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Re: Archi-medes!
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Originally Posted by dlavery
Kim Gibbs, the director and producer of the film, has worked at many of the regional and championship competitions over the past five years, and has seen a lot of the program from the event management side of things. Like many of us, she got bit by the "FIRST bug" at her very first FIRST event, has been working to get this film made to tell the world more about FIRST ever since. The film is a documentary of the experiences that the teams actually go through as they design and build their robots, compete, and come together as teams. To do this, the film crews are following Team 1868 (Space Cookies - Newton Division), Team 1583 (Rambotics - not attending Championship) and Team 1583 (Kekoa E Haaheo - Archimedes Division).
Most already know about the current PBS show that is also being filmed by Story House Productions this year. The " Superbowl OF Smarts" film should be a very complimentary piece that is going after a different audience. The PBS piece will be shown exclusively on PBS broadcast television, and the "Superbowl Of Smarts" film is targeted at theatrical release, to be shown at independent movie theatres and film festivals. Together they will reach a broader audience than either effort would alone, and help tell the "FIRST story" to a much larger portion of the public.
Team 116 and NASA are funding a bit chunk of the production as part of our outreach efforts. Based on some of the B-roll footage and very early cuts that I have seen so far, the film will do a lot to show off the talents and skills of all the participating teams. But more important, it should be a great tool to have when we are all trying to answer the question "so what is FIRST all about, anyway?"
-dave
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Thanks for the added info Dave! I forgot to mention the NASA support given to the film. I didn't know it involved your team as well - Mahalo! Kim, Ashley and the whole crew are great people who are dedicating so much of their lives to get this whole experience on film. Again, we feel honored to be selected as one of the three they're following. BTW, Kekoa O' Haaheo (or "Warrior Pride" as translated from Hawaiian into English) is team 2024 not 1583 as mentioned in Dave's post. I honestly believe they could have followed any three teams because everyone involved has a story to tell that is just as interesting as the next. Our story is we basically build our robot in the backyard shop of our one and only engineer mentor with a band saw and drill press on an Island in the middle of the Pacific with no industrial base. We only got our first Home Depot two years ago....man did it change our lives! In spite of the meager surroundings we've had great success on and, more importantly to me, off the field. Aloha
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