- 4:15 PM, Wednesday,
February 19th, 2025:
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- I mean, you
can't say I ever rest on my laurels...
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- Although I could
have easily shown Pete one of the many reels I've
produced since it's just to give him an idea of what I'm
shooting tomorrow, I of course chose to make one catered
not only to him, but the way I think he can best help
move this format forward. If you have a Quest 3 and bring
this up on YouTube VR (or DeoVR) you will be seeing this
exactly as he will 24 hours from
now...
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-
- Man, when he said
that quote in his interview after he was announced as the
Raiders head coach I stopped it, called Talya in, and
replayed it. "Don't be the best at something, be the only
one doing it."
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- DAAAAAAAAAAAMN. If
that doesn't apply here better than anything has ever
applied, I don't know what does. So of course I had
to include that.
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- Of course, there
reason this is such a big deal is that A) he is
CLEARLY a decision maker and B) I'm not only
showing him a reel, I'm shooting his class at the
Collisseum and will also be able to show him THAT. It
proves that I'm not full of shit and just showing him
someone else's work. I personally LOVE that
because I'm sure I've been in meetings where people took
that headset off, looked me in the eye and
though: "Fuckouttahere you did that." So a built-in
double meeting? FRICKIN' GOLDEN.
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- Now the point I was
trying to make for this presentation that's a bit
different than previous ones is that this is a value to
the team itself, simply to capture moments whether
they're released or not. In order to pay for the budget
of course you release some things to the public
for sponsorship money or even premium monthly content...
but you can basically just be documenting your team for
future use and have it all paid for by someone else. It's
an angle we've spoken about in various meetings, but this
really drives the point home.
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- And of course the
final reason for showing the reel before the shoot
is it allows you far more latitude for when you're
shooting. They understand why being a bit closer is a
plus and are even playing TO the camera more because they
understand they're talking directly to someone's head.
It's a win-win-win.
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- Sometimes I envy the
reader... they get to find out what happens in the next
entry.
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- Adam
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- PS - well, maybe -
come to think of it, my Zoom call with FanDuel in NY is
at 11am, the shoot is at 3pm - so who knows what
tomorrow's entry will be!?!?!
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