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Author Topic: What's an "EDB One Sheet"? John Hawkinson Film God Posts: 2273 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-28-2003 12:24 PM                     My curiosity has finally gotten the better of me; what does "EDB" stand for in the context of one-sheets? When one orders one-sheets from TES, for some films they are "One Sheet EDB"; others are just plain "One Sheet" (and then there are "One Sheet Revised", etc.). I suppose the only thing I can conclude is that EDB one-sheets cost $5.00 when other one-sheets are cost-of-shipping only. --jhawk  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 01-28-2003 01:46 PM                        I haven't heard the term "EDB", but one GUESS would be the one-sheets designed for illumination by either back-light, or front-light. As I recall, these need to be printed on both sides to achieve the needed density, and on translucent stock, perhaps making them more expensive to manufacture.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-28-2003 01:47 PM                        NOTE: EDITED BY AUTHOR TO PARAPHRASE TES'S REPLY RATHER THAN QUOTING THEIR EMAIL VERBATIM. EDB stands for "Exhibitors Direct Billing". Certain studios charge $5.00 per poster, plus the cost of the mailing tube and shipping. Buena Vista, Lions Gate Films, Columbia Pictures, and Miramax Films are "EDB". Other studios do not have an EDB charge -- the exhibitor only pays for shipping. [ 01-28-2003, 07:50 PM: Message edited by: David Stambaugh ]  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 01-28-2003 01:50 PM                        Thanks, I learn something new every day!  |  IP: Logged John Hawkinson Film God Posts: 2273 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-28-2003 02:22 PM                     I can't say that it seems appropriate for this question to have been handled the way that it was. If the point was to ask TES, well, I'd have done that. *grump* In any case, John, pretty much all one-sheets do the back-illumination thing... --jhawk  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-28-2003 02:46 PM                        I thought the point was to solicit an answer to a question and share the information with others? I guess in the future I will avoid responding to anything from you since you ALWAYS seem to have a problem with anything I say, regardless of how well-intentioned. You and I should just pledge never to read (or at least not to respond to) each other's posts.  |  IP: Logged Joe Beres Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 606 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 01-28-2003 03:28 PM                     John (Hawkinson), why so harsh? It isn't as if David did anything in your name. You asked, and he found an answer. Perhaps your question piqued his curiosity as well, and he shared the answer to his own query. It really isn't much different than someone providing a weblink in response to another post. Is that inappropriate as well?  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-28-2003 06:09 PM                        The abovementioned John Shollenberger of TES has always been not only helpful, but quick to respond when I've written in to them. The phone service people have been very nice lately too. So as bad as TES can be, I do think they have some people there who really want to help us and are willing to listen to suggestions.  |  IP: Logged John Hawkinson Film God Posts: 2273 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-28-2003 06:15 PM                     Let me see if I can say this without offending anyone or terribly prolonging the sort of discussion I don't think is appropriate for Film-Tech. Anyone is free to raise concerns they have to me in private email. I hope the public discussion stops here. I certainly was not attempting to attack David as a person, and I apologize for coming across as if I had. It's easy to forget that posting on Film-Tech is really posting publically on the Internet, and if it wasn't your intent to ask something publically on the Internet, then you shouldn't post at all. I conclude I should not have asked. As for this case, I think that if someone asks a question on Film-Tech, where it's quite clear the question can be answered by going to a particular external resource, then it's probably not appropriate for people answering the question to go ask that particular external resource; otherwise the initial querrant would have done so. Further, in this case, I don't really think it's a good idea for people who are not Technicolor customers to be encouraged to contact Technicolor and ask them questions that have no relevence other than to Technicolor customers. Clearly the following is an exaggeration, but I'd be terribly embarassed if asking a [trivial] question about TES on film-tech caused 100 registered film-tech users to send email to TES asking my question. Personally, I thought it wasn't worth bothering TES with this particular question. So I'm that much more horrified that someone else chose to do so as a direct result of something I did. Sure, it was not done in my name, but it was still a clear direct result. Mike: Full agreement. John is great; I believe he's the manager of the marketting materials group. --jhawk  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 01-28-2003 06:26 PM                        Yippee! Moderation time... I'll pick on both of you just too be fair: John - Personally I'd be concerned about why I was being billed extra for some posters whereas I was only paying shipping on others. Especially seeing I already pay a fixed promotional material rate to the studios, per screen, every year. If I had've looked early today I could've answered your question... too late. Dave - Don't forget that the forum rules explicitly state that you are not allowed to quote email's without the senders consent.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-28-2003 07:47 PM                        Daryl - Point taken. I'll go back and paraphrase it, while still attributing the information to TES. jhawk - I spent some time with various search engines trying to find the answer to your post and came up with not much (well, there was that one related link...). You probably did the same thing. In the process of searching, I of course came across the TES support page, so I figured, well, I'm here, I'll just ask them. I did not represent myself as an exhibitor or anything remotely like that. I was a member of the general public asking a question, and they were nice enough to answer me (promptly too). It was TES's option whether or not to respond with any information at all. If they had asked me "Are you an exhibitor?", I would have said "No." [ 01-28-2003, 08:53 PM: Message edited by: David Stambaugh ]  |  IP: Logged Sean McKinnon Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1712 From: Peabody Massachusetts Registered: Sep 2000 posted 01-29-2003 05:14 AM                        I would be very appreciative of any forum member doing whatever they could to answe a question I had, But thats just me.  |  IP: Logged Daniel Boisson Expert Film Handler Posts: 157 From: Buffalo, NY, USA Registered: Oct 2001 posted 01-29-2003 09:55 PM                     thanks, now I know what EDB stands for  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 01-30-2003 12:10 AM                    This is about as ridiculous as it gets. If someone asks a question I do not think the person answering it ought to be criticized for the method they used to come up with an accurate answer (assuming no animals are harmed or other bad things done yada yada). If someone knows the answer, great. If someone doesn't but they want to take the time to look it up--sure maybe the questioner could have done it but they didn't; they asked here. Are we going to criticize John Pytlak because he found an answer online for us? Jeez louise. OK, from now on if someone wants to specify limitations on how an answer is to be obtained then they better specify them with the question otherwise all methods are fair game (see previous comment about harm to animals and other bad things. Oh, and by bad things it means things ordinarily perceived as bad which an email to TES or whatever is not.) Alrighty...now that that is cleared up I'd like to know who was Vice President under President Tyler. But only answer if you know...no books...no internet...and PLEASE absolutely no emails to TES.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 01-30-2003 02:05 AM                        Didn't John Tyler choose NOT to appoint a vice president?  |  IP: Logged

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