# How to escape the bounds of initial stage size
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-escape-the-bounds-of-initial-stage-size/205063
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [October 25, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-escape-the-bounds-of-initial-stage-size/205063 "2006-10-25T20:00:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@duder78](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/duder78)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-escape-the-bounds-of-initial-stage-size/205063/1 "2006-10-25T20:00:15Z")
Hey all, new guy here!
I’m having problem wrapping my head around this one. First, the advertisement which exhibits the functionality i’m looking for :
> **[Voyage | Vacances, séjours, escapades, destinations, aubaines, conseils,...](http://www.lapresse.ca/voyage/)**
>
> Section Voyage de LaPresse.ca: Québec, Canada, Etats-Unis, Europe, autres destinations
The ads are at the top and displayed randomly. Just refresh the page until the ‘Nolitours’ add come up with the 3 drinks. Choose one (or two) and eventually the movie slides down and seemingly escapes the bounds of the original advertisement. That’s what i’m looking to do.
I’ve tried it using loadMovie into an empty movieclip as well as loadMovieNum into levels. In each case, the the external movieclips play, but the edges are truncated because the initial stage size is smaller than the loaded clips. How do I escape this?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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### Author:  [@Phat7](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Phat7)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-escape-the-bounds-of-initial-stage-size/205063/2 "2006-10-25T20:38:47Z")
Just tried clicking on the drinks to see what happens, nothing. Can you post a screenshot?
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### Author:  [@glosrfc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/glosrfc)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-escape-the-bounds-of-initial-stage-size/205063/3 "2006-10-25T20:59:08Z")
Do a search on this site for “transparent movie”
You should find plenty of advice about this technique.
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### Author:  [@duder78](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/duder78)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-escape-the-bounds-of-initial-stage-size/205063/4 "2006-10-25T21:00:36Z")
I’m just packing it in for the day, i’ll post a screenie when I get home!
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### Author:  [@duder78](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/duder78)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2006, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-escape-the-bounds-of-initial-stage-size/205063/5 "2006-10-26T00:24:53Z")
Alrighty, i’ve looked into the ‘transparent movie’ topics and I have actually used the wmode=transparent parameter on a few occasions, mostly so that tooltips display over embedded flash movies. Good stuff to know. I’m not sure if it would explain the behaviour in the above-mentionned flash advertisement. Speaking of, here are a couple screenshots to better illustrate what I described earlier.
**Screenie One**
Initial movie/stage dimension looks to be about 730 x 90 pixels. The user is being asked to pick a drink. After choosing one, and followed by a brief pause, screenie two presents itself
**Screenie Two**
Mr. Doofus slides out towards the bottom of the page. Honesty this sort of functionality tends to annoy the hell out of me, but i’m about 4 weeks into a new job at what i’ll call ‘a marketing firm’ who see this sort of advertising as fantastic. They ■■■■ near wet their pants when they saw this ad! That’s how I ended up racking my brain trying to figure out how this was done.