How do you go about getting a license to show a movie and how much does it cost? We have been wanting to do a movie afternoon for the kids at our school for a pre-winter break party.
We have done a couple of movie night themes. We did a sing a long Wizard of Oz and gave everyone a prop kit to go along with the movie ( clappers for clicking her heels, sunglasses - yellow bricki road, glow sticks - emerald city) and of course song sheets.
We would also encourage a sleepover by having kids come in their pjs. We had them make lincense plates when we showed Cars.
This winter we decided to depart from our winter wonderland theme (where last year we showed Happy Feet) and our theme is going to be "Follow Your Dreams." It fits into our school's mission statement. We are going to show Racing Stripes. We are showing it the weekend before Martin Luther King day -- teachers thought that would be a nice tie in.
We used to do the Movie Nights also. I used to charge a Box Top (my Boxtop Coordinator love this, free books for the library) for the whole family. Great Entrance Fee. We had a snack bar in which I would B-B-Que Hamburgers or Hot Dogs, have Nachos, Candy, Sodas or waters available for a price. Nothing was over $2.00. There were .99 cent raffle prizes and the grand prize was the movie. Sometimes our teachers would donate the movies. Never did the theme thing. My usual crowd would fill up the cafeteria. Great Community program.
Hi there...we do dinner and a movie and look on the licensing pages for new release DVDs (be careful though, sometimes they don't release when they say). This year we were able to license and show Wall-E right after it was released on DVD. For so many families going to the movies now is out of the questions, so giving them dinner and a movie for 2 bucks was a welcomed event.
We just cook up and wrap hotdogs, a bag of chips and a juice box and have them all waiting at the sign in table so when they check in they pick up there bag and move to the gym with pillows and blankets and enjoy the show. During the show we make and sell popcorn (a popcorn machine was one of our first purchases as a PTO) and candy and additional meals and drinks in the hallway. Everyone seems to enjoy it although honestly Wall-E is a bit slow.
Two notes of caution--If you do dinner and a movie--make sure you note "No outside food" and also make sure when you set up the area for folks to watch you don't leave any wide open spaces or invariably there will be kids that run around.
I also always give an up front "way to behave" for the kids so they know what can and cannot occur.
Have fun-these are easy and fun family events...especially now.
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