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Pre-movie advertising
- A Brief History Of The Trailer
According to Jack Atlas, who headed up the trailer department at Columbia until 1973, trailers were merely "supposed to get people bored enough to leave the theater and make room for someone else." What happened?
- Advertising Takes Over The Movies
Toronto's Eyeweekly sees red and takes on the burning issue.
- But First A Word From Our Sponsor...
Noted online reviewer James Berardinelli sometimes watches a movie just like the rest of us -- and he doesn't like what he sees.
- Captive Motion Picture Audience of America - CMPAA
The CMPAA says "Say NO to TV commercials before feature films at movie theaters." Join the cause and stay up to date at their recent news page.
- Cinema Advertising Study
Arbitron, a broadcast media research and marketing firm (they also perform ratings), decided to do the cinema industry a favour by compiling a report that suggests audiences are surprisingly receptive to pre-movie advertising. Take note, they refer to movie fans as "a young, affluent, captive audience." You've been warned!
- Didn't I Already Pay For This Movie?
"Boycott the companies that advertise at the movies." Didn't I Already Pay For This Movie? tells you how.
- Movie Goers Targeted For More Ads
Things will get worse according to this Advertising Educational Foundation site.
- No Movie Ads.com
Back in 2003, the people at No Movie Ads launched The Movie Theater Lawsuit Web Site.
- Stop Pre-Movie Ads!
If you're annoyed by pre-movie ads, the site suggests some easy things that you can do.
- Theatre Ads Glorify Smoking
Smoke Free Movies highlights the problem of in-theater advertisements to be run before youth-rated PG-13 movies.
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