Once we have confirmed your booking we will produce and send tickets to you for you to sell. We will also send to you official posters from the film distributor (when available) to help promote the event . Where these are unavailable we will produce custom made posters and e-mail them to you (click to see example).
At all times it will be the responsibility of the organiser to sell tickets and promote the event.
We have found that using your normal sales / marketing methods achieves the best results as you are selling to your local community. e.g:
- Schools might use mailshots or leaflets for children to give to their parents
- Colleges might use flyers and notice boards to advertise
- Parish Councils using a Village Hall may put an advert in the local shop window and give the paperboy/girl a leaflet to drop off on their rounds
Spreading the excitement about your movie event is a sure way to increase attendance among the children, teachers, families and the surrounding school community.
Getting more people to attend results in higher sales of tickets and refreshments alike.
There are many ways you can promote your movie event. Here are just a few ideas:
- Spread excitement by displaying the cinema posters around the school prior to the event. The sooner the better.
- Let's Talk Books leaflets are an excellent way of creating the buzz before the event.
- You could even hand out movie posters or notices to get the kids talking or get them to design their own? Distribute them 3 weeks before the event to ensure parents can plan well in advance.
- Personalised letters to the parents explaining why you need their help, or explaining how the school can benefit is a great way of making parents feel a part of the movie event and feel valued.
- Contact your local newspaper – they'll love to hear what your school is doing and this would bring in some more people.
- If you’re having a family event, send a letter home
- Open your doors to the entire community, you’ll be amazed at the interest.
- Please click here to download (or open) a selection of marketing tips.
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We also suggest that at the event you have a person to collect the tickets and agree a head count with our technician.
As we are sure you are aware, all films shown in Britain are reviewed by the British Board of Film Classification who set age restrictions on films to prevent young people from viewing inappropriate films (those categories are shown on the left).
These categories carry legal responsibilities and you must ensure that they are complied with e.g. a 12 yr old must not be sold a ticket to a film with a 15 classification.
