Chairman's Videos for 2015
 

Hi All,

So I see every year that the Championship videos are generally pretty good for Chairman's. I think a lot of teams don't put enough effort into their videos to be really competitive at Championship.

With that in mind, does anyone have a collection of the nicest Chairman's videos for 2015? I like to see when teams take real pride and put effort into what is generally considered an afterthought for some teams.

A couple I liked from this year:

2614 MARS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxkejxIH2LE

3132 Thunder Down Under (From Australia!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkmVYwmHm_4 - this has to be my favourite so far...

1710 PRO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QreXTm0h3j4

Please share more videos!

Re: Chairman's Videos for 2015
 

I totally agree that there are usually a limited amount of impressive chairman's videos, but you have to note that the videos aren't judged so many teams wont put as much effort.

From the PNW, a couple of good ones come to mind, 1540's and 4911's. Nothing revolutionary, but they put in a great deal of effort and it does show.

I don't have links right now, but I'll update this post when I get the chance to find them.

Re: Chairman's Videos for 2015
 

That's a fair point - I guess I just see the video as symbolic more than anything - if you take pride in the video, it says a lot about the attitude of the team towards every aspect and detail.

I feel the award is very broadly judged at a championships level, and the video might actually have more weight than people think. That being said... I could be dead wrong :P

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1058: http://youtu.be/fmJmz-S4-Pk
We won the Chairman's Award at the UNH District Event and will be competing for it at the New Englnad Championship.

Re: Chairman's Videos for 2015
 

The video is part of the judging this year according to Awards section of the Admin manual.

You might also look at the following link that has submissions from Regional winners from this year: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...-award-winners

Re: Chairman's Videos for 2015
 

The way I interpreted that section of the manual is that you are required to provide it as part of your submission, but it fails to mention whether its quality will affect the chance that a team will be awarded chairman's.

I am quick to admit that the chairman's video is tough. 27 knocked it out of the park last year, an engaging video that wasn't purely testimonials. Otherwise it is hard to make the chairman's video unique. Making it a judged part of a teams submission seems a bit harsh. Every team can easily find writers with good technical skills in English and a computer. Cinematographers are not as easy to come by, the barrier for entry is a lot higher, and the technical skills are of similar difficulty but not many people start filming as early as they start writing; I know that too well.

TL;DR: Videos are hard and they shouldn't be a part of the judging process.

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That's what I think is so good about 3132's video this year. It's really differnt from anything I've seen before from a team.

Their video again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkmVYwmHm_4

Re: Chairman's Videos for 2015
 

Vulcan Robotics (1218) has a beautiful Chairman's Award video that I can't find at the moment.

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I know it's my team's video, but I think you guys will definitely like it and we're proud of it:
Team 2974: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnt7a7JgLBE
We won at the Orlando Regional this year.

Re: Chairman's Videos for 2015
 

First of all, thank you for mentioning our video!! My video team was very honored, and I am certainly very proud of them. It is definitely the best one we have produced so far, and I couldn't have been prouder to see it on the jumbo-tron at Pittsburgh!

Clarification: The video is required for submission, but it is not judged. The judges are not required to watch it, as its primary purpose is for showing when the team wins Chairmans. That being said, if a judge does see it, it certainly can help or hinder their perception of your team.

Re: Chairman's Videos for 2015
 

Here is our video! We just won at AZ West and thought I would share in the thread. Little background, the theme of Dragon Robotics 2375 this year was "How we train our dragons", with our robot, Toothless. Our team has 4 colors, each symbolizing what makes up our team; Green-Engineering & Design, Purple-Image & Inspiration, Pink- Sustainability, and White-Collaboration and sharing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyoD9O5VGRA

On a different note: Does anyone know where we post/how we post a link to FIRST after a win, to get it on the FIRST page. I know we are supposed to submit, but not sure how.

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Team 1111 put a lot of effort into our video: https://youtu.be/4IjamvhqgGA
We won Chairman's at Tech Valley this year! :]

Re: Chairman's Videos for 2015
 

First, thanks for the shout out (1710) - we're lucky enough to have a subteam of students who are passionate and interested in video production.

One video that REALLY stood out to me (although it was already mentioned) was 2974, who won RCA at Orlando this year.

Team 2468, Team Appreciate, also has a pretty good Chairman's video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3dIqipYqmU

The Championship Chairman's recipient from last year, 27 Team Rush put together an amazing video, but I would also suggest that anyone interested also check out 1114 Simbotics' Championship-winning video from 2012, and some of the other Chairman's Award resources that 1114 has produced.

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I know it is my teams video, but we are very proud of every thing that we do and our students worked very hard on everything Chairman's. Here is a link to our 2015 Chairman's video.
FRC Team 708, Hatters Robotics, won the District Chairman's award at Springside Chestnut Hill during week 3 and just won one of the two Regional Chairman's awards at the Mid-Atlantic Robotics Regional Championships. Congratulations to all of the other teams that have won Regional Chairman's this year and good luck to everyone competing in St. Louis!

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Here is the FRC 1311 video, ( still waiting for HQ to post it on the site )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1jN10TiD_o