How can I make an easily changeable window marquee?

July 5, 2008 12:31 PM

We're moving our theater into a much larger building with giant windows, and I want to utilize one of those windows as a marquee for the movies we're showing. I was thinking along the lines of this. What's the best way for me to create something similar?

Basically the only requirements this marquee system would need are:

1. Easy to change
2. High contrast
3. Large size

I was wondering if they make big window decals (like the kind you get when they change your oil) that we could stick to the inside of the window. Other than that, I'm open to whatever else the hive mind might conjure up. Cost isn't too much of a factor, as I'm willing to spend a fair amount of lettuce for a marquee system that fulfills all the above requirements. I'm not, however, made of money, so platinum-plated, anti-gravity plates are out of the question.

posted by bjork24 to grab bag (4 comments total)

I'm thinking magnets. I know they sell those long strips of metal you can attach to your wall and hang pictures on; how about some kind of system where along the sides of the window, you have sort of vertical holders for them, that allow you to remove/move around the horizontal strips easily? Then you just need some magnets and some signs. I don't know if this would be too ugly or too inflexible for you, but it'd be pretty cheap and easy.
posted by MadamM at 2:07 PM on July 5, 2008

Crap - if I were at home I'd have the name of the company that does this, but I just saw it live and in person at the TRAFFIC conference in May. The company is "Visi" something.

You can stick this film on any piece of glass and run it from a computer with constantly revolving information - it can also be a touch screen with human interactivity. So, theoretically even when you are closed the system can be used to buy tickets, etc as well as advertise your upcoming films. There's certainly some "wow factor" about it.

If you're still in search of something poke me on Monday and I'll look for the business card.
posted by FlamingBore at 2:59 PM on July 5, 2008

They make blank window cling "paper" you can print on a standard printer (here's some with a puppy). You could just print one giant letter on each page, giving you a bunch of clingy tiles, like a regular marquee. If you print in white on blank clings, and then hang a black curtain in the window, I think that would be a pretty classy look.
posted by Rock Steady at 7:35 PM on July 5, 2008

vGlass by Vertisi.com
posted by FlamingBore at 12:38 PM on July 7, 2008