Assignment: Business meeting

This is part of a series suggesting different ways to use Moviestorm in schools or other educational environments. They also make useful exercises for film-makers wanting to develop and practice different film-making techniques. Many more lesson plans and ideas, with free downloadable resources, can be found on the Moviestorm Web site.

Assignment: Business meeting
Film a business meeting.

Suggested techniques

This can either be a presentation, negotiation or job interview.

Make it specific to a particular product, industry, career, or company to add authenticity.

You could do a humorous one showing what not to do in a business situation - for example, forgetting your presentation, unprofessional appearance, inappropriate use of language.

Do a “Dragon’s Den” style pitch for an idea.

For teachers: benefits to students

• Students are required to show familiarity with business terms which will be useful in a commercial situation.
• Students are required to demonstrate that they have basic business skills and understand procedure and etiquette.
• A good way to demonstrate a business plan.
• Requires students to show that they understand both sides of a commercial situation.
• Can be appropriate for corporate or entrepreneurial situations.

Suitability

• Ages 16+
• Suitable for groups
• Business development and entrepreneurship