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Suggestions for Recording Messages.
Opening Greeting You need to mention the name of the cinema and district (if you have
multiple cinemas in the same town). Give the caller the options. We
suggest you mention the touch tone number AFTER the option so they do
not forget while listening to all options. Example: “For a list of movies we
are playing, press 1.”
Movie List
This is always option 1. This message box leads to 24 screens with the
show times. Add variety to your reading by rotating the lead-in to each
movie. Example: “FOR Titanic, press 1. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE
Blast from the Past, press 2. STARTING THE WEEK Payback, press 3.
HELD OVER Private Ryan, press 4.... etc.
Write down you own list of lead-ins to each movie so you can rotate
them when making your recording for the week.
Directions
Directions to the cinema can be an option message. This is valuable for
first time visitors to your theatre. Regular customers do not need this
information and would not access this option box.
Ticket Pricing
Many cinemas have early-bird and senior citizens discounts. Also, movie
club specials.
Extra: The 4 th box can be used for any special promotion or event. It could be used to an-
nounce coming attractions. Example: “Star Wars is coming to this theatre in May. Presented in
digital sound with the new Center Surround 3X extended surround sound.”
All options should be included in the opening greeting message. You may also want to list a
special phone number for callers that do not have a touch-tone telephone.
APPENDIX D
SPECIFICATIONS
AUDIO
Encoding/Decoding
8 Bit U-LAW
Sampling Frequency
8Khz
Frequency Response
50 Hz to 3.5 kHz +/- 1.5 dB
MEMORY
Type
Flash
Size
8 Megabytes
MESSAGING
Number of Messages
29
Total Message Time
16 minutes
