First Video on YouTube - Short and Sweet!
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Thursday, April 29, 2010
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Heya! I'm Holly another ensemble member and all around kook. As Sarah just said, we had a lot of work ahead of us.
What does it mean to bring a show to the Fringe festival? A Daunting question, I know, but not impossible to figure out. Thanks to our wonderful teachers, Joe Whelan, Tim Davis-Reed, and Felix Ivanov, everything was suddenly illuminated.
1.A Venue- The biggest hurdle we faced was finding a venue. There are many different factors that go into researching your venue. What kind of space do you want? Black box. Proscenium, A field?! Depending upon the type of production this is a crucial question. Next you will want to know how big of a house you want to play too. If you are a larger scale production with a more established company you probably want an audience larger than 120 people. If you are starting out it would be better to look for a space with less than a hundred so that the responsibility of filling the space is less daunting. Location is VERY important. You want to make sure that you are at a venue that is easily accessible to the walking audience. Anywhere off of the Royal Mile is usually your best bet. When you are shopping around for your venue don’t forget to consider: your technical requirements, your budget, and your dates and time slot. Once you have narrowed it down to 10 it’s time to send out proposals and applications and wait!!!
2.Advertising- This is the key element to getting people to see your production. There will be many forms you will be filling out that require a word limit to describe your show for advertising. The Fringe Program requires a 50 word limit I believe. So you must learn to be creative and brief. Chelsea, our stage manager and savior, helped find us someone who would take on the advertisement design. You will notice the “T” with the mysterious woman eyeing you, which was the work of our wonderful designer, Marina. It is also important to think of new and creative ways to get people to see your show. In fact, today we just spoke about creating a Mockumentary of the rehearsal process.
I'll let all of this sink in for you. More to come.
What does it mean to bring a show to the Fringe festival? A Daunting question, I know, but not impossible to figure out. Thanks to our wonderful teachers, Joe Whelan, Tim Davis-Reed, and Felix Ivanov, everything was suddenly illuminated.
1.A Venue- The biggest hurdle we faced was finding a venue. There are many different factors that go into researching your venue. What kind of space do you want? Black box. Proscenium, A field?! Depending upon the type of production this is a crucial question. Next you will want to know how big of a house you want to play too. If you are a larger scale production with a more established company you probably want an audience larger than 120 people. If you are starting out it would be better to look for a space with less than a hundred so that the responsibility of filling the space is less daunting. Location is VERY important. You want to make sure that you are at a venue that is easily accessible to the walking audience. Anywhere off of the Royal Mile is usually your best bet. When you are shopping around for your venue don’t forget to consider: your technical requirements, your budget, and your dates and time slot. Once you have narrowed it down to 10 it’s time to send out proposals and applications and wait!!!
2.Advertising- This is the key element to getting people to see your production. There will be many forms you will be filling out that require a word limit to describe your show for advertising. The Fringe Program requires a 50 word limit I believe. So you must learn to be creative and brief. Chelsea, our stage manager and savior, helped find us someone who would take on the advertisement design. You will notice the “T” with the mysterious woman eyeing you, which was the work of our wonderful designer, Marina. It is also important to think of new and creative ways to get people to see your show. In fact, today we just spoke about creating a Mockumentary of the rehearsal process.
I'll let all of this sink in for you. More to come.
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