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Author Topic: Regal theater pics? Bryan M. Montgomery Film Handler Posts: 47 From: Chillicothe, Ohio Registered: Jul 2007 posted 08-09-2007 12:09 AM                        I've looked all over the pictures section and cant find a single Regal Cinemas theater featured. Is there a reason?  |  IP: Logged Bill Bright Film Handler Posts: 25 From: St. Petersburg, Florida Registered: Oct 2003 posted 08-09-2007 12:18 AM                     I suppose I could take some pictures of my theatre but I'd have to get permission first.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 08-09-2007 09:29 AM                        Regal Cinema World 8 in Eugene but it was closed in March. Formerly an Act III. There are more pics of it at cinematour.com, along with its replacement the Regal Valley River Center Stadium 15 (unfortunately no pics of the 15's booth though).  |  IP: Logged Christopher Meredith Expert Film Handler Posts: 126 From: Jackson, MS, USA Registered: Apr 2006 posted 08-09-2007 11:14 AM                        Regal is very strict about pictures of their theaters. Any pictures must be approved by the Marketing department and they flaty deny any requests for pictures for online photo galleries, particularly of the projection booth. Even when pictures are approved for things such as yearbooks and the like, you generally have to make sure that the pictures do not include Regal logos. If pictures of a Regal theater appeared in the Warehouse, I would not be surprised if that theater received a phone call soon thereafter and someone got into trouble.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 08-09-2007 12:07 PM                        Oh yeah, the ushers here at the new Regal 15-screen are packing more heat than just those green flashlights. They'll shoot you in the kneecap if they catch you looking through the booth glass at the TOP SECRET Simplex Millennium, Strong Highlight IIA 4K console, B.A.C.P. SR-D reader, ISCO UltraStar HD PLUS lens, etc.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-09-2007 12:21 PM                        Wow...Regal officially sucks, then. I would completely understand if they were concerned about safety and security (e.g. not allowing photos of manager's office, safe, etc.) or about proprietary technology (e.g. detailed photographs of Imax equipment), but forbidding people to post general photographs of their projection booths is just stupid. Are they just concerned that it might make them look bad? I wonder what they are trying to hide? And, as David said above, it's not as if any of this stuff is a secret, anyway. A Simplex projector looks the same at Regal as it does at AMC, Cinemark, Carmike, Landmark, etc. (though some might be cleaner than others).  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 08-09-2007 01:30 PM                        Playing devil's advocate (Homer Simpson's favorite game), as a corporate policy it's a whole lot easier to just say "No Photos", instead of trying to spell out what's permissible to photograph and what isn't and where photos may be displayed and who may take the photos etc etc.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-09-2007 01:46 PM                        True, but my issue isn't just that they have a stupid policy but that, even when asked, they (according to the above comment) don't want people to post pictures of their theatres. It would be a different matter if they had a policy about "photographs of non-public areas may not be distributed to the public without permission" and were willing to grant permission when there is obviously no risk to the company or to any of its employees. There is nothing secret about any of this stuff. Actually, a better policy would be something along the lines of "don't do anything that would put the company or its employees at risk of lawsuits or physical harm" and use that as a way to prohibit employees from taking and/or distributing photographs of sensitive areas.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 08-09-2007 01:58 PM                     Scott, that is precisely why when we photograph theaters we never even take pictures of the manager's office, safe room, or pictures denoting "at the end of this hallways is where they store all of the cash". We don't want to put the theaters in any potential risk for a robbery. As such we always make it a point to discard any photos that are submitted that DO reveal such things. (I highly doubt it was intentional, but it does on occasion happen. We just delete them.) With that in mind I totally understand their policy. It is very unfortunate though that an exception cannot be made to a couple of sites like this one and cinematour where we are trying to build an archive of theater pictures. 10, 20 or even 50 years down the road, this may be all that's left of them!  |  IP: Logged Bill Bright Film Handler Posts: 25 From: St. Petersburg, Florida Registered: Oct 2003 posted 08-09-2007 02:23 PM                     I do not believe Regal has a problem with this site because we can access it from work. Normally we are restricted to outside sites but Regal enjoys film-tech so I am sure they won't mind pictures but it's always safe then sorry.  |  IP: Logged Scott D. Neff Theatre Dork Posts: 919 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Oct 1999 posted 08-09-2007 02:56 PM                        I contacted Regal's Marketing Department and they were quite pleasant and eager to participate with Film-Tech and Cinematour. For whatever reasons though, the powers that be decided we were only allowed to take exterior pictures. I was somewhat disappointed because I could already legally do that, but it has come in handy for those locations inside malls or where security or over-zealous managers would normally chase me off. A number of Regal managers have been very generous if their location is closing by letting us in to take as many photos as we want, so that's refreshing.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 08-09-2007 07:48 PM                     one of my friends went to a REG theatre, climbed up the back row of seats to take a peek in the port window and a usher caught this individual and booted them off the premises. (As what David said: what's so secretive about CHR P35GPS machines, SLC consoles, DTS6AD and AW3R platters?)  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 08-09-2007 08:30 PM                     quote: Monte L Fullmer one of my friends went to a REG theatre, climbed up the back row of seats to take a peek in the port window and a usher caught this individual and booted them off the premises. Maybe it was the "climbing on the seats" part that got him booted?  |  IP: Logged James Westbrook Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1133 From: Lubbock, Texas, Usa Registered: Mar 2006 posted 08-09-2007 09:59 PM                     I was threading Harry Potter in our biggest house when I heard a young girl's voice yell "Hey! Westbrook!" I looked through the port window and observed the face of a co-worker from the past peering through and waving. She was standing on the armrests on a seat in the back row... When this auditorium was retrofitted for Stadium, the console and projector was placed on a raised platform to shoot over any tall "harry bohemouths" that strolled down that back row. The girl in question is quite short. The equipment here is the same as when Scott Neff took pictures of it for Cinematour, just 4 of the consoles are platformed.  |  IP: Logged Bryan M. Montgomery Film Handler Posts: 47 From: Chillicothe, Ohio Registered: Jul 2007 posted 08-11-2007 01:13 AM                        Does Film-Tech require that the person submitting the photos be identified pubicly? I'm very proud of my booth and would like to share it with anyone interested.  |  IP: Logged

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