Equipped with guides, props, and tablets, teams craft dynamic trailers that feel cinema-worthy. Each group works with a unique theme, scripting titles, sourcing media, and filming scenes to fill a professional digital template. Success demands forethought, planning, and fearless execution, ending in an entertaining showcase of every team’s creativity.
- Program Designer: Catalyst Global
- Ai Powered: Yes
Blockbusters
Teams become filmmakers, turning company messages into compelling movie trailers. Using props, scripts, and digital templates, they plan, shoot, and edit under pressure. This fun challenge builds clarity, creativity, and teamwork, pushing participants to manage diverse roles and deliver high-quality results that capture attention and tell a powerful story.
Description
Learning Outcomes
Blockbusters brings the fast-paced world of film production to life, challenging participants to communicate company messages in a clear, memorable way. Teams tackle tight deadlines and real production pressures while managing different roles, from scripting and filming to acting and editing. The activity shows how clarity, focus, and planning simplify complex tasks and enhance creativity under stress. Diverse skill sets and personalities must align, encouraging everyone to step up — even in unfamiliar roles — and deliver. By translating business ideas into engaging trailers, teams sharpen their communication, project management, and resourcefulness, gaining practical insights into working effectively under pressure and producing standout results.
Quick Summary
| Team Building Type | Conferences Meetings & Townhalls, Indoor Team Building, Onboarding Teams, Outdoor Team Building, Using Tech |
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| Outcomes | Bring Competencies to Life, Building Psychological Safety Environment, Building Trust, Creativity & Innovation, Dealing with Change, Embracing Diversity & Inclusion, Team Morale, Using Tech |
| Duration | 2.5 Hours, 3 Hours, 3.5 Hours |
| In-Person/Virtual | In-Person Indoor |
| Program Designer | Catalyst Global |
| Group Size | 10-25, 26-50, 51-150, 151-250 |
| AI Powered | Yes |
Frequently Asked Questions
Blockbusters
1. What is Blockbusters?
Blockbusters is a creative team building activity where participants become filmmakers, working together to transform company messages, business themes, or conference objectives into engaging movie trailers. Teams plan, script, film, and edit their productions using props, digital templates, and tablets, culminating in a fun showcase of everyone's creativity.
2. How does Blockbusters work?
Working in small teams, participants receive a unique film theme along with props, filming guides, and a digital editing template. They develop a storyline, assign production roles, capture video footage, and edit their trailer before presenting the finished film. Success depends on effective planning, communication, creativity, and teamwork under time constraints.
3. Do participants need filmmaking or video editing experience?
No. Blockbusters is designed for participants of all experience levels. The programme includes simple digital templates and facilitator guidance, allowing everyone to contribute—whether through acting, directing, writing, filming, or coordinating the project.
4. What skills does Blockbusters help develop?
Blockbusters develops a broad range of workplace skills, including:
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Creativity and innovation
- Project management
- Planning and organisation
- Leadership
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Resourcefulness
The activity also demonstrates how clear communication and effective planning help teams deliver high-quality outcomes under pressure.
5. Who is Blockbusters suitable for?
Blockbusters is ideal for conferences, company meetings, leadership retreats, onboarding programmes, employee engagement events, team offsites, and organisations looking to reinforce key business messages through an engaging, hands-on experience.
6. How long does the Blockbusters programme last?
Blockbusters is available in 2.5-hour, 3-hour, and 3.5-hour formats, making it suitable for conference agendas, team development sessions, and corporate events.
7. Is Blockbusters suitable for large groups?
Yes. Blockbusters can be delivered for small teams or larger corporate groups. Participants work in production teams, allowing everyone to play an active role while creating multiple finished trailers that can be showcased at the end of the programme.
8. Is Blockbusters an indoor team building activity?
Yes. Blockbusters is designed primarily as an in-person indoor team building activity, making it ideal for hotels, conference venues, meeting spaces, and corporate offices.
9. What makes Blockbusters different from other creative team building activities?
Unlike traditional creative activities, Blockbusters combines storytelling, filmmaking, and business communication. Teams don't simply create entertaining videos—they translate company messages, values, or conference themes into compelling visual stories. The experience demonstrates how creativity and collaboration can make complex ideas easier to communicate and remember.
10. Can Blockbusters incorporate our company message or event theme?
Yes. One of Blockbusters' greatest strengths is its ability to integrate your organisation's objectives into the activity. Teams can build trailers around company values, strategic initiatives, leadership themes, product launches, or conference messaging, creating an engaging way to reinforce key takeaways.
11. Is Blockbusters suitable for leadership development?
Yes. Throughout the programme, participants practise leadership skills by managing projects, delegating responsibilities, coordinating creative ideas, making decisions under time pressure, and motivating teammates to achieve a shared goal. These experiences reflect many of the challenges leaders face in the workplace.
12. Can the finished videos be used after the event?
Yes. The completed movie trailers provide a memorable takeaway that organisations can use to reinforce learning, celebrate achievements, share conference highlights, or support internal communications. They also create a lasting reminder of the team's shared experience.
13. What business outcomes can Blockbusters support?
Blockbusters helps organisations:
- Improve communication across teams
- Reinforce company values and key messages
- Encourage creativity and innovation
- Strengthen project management skills
- Build collaboration under deadlines
- Increase employee engagement
- Develop confidence in presenting ideas
- Foster stronger cross-functional teamwork
The programme demonstrates how effective planning, clear communication, and collaboration contribute to successful project delivery.