None of this “THE. TRAILER. STARTS. NOW” before the trailer starts
Trailers played in movie theaters do not include this. That is only used for online ads, because sometimes the trailer will play as a pre-roll ad and they don’t want people to skip it.
The trailer shouldn’t give the entire plot away
There’s a reason studios do this. They run focus groups for trailers, and studieshave shown that the more plot they reveal, the more likely audiences will buy a ticket to see the movie.
Kill the ads for sure, but go ahead and give me movie trailers before the start, but with some limitations in place:
Trailers played in movie theaters do not include this. That is only used for online ads, because sometimes the trailer will play as a pre-roll ad and they don’t want people to skip it.
There’s a reason studios do this. They run focus groups for trailers, and studies have shown that the more plot they reveal, the more likely audiences will buy a ticket to see the movie.