The typical screening takes about 3-6<\/strong>\u00a0weeks<\/strong> to plan from initiation to popcorn time. Whether a 16 mm or a DVD, you’ll need to take a few steps well in advance to secure rights to show the film.<\/p>\n Like a film, you need to secure rights to perform a play. You’ll also need to rehearse and promote. That’s why the minimum time for organizing a play is six weeks<\/strong>. If your production is elaborate with costuming and set needs, you may want to start even earlier.<\/p>\n When your group performs music publicly, you first need to secure any applicable rights to pieces you want to perform. It’s a good idea to begin planning the performance at least six weeks<\/strong>\u00a0out\u2014but you may want to start sooner to give yourselves more rehearsal time.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Start coordinating a concert or DJed event with Student Activities at least six weeks<\/strong> beforehand. Your performers or DJ will need contracts and payment, you’ll need capabilities for their sound setup, and you may even need additional security.<\/p>\n The timeframe for organizing a lecture can vary from three to\u00a0six weeks*<\/strong> depending on whether your guest speaker is paid or unpaid, international or a U.S. citizen. Find out how to make sure your group’s lecture is smooth-sailing. (*If a contract is involved, the timeline is\u00a0no less than six weeks.)<\/em><\/p>\n Whether a tour overseas, a community-building trip across the country, or a group visit to the Boston Aquarium, a trip away from the BU campus requires at least four weeks<\/strong> to plan, and as many as four months. Many off-campus trips require a chaperone, and all members on your trip will fill out certain forms for our records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are just some examples of events you can host with our office. Film Screening The typical screening takes about 3-6\u00a0weeks to plan from initiation to popcorn time. Whether a 16 mm or a DVD, you’ll need to take a few steps well in advance to secure rights to show the film. Play Like a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2696,"featured_media":0,"parent":669,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/studentactivities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1514"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/studentactivities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/studentactivities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/studentactivities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2696"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/studentactivities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1514"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/studentactivities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16062,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/studentactivities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1514\/revisions\/16062"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/studentactivities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/studentactivities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Play<\/h3>\n
Music Performance<\/h3>\n
Concert\/DJed Event<\/h3>\n
Lecture<\/h3>\n
Off-Campus Trip<\/h3>\n