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Kinema Live Broadcast

We believe that stories are better when shared, and movies are more powerful when watched together. That’s why our Virtual Kinema has the option to include a Live Video Broadcast to your screening event. Whether it’s for an introduction before the film or a Q&A with special guests after, our Live Video Broadcast tool is an easy way for you to engage with your audience live on video.

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If you haven’t already, create your Virtual Kinema Screening Event. Here’s our How to Guide.

Set up a Live Stream (Kinema Live Broadcast) for your Screening Event

Log In to your Kinema account.

Click on your initials, in the upper right hand corner

Select Dashboard

Select the correct Organization Name in the left nav if you have multiple organizations

Click on My Screenings in the left hand nav

You will be taken to the Event Management page. Click Live Broadcast to begin setting up your live stream.

You will be taken to the Manage Live Broadcast Page. Here you can Invite Participants (Speakers), Manage Hosts and enter the Live Broadcast Backstage for your Screening Event.

*Note: Clicking Manage Event will give you the option to edit your Screening Event details (change date/time/number of attendees)

Click on +Invite Participant to Invite your Participants (Speakers). Add the Participant’s name, email address, and a quick message to send an email invitation. Be sure to add the start time of the Film, as well as, the Live Broadcast start time.

You’ll know you’ve sent your invite correctly when you see this below:

To delete or resend an invitation, click the 3 dots to the right of the Participant's name.

Your participants will receive their email invitation from hello@kinema.com. It will look something like this:

Note: We recommend that you contact your Live Broadcast Participants separately informing them of an invitation coming from hello@kinema.com.

Once a participant has accepted their invitation, their status will change from Invited to Participant.

Once your invites have been accepted you can also change a Participant to a Host. Just click on the 3 dots to the right of your speaker names and adjust roles.

Day of the Event - Entering Backstage

Host - Click on Backstage from your Manage Live Broadcast page

Participants - Will join via the links in their email invites;

*Participants do not automatically receive an invite to the film screening. You can reach out to your Kinema representative for promo codes should they want to watch the film.

Choose your Camera and Microphone. Then Click on Let’s Go

You made it to the Live Broadcast backstage! Here you will be joined by all the other Participants in the Live Broadcast.

Live chat: You can type a message for either the Backstage participants or the Audience participants (Just make sure to select Backstage or Audience when chatting).

Live Broadcast: Only the Host can turn the Broadcast “on” or “Live”. You’ll notice you’re live when the Broadcast button is Green like below.

You can also turn your video and sound on/off by clicking on the Video and Microphone icons below. Clicking on Settings will allow you to switch your Camera and Microphone settings.

That’s it! Now you’re ready to start the Live Broadcast and chat with your audience! Be sure to check the Audience chat messages in case they have live questions for you. Remember to have fun!