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Originally Posted by Katie_UPS
It'd be cool to have some sort of commentary where we could see what points in the movie your team thinks/knows they had direct impact on.
What a cool opportunity! How did they find/reach you? What was the process like? Was it one day interview or multiple points of contact? Were you able to see the movie before hand? Review the script? Did they (the movie people) talk to mostly students or did mentors have a lot of input as well? I'm really curious as to the logistics of this.
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Thanks for the kind words! We're watching the movie together as a team this Saturday, so I'll be sure to jot down what points we think we had an effect on in the movie. The writers got in touch with one of our mentors after searching for teams in the area, and they came by for one robotics meeting, from 4-6. They talked mainly to the students, as we led them around our shop, showing them the various machines and robots. They asked us for jargon that people in the field would use. I remember the writers didn't know the word "actuator", so they took note of it, and I heard it said in the movie. We weren't shown the movie or script beforehand, hence the team only seeing it together this Saturday (although I cheated a bit and saw it when it came out). It was mostly the students who led their visit, going through the different aspects of our team (machining, programming, electronics, etc.) with some mentor input. If you have any more questions, just ask! We're glad to have had this opportunity, and we're hoping that other
FIRST teams have similar chances to get the word out.