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Re: Requesting "Full-field" Match Video for Webcasts from FIRST
I don't think this is the best way of doing this.
I would recommend doing something close to the following
Send a letter to both Bill Miller and Paul Lazarus requesting that if they really do want people in the stands, and if they truly do want people excited about FIRST. The video personnel should be trained as to how to film and record each match. weather that means Mr. Lazarus doing a training session for the directors of each regional (after all, he is a Hollywood director on the GDC), or the directors and camera crew be required to sit through matches on Thursday so that they get a feel for the game.
FIRST does not webcast the events. They are webcasted by sponsors, organizations, teams or individuals. Taking this into consideration, I would recommend that in the letter idea listed above, you ask that the A/V console at the events also provide a feed of the full field. THIS is what these webcasters could use to broadcast the events if they so wish to. THIS is what would be ideal to watch archived footage when you are scouting.
As a scouter, I would be very happy to see archived footage of the entire field. and i would love to see the material broadcasted on the big screen at the arena (which is exactly what the webcasts we get are) be of a higher quality, as in the camera field crew do a better job of understanding what exactly is going on and what they need to show.
Another thing i might recommend, would be to remove the term "Chief Delphi" and ad something like "our personal experiences and interactions with other participants of FIRST". This would broaden the representation of the letter form "active and die hard FIRST fans" to "a larger portion of the FIRST community".
Personally, i love the webcasts, their fine IMO. I appreciate all the hard work they do in putting everything together.
just my $0.02
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