26 march programme

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Programming Meeting 26/03/2007

Present: Becca (minutes), Mat, Bill, Dom, JT, Richard, Debbie, Cat, Sarah, Barney, Ilana (facilitator)

Agenda

Local DJs/tunes Event

Andy’s Exhibition

Udder Chair Exhibition

Mar/April Programme

Programme to come…

AOB

Local DJ/Tunes Event:

‘Autonomix Collective’ (AC), party of about 200 people – capacity 110. Promoting Local DJs. www.myspace.com/theautonomixcollective

· Discussion of ‘Stetchy Munters’ night and how it didn’t work at the S&S – we need to have a discussion about that/evaluate the evening. We are not a club venue.

· The AC have lots of volunteers to help out – a collective of friends. Problem of volunteers being part of the party rather than responsible volunteers. We need a trust-based relationship.

· No late licence available for this event. Cinema has priority over late licences.

· The AC to email us a proposal/information – timeframe: after June. They will invite us along to their nights in the meantime so that we can check it out.

· Cinema DJ nights – The AC have the opportunity to come along to DJ after cinema screenings. A good starting point where we can build a relationship. Mat to draft up a proposal for this idea.

· The AC to come along to the cinema to get a feeling of the cinema, volunteer to get an idea as to how the cinema works and what it’s about.

· S&S need to work out the balance of cinema/live venue.

Andy’s Exhibition Start: 25/05/2007, End: 15/06/2007

· Andy will not do the show unless the space is treated like a ‘gallery’ – bike parking, opening times, etc. Invigilator at all times. Andy to arrange volunteers to staff his exhibition.

· Is anything booked and how long can he have the space?

· Programme publicised – Exhibition times.

· Midnight Movie possibility? Ticketed movie, free exhibition. Licensing times mean that the movie will have to be over and people out by 1am.

· What is that space about? Exhibition/programme relationship/crossover. Also, that space is a smoking space.

· 29/05: Better Noise gig, 15/06: Fiona Wright performance (TBC), 02/06: Road to Rimini event

· Bike rack to be moved to behind the box office. Andy to board up the alcove spaces and any partitions that may need to be added.

· We need to prioritise that back room – clean up and organise.

· Copy deadline: 30/03/2007

· Ilana to ask insurers about temp cover. Andy to also research this just in case.

Udder Chairs

Exhibition (the above applies)

· Semi-permanent exhibition in the bar area.

· The bar area gets moved around a lot depending on the event and what people want. Pieces may be lost/damaged. Perhaps an area rather than the whole bar should be used (library area). However, the work is intervention rather than exhibition.

· Publicised and notices up about the pieces to make people aware that they’re there.

· Cat is applying for funding and is looking at beginning of July.

· Copy deadline for July: 31/05/2007

Mar/Apr Programme Review

· No more for April!

· Programming as seasons works well, especially for marketing.

· March stronger as a programme. April a little bitty and carelessly fitted in.

· Programme layout not comprehensive for April.

· One music event a week (unless it’s after a film) – we don’t have to say yes to everything! We need to be stricter with our regular open days.

· Conduct a survey as to what our audience wants to see (specific titles/kinds of films). Suggestions space (web/poster in the bar/mail out/forum/suggestions box). How do we make the link between what people would like to see and how they can get involved?

· Members’ forum on the website? People can start threads for discussion. However, we will need someone to facilitate that.

· Sarah to make up feedback forms/suggestion cards to be handed out with tickets.

· Starting point: ask Simon about online forum and Sarah to make suggestion cards for our customers (trial by asking simple question about what people would like to see at their cinema).

May/June Programme

COPY DEADLINE: 30 MARCH 2007

· Lives of Others & Half Moon movies from Christo for May/June

· Sunday Movies – May: Hitchcock, June: US Indie Clash. Becca needs to know which dates she should book.

· Rotterdam Film Fest Movies (Debbie & Christo)

· Some things provisionally booked in on Sunday – Sunday is sacred Movie Day!

· Closed Green Festival weekend?

· Disclaimer on the wiki programme page: All programme entries are provisional until the programming meeting on the 4th Monday of every month. You need to come to the meeting, or at the very least send information about what you wish to programme. Please put your contact details (including name) next to your programme entry.

May to confirm/follow up:

1st – John Egdell/I-Jab gig (Christo to confirm)

6th – Road to Rimini (Mat to confirm film booking)

10th – Lay Down Tracks (Mat to find another film and chase up film)

11th – Gig details TBC

13th – Green Festival shift because of Sunday Movie (after the movie?)

16th – Film Lives of Others

17th – Film (Lives of Others)

20th – 7.30pm Film (Lives of Others)

24th – jack smith documentary

25th – Late Movie TBC (Andy to arrange)

27th – 7.30pm South Asian Film - tamil speaking.

29th – Programme Meeting (rearrange)

30th – Green festival fundraiser TBC

June to confirm/follow up:

2nd – Road to Rimini Film TBC

3rd – 7.30pm jonny suede

6th – Alan to confirm earlier screening

7th – CotW Film Still needs to be confirmed

8th – John Smith night

9th - (Green Festival party to be arranged)

10th – Green Festival CINEMA CLOSED

13th – Eraserhead

14th – John Smith Film then Eraserhead.

17th – 7.30pm Film welcome to the dollhouse

20th – South Asian Film TBC

21st & 22nd – Refugee Festival (Films/events TBC)

24th – 7.30pm stranger then paradise

28th – thursday - Guiseppe Andrews

29th – Tim gig - The Be Safes (Debbie to confirm) maybe film before?

30th – Eyes Wide Open – to arrange and ‘inspired by the John Smith event’

AOB

Human Geography non-conference for July 18th & 19th (won’t interfere with screenings) – Debbie to confirm.

20th – 29th: July Summer Film Festival/SummerTyne. Mat to follow up with NGI (if no reply by this Friday then get in touch again).

NOTE: LAST TWO WEEKS OF JULY BECOME THE STAR AND SHADOW FILM FESTIVAL. Film, practice and events. No external programming during this period (unless they fit bill). This is a celebration of the Star and Shadow and all the hard work we’ve been doing. August is closed so we can go out with a hot bang!