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On-Screen Ads


Be Seen on the Big Screen!

Cinematic slides are digital, full-color advertisements shown on our movie screens before the start of our features. The consistent repetition of your ad ensures that movie audiences will have good next-day recall and top-of-mind awareness of your business. The average moviegoer arrives 15 minutes before a feature film. Your ad will be displayed for 15 seconds approximately every 5-6 minutes for 20 minutes prior to the start of our 15 daily movies. That’s 1,500-1,860 times a month your ad will potentially be seen by 8,000 average monthly customers.

big screen ads in an auditorium

What We Need From You

We will need one jpeg or pdf image which will cover all three theaters. Images should be 1610 pixels wide by 780 pixels high at 300 ppi (dpi). We can also recommend a designer, if you need help finding one to create a slide for your cinematic ad.

Design Considerations

  • SIMPLICITY is the key to an effective ad. Keep text to a minimum.
  • Text color should have extreme contrast with the background (light colored text on a dark background or dark colored text on a light background).
  • Upper and lower case fonts are easier to read than all caps.
  • Use large bold fonts. Script and fine, delicate fonts are hard to read.
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