Brief

Facilitators brief the delegates.

Purpose

To unleash the creativity in all your team members and get them to conceive and produce a wonderful portfolio of shots which fully express the purpose and theme of the shoot. 

The Task

Conceive, plan, shoot and develop a series of black-and-white photographs which stunningly portray the theme you have been given.

Policy

The team will choose a leader who will assign the following hats necessary for the project. In this team build one will be allocated two hats.

• Art Director
  The 'Art Director' is similar to the Managing Director or CEO. He or she liaises with the facilitators and runs the 'business' aspects of the shoot - organisation, time-keeping, budgets, personnel, making sure that the objective is achieved within the time allotted. The AD is also responsible for ensuring that the team comes up with a 'concept', which is the subject/message of the shoot in broad terms, and how it is going to be portrayed.
   
• Creative Director
  The principal creative artist on the shoot. The Director is the driving artistic source behind the shoot, and communicates to photographer, graffiti artist, developer etc., how he or she would like the shots produced.
   
• Photographer
  The Photographer is responsible for the process of recording a scene in the manner desired by the director. He or she has a number of duties: shot composition (in consultation with the directors), selecting lighting, etc.
   
• Dark Room Manager
  Is in charge of the Dark Room, especially all the vital light control aspects. Also responsible for the process and procedures in the Dark Room.
   
• The Developer
  The Developer is responsible for the actual production of the prints, under the guidance of the director, photographer and Dark Room manager.
   
• Runner 
  This is the person responsible for ensuring that finished rolls of film get dropped at the specified location.
   
• Location Scout
  The Location Scout looks for suitable locations for photographing and manages various aspects of photographing on location, such as arranging with authorities for permission to shoot in specific places.
   
• Graffiti Artist
  The Graffiti Artist is the stylist of the shoot, is responsible for setting up the shots for the photographer, and obtaining the necessary props.

Purpose:

1. To open up communication lines and get to know each other.
    
2. To overcome fixed ideas and silo mentality.
    
3. To provide a powerful, challenging and quality teambuilding platform which has not only fun elements but also meaning in terms of the workplace.
    
4. Produce a product that meets not only objectives of the exercise, but can be taken back into the workplace.

Dark Room detailed Specifications:

The target group's needs are to:

• Understand the company's vision and ideals
• Get behind the brand
• Use their creative initiative to emotionally interpret this vision
• Break down fixed ideas and break down a silo mentality

• Enhancing the ability to plan while thinking out of the box
• Truly understanding and then interpreting the company vision themselves
• Having an emotional connection with the brand
• To open up communication lines and get to know each other

• The enjoyment of working within a group
• Having a vision realised in a material form resulting in the group seeing that it can be done
• A sense of ownership is simulated through working creatively with the brand

Included in Dark Room:

• Professional process facilitation
• Professional technical facilitation and support
• All equipment needed for Dark Room
• Dark room set-up
• SLR (Slow Lens Reflex) Cameras
• Digital Cameras
• Chemicals needed to develop negatives and photographs
• Computer editing station per team
• "Awards"

Excluded in Dark Room:

• Technical equipment required - data projector, sound equipment etc.
• "Behind the Scenes" movie where we film the teams in action (filming, editing and screening)
• Additional DVD copies of the movies @ R100.00 each excl. VAT.  (To be delivered 14 days after the intervention)
• All venue hire and venue-related costs such as meals and refreshments
• Refreshments and meals for our facilitators
• Accommodation for our facilitators if required
• Flights and car rental if required
• Travel costs @ R5.00 / km