CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 151711Z NOV 23 MID600053519429U FM CHINFO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 276/23 MSGID/NAVADMIN/CHINFO WASHINGTON DC/NOV// SUBJ/2023 ARMY-NAVY GAME SPIRIT SPOTS// POC/Ms. Crystal Deleon/CHINFO OI-21/TEL: (703) 614-9555/E-MAIL: CRYSTAL.G.DELEON.CIV(AT)US.NAVY.MIL or Mr. Oscar Sosa/E-MAIL: OSCAR.L.SOSA.CIV(AT)US.NAVY.MIL// RMKS/1. This year's Army-Navy game is scheduled for Saturday, 9 December 2023 at Gillette Stadium, One Patriot Place, Foxborough, Massachusetts. CBS Sports will televise the game and will once again accept "Go Navy, Beat Army" video spots from the Navy and Marine Corps. CBS will consider spot submissions forwarded by the Navy Office of Information (CHINFO) for broadcast during the game. a. There is no guarantee CBS will use your video. You will have to watch the game to find out. If your video does not make it into the broadcast, it may still be played on video screens within the stadium during the game. Videos may also be aired in other CBS Sports and/or CBS Sports Network studio shows leading up to the Army-Navy game. b. CHINFO and Defense Media Activity (DMA) will also push selected spirit spots to a variety of media outlets, flagship web and broadcast platforms, and social media sites prior to the game to help generate esprit de corps and as a way of highlighting our naval forces. 2. Requirements and best practices: a. All spirit spots must be submitted from a Navy or Marine Corps activity. b. Public release of spirit spots is not permitted until 7 December 2023. c. Include the submitting command's name and location. d. Please submit a vertically shot version in addition to your traditional submission if you would like it also considered for (AT)usnavy flagship platforms. e. We want videos to help connect the American public with their Navy through building human connections with Sailors. Successful videos will highlight one or more of the following: (1) The Navy is critical to national defense. (a) Forward deployment/active role in world affairs, global security and national economic prosperity. (2) The Navy is comprised of passionate professionals and strong leaders. (3) The Navy is representative of America in spirit and composition. (4) Enthusiasm, humor, creativity, diversity, and motivation. (5) Humanitarian and disaster relief initiatives. (6) The Navy provides unique experiences, challenges and adventures at sea and around the world. (7) A nod to 50 years of women in Naval Aviation. f. Please avoid the following: (1) Use of naval or military jargon or acronyms. (2) Group/command/formation shout outs in which a group is shouting a message (the audience will not understand what you are saying). (3) Copyrighted material or music. (4) Parodies of popular TV shows, movies, books, etc. - essentially any commercial media that someone else owns the rights to - cannot be used by CBS for broadcast. (5) Sensitive material. (6) Official or implied endorsements. (7) Gratuitous violence. (8) Potentially divisive language such as "man up." g. Inclusion of Naval Academy graduates, unique locations, forward deployed locations, and underway scenes are good. Highlighting new platforms and unique naval capabilities is also desirable. h. Be sure to include all metadata required for Navy visual information products. i. It is best to not use music in your production. If you do, be sure to include all licensing information that allows you to use it and allows CBS to broadcast it to a global audience. Also, be sure to provide the final product with split channel audio with the music on its own track in case CBS has to remove it. j. Watch pacing -- if you want people to catch things on screen, you need to give them time to process what they're seeing and hearing. k. Be aware of what's going on elsewhere in the Navy and be careful to not accidentally stray into topics that are attracting negative attention elsewhere. l. Spots should be broadcast quality in one of the following file formats: (1) Files should be at least 8 MB/S but no more than 100 MB/S and in MXF, MPEG, WMV, MP4, MOV, or AVI file formats. (2) M4V, FLY, and SWF files are not accepted. (3) Include a Word document with the submitter's points of contact, a suggested title, description, and release authority. (4) All submissions must be high definition (1920x1080, 1280x720) or Ultra-High Definition (4k). m. If you want your video considered for CBS broadcast, it must be no longer than 29 seconds. Spots intended for non-broadcast use in the stadium or on social media or other web only outlets should be no longer than two minutes; but preferably also no longer than 30 seconds. n. Submit only ready-to-air spots. Neither CBS nor CHINFO will do your post production editing. o. Frame shots according to rules of good composition (avoid talking heads with no bodies) and avoid distracting backgrounds and inadvertent commercial product placement. p. Good audio quality and sharp focus are both important. Videos with poor sound quality or that are not in focus will be rejected. Check for over modulated audio, weak audio, unclear voices or background noise. 3. Leverage Public Affairs experts, support from Navy Public Affairs Support Elements, DMA detachments or broadcast detachments available on a not-to interfere with operational requirements basis. 4. Commands should submit videos by electronic means, express shipment or fastest method available to the CHINFO (OI-2). Submissions must be received before 4 December 2023. Late submissions will not be accepted. Please consider shipping times (force protection screening at the Pentagon can take five days for any shipment) for overseas and deployed units: a. Send via mail to: US NAVY OFFICE OF INFORMATION OI-2 ATTN: MS. CRYSTAL DELEON 1200 NAVY PENTAGON RM 4B463 WASHINGTON DC 20350-1200. b. Submit videos electronically via a shared google drive, or via DOD CAC enabled platforms such as DOD Safe (Secure Access File Exchange) service located at https://safe.apps.mil/. c. Do NOT post submissions to DVIDS. Videos on DVIDS are public upon upload. Please be aware that this will make the video ineligible for use by CBS. d. Email POC with the subject line Army-Navy Submission for any questions related to file transfer information and assistance. 5. Request widest possible dissemination of this message. Let's highlight Navy teamwork and the spirit of our Sailors and Marines forward deployed around the world. Go Navy, Beat Army! 6. Released by RDML R. M. Perry, Chief of Information. BT #0001 NNNN CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED//