User:Vtaylor/Tech challenge


 * FIRST Tech Challenge - 2010 Get Over It game, video, web site, engineering notebook - robot videos - Team 3791, Team 1902


 * FTC Daytona RobotFest - Dec 11, 2010 @ SCHS - pictures


 * Florida FIRST FTC - events


 * FTC Florida State Championship - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach on February 12, 2011]

== Team videos==


 * Team 128 Robot Unicorn video
 * Team 132 Rocket video
 * Team 531 Maximum Chaos video
 * Team 532 Intrepid Metal Monkeys video

critique / review criteria
 * requirements - met / missing
 * what works - production value, successful execution, message, look and feel, professionalism
 * what could be better (CBBs)
 * other ideas, suggestions - creative juice

== Video planning, production and critique==

Video tips .pdf


 * story / message
 * requirements
 * possibilities, limitations
 * direction
 * shooting - methods, techniques, style, location
 * editing
 * review, critique
 * revision

VIDEO AND BROADCAST PRODUCTION

Stage 1 - Pre-production a) Idea development and project proposal b) Budgeting (1) Above / below line costs c) Scripting and revising d) Visual storytelling and storyboarding e) Location f) Set and costume design g) Casting (1) Contracts and releases


 * Ten Tips For Producing Highly Effective Business Videos - planning

Stage 2 – Production a) Electronic news gathering (ENG) b) Electronic field production (EFP) c) Directing and shooting d) A/B Rolls for live productions e) Field versus studio productions


 * shooting
 * audio production techniques

Stage 3 – Post Production a) Editing b) ADR – additional dialogue recording c) Titling d) A/V effects


 * editing

Resources - general, directories
 * video resources - links to products, courses, ideas

Format converter sites
 * YouTube › Help articles › Uploading › Editing Videos › File formats - lots of conversion capability available as part of upload process
 * Media Converter.org
 * media-convert.com

== FTC Video Judging Guidelines and Rules==

A document containing production tips for creating videos for FTC Judging ...can be downloaded from the flfirst.org web site from the "Helpful Links" page.


 * Teams attending Florida Qualifying Tournaments and the State Championship are required to submit a team video for judges to view prior to competition day.
 * The video will be viewed by judges and will have a significant impact on the judge's evaluation of the team.
 * There will be no scheduled judge interview at competitions. Judges will conduct informal team interviews in the pit area. Therefore, it is important to have at least one student in the pit area to talk with judges through the end of the Qualification Matches.

Video Submittal:
 * Location: Teams may post their video to any online video sharing community. For example, YouTube.com.
 * Teams may restrict access to their video on YouTube by posting an "Unlisted Video." Unlisted means that only people who know the link to the video can view it. An unlisted video will not appear in any of YouTube's public spaces. Do not post a video as "private" since this requires a YouTube account to watch it and there is a 25-person sharing limit. Information about Unlisted Videos on YouTube is found here...
 * Due Date: Email a link to the video to Michael.Coleman@flfirst.org, 10 or more days prior to competition day in order to give judges sufficient time to view the videos.
 * Turn in a DVD copy of the video at tournament check-in.

The video format should be as follows:
 * Length: Not more than 3 minutes long and no shorter than 1 minute long.
 * Aspect: 16:9 or 4:3 are acceptable
 * Include a clean mono or stereo audio track free of copyright restrictions, including music.
 * Include team name and FTC team number in the video's Opening Title Screen

Video may consist of:
 * Video tape footage
 * Voice over/music over still photographs
 * Animated presentation
 * PowerPoint converted to movie file format

Sound:
 * Should be clear of pops and hisses

Copyright:
 * If using copyrighted music must have written permission.
 * If using Creative Commons Music (CCM) on line, the music must be used in accordance with the appropriate license and properly attributed.
 * Music may not contain obscene or suggestive language.

Content Guidelines:
 * Please do not identify non-team minors by name or specific location. Use only first names, no locations. Important Note: If you include full names or if you include any name and the location of a minor (e.g., a student at Kennedy Elementary School in Melbourne,FL), you will need to supply releases from the minor’s parents. Providing the FIRST Consent and Release Form to Michael.Coleman@flfirst.org satisfies this requirement.
 * Please do show us what you are doing to earn an FTC judged award.

End Credits:
 * Include end credits to satisfy copyright obligations.
 * Remember to list and thank your sponsors.

== AITR==


 * Spruce Creek Academy of Information Technology and Robotics (AITR)


 * aviation - EAA Young Eagles flights, Build A Plane, flight simulators


 * flight simulator - NT-361S trainer - economical and maintenance-free trainer is a realistic fun-filled educational tool. The control panel and rudder are used to navigate your flight in Microsoft's Flight Simulater™ software.


 * flight simulator hardware - Novel Twist, Inc. 572 Royal Palm Drive, Melbourne, FL 32935 407-254-6484 Instrument panel simulator and rudder pedals (requires Flight Simulator) for "serious" students

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I thought you might be interested in the robotics at Spruce Creek High School.

They are competing in the Daytona Robot Fest Sat Dec 11 @ SCHS http://daytonarobotfest.org/

This is the regional competition of FIRST Tech Challenge. Teams that do well qualify to go on to state competitions. http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/ftc/default.aspx?id=968

As part of their entry, teams submit a 1-3 minute video about the team and their robot. Team 128 is one of 4 teams at SCHS.

Team 128 Robot Unicorn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX9PrWPUC8s video

more about SCHS Spruce Creek Academy of Information Technology and Robotics (AITR) http://sprucecreekhigh.com/aite/

Enjoy! These kids to amazing work. --Valerie Taylor 16:28, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

== Intelligence==

lots to learn from other teams during competitions


 * intelligence reports - stuff other teams are doing / not doing that should be considered - what works? what doesn't work? what could be adapted for our team?


 * intelligence report checklist - agent, time date, team being reviewed, pictures, frame, drive, arm, controller, game play strategies, driver, human player, team support, team spirit, t-shirts, video


 * Creek Intelligence Agency (CIA) - assignments - scouting, specific team reviews, components, analysis

== Robot Fest 2010 - Dec 10-11==
 * food - Friday night BBQ, concession, hospitality - lists, quantities, prices
 * t-shirts - volunteers - only to those signed-up for all day Sat, not FLL
 * t-shirts - for sale, sponsors
 * fund raiser - watches
 * safety glasses ? enough, sign-out, returns

cbb
 * maps, locations, shared information - more people knowing overall plan
 * checklists, guidelines, supplies lists
 * event signs - confusion about FLL and FTC > lots of signs everywhere
 * pits signs - team numbers ? pre-assigned location
 * pits - ventilation?
 * volunteers - list of jobs, communication during event
 * sync up meeting - early sat am - status, needs, adjustments, news
 * debrief meeting