BlockBusters AI

About

BlockBusters AI is an immersive AI challenge where teams transform key company messages into high-impact movie trailers. By blending creativity, collaboration, and AI-powered tools, teams craft engaging content that captivates audiences. Equipped with a tablet featuring a digital template—including soundtracks, media placeholders, and scripting areas—teams plan, shoot, and edit their trailers under tight deadlines. Props, expert guidance, and AI-driven enhancements streamline the process, while diverse themes keep presentations dynamic and engaging.

How AI can enhance the experience:

Scriptwriting & Storyboarding: AI tools like ChatGPT and Sudowrite assist teams in crafting compelling scripts, refining dialogues, and structuring engaging narratives.

Idea Generation: AI brainstorming platforms (e.g., Notion AI, Miro AI) inspire fresh concepts and unique storytelling angles.

Video Editing & Effects: AI-powered tools (e.g., Runway ML, Magisto) improve video quality, automate editing, and add cinematic enhancements.

Voiceover & Sound Enhancement: AI-based solutions (e.g., ElevenLabs, AIVA) generate professional voiceovers and custom soundtracks.

AI-Generated Visuals: Tools like Canva AI and DALL·E help teams design striking promotional graphics and trailer visuals.

Project Management & Time Tracking: AI-driven platforms (e.g., Trello AI, Motion) optimise task management, resource allocation, and deadline tracking.

Audience Engagement & Feedback: AI sentiment analysis tools (e.g., MonkeyLearn) evaluate audience reactions, helping teams refine their messaging for maximum impact.

Learning Outcomes

BlockBusters AI immerses participants in a fast-paced, high-pressure creative environment that mirrors real-world project delivery, where clarity of message, collaboration, and speed of execution are critical. Through the challenge, teams develop a deeper understanding of how AI can be practically applied to enhance creativity, streamline workflows, and elevate communication outcomes.

Participants strengthen their ability to translate complex or strategic company messages into compelling, audience-focused narratives, learning how storytelling techniques drive engagement and emotional impact. By working within tight deadlines, teams build confidence in rapid decision-making, prioritisation, and agile problem-solving, balancing creativity with efficiency.

The experience reinforces the value of cross-functional collaboration, as individuals contribute diverse skills, from ideation and scripting to performance, editing, and presentation, while aligning around a shared vision. Teams learn how to effectively integrate AI tools into creative processes, using them as accelerators rather than replacements, and gain practical insight into selecting the right AI solutions for specific tasks.

Participants also enhance their communication and presentation skills, understanding how tone, visuals, sound, and pacing influence audience perception. The final showcase encourages reflection, feedback, and iteration, helping teams recognise the impact of their messaging choices and the role of data-driven insights in refining content.

Ultimately, BlockBusters AI builds creative confidence, adaptability, and AI literacy, leaving teams better equipped to collaborate under pressure, embrace emerging technologies, and communicate key messages in innovative, memorable ways that resonate long after the experience ends.