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Author Topic: Turn Off mobile phone - phone scanner DCP download Jo Osborne Film Handler Posts: 2 From: Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland Registered: Mar 2015 posted 11-09-2015 09:18 AM                        I made this for my cinema and thought I would post it here incase anybody would like to use it. Its a "Turn your phone off" advert (With a twist Just to keep customers on their toes. The advert plays on screen and appears to be a radar that scans the cinema for bluetooth, wifi and GSM. then it alert staff as to which people have there phones on. Its just a bit of fun really. Theres nothing worse then spending all the time on film presentation just to be ruined by some idiot on his phone. Spent a lot of time getting the colors to pop on screen and recording spinning hard drives etc.. for the sound effects. Hopefully someone finds it useful. View on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLi-V1tEFSE&feature=youtu.be Download 5.1 DCP: http://tinyurl.com/RadarPhone Shows up in Transitions (XSN) Flat 5.1  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-09-2015 12:35 PM                        Heh, heh. Now I want a real one  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-09-2015 01:45 PM                        I was all ready to download it until the "plug" at the end. Which I realize they deserve credit for creating it but... they rendered it useless.  |  IP: Logged Frank Cox Film God Posts: 2234 From: Melville Saskatchewan Canada Registered: Apr 2011 posted 11-09-2015 05:57 PM                        I don't like it. You appear to be threatening your customers and not in an obviously humorous way. Stuff like the Cinetize one with the gunshot sound effects and "Turn off your cell phone... before we do." is better because it's obviously a joke.  |  IP: Logged Raz Tovy Film Handler Posts: 34 From: haifa, israel ,israel Registered: Jun 2014 posted 11-10-2015 01:35 AM                     look good.  |  IP: Logged Austin Pettit Film Handler Posts: 7 From: Big Sky, Montana Registered: Nov 2015 posted 11-10-2015 08:15 AM                        Hahaha. That's awesome. Well done! Have you seen the cell phone warnings that the Alamo Drafthouse play before screenings? Some pretty epic ones. https://www.youtube.com/user/AlamoDrafthouse  |  IP: Logged Jo Osborne Film Handler Posts: 2 From: Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland Registered: Mar 2015 posted 11-10-2015 11:28 AM                        Thanks guys. Appreciate the kind words. @Mike Blakesley - I understand. I was planning on doing a version without my logo at the end. And then giving the projectionist the option as to wether they want to support me or not. I just haven't got round to cutting it off and rendering it out. Just to clear things up.. I am not a big company making thousands from my content. I am the chief projectionist working in a 6 screen independent cinema in Ireland. I also do freelance sound design and animation on my days off. (a lot of the time unpaid) I spent two years learning to make DCPs and video animation specifically to put stuff on our screens. Its not part of my job and I don't get paid for it. I make it for my own enjoyment and for the customers. So I put my logo at the end of the adverts that I put on screen as a small payment to myself for all the hours I put into this. For example here is something I made to show our cinema. (You might find it interesting to see the projection equipment and cinema). I filmed it by myself with all my own gear.It took me 8 months of my own time after work. So I think a small logo at the end is only fair. https://vimeo.com/122153983 I hope that clears it up a little as to why I have put my logo on the content and changes your mind about downloading it Mike.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 11-10-2015 04:54 PM                     Jo, the best advice I can give you is to watch the clip about 40 times in a row nonstop. Don't look off at your phone. Don't answer a call. Just watch it over and over. If at 45 seconds it still doesn't seem to drag, then ok, but honestly at one viewing I was just waiting for it to get to the point. It's just too long for somebody to run over and over and over at a theater. Shorter is better. It doesn't become annoying. It stays humorous that way.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 11-10-2015 04:55 PM                     Thx to DCP-O-Matic software, anybody can make DCP's on their office computer, or laptop. I created a 10 minute countdown clock reel from my smartphone for a local drive-in. Captured a countdown from an app for my iPad, used the phone to video the image with adding voice during the countdown for snackbar promos , then did the conversion. Worked real good and it drove up their conc sales. Good luck - Monte  |  IP: Logged Dave Bird Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 777 From: Perth, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jun 2000 posted 11-11-2015 10:45 AM                        Sounds fun Monte, should give it a go for our drive-in. My 8 year old daughter loves to do announcements, and I'd love to plug our "wholesome, health-ful" snacks just for fun. I love those old drive-in ads, why not visit our snack bar RIGHT NOW? Don't wait one minute!  |  IP: Logged

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