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Originally Posted by OZ_341
To the best of my knowledge there are two different PBS efforts going on. One is a series of testimonials and stories about the FIRST experience. I am not sure what the end product will be for this. I have heard there will be at least a PBS website and short segments in between TV programs or perhaps they will make a longer TV program.
The other is the documentary following the five teams.
This is what I think is going on with the closed door interviews, but I am not completely sure
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Actually, there were at least four different documentary projects being filmed at the Championships.
Most already know about the current PBS show being filmed by
Story House Productions for PBS. They are the film crews that have been following the five previously-mentioned teams during the build and competition seasons, and were in attendance in Atlanta.
Fleur de Lis Films was also there, filming the final parts of "The Superbowl Of Smarts." This is a documentary film tracking the progress of Team 1868 - Space Cookies, Team 1583 - Rambotics and Team 2024 - Kekoa E Haaheo (Team 116 and NASA funded a big chunk of the production as part of our outreach efforts).
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.
A third film crew was there to record the vignettes and team anecdotes that have been mentioned. This will be compiled into a "video storybook" of highlights and impact statements about FIRST. For the teams that were tapped to provide on-camera interviews, this is probably the crew you talked to.
The fourth crew was part of a special project that will be discussed later.
Altogether, these teams will be compiling a great set of tools to promote and advance the goals of FIRST. They will help all of us, by providing another view of the answer to the question "so what is FIRST all about, anyway?"
-dave
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