A (VHS) screener was a promotional VHS shipped to rental shops that used to plug an upcoming or new movie, television show, or similar to the public or press before its premiere or release.
Screeners would mostly be found in a fullscreen (1.33:1) format, although some are also in (letterboxed) widescreen. A screener mostly will have a "ticker" (message, copyright, and anti-copy telephone number) scrolling past the bottom of the screen sideways, while some feature markings that lead to the source of the video. Many of these types of videos will block these markings, while on others, the markings remain on the screen throughout the entire video. A screener can be filmed in two ways: subpar if done on a VHS recorder through poor capture equipment on a copied tape, or a superior print done from a master quality video.
From 1997 to 2001, Big Idea sold screener tapes by Lyrick Studios that have original Everland Entertainment releases.
List
- Where's God When I'm S-Scared?/Are You My Neighbor? (December 6th, 1997)
- Rack, Shack and Benny/Dave and the Giant Pickle (May 14th, 1998)
- The Toy That Saved Christmas (June 25th, 1998)
- God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!/Larry-Boy! and the Fib from Outer Space! (November 10th, 1998)
- Very Silly Songs!/Josh and the Big Wall! (February 16th, 1999)
- Madame Blueberry (June 8th, 1999)
- Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed (November 4th, 1999)
- The End of Silliness? (March 18th, 2000)
- King George and the Ducky (May 23rd, 2000)
- Esther... The Girl Who Became Queen (November 7th, 2000)
- Lyle the Kindly Viking (January 30th, 2001)
- The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown (July 24th, 2001)
- Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (December 17th, 2002)