Movie Theater

1) Tips for applying


  I've worked in movie theater before, so I dare to say this is one of the best works among many part-time jobs. Let me say some tips for applying.
  First of all, this is a kind of service working. So, once you are selected in an application competition, you'd better prepare some simple answers for interview. They'll ask you about your former experiences in service working field and some personal questions to catch your character. You should show your bright side through facial expressions or gestures to pass this interview. In my case, I showed them lots of movie tickets that I collected until now in my wallet, it was over 50, so I impressed them and was selected :) I think the most important thing is, definitely, SMILE :):):) SHOW YOUR SMILE AND BE POLITE. These are all you nee.


2) Hourly wages


  Let me say the conclusion, first. It's quite considerable. But, you know, almost every movie company is very big, so u should insure obligatorily. If the insurances are applied, probably you will get an only 90% of your pay(In my case, I've worked in Lotte Cinema, and it was about 4,700KW per hour). But, if you work at night over 10 pm, you can get an additional pay, maybe one and a half, and working on holidays also! So, if you work on holiday night over 10 pm, it means you can get more than twice! :O It's amazing, indeed. Besides, if you work over 10 pm, you can get a taxi fare about 4,000KW. Actually, these look similar to other various part-time jobs BUT it doesn't!!! The most precious thing is that you can see the movies FOR FREE...♥ Film price is very high, these days, 8,000KW for adults and 9,000KW on weekend! What makes worse is, even 3D film is 13,000KW...OMG... BUT it's free if you work in movie theater :-)

3) Work

  There are 5 parts of working in movie theater, generally : ticket agent, ticket inspector, information desk, ARS, and cleaner. The details of each part are the following.

 ①Ticket agent 
: Nearly there is an automatic ticket selling-machine in every theater. Before, it was a role of information desk which is responsible for selling ticket. But now, only one person is enough to explain the process of buying ticket to customers in front of the automatic ticket selling-machine.
  If some customers are wandering, approach them to help. And, you only need to touch the screen of selling-machine according to the process. BUT, buying tickets in some payment such as gift certificate, using mileage are only possible in the information desk, so u should inform these facts to customers.


 ②Ticket inspector
: This is the most easy work among these 5 things. You just check the tickets in front of the gate of each theater. But, one important thing is that you should sort out some young customers who try to see a movie which minors are not allowed to watch. Many people think its exact age requirement is 19, but it doesn't. Though someone is 20 years old, if (s)he is a (high school) student, (s)he cannot see it. So, if you give attention to this, I bet there is no more hard thing :P


 ③Information desk
: This is the most difficult position. Mostly, only women do this position, of course men do it very occasionally. This plays an important role, because they are responsible for solving the problems which are impossible in an automatic ticket selling-machine. We should memorize all kind of discount cards. Except this, there are hundreds of things to do. We have to memorize some discounts from discount for disabled person, the aged to school pass(allows teachers to watch the movies for free). All tedious chores are also works of information desk like a refund or ticket exchange. We should acquire the know-how to do this position.  


 ④ARS

: Only experienced people can do this position. You just need to answer the phones. We say without facing the customer's faces, so  it's easy to make a mistake and could be more hard than information desk. The main task of this position is to reserve the tickets. One things you should pay attention is that through ARS, customers can only reserve the tickets, not pay the money ahead! 


   
 ⑤Cleaner
: A clean position is one of the most hard positions, but at the same time, it's one of the most easy position. Literally, they just clean the theaters and toilets. In a peak season(during vacation or weekend), it's really tough. But it's just a cleaning simply, so there's no source of anxiety. They arrange and clean up the baby seats, 3D glasses and fallen pop corns and beverage.


4) Advantage


  One advantage of working in the movie theater is, there are many opportunities to see the celebrities(Actually, I mentioned one thing above; can see a movie for free). The more the theater is large, the more often celebrities come. In the preview party, you should be responsible for helping the celebrities leave the stage, so you can see them very closely!!! XD
  Following is the time when Korean famous actor came to pre-release party to promote his movie, 아저씨. I love it!!! :O

  And this is a picture that I took by myself when I worked in Lotte Cinema! Han Hyojoo is crazily pretty @.@

5) Preparations & Rules


  Working in movie theater is a service-sector job, so there are some rules to follow in uniforms and hair. Men are not so strict, but women are quite severe. Bangs are not allowed and you should tie your hair back with a hair net. You should put on VERY RED lipstick. You should wear a uniform and black loafers. No nail polish, accessories except watch, and NO MOBILE PHONE! :(




** I wanna share one movie that I watched most lately. Its name is 'real steel', and this is an official trailer. Enjoy it! XD (Actually, though I've already seen it, I feel so excited even now :D)