In this show, hostsPaul and Chris use a single personal story as a vehicle to explore different aspects of creativity. Paul kicks things off with his light heated story about his disastrous attempt to be an extra on the TV Show “Water Rats”. (Paul failed in his role as a corpse and fluffed a scene where his only task was to shuffle some pieces of paper!)
Despite his disastrous experience, there are five important learnings about creativity:
- Give it a go - even if you have no idea where it will lead, it’s worth it to try something new. (Despite the lack of on-screen success, the experience gave Paul a valuable insight into the process of creating a TV show)
- Be Calm - for the best creativity to occur, everyone involved needs to be calm and collected. (On set, even if the scene is high octane, the crew always remain calm and focussed on their role)
- Build the big picture - the creatives' job is to visualise and deliver the overall idea - individuals on the journey many not be able to see the big picture and it’s important they don’t distract the creative from his/her task. (on-set, the actors may not understand how each particular scene fits together but it’s vital that the director has this in the front of his/her mind)
- Teamwork - the big ideas are delivered by a range of different people working together effectively. It means each person contributes only when their expertise is needed and they also stay silent when others are better placed to move things forward.
- ‘Why not?’. When opportunity presents itself, dive in and have fun along the way!
Links/references:Water Rats TV show:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Rats_(TV_series)
Paul Fairweather (Co-host)https://www.paulfairweather.com
Chris Meredith (Co-host)https://chrismeredith.com.au
The Common Creativehttps://thecommoncreative.co
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