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Originally Posted by GreyingJay
Well, I can tell you that when we started our new team in September, I asked for a show of hands who would be interested in doing some video or photography work on the team. There was not a single hand raised. I think because nobody really knew why they would want to make a video.
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This is the case for most teams. If they don't understand the potential, how can we expect them to devote their time to it? Not only that, but they recruited people wanting to build a robot, not necessarily anyone wanting to make videos or go into business. It's not really something that most people sign up for in
FIRST partially due to less demand, partially due lack of marketing
FIRST that way.
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Originally Posted by XaulZan11;
I really hope my post didn't come off saying that I discredit the work of these teams with little video experience, because I can admit that I started in a similar place. I can also acknowledge that Jess' point "The method may not always be ideal, but the act of inspiring in new ways is always good," is very true.
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I 100% agree with this. I realize in my original post I may have come off as belittling the teams who put the effort into making a video, but this couldn't be further from the truth. I was thrilled with the turnout and watched every single parody in order to see what each team thought up and produced.
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Originally Posted by Shrub
One may consider the videos bad, or cringe-inducing, but one should not somehow use those videos to judge the whole production value of a team. For many teams, this is the first opportunity some members have to be introduced to media production because they have an opportunity and a reason to they may not otherwise have (and would then have to focus their efforts on something else relative to team size and capabilities). I honestly think it's disrespectful to discredit team efforts that they have put into their team videos and not give them recognition because you're feeling cringe-y.
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Again, I in no way meant to take away recognition from the teams nor wish to disrespect them. It is, like you said, perhaps their first opportunity to be introduced to media. It just bugs me a little that their first opportunity had to be this way. Rather than starting with a smaller competition that most teams would create better content on and learn more from scratch,
FIRST opted to more or less bandwagon on the success of the
FIRST Rhapsody parody and cause many teams just starting out in media production to have to create one of the hardest video genres there is to create. I'm grateful for the teams that pushed through and submitted, but I personally know at least one team that decided to take their parody off of YouTube after it received a heavy wave of dislikes with no feedback. That's what frustrates me. I see teams trying and not getting much support. I see
FIRST create video contests but not seem consistent or engaged with them. When they do recognize them, they overplay them, which lessens the experience for some people. I understand both sides––that
FIRST should recognize the videos, but also that some people are getting tired of them already. It's a tricky situation. We can't change the past, though, and it doesn't do too much good to dwell on it. I hope that in the future my team––and others––will be able to impact
FIRST for the better through video production and see it gain traction to become widespread in our great community.