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Post by justfran on Nov 10, 2019 21:44:42 GMT
Something that I thought was a shame was the amount of people that came late. I wish that cinemas would make it clear when showing theatre productions that there aren't going to be 20 minutes of trailers and it will actually start at the given time. There were people continuously wandering in for the first 20 minutes which was very distracting. Totally agree, I was just saying this afternoon that there should be a note when you book online that theatre screenings actually start at the advertised time. There was still a few people coming into our screen once it had started but luckily the duty manager came in and stopped the film then started it from the beginning again after about 10 minutes once everyone was in 😊
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Post by itsemily on Nov 10, 2019 21:57:19 GMT
Well that was enjoyable way to spend a Sunday evening (even if it did start 30 minutes late and people were still coming in late after that🤔) really captured the whole show beautifully and I loved it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2019 22:47:48 GMT
Something that I thought was a shame was the amount of people that came late. I wish that cinemas would make it clear when showing theatre productions that there aren't going to be 20 minutes of trailers and it will actually start at the given time. There were people continuously wandering in for the first 20 minutes which was very distracting. Totally agree, I was just saying this afternoon that there should be a note when you book online that theatre screenings actually start at the advertised time. There was still a few people coming into our screen once it had started but luckily the duty manager came in and stopped the film then started it from the beginning again after about 10 minutes once everyone was in 😊 They did this where I was too! Were you at the Odeon in Hatfield?
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Post by greeny11 on Nov 11, 2019 6:05:44 GMT
Please tell me that the cutting off of the feet wasn’t just an issue in Manchester? I couldn’t believe how badly the whole thing was framed. Loads of set at the top while the principal dancers feet were cut off at the bottom? I enjoyed it but this was hugely distracting and disappointing for me. I looked out for this once you had mentioned it - and it wasn't a problem at our screening (and it filled the whole screen). The only time we couldn't see the feet was if they were doing a close up of the actor.
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Post by ptwest on Nov 11, 2019 6:34:34 GMT
It definitely filled the whole screen at Leeds too. Maybe this was just a Manchester thing. Very shoddy if that is the case.
We had the film start without picture which nobody seemed to notice until I went out and found a member of staff. We got as far as Peggy’s entrance before the picture came on and the film was restarted. Unbelievable that these days films will start without anyone actually checking that it’s working.
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Post by The Matthew on Nov 11, 2019 8:18:19 GMT
Cynically, I think a lot of the problem with cinemas is because many of them don't have projectionists but instead have people who push a button to start a film in between selling popcorn. Films come with data sheets that specify things like the correct brightness so highlights don't bleach out and shadows don't crush and where in the auditorium you should stand to use the lightmeter, framing charts so the correct image size and cropping can be set, resolution settings, audio configuration and fader settings, and so on, all intended to make sure the projection environment is precisely matched to the expectations of the distributor. But in the cinema all that happens is that one disk is pulled out and the next shoved in and off we go with the next feature because setting it up correctly takes time that isn't bringing in revenue.
I've seen some cinemas that clearly make an effort to do it properly, but I've seen some that are keystoning like a cheap office presentation.
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Post by tysilio2 on Nov 11, 2019 9:30:45 GMT
Did the show commence immediately at the start of the broadcast or are there interviews/trailers for the first few minutes?
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Post by dippy on Nov 11, 2019 9:37:19 GMT
Did the show commence immediately at the start of the broadcast or are there interviews/trailers for the first few minutes? Started immediately, put up the BBFC thing and then started. Sadly no interviews/making of, I think I read that in America there was a making of shown which I would have loved to see.
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Post by ABr on Nov 11, 2019 9:38:15 GMT
Did the show commence immediately at the start of the broadcast or are there interviews/trailers for the first few minutes? At ours there was 1 trailer for The Royal Opera House, regarding live screenings then it went straight into the recording. They played it a minuet or so before 2pm, so it still started at 2pm.
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Post by pianowithsam on Nov 11, 2019 9:43:22 GMT
Did the show commence immediately at the start of the broadcast or are there interviews/trailers for the first few minutes? We had 10 minutes of trailers and then the “film” started at 14:50. We had the entire credits roll before the film started.
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Post by alece10 on Nov 11, 2019 12:26:11 GMT
At my cinema I was told when buying the ticket that there would only be 6 minutes of trailers which pleased me as sometimes can be 20 plus minutes. And there were no adverts.
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Post by ruby on Nov 11, 2019 12:30:48 GMT
We had a good 20 min of adverts and trailers first, which got me so impatient! I went with a friend who has only ever seen previous productions and she was thrilled with it.
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Post by justfran on Nov 11, 2019 18:37:56 GMT
Totally agree, I was just saying this afternoon that there should be a note when you book online that theatre screenings actually start at the advertised time. There was still a few people coming into our screen once it had started but luckily the duty manager came in and stopped the film then started it from the beginning again after about 10 minutes once everyone was in 😊 They did this where I was too! Were you at the Odeon in Hatfield? No I was at a Cineworld in the North East. Nice to hear that more than one cinema offered this customer service though!
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Post by anthem on Nov 11, 2019 23:10:21 GMT
I really enjoyed the screening. Bonnie Langford, Clare Halse and Tom Lister in particular were fantastic.
I thought it worked really well on the big screen; such an enjoyable treat on a gloomy Sunday afternoon.
I don’t think I noticed so much when I saw it live but my friend pointed out how ridiculous/ sexist some of the song lyrics are- “Keep young and beautiful” for example. Is it meant to be satirical or it’s just of it’s time?
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Post by justfran on Nov 12, 2019 8:48:49 GMT
There’s a nice interview on The Stage online with Clare Halse this week.
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Post by musicalmarge on Nov 12, 2019 11:31:30 GMT
I really enjoyed the screening. Bonnie Langford, Clare Halse and Tom Lister in particular were fantastic. I thought it worked really well on the big screen; such an enjoyable treat on a gloomy Sunday afternoon. I don’t think I noticed so much when I saw it live but my friend pointed out how ridiculous/ sexist some of the song lyrics are- “Keep young and beautiful” for example. Is it meant to be satirical or it’s just of it’s time? Don’t 7 billion of us want to keep young and beautiful - I know I do!
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Post by tysilio2 on Nov 12, 2019 12:00:54 GMT
I really enjoyed the screening. Bonnie Langford, Clare Halse and Tom Lister in particular were fantastic. I thought it worked really well on the big screen; such an enjoyable treat on a gloomy Sunday afternoon. I don’t think I noticed so much when I saw it live but my friend pointed out how ridiculous/ sexist some of the song lyrics are- “Keep young and beautiful” for example. Is it meant to be satirical or it’s just of it’s time? Don’t 7 billion of us want to keep young and beautiful - I know I do! Sadly, both of those ships have sailed for me! I'm happy with keep breathing and mobile.
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Post by tysilio2 on Nov 12, 2019 13:36:33 GMT
Sorry, one more question about the broadcast. Do they go straight from act 1 to act 2 (as the Miss Saigon broadcast did, I tbink) or do they include the interval.
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Post by alece10 on Nov 12, 2019 13:37:22 GMT
Sorry, one more question about the broadcast. Do they go straight from act 1 to act 2 (as the Miss Saigon broadcast did, I tbink) or do they include the interval. 10 minute interval
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Nov 12, 2019 13:52:36 GMT
There are some naughty people who like the challenge of getting a show like this on to a certain free viewing service. The recent Take That concert shown live in cinemas was available for about 24 hours and viewed over 10,000 times before it was taken down.
Of course they should be dealt with using the full force of the law but it's hard not to have a look every couple of hours just in case ........... (It's not there at the moment.)
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Post by marob on Nov 12, 2019 19:22:17 GMT
Watched the encore this afternoon at my local Odeon, my first time at a theatre screening. There were only about a dozen people in there, including me. I should be used to it from all the theatrical midweek matinees I go to, but I felt really self-conscious about being a good 30+ years younger than anyone else there. It doesn't come close to seeing it done live in front of you, but I still really enjoyed seeing this show again, having only seen it the once when Ashley Day and Lulu were in it. Loved how it was edited with fairly long shots so you could really see what the dancers were doing. The people who make stuff for TV like Strictly should probably watch and take note. You definitely had a dodgy screening BurlyBeaR as the footwork was on show most of the time. Slightly odd start as they played the little clip thingy they put on to announce the trailers, followed by no trailers at all, just the BBFC certificate and then the film. As noted by others people arrived late, the latest 25 minutes in. One couple of latecomers must have been hard of hearing as they were talking to each other fairly loudly, and getting shushed just as loudly in return (not by me.) Didn't mind that though, I was distracted when the usher came in about 10-15 minutes before the end and as I looked back they were all suddenly on the staircase. 🙄 Glad I saw it, even if 17 quid is a bit steep. Will be miffed (but also happy) if it shows up on TV over Christmas. I'm going to have to give the album a few plays on Spotify now. (Possibly while gazing longingly at Philip Bertioli's Instagram.)
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Post by pianowithsam on Nov 12, 2019 19:31:46 GMT
Watched the encore this afternoon at my local Odeon, my first time at a theatre screening. There were only about a dozen people in there, including me. I should be used to it from all the theatrical midweek matinees I go to, but I felt really self-conscious about being a good 30+ years younger than anyone else there. It doesn't come close to seeing it done live in front of you, but I still really enjoyed seeing this show again, having only seen it the once when Ashley Day and Lulu were in it. Loved how it was edited with fairly long shots so you could really see what the dancers were doing. The people who make stuff for TV like Strictly should probably watch and take note. You definitely had a dodgy screening BurlyBeaR as the footwork was on show most of the time. Slightly odd start as they played the little clip thingy they put on to announce the trailers, followed by no trailers at all, just the BBFC certificate and then the film. As noted by others people arrived late, the latest 25 minutes in. One couple of latecomers must have been hard of hearing as they were talking to each other fairly loudly, and getting shushed just as loudly in return (not by me.) Didn't mind that though, I was distracted when the usher came in about 10-15 minutes before the end and as I looked back they were all suddenly on the staircase. 🙄 Glad I saw it, even if 17 quid is a bit steep. Will be miffed (but also happy) if it shows up on TV over Christmas. I'm going to have to give the album a few plays on Spotify now. (Possibly while gazing longingly at Philip Bertioli's Instagram.) We had 10 minutes of trailers, no BBFC certificate, then into credits.
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Post by robertb213 on Nov 12, 2019 19:37:20 GMT
There are some naughty people who like the challenge of getting a show like this on to a certain free viewing service. The recent Take That concert shown live in cinemas was available for about 24 hours and viewed over 10,000 times before it was taken down. Of course they should be dealt with using the full force of the law but it's hard not to have a look every couple of hours just in case ........... (It's not there at the moment.) Sorry to be the bearer of bad news - it is on 'that service', I've just found it 😯
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Post by james1969 on Nov 12, 2019 20:53:39 GMT
We got to see it for free in our cinema as their computerised till wasn’t working
#WereInTheMoney
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Post by poster J on Nov 12, 2019 21:45:51 GMT
Well that was a lovely bit of nostalgia tonight! And also a treat to be able to see the acting much more clearly than we could even from the front row at Drury Lane. I enjoyed it a lot, though nothing beats the atmosphere there was in the theatre, especially on closing night! I did find the sound mixing rather strange though, I could hear a lot of the harmony parts much more clearly than the main melodies, and at times the vocals overall did sound a bit thin. But it didn't really detract from the spectacle. All that needs to be said (again) really though is that Clare Halse is a star
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Post by amp09 on Nov 12, 2019 23:01:04 GMT
Watched the encore this afternoon at my local Odeon, my first time at a theatre screening. There were only about a dozen people in there, including me. I should be used to it from all the theatrical midweek matinees I go to, but I felt really self-conscious about being a good 30+ years younger than anyone else there. It doesn't come close to seeing it done live in front of you, but I still really enjoyed seeing this show again, having only seen it the once when Ashley Day and Lulu were in it. Loved how it was edited with fairly long shots so you could really see what the dancers were doing. The people who make stuff for TV like Strictly should probably watch and take note. You definitely had a dodgy screening BurlyBeaR as the footwork was on show most of the time. Slightly odd start as they played the little clip thingy they put on to announce the trailers, followed by no trailers at all, just the BBFC certificate and then the film. As noted by others people arrived late, the latest 25 minutes in. One couple of latecomers must have been hard of hearing as they were talking to each other fairly loudly, and getting shushed just as loudly in return (not by me.) Didn't mind that though, I was distracted when the usher came in about 10-15 minutes before the end and as I looked back they were all suddenly on the staircase. 🙄 Glad I saw it, even if 17 quid is a bit steep. Will be miffed (but also happy) if it shows up on TV over Christmas. I'm going to have to give the album a few plays on Spotify now. (Possibly while gazing longingly at Philip Bertioli's Instagram.) I can’t imagine it making this years Christmas tele as the encore window will allow it to be encored in cinemas over the festive season. Might be more likely to be Easter. We can live in hope.
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Post by drowseychap on Nov 13, 2019 1:10:27 GMT
Saw it tonight I was youngest in at 45 !! But was sold out 200 seater at £13 one of the cheapest in area and one of the best cinemas odeon was £18 and one that does regular tickets for £6 were charging £21 !!!! We had 15 mins of trailers 🤨 picture quality was excellent filled the screen agree sound was a bit thin was hoping for more cinema sound experience to lift it. Great seeing it again but didn’t capture that magic of being there live ... but very slick filming
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Post by TallPaul on Nov 13, 2019 12:59:59 GMT
Pure joy from start to finish. I miss this show soooo much!
I had the broadest smile on my face, (which is the best place for a smile, I find). 😃 Good job I was sitting in the dark; I do have a reputation to uphold, after all. I hope, for the other patrons, the cinema had a concrete floor, as my foot was working overtime. Very helpful countdown during the interval. I enjoyed reading the little snippets of information.
Hope there are repeat screenings. A DVD would be good, but seeing it on a big screen is the next best thing to actually being at Drury Lane.
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Post by Marcus on Nov 13, 2019 21:41:11 GMT
Just out of a performance. It made me miss seeing the show in the West End so much. It was such a joy to behold and I still think back to how negative so many of us were on it’s announcement.
The sound in my screening wasn’t super loud and lacked bass, so the tapping wasn’t as clear as it could have been. But still wow.
Clare is just breathtaking on stage and screen. Whilst Ms Langford it great in this part I missed hearing Shena Easton’s vocals singing the score - I enjoyed her portray a lot more.
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Post by dippy on Nov 15, 2019 10:58:34 GMT
Pretty impressive, just saw that it took over a million pounds with the screenings on Sunday and Tuesday, especially impressive compared to the fact that according to IMDB it only took $187,440 when it was shown in America.
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