Creating a cinema club programme
If you were creating a programme for a children's Saturday morning cinema club today, what would you include? In the cinemas of the 1930s and 1940s programmes included:
- Cartoons
- Serials
- Feature films
What kind of films would you offer?
- Westerns
- Adventure
- Romance
- Comedy
What activities would you provide for club members?
- Competitions
- Quizzes
- Prizes
- Club Member of the Year awards?
- Information from other cinema clubs?
What refreshments would children be able to buy? How much would it cost to join the club?
Many cinemas across the UK run children's clubs or put on special screenings at weekends and in school holidays for children and families.
Find out what cinemas in your area have to offer
- Do they have a children's club?
- What activities do they run for children?
- Who runs the club or activities?
- Who decides which films are shown?
- How and where do they advertise children's activities and films?
- How much does it cost to join a club, or take part in activities?
- Collect as much information as you can.
You will find some information about cinemas on websites, or alternatively visit them or telephone for information. For example:
- Warwick Arts Centre, Warwick University.
- The Phoenix Cinema, East Finchley, London, tel: 020 8444 6789.
- City Screen run a number of Picturehouse cinemas across the UK. Check their website for details of activities.
- The Odeon are one of the biggest chains.
