Your Weekly Movie Night
Take the stress out of choosing a film to watch this Friday.
About
We’re an online movie club, set up at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic by UK-based Jon Naylor and Katie Hobbs.
Our goal was to use a weekly Friday film night to bring family and friends together at a time when most of us were feeling very far apart from our loved ones.
Travelling Symphony is free and open to everyone, which means we’ve made some wonderful new friends along our journey. We now have a fantastic community who gather each week to unwind, have fun, and talk about movies.
How it Works
Sign up to our newsletter and get notified each week about what we're watching, where to watch it and the start time. You’ll also get the opportunity to suggest and vote on future movie selections.
What do we do on movie night?
Pre-movie intro.
We host a live stream on our YouTube channel before the film to discuss what we’re watching and any key themes or information about the film. This is a chance for us all to get together and say hi, cue up the movie and welcome any newcomers.
We have a popular segment called ‘Parish Notices’ which started in the first lockdown, where people send in mundane updates in their daily lockdown life for us to read out. It quickly became a regular staple of our weekly gatherings!
Watch along together.
We all press play at the same time and have a live text chat running on our Discord channel during the film.
There’s often a lively discussion on the thread - moreso if it's a classic movie that most of us have already seen. Don’t worry, we don’t do spoilers but we do share facts and interesting info or links. Some people like to join and read the messages but don’t comment themselves, others prefer to just focus on the film, and some are chatterboxes throughout!
Post-movie live chat.
We go back over to YouTube for a movie debrief - some films have really sparked a lot of thought from everyone and we can spend half an hour chatting before we realise it!
Most weeks we’ll move onto ‘Quizzy Rascal’, which is what can only be described as a Mad Hatters movie quiz. Jon fires questions which you have to answer in the comments - the catch is you must use an emoji (which Katie will call out) as a buzzer, with the first correct answer/emoji combo winning the points. Needless to say, mayhem often ensues, tempers flare, and one person will reign victorious at the end of each Quizzy season.
“We’re so grateful for the lovely community you’ve built and the amazing job you guys have done to keep us all happy, entertained (and sane!) throughout 2020. It has been so lovely having something to look forward to each week.”
— Dan and Clare, watching from Mallorca
