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Normal pay for trailer checks?

February 20, 2010 01:33PM
I've just seen a trailer check open up in my area, 1 movie, 3 screenings, from what I can glean before actually assigning it to myself. I've searched the boards but I couldn't find where anyone has mentioned how much their trailer checks pay. Does anyone know what's normal for this sort of assigment? I'm slowly learning how to not jump on the first price I see, so that it rises a bit, but this one looks pretty good...unless there's drama to go with it that I don't see yet.
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February 20, 2010 03:19PM
I was just offered a trailer check job for 3 screenings of one movie. The are willing to pay a $20.00 flat rate. Most often its usually around $8.00 for the first screen and $2.00 per additional, so I am pretty happy with the $20.
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February 20, 2010 05:16PM
I haven't done a multi screen check and suspect the issue rather is how much time you are going to need to spend in the theater. If the shows start at half hour intervals, you will be there about an hour and a half, going from auditorium to auditorium as the current feature begins to evaluate the next batch of trailers. If they start at significantly longer intervals, you could be spending a whole lot of time in the theater. Keep in mind that generally a feature starts 20-30 minutes after the posted start time with that 20-30 minutes being ads and trailers.

Which gets me to a question . . . why are they called 'trailers' when they are on the front end? Is this not the cart before the horse???
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February 20, 2010 05:34PM
Flash Wrote:
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> Which gets me to a question . . . why are they
> called 'trailers' when they are on the front end?
> Is this not the cart before the horse???


It's a holdover from the past. In the early days of the film industry, they were shown at the end.

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February 20, 2010 05:58PM
Ok.
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March 04, 2010 05:31PM
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thanks for telling about the normal pays to a trailer check.I usully see the films without thinking about the languages..
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March 05, 2010 01:50AM
SPAM
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March 12, 2010 05:22PM
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fiteybitey Wrote:
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> I was just offered a trailer check job for 3
> screenings of one movie. The are willing to pay a
> $20.00 flat rate. Most often its usually around
> $8.00 for the first screen and $2.00 per
> additional, so I am pretty happy with the $20.


Which company pays that Fiteybitey? I think it also depends on which co, you are working for, some pay more, some don't pay much at all....


Trailer at the end of a movie Dd shops? how "long ago" was that done? :0
that doesn't really make sense, who wants to hang around after you've watched a 2 hour movie and see trailers?
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December 14, 2011 06:43AM
Dumb Question but I haven't quite figured out the answer yet nor seen it among the forums despite reading, reading and more reading.

What exactly is a trailer check and what does it entail?
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December 14, 2011 03:35PM
Trailers are the previews of upcoming movies. What these shops are at their most basic are a listing what movies were promoted before the feature started. Beyond that it varies a lot. The ones I used to do required a relatively specific purchase at the concession stand with timings and observations as if it were a separate shop. Then there were facility observations, restroom observations, lobby promotions, staff observations and once the feature started we were done with all observations except a final restroom check so could sit back and enjoy the movie. If a movie show time is 5:45, that is the time when the previews (or "trailers") start, and we needed to be in the theater a little before that to make sure we didn't miss a single one. When we did these we were reimbursed tickets for two and the required concession purchase plus a buck or two if I recall correctly.

Other MSPs have you check multiple auditoriums or all auditoriums during a particular time frame to check the trailers, which was not appealing as it was not a 'date night' scenario for the two of us where we could really enjoy the movie while we were there.
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December 21, 2011 10:58PM
Do you have to buy tickets to the movie if you are doing a trailer check?
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December 22, 2011 03:34AM
The ones I did you purchased the tickets and were reimbursed. I believe there are some reveal trailer checks where you simply introduce yourself to the manager and are let into the theater, but are not supposed to stay for the movie without managerial permission.
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