Bonjourno interweb!
Here comes the second part of my huge reflection on the production season of 'Cloud 9'. Tonight I'll be shedding some light on promotions; both during & post-production...
So, you may be asking:
Chloe, what did you have to do as promotions manager?
The answer to that is not a short one. Each day leading up to and during our performance season, I was continuously finding things that I needed to do, to ensure that I was pulling my own weight within the class. The basic idea of the job, however, was:
- Designing, printing and putting-up promotional posters.
- Organizing ticketing;
setting up the trybooking website, booking 'box-office' tickets for those who preferred to pay cash, marking off sold tickets on the hard-copy seating plan for each performance, ensuring the front of house people were briefed each night and managing the finances for the show (both for online ticket sales and cash payments).
- Contacting various teachers and faculties within the school (especially IB english, as they are studying 'Cloud 9' as a text) to generate interest.
Essentially that was the gig, but as I said before, there were heaps of little tasks that all amounted to a large amount of work leading up to the shows!
During the shows, the main thing was selling tickets for the next night, and writing up a summary sheet for the front of house team each night. On the summary sheet I would write general information about ticket prices etc, but also if there were any people who had reserved tickets that were to be paid for, etc. Initially I was also supposed to throw together a program for the performances, however I called in a favour from our resident Director, Greg, as I didn't have enough time/headspace to give it a proper go. Snaps for Greg!
Post-production, the only real task for me was to hand the money from the online ticket sales over to the school. The trybooking website ended up being linked to my bank account, as the school account wouldn't work properly. This actually worked out to be quite handy in the end, as the week after the shows I simply waltzed into the bank and got a bank cheque for the full amount. As we made a decent profit from the show, we decided that it was only fair to split the money between the nine of us...
Nooooo, only kidding!
The profits from the show have gone back into fixing the TCW - in particular, we've asked for it to go towards real seat numbers. Hooray!
The experience of managing a box-office and booking tickets for customers was, in my opinion, a very valuable experience. I feel like I was able to get a taste of professional box-office work, and now feel quite capable to do something like that for a job. On the other hand, I hope that I never have to manage something like that completely on my own again, as it did drive me slightly insane!
I think that's about all I have to say regarding promotions... So I'll finish this blog with a couple more photos!
Until next time...
"We go home, and you have tea, and you have a bath, and you go to bed"
"I don't want to go to bed"
"It's my Brother"
"It's just her sense of humour, you'll get used to it"
"Shut-up Vicky, it's my Brother... Isn't it? Bill?"
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