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Freebook Global Technologies Presents Cinderella, The Christmas Pantomime

Date Friday, 18 December 2020 Wiktoria Niedbala , In: Company News

Freebook Global Technologies Presents Cinderella, The Christmas Pantomime

In the midst of a pandemic, this year’s Christmas celebrations unsurprisingly differ from those before. With theatres having to close their doors this winter, many people have not been able to enjoy the much-loved tradition of watching a classic Christmas pantomime with the family. So when we were trying to decide what design to choose for our Christmas card this year, we decided to bring the show to you…

 

2019 Christmas Card Cover

An Idea Was Born

It was hard to top last year’s Christmas card, which included our favourite Christmas movies starring our very own team members. However, we were up for the challenge and wanted to try and top last year's card, so after putting our heads together and coming up with ideas from selfies in Christmas facemasks, to socially distanced reindeers pulling a sleigh, in the end, we decided to go for a classic... Cinderella, a Christmas panto starring some of our very own.

 

Casting

After we decided what and how we were going to do it, there was no stopping us. We went all out, from costumes, makeup, props, to commitment to the craft, it had to be West-End worthy! Our wonderful cast captured these characters after thorough research into method acting.

 

Shoe
Cinderella Edited

Cinderella

Charlotte
Project Co-ordinator

Prince

Prince Charming

James
Managing Director

Marc

Fairy Godmother

Marc
Technical Director

Shaun

Buttons

Shaun
Development Manager

Carriage
Andrew

Anastasia

Andrew
Senior Developer

Amanda

Evil Step-Mother

Amanda
Tech Team Manager

Brandon

Drizella

Brandon
Security Engineer

 

Makeup and Costumes

The stunning resemblance to fairy-tale characters was achieved with skillful make-up and flamboyant costumes (definitely not ordered from Amazon). The culprits for these phenomenal transformations were Sammy our Social Media Consultant, Melissa our Office Coordinator, and Hugo our Digital Marketing Intern.

Shaun Direction
Andrew Makeup
Amanda
Charlotte Makeup
Marc
James Laugh
Charlotte
Nick
James
Andrew
Brandon
Marc Fairy

 

The Photoshoot

As you can imagine, great fun was had during the day of the photoshoot and it was great to see so many smiles after what has been a very trying year for us all. Our fantastic photographer, Nick Layton, arrived early to set up a backdrop and prepare lighting and camera equipment whilst finishing touches were being made in the hair and make-up (aka digital marketing) department.

 

Post-Production

The post-production editing was done by our amazing Graphic Designer, Dave Davies, who managed to create a magical universe for our characters to be staged in.

Dave even managed to put together an entire programme, as you would buy in the theatre, but summarising the year we have had at Freebook Global Technologies. Tori worked on writing the content for this to bring the story of Freebook Global Technologies to life. These were distributed amongst the team as a little Christmas treat but you are welcome to flip through our digital version here

 

Stage Crew

Special thanks to everyone involved in bringing this to life. Here are a few of the faces from behind the scenes...

Dave

Dave

Sammy

Sammy

Nick

Nick

Tori

Tori

Hugo

Hugo

Melissa

Melissa

We hope that our theatrical shenanigans brought a smile to your face and brightened up your year a little. From all of us at Freebook Global Technologies, we sincerely wish you a magical and peaceful Christmas and a wonderful New Year.

BF Christmas Card 2020 Front

 


 

Take a sneak peek behind the scenes, along with a look back at the year we’ve had in our 2020 showreel…

2020 video

Wiktoria Niedbala

Wiktoria Niedbala

Digital Marketing Executive

Wiktoria lives to create, she is a marketing postgraduate who loves social media and content creation. Customer satisfaction and driving engagement is at the heart of her work. She has worked with different clients including fintechs, affiliate marketing agencies and NGOs for over 3 years to grow their brands, as well as provide them with original and creative content. Since joining Freebook Global Technologies, Tori has focused on content creation and social media marketing.

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