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A Question concerning The Black Cauldron, the worst Disney cartoon ever made, and Tim Burton?

I have a question concerning Disney's ill-received 1985 animated feature, The Black Cauldron, which many thought to be the worst Disney cartoon ever made and/or of all time. What, When, Who, Why, and How did Disney's The Black Cauldron drove Tim Burton to get out of Disney and direct movies like Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice and Batman and Batman Returns (though Tim Burton would return to Disney and Touchstone to make his 1993 stop motion classic, The Nightmare Before Christmas)? Why? How? Well, Tell me.

Hang on, IMDB will have the answer.

He was only in the art department in a relatively small job, it's not suprising since he had made his own short animated films before and they were pretty dark 'Stalk of the Celery' which he produced, directed, wrote and animated. He was reluctant to be working with disney on films like 'The Fox and The Hound' and of course 'The Black Cauldron' but they allowed him to work on his own projects including the black and white six minute 'Vincent Price' and then the 27-minute live action 'Frankenweenie' which was judged unsuitable for children and never realeased (i find that easy to beleive and quite amusing). However a certain Paul Reubens saw it and decided Burton would be ideal to direct the suprise box-office hit 'Pee-wee's big adventure' which led onto Beetlejuice etc.

I hope that answers your question becuase i didn't quite understand it.

Oh and by the way strangely enough i have a certain fondness for the black cauldron. After seeing all those dull light princess stories like 'The Little Mermaid' and 'Sleeping Beuty' etc. I was quite delighted when i came across this far darker cartoon. I got to quite like the charectors, the little goblin, the evil king (who was the best villian they've ever had, EVER!) and my main complaint with it was that profoundly irritating little charector who ruined everythining, that hiddious fluffy wombat puppy beaver thing! Hooray! I shouted when her fell into the cauldron and groaned imensely when the witches brought him back to life. I might be the only one to think it but the black cauldron is actaully one of my favourite cartoons and a couple of years ago my lovely brother bought it for my birthday and now i was very grateful.

Still, i admit i have quite a vvaried taste in films. I'm very partial to romantic comidies and Titanic but i also love Sweeny Todd, Resevoir Dogs and Interview with the Vampire.

Hope that helped anyway.

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Dental Marketing White Paper: Personalized Direct Mail

Variable, Full Color, Digital Printing

To develop a successful dental marketing approach in this modern, hyperactive consumer market, it is imperative for general dental and specialty offices to move beyond a generic current occupant presentation. Even the personalized “address label” and/or black and white personalization of letter mailings to current dental patients has its limitations. Variable digital full color printing has significant potential to achieve the internal and external communication goals of many dental practice types including cosmetic, family, and orthodontic.

Dental and orthodontic practices not in a healthy growth mode or that have seen shrinkage in recent months or years require more advanced marketing methods. These practices are not going to be able to compete successfully for the consumer’s attention and dollar without adding to their marketing repertoire.

Overcoming the economic, insurance or consumer issues like denial, procrastination, and oral ignorance requires a higher level of interaction, intensity, and creativity. Variable digital printing puts increased emphasis on the recipient. By putting the recipient “in the concept” rather than as an “adjunct” to the concept, has a stunning effect compared to traditional direct mail.

CONSUMER EFFECT

The personalization inherent in variable printing creates a very unique connection with the consumer recipient – current or prospective dental/orthodontic patient:

• It completely envelopes the dental consumer’s experience

• They are an integral part of the communication not just an afterthought

• It has a connective emotional impact not just a visual impact

• Their name "inside the design" reflects the communicative effect back to them

– The effect is, therefore, much more about them than about you (the dentist or orthodontist)

PERSONALIZATION DIAGRAMMED

View Diagram of concept

COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS

While initial cost should be considered when choosing a marketing concept, it is really potential results being purchased. If the lower priced product is ineffective, the initial cost becomes irrelevant. Paying 100 percent more for something that actually works benefits the purchaser much more.

As discussed and presented above, variable printing provides the ability to place text throughout the dentistry and orthodontic marketing piece. This unique printing technology and its personalization capability requires a complex and individualized process. Offset printing (thousands of versions of the same exact piece) is cheaper for this reason. While variable printing costs more, it offers much more.

Offset printing offers you savings today – Variable printing offers you more patients tomorrow. Gaining and holding the attention of the 21st century dental consumer requires the use of the best communication repertoire available. Variable printing offers the dentist and the orthodontist the level of intensity needed to overpower the current marketing din.

To avoid the pitfalls of dental marketing mediocrity, put cost in its place. More importantly, don’t give this benefit away to your dental or orthodontic competitors.

RESULTS DETAILED

Response rates are dramatically improved with the personalization of variable digital printing. Dental and orthodontic postcards become signature pieces rather than stacks of printed paper. Offset printing – thousands of printed pieces without personalization – cannot achieve this level of response because of its generic and detached connection with the recipient.

Traditional response rates for Black and White, offset printing, and current occupant mailings are .03% to 1% across most industries. Below are the improvement levels seen once more data, full color and personalization are implemented.

• 44% Response Improvement by adding recipient’s name to the printed page (not current occupant)*

• 135% Response Improvement by adding full color to a printed piece*

• 500% Response Improvement by adding recipient’s name, color, and customizing content to interests of recipient*

*Variable Digital Printing - Industry Results

OFFSET COMPARISON

Offset printing often has a cheaper cost of entry. This elixir of cheaper initial cost is very powerful. Yet, a successful response (and more patients) is what dentists and orthodontists demand. Variable printing of orthodontic or dental postcards requires more initial investment, but if the value of a better response is entered into the equation, cost of entry becomes irrelevant.

For example:

Dental Practice #1: 10,000 postcards for $6,000 is fairly common for offset printing**

Dental Practice #2: 10,000 postcards for $8,000 is fairly common for variable printing**

** These averages include all fees: postage, mailing, full color both sides printing, design, and lead list

A somewhat positive response rate of 0.75% with offset printing/mailing of 10,000 postcards would produce 75 calls. (This response rate takes into account an offset printer/marketer including full color and placing the recipient's name in the addressing).

In contrast, the variable printing personalization capability creates the potential for 125 to 150 calls. While this level of increased response is an estimate, variable printing only has to increase actual patient numbers by a few more to pay back the initial cost benefit offset printed dental and orthodontic postcards provide. Just a few additional patients would add 7-25 thousand dollars in future income

However, there is another major caveat in this offset printing and variable printing comparison. What if the local dental or orthodontic competition is already doing an offset printed direct mailing? Competition will drive down response rates - variable printing offers the dentist or orthodontist an obvious advantage in this competitive environment.

CONCLUSION

Dental or orthodontic direct mail marketing is always evolving. Orthodontists and dentists need to continue to innovate, not only to stay ahead of their local competition, but also to effectively engage the consumer in this hyper active environment. Most consumers are not aware of the value in modern dentistry and orthodontics.

Breaking through the marketing clutter requires more than what was done yesterday. Variable digital printing will not solve every dental marketing dilemma, but it provides the leg up many orthodontia and family/cosmetic dentistry practices can use to get to the next level.

Sincerely, Dick Chwalek - Niche Dental

About the Author

Dental Marketing Author: Dick Chwalek • Niche Dental - Comprehensive Integrated Marketing & Consulting
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Co-creator of Express Dental Marketing
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Niche Dental provides dentists, orthodontists and dental specialists branding strategies and dental consulting.

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