enticing people to patronize your competition. Seems like it would take a big advertising fee or a hefty deduction to make me put those on my screen. Would any exhibitor run any other company's ads for free? ------------------ Frank Angel, Dir, Brooklyn Center Cinema and Chief Projectionist operating the magnificent 2500 seat art deco Whitman Theatre (still change-over, still carbon arc, still GORGEOUS light and 6 Channel Total Surround MegaSound. www.BrooklynCenterCinema.com www.BrooklynCenter.com
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Gracia L. Babbidge
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posted 05-21-2002 10:43 AM
My interpretation with the nasty note in the can with Monsters, Inc was that they really wanted to make sure that no-one cut off & kept the 'special' trailer for Attack of the Clones.As a general rule, I leave the attached trailers just as they are - attached to the print! The policy-type trailers that I have to run, work out fine when played before the previews. I'm not particularly in the habit of placing the digital snipes, as the management-types that decides house placement for the prints, seem to like to keep me on my toes, and shuffle most of the prints around, every week. However, there have been a few times when an attached trailer had to get pulled... Like when U-571 was still playing after Screwed played and left - I yanked the trailer. Or with the fact that we kept a print of Harry Potter for three months, yeah, the Majestic had already played and left - pulled that trailer...
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