A film team building experience to remember

Hilton:Team Building Experience

Hilton Worldwide’s Senior Sales and Revenue EMEA Team meet twice a year to foster and develop relationships.
 
As part of the conferences, the team come together for a special team challenge. After Universal Studios in Miami and flying planes in Dubai, Hilton were looking for a memorable, enjoyable and creative team experience in London. 
 
The event organisers were looking for an activity that would be a creative challenge and an interactive experience to cement relationships. The activity also needed to provide a vehicle for emotional and intellectual engagement that will be remembered throughout the year.

Hilton Worldwide liked the idea of making a short film as a team (our Film in a Day experience). City Academy worked in close collaboration with Hilton Worldwide’s VP for Sales and Revenue to design an experience tailored to suit given objectives.

The 70 executives were director-level and above from a variety of functions including sales, marketing, digital and customer service. Individuals flew into London from the US and over 20 countries in Europe and Africa.

Prior to the event, Hilton divided the group into 10 teams of 7 people in each. The evening of their arrival the executives held a cocktail party at the London Hilton on Park Lane. At this event, City Academy arranged for a special guest speaker (A Cannes Festival Film Director nominee) to set the scene and introduce the group to the following day’s challenge.

The Brief

Prior to the event, Hilton divided the group into 10 teams of 7 people in each. The evening of their arrival the executives held a cocktail party at the London Hilton on Park Lane. At this event, City Academy arranged for a special guest speaker (A Cannes Festival Film Director nominee) to set the scene and introduce the group to the following day’s challenge.

On the day, each team was allocated:

  • 1 Professional film-maker
  • 2 Actors
  • 10 Production packs (including all the necessary equipment)
  • Filming locations
  • A genre (eg. Action, Comedy, Thriller)

SERVICE

Film in a Day

INDUSTRY

Hospitality

TEAM SIZE

70

LOCATION

London Hilton on Park Lane

DURATION

6 hours

What Did We Do?

For this team building client, teams were given a brief to create a film trailer in a specific genre from concept to completion. Guided by expert film-makers the groups were required to collaborate within the context of particular roles (eg. Director, Lighting and Sound Recordist). The groups had the creative freedom to direct the actors and the action as they saw fit.

In the evening the groups came together to write credits, reviews and notes to the editing team. Short ‘rushes’ or film-clips were screened and teams were able to share their experiences with one another.

After the event City Academy’s film department edited each film to meet the team’s given brief. As for the release of their films, each month Hilton Worldwide releases a new trailer to remind the team of their shared creative experience and relive their time together in London.

“I just wanted to drop you both a note, on behalf of the team, to thank you for an incredible day yesterday

The day worked brilliantly – actually exceeded expectations and the team got a real thrill from being ‘on film’ around town together – great event and brilliantly executed.”

Patricia Page-Champion
Senior Vice President, Sales & Revenue Management Europe, Middle East & Africa Hilton WorldWide

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