Captain Curator Saves You Time
Frame 1
Visual: Broadcast Manager (identified by nameplate on desk) Jim with look of despair on his face. Clock on wall reads 1pm. He’s talking across the desk to a female colleague, part of whose back you can see.
Top caption: A broadcast station yesterday. Jim has to get a 5 minute clip ready for broadcast at 4pm!
Jim speech bubble: This clip needs 8 different people in 4 edit suites to work on it. I’m never going to get it on air! What a wasted opportunity!
Bottom caption: He’s never going to do this using tape!
Frame 2
Visual: Female colleague (face to camera).
Top caption: Louise has the answer...
Louise thought bubble: This sounds like a job for Captain Curator. Thanks to him, you can get loads of people working on one asset at the same time. No tapes, no couriers, no hassle.
Frame 3
Visual: Captain Curator lands in the room. Jim and Louise look on, delighted.
Captain Curator speech bubble: Don’t worry guys, you’ve done the right thing. I can do this for you,without compromising the original video asset!
Jim and Louise speech bubble: Wow! Go for it Captain Curator!
Bottom caption: Always there when you need him!
Frame 4
Visual: Captain Curator stands behind an operator at a screen, hand reassuringly on his shoulder, index finger of the other hand pressing the logo on his chest.
Captain Curator speech bubble: Ingest the media into my library to make a low res, proxy version...
Operator speech bubble: Aha.
Captain Curator speech bubble: Then programme your proxy media with all the metadata you need…
Bottom caption: Fast capture and coding
Frame 5
Visual: Captain Curator sits beside another operator.
Top caption: Meanwhile, at another edit suite across town…
Captain Curator speech bubble: Then you, my friend, can do the work you need to do on the clip...
Bottom caption: Work on the media while it’s still being ingested!
Frame 6
Visual: Captain Curator sits beside another operator. You can see the timecode on the screen.
Captain Curator speech bubble: And so can you...
Operator thought bubble: Wow. Curator is frame-accurate, so there’s no more guesswork!
Bottom caption: All at the same time, anywhere there’s a desktop!
Frame 7
Visual: Captain Curator sits beside another operator (looks foreign).
Captain Curator speech bubble: And you... anywhere, all at the same time!
Operator speech bubble: C’est si facile!
Bottom caption: Try doing that with tape!
Frame 8
Visual: Jim, Louise and Captain Curator in Jim’s office. All look relaxed.
Top caption: Back in Jim’s office.
Jim speech bubble: Phew, thanks Captain Curator. Thanks to you we’ve married the proxy data up to the original asset and it’s ready to go, an hour early!
Captain Curator speech bubble: And think of the money you’ve saved!
Bottom caption: Is there anything Curator can’t do?