The Circuit Planning page in Film Manager shows the bookings you've planned at each of the sites in your planning groups. Dockable panels display extra information or that you can use to enter additional detail about a booking.

Tip: To sort information in a docakable panel, click a column header.

Circuit Planning dockable panels:

Film Directives
New Releases
Dropped Films
Film Pallette
Recent Films
Information panel
Results Log
Film Hire Terms
Circuit Planning grid icons
Film Booking Properties

Film Directives

Option	Allowed Values	Description
Location Spread Directive	1–500 characters	The Location Spread Directive field can be used to leave notes indicating how the Film should be spread across the Sites in your organisation.
Schedule Directive	1–500 characters	This field can be used to leave notes for Film Programmers concerning how the Film should be scheduled.
Sales Profile	Any configured Sales Profile	The selected Sales Profile determines the Advance Booking Period for sessions to the Film. Example: 3 days before the Opening Date.

New Releases

The New Releases panel shows films whose Opening Date (from the Film maintenance record) for the selected location falls within the selected business week.

Option	Allowed Values	Description
Back arrow ()		Loads the panel with information from the previous planning week.
Forward arrow ()		Loads the panel with information from the next planning week.
Date	n/a	The start date of the planning week. If more than one site is selected, and each site uses a different film week start day, a date range showing the earliest and latest start dates for the planning week is displayed.
Include Unlinked Films	cleared selected	If selected, the panel lists all films released in the selected week, regardless of whether the film is been associated with the selected cinema in the Linking and Site Variable Data application. If cleared, the panel only lists films linked to the selected site. Tip: To link a listed film to the selected site, right-click the film's title in the New Releases panel and click Link to Cinema.
Film	n/a	The title of the selected film, as defined in its film maintenance form.
Length	n/a	The film's running length, in minutes, from its Film maintenance record.
Censor	n/a	The film's censor rating, from its Film maintenance record.
Category	n/a	The film's category, from the Genre 1 field of its Film maintenance record.
Available Film Formats		The Movie Formats associated with the film, in its Film maintenance record.
Distributor	n/a	The film's distributor, as defined in its film maintenance form.
Sales profile	n/a	Displays the film's sales profile.

Dropped Films

The Dropped Films panel lists films that were planned for the week prior to the selected week, but that are not planned in the currently selected week. Films that have been dropped in a particular format at the location are also listed.

Option	Description
Back arrow ()	Loads the panel with information from the previous planning week.
Forward arrow ()	Loads the panel with information from the next planning week.
Date	The start date of the planning week. If more than one site is selected, and each site uses a different film week start day, a date range showing the earliest and latest start dates for the planning week is displayed.
Film	The title of the selected film, as defined in its film maintenance form.
Length	The film's running length, in minutes, from its Film maintenance record.
Censor	The film's censor rating, from its Film maintenance record.
Category	The film's category, from the Genre 1 field of its Film maintenance record.
Film Format	The Movie Formats associated with the film, in its Film maintenance record.
Distributor	The film's distributor, as defined in its film maintenance form.

Film Pallette

Option

Allowed Values

Description

Include Inactive Films

cleared

selected

Determines whether films with the status Inactive will be displayed in the palette.

New Film...

Opens a new record in Film maintenance.

Recent Films

The Recent Films panel lists films that were planned for the week prior to the selected week.

Note: Films linked to Group Bookings are not listed in this panel.

Option	Description
Date	The start date of the planning week. If more than one site is selected, and each site uses a different film week start day, a date range showing the earliest and latest start dates for the planning week is displayed.
Film	The title of the selected film, as defined in its film maintenance form.
Print	The print number of the selected film.
Length	The film's running length, in minutes, from its Film maintenance record.
Censor	The film's censor rating, from its Film maintenance record.
Category	The film's category, from the Genre 1 field of its Film maintenance record.
Film Format	The Movie Formats associated with the film, in its Film maintenance record.
Distributor	The film's distributor, as defined in its film maintenance form.
Sales profile	Displays the film's sales profile.

Information panel

The Information panel in Circuit Planning displays the details of any selected film that is planned in the grid.

Option	Description
Selected Week	The start date of the planning week for the selected site, determined according to the site's film week start day.
Film Name	The title of the film showing in the selected session, as defined in its film maintenance form.
Censor Rating	The film's censor rating, from its Film maintenance record.
Running length	The film's running length, in minutes, from its Film maintenance record.
Genre	The genre of the film showing in the selected session, as defined in its film maintenance form.
Distributor	The film's distributor, as defined in its film maintenance form.
Week of Play	The number of weeks since the film's Opening Date, as defined in its film maintenance form. If sites use different film week start days, the Week of Play for the selected site and planning week is shown.
Print Number	The print number of the selected film.
Film Format	The Movie Formats associated with the film, in its Film maintenance record.
Attributes	The attributes of the film showing in the selected session, as defined in its film maintenance form.
Screen Attributes	The attributes of the screen that indicate the film formats it can play.
Screen Selected	The number of the screen selected, if any.

Results Log

This panel displays any planning conflicts or errors.

Option	Description
Booking ID	The identification number of the film booking.
Site	The site at which the planning conflict or error occurred.
Booking Week	The booking week for which the planning conflict or error occurred.
Screen	The screen assigned for a session.
Film Title	The title of the selected film, as defined in its film maintenance form.
Format	The Movie Formats associated with the film, in its Film maintenance record.
Print	The print number of the selected film.
Description	The description of the planning conflict or error.

Film Hire Terms

The Film Hire Terms panel shows information associated with provisional distribution terms.

Option	Allowed Values	Description
Apply	Apply to Booking Apply to Sites	Applies film hire terms changes to the selected film booking or to specified sites. If Apply to Sites is selected, select the required sites in the Select Film Hire Terms pop-up window. If multiple sites are selected and each site uses a different film week start day, a date range showing the earliest and latest start days is displayed.
View Applied		Changes the panel view to show only Film Hire Terms that are applied, rather than provisional.
View Contract		Opens Contract maintenance. Note: This button is only available if View Applied has been selected.
Performance		Opens a Contract Information window. Note: This button is only available if View Applied has been selected.
Start Date	Any date and time	The earliest date and time that a Session of this Film (and for this type) will be shown at a site, according to its contract or provisional terms. If a film booking does not have a contract or provisional terms, the date is the start date of the planning week for that site. If sites use different film week start days, the date will vary accordingly.
Length (Weeks)	Any number	A number of weeks that the selected Film is expected to run for.
Provisional Terms	Any configured distribution term	The provisional terms of exhibition for the film and its sessions. Example: Distributor fixed per session.
Sales Tax	Any configured sales tax	The sales tax for the film. Example: UK VAT
Distributor Tentative	cleared selected	Marks the booking's distributor terms as tentative.
Cinema Tentative	cleared selected	Marks the booking's cinema as tentative.
Apply terms to format	cleared selected	Applies the film hire terms to the selected movie format of the film.
House Costs	Pro rata (normal) Upper limit Fixed Fixed based on Holdover Sheet	Determines how House Costs are calculated for a screen: Pro rata (normal): Uses House Costs as configured in the Cinema Screens (Film Hire) maintenance form at Head Office. Upper Limit: Uses the maximum value for this contract. Specify the maximum value in House Cost Value. If the calculated House Costs exceeds this limit, the maximum is used instead. Fixed: Uses fixed house costs for all screens using the contract. Specify the fixed value in House Cost Value and the No. of Sessions required. The fixed house costs override the House Costs set in the Cinema Screens (Film Hire) maintenance form at Head Office. Fixed based on Holdover Sheet: Uses House Costs calculated on the basis of the number of planned sessions in the Holdover Sheet, rather than actual session figures.
Number of Sessions	Any number	The number of sessions the contract applies to. Note: This field is only available if House Costs is set to Fixed.
House Cost Value	Any number	The House Costs value used for sessions with the contract. This will override the House Costs as configured on the Cinema Screens (Film Hire) maintenance form for the screen of any session using the contract. Note: This field is only available if House Costs is set to Upper Limit or Fixed.

Circuit Planning grid icons

Circuit Planning displays icons against sessions in the planning grid to indicate their status.

Option	Icon	Description
Distributor Tentative ()	Orange square	Indicates that the booking's distributor terms are tentative.
Cinema Tentative ()	Yellow square	Indicates that the booking's cinema is tentative.
Distributor and Cinema Tentative ()	Square split diagonally into orange and yellow triangles	Indicates that the booking's distributor terms and cinema are tentative.
Excluded from Export to Cinema ()	Grey square	Indicates that a single or bulk booking will not be sent to Vista Cinema. Note: This action is determined by the setting Exclude from Export to Cinema in Film Booking Properties.

Film Booking Properties

Option	Allowed Values	Description
Start Date and Time	Any start date and time	The start date and time assigned to a film booking for the selected site.
End Date and Time	Any end date and time	The end date and time assigned to a film booking for the selected site.
Print Number	Any number	The print number of the selected film.
Movie Format	Any configured Movie Format	The Movie Format of the selected film.
Attributes	Any configured Attributes	The Attribute(s) associated with the selected film.
Session Type	Any configured Session Type	The type of session assigned to the film booking.
Price card	Any configured Price Card	The Price Card assigned to the film booking for the selected site.
Exclude from Export to Cinema	Cleared Selected	Determines whether single or bulk bookings are sent to Vista Cinema. Note: This field does not affect the merge into the Holdover sheet. All film bookings (whether flagged for export or not) will continue to be created in the sheet.
Allow Complimentaries/ No Comps	cleared selected	Determines if Complimentary tickets are valid for this film.
No Free Tickets until	Any date	The earliest date that Complimentary tickets can be distributed for this film. Note: This field is only available if Allow Complimentaries is selected.
Sneak Preview	cleared selected	The film is a Sneak Preview.
Sneak Film	Any active configured Film	This field is displayed if the film booking is configured as a Sneak Preview. Select the Sneak Film you wish to show.
Advance Revenue to Release	cleared selected	Advances the revenue generated by the film booking to the release date. You may wish to use this option if you are showing sneak previews prior to the release date.
Policy	Any configured Planning Policy	The policy applied to each film booking made for the selected site.
Shows	Any number	The number of sessions the film should play at a site in the booking week. Note: This value must match the total number of sessions defined in the Planning Policy.
Comment	Any comment	Your comment about the film booking.
Comment Visible at Cinema	cleared selected	Determines whether the comment is visible in Vista Cinema.
Cancel		Cancel any changes made to the Film Booking Properties docking panel.
Apply Properties		Apply any changes made to the Film Booking Properties docking panel.

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