A screen represents a physical space where films are shown, for example, a theatre or auditorium. You can create a screen so that you can schedule sessions in that space.

Note: We recommend that you create screens in Head Office instead of Cinema Manager, because it's easier to import screens created in Head Office to Cinema Manager.

Before you begin

• Create the cinema that the screen belongs to, or ensure a cinema exists that you can include the screen in.
• Ensure that you have at least one Projection Group.
• Ensure you belong to a User Group that has permission to create objects in the screen module.

Steps

You must create a screen for each area that you want to show films in.

1. Go to Head Office > Maintenance > Screens.
2. In the filter dialog, select a site and click OK to view the selected site, or click OK to view all sites.
3. Select Create.
4. In the Screen tab, enter the following details about your screen:
   • Screen Number
   • Cinema
   • Name
   • Description
   • Projection Group
5. (Optional) Add Attributes to the screen to use the Suggest Price Card functionality at Cinema.
6. Select Allow Download to download the screen and any linked seating layouts to Cinema Manager.
7. Click New Layout to create a seating layout for the screen.
   

   Tip! If the new screen has the same (or similar) layout as an existing screen, click Copy Layouts to save time. This will create a copy of an existing screen's layout in the new screen. The copied layout is independent of the original; you can edit either layout without affecting the other.

8. Click the Scheduling tab and enter start times for this screen.

   Note: These scheduling options affect how films are automatically scheduled using Showtime Manager's Auto-Fill function. They do not restrict manually scheduled films.

9. On the Service Area tab, assign the Service Areas for the screen.

   Note: Service Area determine areas where food items are prepared and/or picked up.

10. Save.

See also:

• Creating a new seating layout at Head Office