Below are specific time marks and the scripts (adapted from the Internet Movie Script Database, n.d.) for related scenes that are illustrative of the Five-Stage Model and associated team related concepts. The scripts help you recall the scenes in the movie clips. Please answer the questions provided at the end of each Stage.

Captain America and Thor battle, side to side. Cap and Thor both throw their respected weapons. Thor catches mjlnir, but as cap turns, an energy blast strikes him down hard. Thor runs over to a broken car, swings the hammer and flips the car over and over on its side, crushing some Chitauri soldiers. Cap tries to get up. Thor helps him back to his feet. THOR: You ready for another bout? CAPTAIN AMERICA: What? You getting sleepy? Selvig, back on the Avengers side, clacks away at his laptop. Black Widow grabs Loki's scepter, slowly breaks into the force field, almost touching the Tesseract. BLACK WIDOW: I can close it! Can anybody copy? I can shut the portal down! CAPTAIN AMERICA: Do it! IRON MAN: No, wait! CAPTAIN AMERICA: Stark, these things are still coming! IRON MAN: I got a nuke coming in, it's gonna blow in less than a minute. And I know just where to put it. Iron Man catches up, now comes at the missile from behind. The missile speeds on. Iron Man grabs it from behind, gripping it tightly. With a mighty effort, he wrenches the rocket off its course. Steering it from behind, he accelerates quickly, flying straight up into sky, towards the portal. CAPTAIN AMERICA: Stark, you know that's a one-way trip? IRON MAN: (To Jarvis) Save the rest for return, J. JARVIS: Sir. Shall I call Miss Potts? IRON MAN: You might as well. Iron Man climbs higher and higher over the city, gaining speed, suddenly flings himself through the portal. Communications die. The suit begins to freeze. Tony looks in horror The black sky is filled with what must be ninety ships in a vague cluster. Most of them hang still in the air. Some move swimmingly about. Iron Man lets go of the missile. It whistles off into the blackness as Iron Man idly falls back down the portal's opening. The missile reaches the main ship. The main ship implodes, causing the entire armada to burst into a supernova, creating a spectacular heavenly display. Suddenly, all of the Chitauri soldiers and Chitauri Leviathans keel over and begin to shake, then stop. They all fall over. The Avengers look up at their consultant, not sure if Iron Man will make it through. Still holding the scepter in hand, Black Widow shifts around, waiting. BLACK WIDOW: Come on, Stark... Thor and Cap see the supernova coming towards them. Thor nods to Cap. CAPTAIN AMERICA: (To Black Widow) Close it. Without hesitating, Black Widow pulls the scepter out, the Tesseract turns off its energy beam. The portal quickly closes. A small figure is hurled back out of the now closed portal. Iron Man is plummeting to the Earth. CAPTAIN AMERICA: (Smiling) Son of a gun! Iron Man keeps falling. And falling. And falling. THOR: He's not slowing down. Thor swings Mjlnir around. Just as Thor flies up, The Hulk snags Iron Man out of the air, both crashing and sliding down a building. The Hulk throws Iron Man off him. Thor and Cap run over to him. Thor rips off Tony's helmet. He appears to be dead. They stand around not sure. Then... The Hulk yells in fury. The noise startles Tony awake.

Questions for Performing Stage

1. What are the factors that contribute to the Avengers success?