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  1. When I started going to SM events, there were just four general signing events now there are seven so they are definitely not winding down on them.

     

    They have cut back on Glasgow and do appear to have stopped doing the ones in Manchester and Coventry. However, they've added another show in London and introduced one in Copenhagen. I think it's just a case of running the events that are most financially viable, in other words, the ones that are going to make them money rather than running at a loss.

     

    And the Manchester and Coventry shows may be back at some time in the future. Who knows?

     

    There is no mention of Copenhagen on the forums. So has that gone the same way as Coventry, Manchester, [nearly] Glasgow?

     

    It seems the other company is seriously struggling too [no loss there?], with no communication on their forum, or guests.

     

    When the American market is thriving, how is ours in such decline?.

  2. They have said they are still working on more guests.

     

    Plus contracts have been signed regarding James' appearance here, and so it wouldn't be that simple.

     

    So can I read into that statement, that John Barrowmans fee was less than that of James Masters?.

     

    Else wouldn’t it be in his interest to renegotiate his contract terms?.

  3. The chairs around the room were most helpful. They also allowed you to observe what was happening.

     

    I still have no idea what was acceptable and what wasn’t!.

     

    There were people with I-phones pointing it directly in front of Ursula’s face, and nobody stopping them, then the same ‘staff’ marching halfway across the room to stop some guy taking a photograph without flash.

     

    The same was happening with General Stafford, some people were standing behind him and having pictures taken, some people were taking pictures of him signing their photographs [some even with flash!], then other people were asking the Showmasters staff and getting directed to the sign.

     

    It wasn’t well executed, whatever the plan was.

  4. 2: At the guests quest.

     

    In this case for whatever reason...

    I don't feel pretty today.

    I don't like the flash.

    I don't feel well.

    I don't want picture's of me signing going up on the web.

    There are a 1001 reasons why a guest may ask not to have photos taken of them.

     

    Can you be a little bit more specific as to why Ursula had the sign?.

     

    One of your staff, and I’m not sure if he has made it up or not – has said it was because of health reason they didn’t like the flash?.

     

    If this was the case, I feel the atmosphere would have been improved, if you’d conveyed this information, and provided the use of discretion was observed, allowed photographs without flash from a distance to be taken.

     

    Instead we had staff often walking almost 10 metres to enforce the rules, and staff instructed to stand in the way of peoples shots.

  5. 1) No photo's rule for Ursula & General Stafford - Ursula suffers with cateracts.. the flash aggitates these hence no flash. General Stafford is also suffering now with poor eyesight..and wearing glasses, flash also affects him! And for gods sake WHY do you need proof that he signed your pic ?? YOU obtained it in person.. is that not proof enough for you.. unless you plan to sell it on! (in which case yes i agree you may want proof)

     

    I think its this attitude that has caused the problem in the first place!.

     

    Of course there are a variety of reasons why people should wish to have a photograph; this is such a stupid argument.

     

    Why therefore if both suffer reactions to FLASH photography, didn’t the rules, and signage reflect that?.

     

    I have no idea where you got your version of events from. But I saw management purposely putting people in the way to block shots, and at least 3/4 people jumping on anybody who raised a camera flash / or no flash.

     

    A world away from your account of “politely asking people to turn off their flashâ€.

     

    As I said, it seemed a great ‘buzz’ for those staff involved, but clearly dampened the spirit, and atmosphere of the event.

  6. 15 quid entrance fee?

     

    I paid a tenner to get in...

     

    Wise move Mr Dawson.

     

    The early bird was waste of money really, in fact bizarrely you were actually paying to queue as the line was busiest before 11.00!.

     

    I don’t think I’m going to pick that option again.

     

    The strictly enforced ‘no photographs’ issue I felt dampened the atmosphere. Whilst it raised egos of the staff members involved, and drove up photo sales, it killed the room. Maybe a better balance could be achieved at the next event.

     

    I agree that signage was an issue. Printed A4 paper, on a budget this size?, surely we could have pushed the boat out a little bit more!.

     

    I enjoyed the relaxed style though, I just hope that further Space guys can be persuaded to continue to come even if sales this time fall short.

  7. Nice post, it has however always been said that filming will always take precedent over any event be that a convention or kellan having dinner with his mother.

     

    I agree completely that Summit should do their upmost to keep everything to schedule, with regards to both filming and promotional stuff like this twi prom, however the costs of creating any sort of film is large and so to have summit rearranging filming for an event like this is just not feasible.

     

    They've offered us 2 amazing new guests, and I think it's the best we could hope for now given the circumstances :)

     

    But that’s kinda my point also, the scale of the production and advertising budgets that the film company have are immense.

     

    The cost of doing something special [given the short notice, and that the problem that has arisen is directly their fault] is such a small minuscule figure.

     

    Showmasters could even sign agreements that this is a one off, special case.

     

    Surly some goodwill gesture is much deserved.

  8. If from your post, I’ve read this right. The film company were aware that this was scheduled, and therefore knew that any changes would directly affect this event.

     

    Therefore given that you’re directly promoting, and advertising their movie – isn’t it in their interest [even though they're not directly profiting from it] to keep you sweet?.

     

    If you’ve just sat there and gone ‘oh well, we lost our guests, tough luck on those who have bought tickets already’, haven’t you sold everybody a bit short?.

     

    Surely the studio could as a gesture of goodwill, at least help make this event special in some way, maybe even help provide an extra guest, or something similar?.

     

    :chair:

  9. One of the guests I’m coming mainly to see is Julie Dawn however I’m a little nervous about the quality of the free photographs available.

     

    I’ve been unable to find a source for photographs of her, and I’m a bit worried that whoever does the job at Showmasters sometimes has a bit of a technology bypass when they resort to producing screen grabs.

     

    If this is the case can somebody from Showmasters simply confirm that somebody is overseeing the quality of this output?.

     

    I believe that Julie has a number of personal pictures from her time on the set, it would be pretty cool if we could maybe reproduce those?.

     

    Lastly, are there any dealers intending to bring Wonka photographs to the show?.

     

    ps - Thanks for getting her to come!. :thumbup:

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