FIRST Parody Fatigue and other Media Things [long]

[PayneTrain]

It might be worth it to point out that FedEx wrapped up a contest in February and Dow is running a contest now alongside FIRST where video submissions can turn into prize money for your team.

This is going to sound pretty stupid, but just because there is no direct contest that applies to what you are in doesn't mean you have no reason to not make compelling media content for your team. I know what you're thinking; we don't build the robot to achieve a game challenge and never intend on competing with it; we never intend on completing a chairman's submission without actually completing all the parts of it after the paper's due date, etc.

I can feel my eyes roll back farther and farther into my head when a team or HQ tells me/us that it's not about the robot. Well, no duh! Our team has one goal: be ourselves. It's awesome! I've loved this season and this specific team so much because we have finally built for ourselves an identity that does not revolve around the robot, FRC, our school, our state, etc... Our team exists to tackle the challenges we see as those we can address best through our methods and behaviors.

Our video lead found the vanilla approach to the Chairman's Award video submission exhausting, so we worked together to create a video that, while unconventional, actually gained meaning in the personal fulfillment those who participated in the project received, as well as the benefit the team has using a video that can reach people from all sides. We're also looking at other projects we can execute in the short and long term to further enhance our team profile and create resources for the community and ourselves.

If you want to go do something, don't let FIRST be something that boxes you in... the idea of that sounds maddening to me and it is clear you are not a fan either.

[itsjustjon]

Video quality is a representation of a team's individual emphasis on team image, so you'll never get what you're expecting 100% of the time.

Our team tries to make all of our recent content more cinematic, whereas the teams that do the parodies are in it for the comedy and unconventional aspects.

That being said, I can't wait to see what your media tutorials will look like and I'm sure a lot of great content will be in those videos, too.

[TheMilkman01]

Originally Posted by itsjustjon

Our team tries to make all of our recent content more cinematic, whereas the teams that do the parodies are in it for the comedy and unconventional aspects.

That being said, I can't wait to see what your media tutorials will look like and I'm sure a lot of great content will be in those videos, too.

Gave it a view and absolutely loved it, this is the kind of content I think deserves to be viewed more in FIRST. Congrats on the Chairmans win! You undoubtedly put a lot of effort into it and earned it.

Part of the video making progress for us deals with comedy and unconventional aspects but we also try to have cinematic videos where need be. It's a work in progress, as is anything in FIRST, and part of finding what works is finding what doesn't work. In that light, video making in itself shares some similarities with building robots, but, of course, that analogy breaks down at a certain point.

[itsjustjon]

Originally Posted by TheMilkman01

Gave it a view and absolutely loved it, this is the kind of content I think deserves to be viewed more in FIRST. Congrats on the Chairmans win! You undoubtedly put a lot of effort into it and earned it.

Part of the video making progress for us deals with comedy and unconventional aspects but we also try to have cinematic videos where need be. It's a work in progress, as is anything in FIRST, and part of finding what works is finding what doesn't work. In that light, video making in itself shares some similarities with building robots, but, of course, that analogy breaks down at a certain point.

Thank you, and congrats to your team for qualifying for World Champs! Hopefully we'll see each other there

+1 for the analogy too

[CalTran]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

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