Creatives Working Together - Communication and Cooperation for Media Professionals

With this book filmmaker Jeffrey Michael Bays explores the unique personality traits that make it difficult for artists to work together, then offers solutions with expertly guided tutorials on leadership, motivation, and conflict resolution.

List of contents

Ch 1. Creatives Working Together
Creative Collaboration - Business vs. Art - Success Stories - Collaboration vs. Competition - Starting with Empathy and Understanding - Embracing Cultural Differences - Resisting the Urge to Give Up - Assembling Your Competent Warriors - Ethics: Being an Honest Creative
Ch 2. Navigating Creative Personalities
The Personality Landscape - Understanding the Creative Process - Artist Personalities - Artist Psychology - Artists Working Together - Embracing Differences - Ethics: Don't Try to Diagnose
Ch 3. Protecting the Actor Bubble
Understanding the Self-Conscious Performer - Actor Personalities - Actor Psychology - Creating a Protective Actor Bubble - Documentary Subjects and Podcast Guests - Toward a Stronger Team - Ethics: Breaching the Actor Bubble
Ch 4. Leadership and Teamwork
A Team of Self-Leaders - Team Etiquette - The Roles of a Leader - Having Influence - Styles of Leadership - Mixing Leadership Styles - Ideal Qualities of a Leader - The Nuts and Bolts of Leading - Moving Forward - Ethics: Influence Gone Wrong
Ch 5. Motivating the Cast and Crew
Propelling the Purpose - Motivation Begins at the Top - Most Creative Projects Feel Bad - Showing Footage as a Motivator - Motivation Theories - What Motivates Creatives? - Needs of Creatives Working Together - When Creatives Procrastinate - Your Team Takes Shape - Ethics: How Not To Motivate
Ch 6. Flow of Information and Authority
Knowing How You Fit In - Flow of Information within the Team - Organizational Design - Anatomy of the Organizational Chart - Chain of Command - A Stronger Collaboration - Ethics: Jumping the Chain
Ch 7. Overcoming Team Negativity
Team Negativity - Causes of Negativity - Preventing Negativity as a Team - When it Turns to Conflict - Solving a Conflict - Approaches to Avoid - The Importance of an Apology - Solving an Actor Conflict - Violence, Harassment, and Bigotry - Moving Forward - Ethics: Another Look
Ch 8. Basics of Communicating Professionally
Starting with Empathy - Being a Smart Communicator - The Communication Model - Choosing the Right Channel - Timing of Your Message - Barriers to Communication - Responding to Senders - On a Smarter Path - Writing Exercise: Say No
Ch. 9 Crafting the Message
Writing the Message - Using the Direct Pattern - Persuading with the Indirect Pattern - Writing the Reply - Special Goodwill Messages - Going Forward with Confidence - Writing Exercise: Revise an Email
Ch 10. Anatomy of a Good Business Letter
Paying Attention to Tone - Recipient Fields - Subject Line - The Greeting - The Email Body - The Closing - Signatures - Attachments - Writing a Paper Business Letter - Looking Good - Writing Exercise: Invite Someone to Collaborate
Ch 11. Navigating the Spam Epidemic
The Spam Epidemic - Keeping Your Emails Out of Filters - Finding Accidentally Filtered Messages - Discerning Real vs. Fake - Ways to Reduce Spam - Competent Warriors Going Forward - Writing Exercise: Rewrite a Spammy Email
Ch 12. Sample Emails for Media Professionals
Apology Note - Request a Podcast Interview - Letter of Recommendation - Cover Letter - Follow Up - Saying No - Quitting a Job - Writing Exercise: Write a Recommendation
Ch 13. Holidays to Avoid
January/February - March/April - May/June - July/August - September/October - November/December
Ch 14. Film Production Communication
During Development - During Pre-Production - During Production - During Post-Production - Release and Thereafter - Sample Communication

About the author

Jeffrey Michael Bays is an American filmmaker and radio producer, best known for his SiriusXM radio play 'Not From Space,' the first to record its actors remotely over the Internet. With a Master of Arts in Cinema Studies from La Trobe University, he is a frequent speaker at film festivals worldwide, including places like Los Angeles, Atlanta, Toronto, St. Louis, Palm Springs, Boulder, Buffalo, Santa Cruz, and Bern. Jeffrey is a contributor to MovieMaker Magazine, producer of the collaborative Hitch20 docu-series exploring Hitchcock's twenty works of TV, and author of two filmmaking books: Between the Scenes and Suspense With a Camera.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey Michael Bays
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.10.2025
• EAN: 9781041091899
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4109189-9
• No. of pages: 186
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Film production: technical & background skills, Filmmaking and production: technical and background skills