Weekly Briefing and Scarlarama talks
Updated: Nov 9, 2020
Tuesday 27th October 2020
Next Tuesday:
-group name
-target audience
-tone
-how will we market
-group presentation for formative feedback
part 1 - learn technical skills
-portfolio -submitted via google forms
-individual evaluation
-show one individual outcome that links to your skillset that also links to group too
- 5 min group visual presentation and a 7 min visual petcha kucha (20 slides for 20 seconds)
Laura
-Reliance- a small cinema and club in leeds
-pool turned into a festival exploring gentrification
-mussels in love- film - ate mussels and chips whilst watching the film
- posters developed -diy with a DVD and single viewing filming liscence
-filming every Thursday
-films exploring food waste and production
-left bank leeds- old church- got converted into a cinema
Scarlarama
-odourama -scratch card creates a film with smells
-the scala cinema was an influencial cinema at kings cross london
- it was a cult cinema that had a book written about it and eventually closed in 1993
-in 2011 - scala forever was formed an event across london showing films as tribute to the scala cinema
- this was a success and led to the growth out of london and it being called scalarama
- a film fan turned into a festival
leeds scarlarama grew its own identity
- newspapers were created with a mini guide of what was on in leeds
-30/40 events in leeds
-had its own pale ale
-sharing the excitement of cinema
-branded popcorn
-badges
-dimentia friendly screenings
-did a xmas party and extended scarlarama out of September
-using film to spark conversations
-celebrate love of film and gap in the market
-raises awareness and shifts culture
Robert Barham
-virtually attended festivals
-hybrid festivals- online screenings and screenings in person
-townhall, vue and hyde park picture house
-LIFF and LYFF joined to form one festival
-enhanced safety measures used - cashless, no tickets, prebooking
-no volunteers when there is usually up to 100-120
- use social media to gain new audiences
-small group viewings were more fun
-film quiz and raffle
-24 hour screening marathon at hyde park picture house
-raises money for charity
-trailers via vimeo- shows what can be done on a budget
-prepare, plan and do what you love