A true FIRST video? [Archive]

roboticsguy1988

20-06-2005, 23:12

I was wondering if anyone knew of a video that truly shows the idea of FIRST. Everything from getting sponsors.... to finding out the game.... to building a robot.... and then to finally competing. But not competing to win but competing to have fun.... to get to know other people.... to work as a team.... and too express yourself.

I feel that a video like that would be good to show to people who have no idea what FIRST is. If any of you think that you have or know of a video that fits that description please post a link or something. Thanks.

sanddrag

20-06-2005, 23:33

roboticsguy1988

20-06-2005, 23:37

There was the Discover Science Channel Documentary. I have it, but it is like 500mb because it is like 45 minutes long. Also, I think it was 2004 FIRST gave a promotional VHS in the KOP. You might want to look into getting that.

Right. Which i do admit the Discovery Science Channel Documentary was a great video. But i was actually looking for something between 5 to 15 minutes. Actually now that i think about it it may be better to have a short video that quickly expresses all those ideas. Then if the people that your talking to at an event such as a "fair" where you would have a booth seen that vidoe and wanted to know more you could give them a dvd with a longer type video such as the discovery channel one.

Joel Glidden

18-08-2005, 07:48

I'm planning to start a new team in my area (Three teams in Arkansas?! Yes!), and I could really use a short, "What is this all about?" type video as well. I've been thinking about using the video from the 2004 kickoff (A LINK! (http://www2.usfirst.org/2004comp/frckickoff_hi.mov) ), but the video quality is not really suitable for a large format presentation.

I'd love some suggestions. I suppose I could always whip something up on my own. It just seems like something that would have already been done though - don't want to reinvent the wheel. :D

-Joel