All UK Browncoats and fans alike!! Spreading the word from our Cap'tn

POSTED BY: mireille
UPDATED: Tuesday, September 7, 2004 17:26
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MIREILLE

Thursday, September 2, 2004 9:43 PM

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I must get permission to screen the DVDs. I have the postal address for Mutant Enemy, but does anyone have an email address?

If you make enough to pay the bills of renting the suite and/or pub space, that isn't profit.

B]

That is exactly whay I was planning to do, just charge enough money to cover the rent. This isn't for profit, is for the fans! Thanks for the help

FIREFLEW

Friday, September 3, 2004 6:53 AM

Then all that remains is a place and a time :D.

(Probably other stuff, but I'm a "big-picture" guy.)

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MIREILLE

Friday, September 3, 2004 10:07 AM

Ok dokey,

I shall be checking out venues soon. I have tried a couple of cinemas. You can hire a theatre for a day, but they don't play DVDs so I'm starting to think that it may have to be an actual conference centre or a big pub.

Any suggestions? As long as the place has an LCD projector we should be ok, cos i could bring my laptop and play the DVDs from there.

Anybody from Leeds or surrounding areas with any suggestions?

EVILTOBZ

Friday, September 3, 2004 12:59 PM

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Originally posted by mireille:
...I have tried a couple of cinemas. You can hire a theatre for a day, but they don't play DVDs so I'm starting to think that it may have to be an actual conference centre or a big pub.

depends on the place, the bfi (british film institute) in london has a venue that can be hired out and plays dvds, and they aren't too concerned about you having the permission of the copyright holder, but it is a pretty small screening area, 50-100 people at a guess. my point being that smaller/arthouse type venues are more likely to be able to do dvds than a big multiplex.

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MIREILLE

Friday, September 3, 2004 2:17 PM

Dear All

As you know from my previous posts, i have been playing with the idea
of holding a UK Shindig, where a few of us could get together and re-
watch ALL the Firefly episodes from beginning to end, and in the
right order ;-)!, to get revved up for the release of Serenity:the
movie.

I have started enquiring about venues in Leeds etc. And all the
venues need to pretty much know a date before they can start doing
calculations.

I was thinking about either February 2005 or March 2005, which is
basically one to two months before Serenity:the movie gets released
in the States, and also a month before the Serenity convention hosted
by Starfury Conventions. That way there would be enough time to save
up for the convention ;-)

This event is a non-profit venture. I would just like to do it for
the fans! Because I KNOW that i would love any excuse to get together
with fellow browncoats and fans alike and watch the whole series in
one go. But infortunately I would need to charge a minimum amount to
be able to pay for the hire of the venue. I PROMISE THAT I WILL MAKE
IT AS CHEAP AS POSSIBLE. This is on the basis that I can get at least
of 50 people attending. Surely we can manage that, right?

HERE COMES THE PART WHERE I NEED YOUR HELP:

FACT: As you know the Firefly series is 14 episodes, and i would say
that there are approximately 45 mins per episode.

QUESTION ONE:
Would you rather have it in February 2005 or March 2005?

QUESTION TWO:
Do you think we should split it into 2 days? (Bear in mind that it
would mean that those of you coming from outside Leeds would have to
get accomodation)

If this proves to be too expensive to make it worth while,
then...

QUESTION THREE:
Should we hold it on one day only, and play a selection of the most
popular episodes as voted by the fans?

PLEASE VISIT THE POLLS SECTION AND MAKE YOUR VOTE.

Feel free to just reply to this message.

Thank you for your patience reading this message ;-) and for your
help.

Keep Flyin'!

http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/Firefly_Serenity_UK/

FIREFLEW

Friday, September 3, 2004 5:18 PM

Technically, it's 15 episodes of 45 minutes each - Serenity is like a double episode.

Hate to be a pedant

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LITTLEMANLOVESFIRE

Saturday, September 4, 2004 12:58 AM

This may be a dumb idea but.

I have a massive house. With a good set up in the living room.

This may be an option, depending on numbers. It can stand a hefty number of people, wouldn't cost anything and I wouldn't need to get permission - I don't need permission to watch firefly privately with a large group of friends at my house do I?

Plus of course I wouldn't have to get off my arse...

SLAYERFEST

Saturday, September 4, 2004 5:39 PM

I can tell you that in the UK you do have to get permission to show DVDs to an audience and it is very difficult to obtain permission if you are charging an entrance fee to watch them.

I beleive you would need to contact Fox concerning the showing of episodes as I had to contact Fox to obtain permission to show Buffy episodes at an event featuring cast members.

I contacted Fox Home Entertainment in the UK. They were willing to let me do it as I was not charging people to watch the episode, it was merely an add on to the experience and served as advertising for their products. If the primary purpose of an event is to view episodes they are less likely to be helpful.

On the up side I have a theatre in Grimsby where I hold Slayerfest and am looking to run any sort of Firefly event to test the water for future events at which we may meet crew from Serenity herself! I know that Grimsby is a long way from anywhere but people travel from all over the country to attend Slayerfest events here. I would hope they would be prepared to travel for Firefly too.

Incidentally we also have the capacity to show DVDs if we have permission to do so.

SLAYERFEST

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MAJORFAILURE

Saturday, September 4, 2004 7:34 PM

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Ooh from October I'm going to be in Cambridge. Glad to know I wont be the only browncoat there.

No sir, there are a few of us there now to the best of my knowledge. Found this site twenty minutes ago, and mighty pleased to have done so. We should all meet for a preliminary shindig in Cambridge.

HEB

Saturday, September 4, 2004 8:01 PM

Shiny! Welcome to the board!

I'd absolutely be up for a shindig. It would be good to meet some browncoats in Cambridge as I don't know anyone there.

heb

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