Film form

Title

1–50 characters

The full name of the Film, displayed on Reports.

Short Name

1–10 characters

A condensed form of the Film's name. This is displayed in the Order Window on POS.

Distributor

Any configured Distributor

The Distributor that is responsible for the Film.

Synopsis

1–255 characters

A short synopsis of the Film. This is shown on the film's details on POS and remote sales channels.

Short Synopsis

1-170 characters

A shorter version of the synopsis.

Genres

Any configured Genre

The Genre that the Film is classified as. This is shown on the film's details on POS, Kiosk and Vista Web.

Up to two genres can be assigned to a film record.

Country of Origin

Any configured Country

The Country that the Film comes from.

Other Countries of Origin

Any configured Countries

Other Countries that the Film comes from.

Film Rating

Any configured Film Rating

The local film rating that the Film has been classified under. This is shown on the film's details on POS, Kiosk and Vista Web, as well as on signage.

Content

1–255 characters

This field can be used to give further information about the Censor classification.

For example: Contains violence/sexual scenes.

Sound Format

Any configured Sound Format (selected or cleared)

The Sound Formats which apply to the Film, used for projection information purposes.

For example: Dolby Digital (SRD), Datasat, SDDS.

Original Audio

Any one language option

The original soundtrack and language of the Film as recorded during production.

Available Audio

Any combination of language options

All the soundtracks in different languages that are available for the Film.

Subtitles

Any combination of language options

A text transcription of film dialogue projected onto the screen as the Film plays. Typically subtitles are in a different language from the language of the Original Audio.

Attributes

Any configured Attribute (selected or cleared)

The default Attributes which apply to the Film.

For example: A film that is in 3D may be configured with an attribute called 3D.

Attributes can be configured to enforce matching between screen and film attributes when scheduling sessions, to prevent films being scheduled in screens that cannot play them.

For example: Films with the attribute Digital cannot be scheduled in screens that do not have this attribute, i.e. screens that only have a 35mm projector.

Note: Films may be configured with their own attributes here, or they may inherit them from their Movie Format. Attributes can be overridden when scheduling in the Showtime Manager application.

Movie Format

Any configured Movie Format (one selection, multiple selections, or cleared)

The Movie Formats that apply to the Film. This can be used to indicate the format(s) for a particular film that yourcinema/circuit possesses, for projection information purposes.

For example: Digital and/or Non-digital (35mm).

For each format that applies to a film, the Movie Formats grid also displays the Rentrack Release Code, Alternative Title, and Number of Prints.

National Opening Date

Any date, in your computer's local date format

The date on which the Film begins playing, as configured at Head Office.

This option is useful in setting up Advance Booking Periods, which can be made relative to the Opening Date configured for the Cinema, or the National Opening Date used across the whole Circuit.

Note: This field is only displayed if the Head Office module is installed.

Opening Date

Any date, in your computer's local date format

The date on which the Film begins screening.

This option is useful in setting up Advance Booking Periods, which can be made relative to the Opening Date configured for the Cinema, or the National Opening Date used across the whole Circuit.

Opening Year/Week

Any year/week

The year in which the Film begins playing

For example: 2001-51.

Duration

Any time value in minutes

The duration of the feature in minutes.

For example: 93 minutes.

If Marathon Film is selected, the Duration field is automatically calculated as the total Duration of the Films configured on the Marathon tab, including Break Time between films.

Interval Start Time (min)

Any time value in minutes

The number of minutes into the feature at which the interval starts. Leave blank for no interval.

Credit Roll Time (min)

Any time value in minutes

The number of minutes into the feature at which the closing credits start.

HO Code

1–10 characters

The code used to identify this Film in Head Office reports. This field is only required if HeadOffice module is installed.

For example: A film title may have multiple film profiles configured (i.e. film 2D, digital 2D, digital 3D, IMAX, etc.) with the same HO Code to allow head office to produce consolidated reports.

Alternatively, the HO code field can be used for a Rentrak number to extract figures for a film.

Allow download

cleared

selected

Enables the film record to be downloaded from Head Office by cinemas.

Rentrak Code

1–10 characters

The code used to extract figures to the Rentrak consolidator feed.

IVR Code

1–10 numeric characters

A unique numeric code to identify the Film in the Telephone Ticketing system.

External Code

1–25 characters

An additional code by which to identify the Film to third-party programs.

Government Code

1–20 characters

A code for the film supplied by government, if required. Country-specific rules can be applied to this code.

MACCS Code

Any MACCS External Title Code

This field allows your organisation to enter a MACCS External Title Code against each Film record. This code is a reference number for the film title, and is downloaded from Head Office to Cinema Manager. The code value is included in the eBOR extract generated by the MACCS Box Office Returns export task.

movieXchange

Any movieXchange film ID

When a film is linked to movieXchange, its movieXchange ID will be shown here.

movieXchange ID's are unique to each release of a film. Head Office and Cinema use this number to ensure they are importing information and media for the correct film.