PROJECT: Team Spirit/Team Mates

There is an adage that human beings have a natural need to belong, to want to be apart of something. It is simply nature. I found my belonging in rugby, a game for all shapes and sizes, a doctor or a plumber, an academic or a dropout. The game offers a gift to unite all that become team mates, a physical, combative game by nature, it has an ability to develop a team spirit like no other sport. This of course bolstered by the reputation that off the pitch, equally as much as on it, rugby players stick together and look after one another.

I have attached a promo video made for the University’s Varsity match earlier on in the season. I helped produce the video and played in the game itself.

The video shows our team members tackling players wearing the opposition’s shirt (our own players in a manufactured shirt I may add) within the confines of our university, our sponsors establishment and other venues that mean a lot to our team. It shows great team spirit and everything about the video is about the team that we represent week in and week out.

Although tongue in cheek and created with the humour widely associated with the game of rugby, this video was filmed by several of the first teams players, many of whom had only known each other a couple of months, but again, i refer to this uncanny ability for rugby to unite its own.

Camaraderie plays a strong in being able to identify oneself with a sense of place. Referring back to natures need of wanting to belong to something.

It has had over 600 views on YouTube, a large number considering the relative unknowness of the matchitself. This highlights what an effective video making is on rugby, this video encompasses various traits of the game including humour, passion and the physicality of rugby.

The video is filmed in the context of many found in relation to rugby on YouTube. The music accompanying the film is used on several reoccurring videos found on YouTube the ‘BOOM’ part relating often to big tackling or ‘hits’ common in the game of rugby. The ‘big hits’ is a common feature of interest in the game, without going into specific players but many do base their reputation on tackling, so videos of this nature are often found on renowned rugby site RugbyDump.com. Here is an example of the type of video on YouTube.