LEVEL 2 CREATIVE MEDIA TEAMWORK SKILLS 15118 TEAMWORK

LEVEL 2 CREATIVE MEDIA TEAMWORK SKILLS 15/1/18

TEAMWORK SKILLS UNIT 1. Be able to contribute to the setting of team and individual goals 2. Understand own and others’ responsibilities in achieving the team’s goals 3. Be able to plan and undertake team activities

IDENTIFY THE TEAM’S GOALS – Create a TV Drama extract looking at stereotypes Describe the process involved in planning and deciding the team’s goals 1. How did you all get organised? The way that we all got organised is by making a plan and also by making a storyboard, the plan also included all of the times roles. 2. How did you all provide an input into deciding on your goal? The way that we put an input was by going round and doing a mindmap of our ideas. 3. How did you all share ideas for planning your project? We all stated what we wanted to do and wrote down all of our ideas. 4. What factors did you discuss? Genre? Representation? Plot? Filming locations? Props? Costume? We discussed different codes and conventions, the location which we will be recording at, the genre which was action and also the different props we used to for stereotypes.

UNDERSTAND YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES AND OTHERS – What are your agreed activities within the group? I was one of the main characters in this short film – Provide information detailing own and other team members’ responsibilities – Cameron Dodds- The victim- This had Cam playing as the character who got robbed and attacked – Jonathan Kinnair- The friend of the victim- This was my role which I had to assist with the issue that happended. – Jordan Blair- The robber- This role included Jordan attacking me and Cam and then stealing the wallet – Daniel Parks- The police Officer- Dans role included chasing down the robber – Daniel Mordew- Camera man- Daniel Mordews role was to record the film – Steph Burdess- Makeup- Steph had to apply the makeup to the actors which helped make the film more realistic.

PLAN AND UNDERTAKE – Plan activities that enable the team to reach its goals. This could be a script? Shot list? Location scouting? Bringing Props? Memorising lines? etc In our teams we made a script that we rehoused, also we had a story-board – Identify own responsibilities towards the team in relation to the plan. What do you specifically have to do? My role in this short film was one of the main characters, I was walking with the victim when the robbery happened. – Carry out own responsibilities? Where will the evidence for this be? On screen, behind the camera? The evidence for this will be on my wordpress blog.

FEEDBACK – Feedback on own actions in relation to the overall team activities- My role in the film was too help out the situation when the robbery happened. The problems that happened was that no one was really confident including myself when doing this film which is reflected in the end product. – Describe different team members’ contributions Steph did makeup for the actors when there was a fight scene to add an element of realism to the film, Whereas me, Cam, Dan, and Jordan were the actors. Overall there was elements which could have been improved on as working as a team. For example people could have spoke their ideas more or gave more of an input, apart from that everyone worked well in a group.

IDENTIFY THE TEAMS GOALS- CREATE A TRAILER (REMAKE OF THE WICKER MAN) Happy town short film 1. How did you all get organised? The way that we got organised was by sitting round as a team and reading the script and then allocated rolls which we thought were suitable to give to each other. 2. How did you all provide an input into deciding on your goal? The way we did this was by discussing with each other who wanted to do what and inputting ideas. 3. How did you all share ideas for planning your project? The teacher who we were with went round and we all had something to input. 4. What factors did you discuss? Genre? Representation? Plot? Filming locations? Props? Costume? The script was already made for us so the genre was already sorted as was the location as we were at Tyneside film studio, In addition to this the only thing we had to discuss was the different outfits and props that we had to use. The props that we used were wigs, outfits, weapons.

1. What are your agreed activities within the group? I had a smaller role in this film as I was only showed in it briefly, but my part of the film was one of the members of the rock band which the plot was about.

1. Plan activities that enable the team to reach its goals. This could be a script? Shot list? Location scouting? Bringing Props? Memorising lines? Everyone had to revise their lines and the props we used were already there for us too use. 2. Identify own responsibilities towards the team in relation to the plan. What do you specifically have to do? My role in the film was to be a member of the rock band which got kidnapped and I had to act like I got brainwashed from the people of the village from the film. 3. Carry out own responsibilities? Where will the evidence for this be? On screen, behind the camera? The evidence of this film can be found on my blog which has a link to the original You. Tube video.

1. Feedback on own actions in relation to the overall team activities • I chose my own costume and followed the instructions of those working behind the camera. • I also had a turn of filming and using the boom, I feel like I gave clear instructions to those acting in front of the camera. 1. Describe different team members’ contributions • Patch- Police officer- This role included Patch interviewing different people and trying to solve the case. • Jordan- Barman- Jordan had to be the barman of the film and this included getting interviewed by the police officer patch. • Jonathan, Dan, Steph, Emma - Members of the band- This was a smaller role in the film as we were playing as the missing members of the band was only shown in the film in a small scene. • We all worked together, and had a laugh it was a fun day