"ad check" per print at movies?
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These are very confusing shops for me as well. Some I would want to do, but I'm not familiar with the verbage either and they don't explain the pay well. It looks to me like they are paying you $5 to spend the day at the movies.
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A print is a copy of a film. So when they say "per print" they mean the number of screens showing the particular film targeted for your assignment. Those ad checks are not hard, but take longer to do than 15 or 20 minute trailer checks because the ads will start running 25 mins before show time. You just need to be able to write them down with their start time in the column next to it...
That's still confusing.
The AMC River East in Chicago, IL is showing Barbershop: The Next Cut at 11:00 AM, 12:45 PM, 1:30 PM, 3:30 PM, 5:15 PM, 6:15 PM, 6:55 PM, 9:00 PM, and 9:40 PM.**
So if that were a show you were doing an ad check for you would have to arrive at the theater at 10:35 AM and stay until 9:40 PM you wouldn't get to watch the movie and you would get paid a whopping $5 or whatever the pay is on those things? That's the way it's always looked to me. Even if it was $5 for each one that's only $45 for an ENTIRE day.
**I have no idea if the movie theater or movie is one being ad checked I just picked a random theater in a random town for my example
The AMC River East in Chicago, IL is showing Barbershop: The Next Cut at 11:00 AM, 12:45 PM, 1:30 PM, 3:30 PM, 5:15 PM, 6:15 PM, 6:55 PM, 9:00 PM, and 9:40 PM.**
So if that were a show you were doing an ad check for you would have to arrive at the theater at 10:35 AM and stay until 9:40 PM you wouldn't get to watch the movie and you would get paid a whopping $5 or whatever the pay is on those things? That's the way it's always looked to me. Even if it was $5 for each one that's only $45 for an ENTIRE day.
**I have no idea if the movie theater or movie is one being ad checked I just picked a random theater in a random town for my example
There are reasons that a body stays in motion
At the moment only demons come to mind
At the moment only demons come to mind
The way it works for the company I do them for is they pay you a base rate for the first check. Then you have to do two more after that for a couple bucks or something. I never do them without a bonus but I really enjoy doing them because they're so easy. It takes me 1 hr 45 min - 2 hrs typically. You can pick any 3 movies to go to so I always pick a time slot when three movies start within 30 min of each other.
@Arch Stanton covered it more or less. To clarify a bit, different prints generally mean different ads/trailers. Most of the time there is one print, sometimes there are two. You would only check one show time for each print. The hardest part is getting a manager who understands what different prints are so you can clarify.
Ok so if there was just 1 print you only need to go for 1 show time, and so we're talking 30 minutes of work. Still though, the rate I've always seen on those was like $5 or something.
There are reasons that a body stays in motion
At the moment only demons come to mind
At the moment only demons come to mind
Also how on earth do you know if there is one print or two or three before you take the shop?
There are reasons that a body stays in motion
At the moment only demons come to mind
At the moment only demons come to mind
For the one I do, you always check three movies (prints). Always. I don't know why they pay more for each print because you are required to check three. It seems silly to me. The one I do starts at $8 for the first and $4 for each print after that. As easy as it is, I still think it's too low at the base rate and always wait for them to call each month.
So $16 for 2 hours of work. The same time you could do what 3 crappy Maritz audits for $60?
There are reasons that a body stays in motion
At the moment only demons come to mind
At the moment only demons come to mind
Yeah I wouldn't take them without a bonus but to be fair, in those 2 hours, I'm only actually doing about 20-30 min work. The rest of the time I'm just sitting in a dark theater surfing the web on my phone waiting for the movie to start. Also, the report is super easy with no photos. I typically do them for $30-$40 which is enough for me.
Yes but just because you're not doing work doesn't mean the time isn't just as valuable as if you were doing work because it takes away from when you COULD be doing work.
There are reasons that a body stays in motion
At the moment only demons come to mind
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Thanks everyone! Do you get to watch the movie?
@bgriffin wrote:
Yes but just because you're not doing work doesn't mean the time isn't just as valuable as if you were doing work because it takes away from when you COULD be doing work.
Not if there isn't any other work in the area! Small town--I'll take what I can get and enjoy my kid free quiet time in the dark.
Check the theater's website. You can usually go by the screening times. A 2 hour movie with screenings every hour on the hour would be 3 prints mostly likely, though they do throw curveballs in sometimes. You can also call the theater and talk to the managers. Regal is a little weird about that though as they don't put any information about what screen is what print anywhere at all. Even the managers don't know. AMC and Cinemark are fairly good about that information, though AMC made theirs hard to decipher for some reason.
@currygolf Glad you asked the question. There are many movie theaters near me and I get requests all the time. I haven't taken any because the guidelines are very confusing. Do I want to watch trailers, watch commercials or setup a stand? Assignments like these, I wish there was a customer review section where we could read about other OP's experiences with the shop like we can read actual reviews with Amazon or other major companies before purchasing a product.
The ad check shops recently posted paid $18.00 for the first screen and $13.00 for the second one which includes a free movie both times so it is worth the effort to me...we will likely see more of these shops posted as the in theater screen ad business sis growing quite rapidly. Interesting to note that consumers have a higher recall rate after seeing theater ads as opposed to watching television ads, believe it or not...
@Arch Stanton wrote:
The ad check shops recently posted paid $18.00 for the first screen and $13.00 for the second one which includes a free movie both times so it is worth the effort to me...we will likely see more of these shops posted as the in theater screen ad business sis growing quite rapidly. Interesting to note that consumers have a higher recall rate after seeing theater ads as opposed to watching television ads, believe it or not...
Wow! Wish we had those in my area! We just have a couple of local theaters with a MS company that is notorious for low offers.
The pay is often low, but I was getting a bonus when I did them regularly. The theater I was doing was right next to my office at the time.
@bgriffin wrote:
That's still confusing.
The AMC River East in Chicago, IL is showing Barbershop: The Next Cut at 11:00 AM, 12:45 PM, 1:30 PM, 3:30 PM, 5:15 PM, 6:15 PM, 6:55 PM, 9:00 PM, and 9:40 PM.**
So if that were a show you were doing an ad check for you would have to arrive at the theater at 10:35 AM and stay until 9:40 PM you wouldn't get to watch the movie and you would get paid a whopping $5 or whatever the pay is on those things? That's the way it's always looked to me. Even if it was $5 for each one that's only $45 for an ENTIRE day.
**I have no idea if the movie theater or movie is one being ad checked I just picked a random theater in a random town for my example
By your example and not knowing the run time of that movie off hand, that looks like two prints and possibly a third in the 6:00p cluster. Maybe not, because prints can be split at any time and there's no need to stay for that.
So, for a typical first show trailer check, that's $12 for an hour's work for one movie.
My base theater is a Regal and they keep things pretty straight for the most part. Cinemark loves to break in a late print and my old sidekick has to fill a few hours from say 3-7 to get that late print in on occasion.
@bgriffin wrote:
Yes but just because you're not doing work doesn't mean the time isn't just as valuable as if you were doing work because it takes away from when you COULD be doing work.
No thanks. I'm a maintenance guy for my 8-5. If the flip side is a cute ticket taker or usher gal hitting me up between checks because she loves an install I put up, I'll live.
My first time ever. For an assignment consisting for trailer checks for each print, when it says:
YOUR RESULTS MUST BE DATA ENTERED ONLINE WITHIN ONE HOUR OF COMPLETING YOUR ASSIGNMENT.
Does that mean after the last trailer of my last print has been shown I have to call or internet in? How would they know?
Also, any recommendations/tips for a newbie for Overt Trailer Check on each print? I'm mostly nervous about scheduling...
YOUR RESULTS MUST BE DATA ENTERED ONLINE WITHIN ONE HOUR OF COMPLETING YOUR ASSIGNMENT.
Does that mean after the last trailer of my last print has been shown I have to call or internet in? How would they know?
Also, any recommendations/tips for a newbie for Overt Trailer Check on each print? I'm mostly nervous about scheduling...
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