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What qualities make for a multimedia scrip strong
enough to anchor a spectacular event?

Extreme fluency. Rich imagination. A generous gift for language.

There should be complete mastery of tone and pacing: the sound of
momentousness conveyed, but quickly and lightly, not overdone.

And a sense of scale! The ability to raise one's game several notches,
shooting for Bigness, a sense that this moment is very special--but by a steady professional hand.

A must: familiarity with
common application
platforms, like Powerpoint, Final Cut Pro, Final Draft, Dreamweaver, and Flash.

I've written successful meeting and conference openers for Gillette,
Converse, Arrow, the National Air & Space Museum, the State
of Kentucky, and other clients. Every job has drawn heavily on my
production background in music, live theater, filmmaking, radio, and journalism.

My Partial Client List

Client List - Bill Henderson Freelance Writer

If you like what you see here...

It's a quick dose of the way I'm thinking about the challenges and rewards of marketing communication in today's internet-driven business environment.


Client: Gillette
Superbowl Sales Meeting - Event Opener
Envision Corporation, Boston, MA

Video

OPENING: MONTAGE OF WORLD-CLASS "GREAT MOMENTS"--


ASTRONAUTS WALK ON MOON

TENZING ON MT. EVEREST

MISS AMERICA
CROWNED

MICHAEL JORDAN'S
WINNING NCAA SHOT

MORE SPORTS HEROS: FAMOUS "WINNING" MOMENTS...


FILM: MONTAGE OF THE GREATEST, MOST
RECOGNIZABLE PLAYS
FROM PAST SUPERBOWLS

 

STILLS: MORE GREAT
SUPERBOWL PLAYS, NOW AS
STILL IMAGES


VICTORY CELEBRATIONS


MONTAGE: MIX OF
SUPERBOWL ADVERTISING
AND PROMO FROM MAJOR
SPONSORS

SHOTS OF PLAYERS, FANS,
EMPHASIZING EMOTIONAL
INVOLVEMENT

LAYOUT: GILLETTE PCD/SRD JOINT SALES PROMO MATERIALS

 

Audio

NARRATION:
Some experiences are etched forever in memory.

The unforgetable high points of a career...a life.

They stay with you long after ordinary memories have faded.

 

Great moments are the raw material that gives our thematic promotions their power...

Power to create indelible memories...
The power to thrill.

 

MUSIC CUE:
FOOTBALL MUSIC

FILM SOUNDTRACK:
PLAY-BY-PLAY NFL ANNOUNCERS, ECSTATIC WITH EXCITEMENT

FADE SOUNDTRACK

 

NARRATION:
Superbowl...! The unexpected. The superb. The electrifying turn of events...

 

...the unforgettable image.

 

Every year, fans relive almost twenty seasons of great superbowl action.

Every year, new great moments emerge:

 

Key plays, unexpected super-achievements that turn the course of the game.

 

 

 

 

As a single event, each superbowl is the greatest promotional vehicle of the year. And it's not hard to see why....

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