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Post by distantcousin on Apr 14, 2019 10:41:54 GMT
Brilliant to see this. Which reminds me of a pet peeve I have. So many of the brochures for the bigger West End shows these days feature hardly any photos of the sets. Just maHOOSIVE photos of the cast in close ups. (or dance ensembles)
I get the need for some of those, but surely a record/souvenir of what you were looking at all night in terms of set (or sets) is equally of value. Whoever designs them these days, or is giving the briefs to the designers seems to ignore them now. It's a shame.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2019 10:44:49 GMT
Brilliant to see this. Which reminds me of a pet peeve I have. So many of the brochures for the bigger West End shows these days feature hardly any photos of the sets. Just maHOOSIVE photos of the cast in close ups. (or dance ensembles) I get the need for some of those, but surely a record/souvenir of what you were looking at all night in terms of set (or sets) is equally of value. Whoever designs them these days, or is giving the briefs to the designers seems to ignore them now. It's a shame. Don't really buy the souvenir brochures anymore so don't know if this is still done but particularly liked Phantom's years ago which depicted the show, scene by scene. Not sure if any did the same, thought this was a very effective way to remember the show afterwards though. Maybe this is subject for a thread in of itself, souvenir brochure content... |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2019 8:00:37 GMT
Brilliant to see this. Which reminds me of a pet peeve I have. So many of the brochures for the bigger West End shows these days feature hardly any photos of the sets. Just maHOOSIVE photos of the cast in close ups. (or dance ensembles) I get the need for some of those, but surely a record/souvenir of what you were looking at all night in terms of set (or sets) is equally of value. Whoever designs them these days, or is giving the briefs to the designers seems to ignore them now. It's a shame. 100% THIS! One of my absolute pet peeves - I am a massive set/physical design geek and it drives me mad how souvenir brochures are generally made up of close ups of the cast with no panned out pics showing the set too (or indeed pics of just the set). I remember the London Starlight set detail very well but Cats less so, and all my old Cats brochures generally focus on the characters. Ditto my old Miss Saigon brochure - would love to see several photos of that incredible set! |
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Post by xanady on Apr 15, 2019 8:05:19 GMT
Got the War Of The World’s brochure from the show last December and it is incredibly detailed and very luxurious in terms of design.A real keep-sake.
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Post by xanady on Apr 15, 2019 8:09:03 GMT
Not sure how popular souvenir brochures are these days?Co-directed Hairspray recently as an am-dram and we invested in a glossy brochure programme but only got rid of a small number.A bit surprising really as we didn’t charge much for them.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2019 8:12:23 GMT
When I was a teenager I bought souvenir brochures for everything, but over the noughties I think the quality went down, also my taste became a bit more selective. Now I just buy them for ALW shows and Les Mis/Miss Saigon.
I do like having the choice of getting a simple programme without brochure elements - don't like e.g. the ones they do at Wicked where is a tenner for a combined programme/brochure which has a few pics but is mainly full of adverts! Rip off!
Got a good Starlight brochure collection though - most of the London ones, all the UK tour ones and Bochum ones for the last 15 years - all pretty good quality!
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Post by xanady on Apr 15, 2019 9:05:59 GMT
At American Idiot in Brum, they had the generic glossy brochure and the house programme specific to the Alexandra Theatre itself? The house prog had no pics from the show,but is much cheaper,but the glossy one has all the pics.Which one to buy to remember the experience? Some people on Friday were buying both.
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Post by drowseychap on Apr 16, 2019 0:26:46 GMT
Hardly ever buy programmes now hate how they never put anything in about the show any more no act one scene 1 etc musical numbers . Action takes place in etc etc just the cast bios and loads of adverts
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 16, 2019 5:53:07 GMT
Posts moved from Starlight Express thread.
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Post by viserys on Apr 16, 2019 6:07:30 GMT
I used to buy a lot of souvenir brochures in the early days (80s-90s) too, then stopped. Main difference for me is the arrival of the internet. "Back in the days" the souvenir brochures were often the only way to have nice glossy colour photos of the shows themselves and the cast, plus some interesting background reading. These days both are available readily on the internet. On the rare occasions I did buy a brochure, I'd flip through it, then it went to gather dust somewhere. Not worth the price for me.
I still religiously buy programmes though, partly I feel semi-obligated towards the cast to know who they are (and years later it's often fun to flip through older ones and realize who you've seen before they were famous) and partly it's just such a great collection now.
I wonder if they're not missing a merchandise trick by selling single beautiful photos/prints (perhaps even signed) that fans could put on their walls and frame. My Bat brochure gathers dust with the rest, but I would have loved to have 1-2 photos from it framed on my wall. Many years ago at Rent they sold signed colour photos of Adam Pascal. Since I'm not a stage-door goer/fan mail writer I was very happy to get a signed photo that way.
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Post by distantcousin on Apr 16, 2019 13:47:18 GMT
I would love to know the editorial reasons behind why they think enormous close ups of the leading actors (to the exclusion of anything else really) is a great representation of a show. The Dreamgirls one immediately springs to mind. I've got some great ones from the 90's that featured the actual sets... Unlike viserys I find brochures more essential than programmes (and brochures often feature cast info as well). More often than not reading people's credits can be like watching paint dry, and that sort of information is also generally available on the show's website. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2019 13:58:18 GMT
I would love to know the editorial reasons behind why they think enormous close ups of the leading actors (to the exclusion of anything else really) is a great representation of a show. Maybe they think people like those so they can get the individual photos signed? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2019 18:26:03 GMT
I would love to know the editorial reasons behind why they think enormous close ups of the leading actors (to the exclusion of anything else really) is a great representation of a show. Maybe they think people like those so they can get the individual photos signed? Could be so people get a more 'close up' view, as opposed to the distanced view from mid-stalls/circle/upper > back. |
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