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Author Topic: Preview Trailers and commercials on United 93 Michael Gonzalez Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 790 From: Grand Island , NE USA Registered: Sep 2000 posted 04-25-2006 04:02 PM                     Am I the only one who feels a little uncomfortable putting previews (like say MI:3) in front of this movie (let alone commercials)? Considering the seriousness and subject matter, it just doesn't seem that appropriate.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-25-2006 04:39 PM                        If I have a "serious" movie like that, or something that's very unusual and I want a dramatic opening, I'll put the regular trailers on as normal, followed by the sound tag (if necessary), and then I'll put about 25 feet or so of "black" film at the head of the feature and put the lights-down cue just at the beginning of that black film, and set the lights-down to a fairly slow speed. That way I get a nice dramatic fade to darkness and then the movie starts. It's one of the many things I doubt the public notices but I like it and think it adds a little to the magic.  |  IP: Logged Wayne Keyser Master Film Handler Posts: 272 From: Arlington, Virginia, USA Registered: May 2004 posted 04-25-2006 04:46 PM                     Excellent idea, Mike. Genuine showmanship. Considering that the view of the general public vary from "sacrilege!" to "gosh those brave people deserve a tribute," who's to say how viewers will react to whatever's advertised ahead of that film? Will what's advertised come as a relief? ("You saw the film, now it's Miller time") or an insult ("Fly USAir on your vacation") or just incredibly crass and tawdry ("Before you view this story of doomed American heroes, buy a car from us!")??? I speak as one whose son was in school about a mile from the Pentagon that day, but I hadn't recovered from a recent stroke and so was unable to drive to get him outa there. If it were my choice (if YOU have any choice), I'd vote to eliminate the "extras" for this one. What did they do for "Passion of the Christ" (I never saw it)?? {"Before you watch Jesus get tortured to death, visit our snack bar") Okay, I'm going to hell for this, but ... "Before you watch 'United 93', here's a trailer for 'Snakes on a Plane.'"  |  IP: Logged Caleb Johnstone-Cowan Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 593 From: London, UK Registered: Mar 2006 posted 04-25-2006 05:13 PM                     As long as they aren't distasteful ads and trailers are fine in my opinion.  |  IP: Logged Paul Konen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 981 From: Frisco, TX. (North of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-25-2006 06:10 PM                     Screenvision sent out a fax stating that they were not going to place rolling stock ads in front of United 93. Don't know what the digital preshow theatres will do.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-25-2006 06:47 PM                        quote: Wayne Keyser What did they do for "Passion of the Christ" (I never saw it)?? {"Before you watch Jesus get tortured to death, visit our snack bar") We didn't run anything at all before "Passion." I started the movie 5 minutes after the advertised start time to allow for idiot latecomers. The only other time we've run "nothing" before the feature was when we played "The Ten Commandments" in 1990. I'm tempted to do the same for "93" (if in fact we end up playing it.)  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 04-25-2006 07:25 PM                        Nothing ran in front of "Schindler's List" when it played here in Eugene.  |  IP: Logged Joseph Pandolfi Expert Film Handler Posts: 213 From: Milford, CT. Registered: Nov 1999 posted 04-25-2006 08:00 PM                     We did not run anything on "The Passion" Just our manditory emergency exit (required by the State of Conn.) trailer and the movie. We started the show 2-3 minutes after the scheduled start times.  |  IP: Logged Andy Muirhead Master Film Handler Posts: 323 From: Galashiels, Scotland Registered: Dec 2000 posted 04-27-2006 05:44 PM                     quote: Mike Blakesley It's one of the many things I doubt the public notices but I like it and think it adds a little to the magic. Absolutely Mike, I like to think little touches like this are what seperates Projectionists from the people who are employed to run projectors.  |  IP: Logged Chad Souder Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 962 From: Waterloo, IA, USA Registered: Feb 2000 posted 04-28-2006 09:48 AM                     The problem I see with leaving trailers off completely is that you do set a precedent for other "serious" movies. Did you leave trailers off Hotel Rwanda, Amistad, and Pearl Harbor? What about Crash or Saving Private Ryan? Will you also leave them off Oliver Stone's World Trade Center? If you have a special group show, for which they have requested the trailers be omitted, that is one thing. Otherwise, I think you have to be very careful about deciding for your audience which movies are too deep for previews and which are not. I like Mike's idea of the extended pause before the feature, but I think that trailers should run on everything.  |  IP: Logged Cory Isemann Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 500 From: White Plains, MD, USA Registered: Jun 2004 posted 04-28-2006 09:56 AM                        Can't the studios make the call to not show trailers? We won't be showing trailers, but the digital preshow will run normally.  |  IP: Logged Dustin Mitchell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1865 From: Mondovi, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 04-28-2006 12:32 PM                     'The Breaku Up' is a attached. Good call, Universal .  |  IP: Logged Mike Schindler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1039 From: Oak Park, IL, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 04-28-2006 01:14 PM                     The "When in Hollywood..." thing that's on the end of every other Universal movie is not on this one. That brings up a question that I've had for years. Was it on SCHINDLER'S LIST? As for whether or not trailers should be on this, my feeling is that a movie's a movie. This one's no better or worse than any other movie. It may seem less abstract than most movies since the events occurred so recently, but as others have mentioned, where do you draw the line?  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Jorgenson Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1002 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: Feb 2005 posted 04-28-2006 05:33 PM                        No screenvision for us either (per corporate) but all the rest is the same as any other film we show.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 04-28-2006 07:42 PM                     quote: 'The Break Up' is a attached. Good call, Universal . My thoughts exactly. That's why I pulled that trailer from the print: It had no place being there. -Aaron  |  IP: Logged

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