
In 2017, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science Phipps
IMAX Theater (DMNS) made the star of their
Extreme
Weather 3D marketing campaign an object instead of a person—move over, Sean
Casey. The Tornado Intercept Vehicle (TIV) rolled up to the museum to much
fanfare and was positioned in front of the Museum for three weeks.
In 2016, the IMAX Melbourne theater rolled out an integrated
marketing campaign featuring former NASA Astronaut Marsha Ivins to promote their
release of A Beautiful Planet 3D.
The campaign, which won a the GSCA award for Best Film Launch by a Theater, resulted in their most successful three-month period for a
documentary film in three and a half years.
Part of the promotional campaign that TELUS World of Science– Edmonton (TWOSE) developed for the launch of MacGillivray Freeman’s Humpback Whales was frequent posts in their social media channels.
The Museum of Science #findthepanda twitter campaign created buzz in Boston to promote the National Geographic film Pandas: The Journey Home.
The Science Museum of Minnesota was pleased to launch in February 2015 a triple-header of programming that transformed the museum through summer 2015 into the most engaging and robust space museum between the North American coasts. The museum hosted the world premiere of its new exhibition "Space: An-Out-of-Gravity Experience," along with the giant screen film Journey To Space and the three-story Coachella Astronaut.
The Jerusalem campaign from National Geographic Studios was designed to provide top-level support for the film and work in tandem with local theater efforts. One key strategy was to create an outreach campaign to the interfaith community in order to minimize any miscommunications as to the film's message. If done properly, this would eliminate negativity and boost the success of the film as these groups become advocates of the film.
Shark attack! As part of the overall marketing strategy for the launch of Great White Shark 3D, the Montreal Science Centre hoped to create a buzz and educate guests that there are, in fact, sharks in Quebec waters.
The Saint Louis Science Center’s OMNIMAX Theater organized a Remembrance Day in honor of the 70th Anniversary of D-Day, with the film D-Day: Normandy 1944 as the centerpiece. In addition to honoring D-Day veterans and all who serve, the event, winner of the GSCA 2014 Achievement Award for Best Film Launch by a Theater, helped to further establish the Science Center as a convener for the community, a place where people come together to learn and share and interact.
The Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, reached out to community partners to create two South Pacific cultural events to launch the MacGillivray Freeman Films release Journey to the South Pacific 3D.
The Putnam Museum theater constructed a campaign to launch their conversion from 15/70 IMAX film to 4K digital that kept their audience informed as the conversion took place.