For CBS Films’ release of SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMAN, Olson Visual came up with an entertaining moving light display at the ArcLight Hollywood. Watch the video below to see this entertaining visual display. SFITY_ArclightLobby_v1
NOTE: The following article was published in the Spring 2012 issue of ShowTime Magazine, The Theatre Industry’s Official Marketing Preview Guide. EXHIBITOR PROFILE: LYNDON GOLIN by Ron Chan Our motion picture exhibition industry has been peppered with dynamic individuals who have helped make it what it is today. Such exhibition icons like Sid Grauman, Stan Durwood, Jim Edwards, Sr. and Ted Mann…to name a few…have shaped the exhibition landscape. Now, a new generation of theatre owner/entrepreneurs has taken up the baton. One such individual is Lyndon Golin, President of Southern California based Regency Theatres. At an early age, Lyndon learned the value of Showmanship. One of six children, Lyndon is the son of Marion and Harry Golin. Harry owned the Embassy Theatre in Los Angeles and later ran the Earl C. Strebe Theatres which included the Village, Camelot, Plaza and two drive-in theatres in Palm Springs and Big… read more →
Below are recent installations for Lionsgate’s THE HUNGER GAMES of giant backlit graphics by Olson Visual at the ArcLight Sherman Oaks, ArcLight Pasadena and ArcLight Beach Cities in Southern California. These walls consist of backlit one sheet poster cases which, when seen as a single piece, is very striking to behold.
When I started at Warner Bros. in 1978, I had the rare honor of having a publicist named Marty Weiser as my mentor. Marty was the greatest publicist at Warner Bros. who devoted 50 years of his most creative life to his beloved Studio and was considered by all of his colleagues to be a marketing genius. Some day, I will tell you more about this amazing creative man. The first thing Marty taught me was about the publicity stunt. The publicity stunt is a staged event that is designed to get media coverage. It is the most creative and cost effective way to get media attention. “THE PUBLICITY STUNT”, Marty would tell me, “IS THE ART OF MAKING NEWS”. When the stunt is covered as news by the media, there is NO cost for this coverage. The only cost is the expense of staging the event. I should… read more →
Above is a timelapse clip of Olson Visual’s installation of a giant double sided graphic for Universal’s March release of “DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX” which took 7 hours to install and covers the entire front of the theatre…but you can see the whole process in less than 3 minutes here! Above are images of the completed giant double sided graphic from the inside of the theatre (click on image to make larger).