Team 40 Creative Industries

POPULARITY OF STALL/ PERFORMITY

On the day of the market palace our team worked together to successfully deliver a space for relaxing and enjoying performances. Overall we feel that our stall gained huge popularity. The musicians on the day catered for different genres. Our team worked hard to collect equipment including lights, stage, trusses, TV and the PA system as well as extension cords in order to set everything up. We worked together to set up the decorations to create a club Tropicana vibe. On the day mike organised the media run down of acts on the TV. Steph made sure the acts knew what time they were playing and made sure they were ready at least 10mins before hand. Tama was the MC and took care of music during intermission. While Zac, Nicole and Suny made sure everything ran smoothly, encouraging people to pick a beanbag and enjoy the music.

EFFORT V RETURN

Our aim was to fill the gap in the market as no other group had suggested music. We had to scout musicians who would play for free and plan set times accordingly. A lot of organization and communication back and forth went into finding out what equipment we needed and where we could source it. We planned what decorations to use and make. Work went in to designing and promoting Club Tropicana through posters, stickers and media. Overall our idea was well executed and went even better than expected due to the organization we did before hand. Everything ran smoothly. All the equipment we sourced worked well together. Musicians played on time and did not run over there set times. Throughout the day we had a consistent crowd relaxing on the beanbags we provided. Everyone seemed to enjoy the overall vibe.

VISITOR NUMBERS. EXPECTATION V REALITY

Even though our group was non-profit we still managed to have a large number of visitors to our area. We hoped that all the musicians would have a crowd in front of them that they could play too. Extra incentives were providing the beanbags so people could sit down and watch. On the day we provided free lollies in a Tropicana bucket to hand out to people in the market while informing them to check out the acts. In terms of placement of our stage we requested that we could be in between food stalls so that not only will they have a place to eat but can take in the music at the same time. We feel that the organization put into our idea earlier made a big contribution to the number of people who stopped by at Club Tropicana.

GROUP FUNCTIONING. WHAT WORKED WHAT DIDN’T

As a whole our team worked well together everyone got along and did what they had to do to contribute. We communicated well through various mediums i.e Facebook, Pinterest and our blog. As a group we played on everyone’s strengths and what they were interested in, whether it be creating props and being hands on or more communication and organizational tasks. Things that didn’t work well was assuming or relying on someone else to do a certain job. From the beginning we assumed that we could have a specific area in the great hall but had been placed in a completely different area and so had to adjust all our planning.

WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT FROM WORKING IN A TEAM.

From working in a team for this assignment we found out that delegating everyone a specific role within the group worked well. Nicole was team leader and spent a lot of time communicating to the facilitators and various people about stage equipment and organization of our area. Zac being an industrial major focused on creating props for our stage. Mike was the media coordinator, which involved creating posters, and an exposure event page. Tama was involved video and print. Tama created videos of the artists and video shown in the presentation during week 7 and also printing out club Tropicana stickers to stick around campus. Steph was the electronic developer this involved organizing the musicians and the musical equipment. Suny was responsible for costumes and props.

WHAT WAS THE AUDIENCE RESPONSE.

From the crowd that we had in our area, it was clear that the audience enjoyed the overall vibe. People were engaged in watching the performances and interacting with the musicians. We had a lot of people tell us afterwards that the performances were well done and that they loved the decorative set.