Project Presentation Script Good afternoon Keith and welcome - PDF document

Project Presentation Script Good afternoon Keith and welcome to our project’s progress presentation. Today, myself and the eleven other incredibly talented arts students that stand behind their own computer screens, thank-you for joining us online. Amongst the midst of the developing coronavirus and its strict precautions, it is evident that our dedication to each other, persistence and ongoing communication has allowed us to continue doing what we do best: creating artistic works. Collectively, our project team has embraced the many challenges which have arisen from this pandemic and are currently in the process of formulating a project in which we are all extremely proud of. Our project, entitled ‘System Reset’, ultimately aims to raise awareness for the environmental issue of climate change in which each of us hold a mutual passion for. Before we go into a more in-depth explanation of our project and its aims, I am going to quickly introduce you to each member of the team and explain the specific production role in which they have been fulfilling. Earlier in the collaborative process, each project team member was assigned to a production role based on their personal skills and strengths. Whilst each member already held an equal creative position, we soon came to realise that further direction in a multitude of areas was necessary. After taking on board the advice in which you kindly provided us, Keith, we were able to effectively allocate six, integral production roles. To begin, I, Britney White, along with Lili Flynn serve as the ‘Production Directors’ for System Reset . Within this vital role, we have ensured to set deadlines and tasks, frequently remind our team of these, brainstorm exemplar posts and captions, finalise important

documents, complete all necessary paperwork and make final decisions where necessary. Simone Muirhead and Lily Whitaker hold the imperative role of our project’s ‘Creative/Conceptual Production Team. These two members are responsible for writing agendas for each group meeting, conceptualising response ideas, keeping the smaller creative groups informed of any developments and work closely with other roles, to produce creative deadlines. Matthew Bengtson and Anthony McHale are System Reset’s ‘Arts/Science Liaison Team’. This valued role is responsible for ensuring that our clients are successfully informed of our project’s progression, that our project ultimately fulfils our client’s aim and that necessary research is being completed by each project team member in accordance with the devised deadlines. Jakob Perrett and Jess Moor hold the integral role of our project’s ‘Collective Media Assets Development Team’. This creative pair have been working very closely with our Instagram page to produce AR Face Filters, to successfully encourage engagement with our followers, and were responsible for producing our project logo and other needed designs. Brooke Dunlop and Sofija Piletic are System Reset’s ‘Ongoing Broadcasting/ Dissemination Team’. These two members have effectively communicated marketing techniques and have further ensured that these are adhered to when posting on our project’s Instagram page. By organising appropriate hashtags to use under each of our posts and

seeking applicable ways to gain followers, this pair are mainly responsible for our increasing follower count. Finally, Bella Deary and Sam Duffy are our project’s ‘Final Outcome Integration Team’. In fulfilling this essential role, this pair have successfully constructed a format for our final documentary, have worked closely with the ‘Creative/Conceptual Production Team’ to design an aesthetic layout for the Instagram posts and are proactive in brainstorming cohesive structures in preparation for our final film. Each of these aforementioned roles are extremely important and works coincide with one another to distribute the workload, ultimately helping us to work productively towards producing a credited final product. I will now pass onto Lili who will read you our now official, Values Statement . Thanks Britney. As a team we understood early on that it was imperative to outline clear values and expectations to uphold throughout our production stages as this is ultimately proven to “free up the mental space to be creative.” (Grover, 2019). Within our devised value statement, we collectively agreed to ensure that each individual's creative discipline and personal skill sets would be included in our final product. We agreed to keep an open mind, be adaptable and, ultimately, respectful. We also acknowledged that whilst things may get tough throughout our project, especially with our continually increasing limitations, we would all persevere

and problem solve to the best of our abilities. Continuing into creation, we agree to keep engaging all of our individual skill sets, sustain strong working relationships and strive to contribute to the work equally. We continue to listen and share everything we do, negotiating when necessary. Through consenting to stand by these values over the course of our production, we have, and continue to, produce a healthy and positive environment, ultimately helping us to create a project we can all be proud of. Speaking of this project, I will now provide a brief project overview before handing over to our creative/conceptual directors. ‘System Reset’ is a collaborative artwork designed to educate and inform audiences on climate change, specifically the issue of consumerism within it, and provide easily accessible lifestyle changes for them to implement. Climate Change has been labelled the most significant issue of our generation, and yet global efforts to engage it have so far failed to create the required shifts in our behaviours. One of the issues within this is evidently the lack of trust in scientists from a considerable amount of the population. In this project we hope to provide not only further insight into the issue of consumerism, but also enable the scientists to have more of a voice and convince our audience to listen. In attempting to reach mass audiences, our project will consist of an Instagram account, where people are able to engage with our team and are progressively updated on our progress. Through this account they will also have access to AR face filters, where they can see the effect consumerism is having on the environment personally. These two smaller projects are to go alongside our main project, a political film. This five minute YouTube film will have three sections. The first showcasing the effects of consumerism, the second exploring science and why people should trust it, and the third will focus on