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Author Topic: DTS Disks & Movietunes Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 07-10-2007 08:10 AM                        We just opened a brand new location in June. I am having issues with two things and I need two questions answered: How do I get signed up to receive DTS trailer discs? We are getting the CSS/DVS discs, but not the trailer discs. Ever theatre that I have EVER opened got the trailer discs automatically. Maybe someone in the corporate office ordered them (or whatever) - but here - we have been opened for a month and still no trailer discs. I have since tried to contact DTS about this and no luck (yet). How the hell do I get MovieTune discs? This one is stumping me. I have called friends that OWN their own movie theatres and they can't answer that question. This is another item that automatically arrived when I have opened theatres in the past. I have contacted various people (who currently play MovieTunes in their lobbies) and they don't even know how they got signed up. I also tried to get the contact info off of the cardboard envelope that they receive the discs in and all the people I spoke to had already thrown them away. BTW - there is nothing on the Internet about MovieTunes. <EDIT> I just found a phone number from a very old thread on here and left a message for someone in California. I guess I'll find out if the info is correct in about three hours.</EDIT> I figured I'd get these questions answered on here quicker than anywhere else. Thanks  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 07-10-2007 10:40 AM                     Teaser subject. tick, tick, tick...  |  IP: Logged Brad Allen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 688 From: Evansville, IN, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 07-10-2007 01:31 PM                     Gee, not getting Movietunes is a blessing, not a problem. Email support@dts.com and Karen will take care of the trailer discs. Never had a problem getting them started.  |  IP: Logged Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 07-10-2007 02:16 PM                        I don't want to take a chance with playing music that may cause a problem (with royalties, copyrights, or whatever). Thats why I am interested in Movietunes.  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 07-10-2007 02:19 PM                    Why on earth would you want to receive Movie Tunes disks?? Dead silence adds more class to your theater than Movie Tunes (or Cinema Sounds or whatever it is) does.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-10-2007 06:57 PM                        quote: Mark J. Marshall Dead silence adds more class to your theater Not in my book. Having a little background music raises the comfort level of any room. Mainly because if the room is dead silent, everyone feels as if they have to whisper or else the whole room will hear what they're saying.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 07-10-2007 07:12 PM                     Same here. Sitting in a dead quiet room is so uncomfortable that you can hear the 'sighs' when the movie begins when the public can now relax and not be intimidated by the silence. BUT, don't play junk (like rap or hip-hop) for intermission music and don't play it so loud that it conflicts with normal conversation where the patron feels that they're being intruded by the music as if they feel that they are forced into listening.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-10-2007 07:17 PM                     Well I don't let our theatres use disks for trailors In fact we have our own little interface that doesn't permit any digital or stero function to kick in until after the feature presentation  |  IP: Logged Marc Hansen Film Handler Posts: 93 From: Seattle, WA, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 07-10-2007 09:38 PM                     Gordon- What would be the reason for that? Marc  |  IP: Logged Anslem Rayburn Master Film Handler Posts: 476 From: Yuma, AZ, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 07-10-2007 11:58 PM                     Movie Tunes  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 07-11-2007 06:48 AM                    quote: Monte L Fullmer BUT, don't play junk (like rap or hip-hop) Which, coincidentally, is featured on every single MovieTunes disk at least once. So, back to my original statement... which adds more class? Playing "junk" or playing nothing at all?  |  IP: Logged Anslem Rayburn Master Film Handler Posts: 476 From: Yuma, AZ, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 07-11-2007 07:26 AM                     I guess it depends on your audience, and not on your personal opinion. The "junk" you describe is a huge amount of the music that the teens listen to. They might not like the "music" you listen to, Mark. I guess it all comes down to knowing the people that frequent your place, and not taking random advice from a website, huh? We play MovieTunes, and while some people don't like a particular song, they enjoy the overall presentation. A 20 year old won't like the first song, and a 60 year old won't like the next one. But they all seem to understand that it's a balance and we do the best we can. It's akin to listening to a juke box, and they all seem to understand that.  |  IP: Logged Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 07-11-2007 08:39 AM                        You see - I knew I'd get the answers quicker off of here. Thank you to those who helped get me the contact info I needed. Dennis  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-11-2007 08:47 AM                        I disagree. A theatre isn't a jukebox or a radio station and doesn't exist to play popular music. The purpose of non-sync music is, as mentioned above, to mask conversation and set the mood for the film. As such, I feel strongly that non-sync music should be primarily instrumental and have a fairly narrow dynamic range. Ideally, it should suit the mood of the film being shown. Current popular music doesn't usually work. I will admit to having played '80s hits before midnight shows featuring films from that era and also have played music from particular bands before documentaries about those bands, but those are special cases. Normally, if the film isn't actually about music and isn't strongly tied to a particular era, I stick to film scores (if the mood suits the feature) and classical piano recordings. In multiplexes which play the same non-sync music in every auditorium, it is particularly important to choose something generic and soothing. Movietunes doesn't suit this purpose since it sounds exactly like a top-40 Clear Channel radio station, which isn't really conducive to setting the mood for any type of film. It also makes the theatre experience less personal and more corporate. And it has advertising, which is exactly what theatres need less of at this point. I can understand the ASCAP/BMI concerns, but my personal opinion is screw 'em. If you aren't charging people to come in and listen to music and aren't advertsing that you are playing music, I have no ethical problem with playing legitimately purchased recordings as background music in a public setting. I might feel differently about this if I worked in high-profile venues, but I don't and have never heard of any issues. In any case, I'm pretty sure that the ASCAP license (extortion fee) isn't terribly expensive if you want to be entirely legitimate. ood suits the feature) and classical piano recordings.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-11-2007 08:48 AM                     Marc the reason is that trailors should not take away from the effect of the feature  |  IP: Logged

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