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A result known early shortens the moment, for those who are awarded and for those who came to see. The screens and the host can ruin this moment in the same way: showing the name too soon, or showing two different names.
The screens hold the surprise
A screen can be the largest thing in the room. A leak does not have to reveal a full name. All it takes is a clue for whoever is looking: a list left in plain view, a file name on a projector, a slide with the nominees from the next category.
Decide what the room can see each minute.
A wrong name on a large screen is wrong at a size the room can read. See the names as they will appear: spelling, accents, a long surname, a family in which two names read as one.
What appears, and when
| Moment | What the room sees | What must be ready |
|---|---|---|
| Open the doors | Welcome and the name of the night | No nominations and no results in sight |
| A category is announced | The category and its nominees | The next result kept out of view |
| The name reads | A name, well written | A line for an absent award recipient |
| Photography | the award recipient and the award | The name corrected, if there was a correction |
| The end of the night | The list of award recipients | Nothing that ruins a subsequent entry |
The host needs a short script
A host does not consult a folder on stage. Their errors are read aloud, in front of people they know. You don't need a longer script. You need a short script that stays true when the shot moves.
Don't give him the production plan. Give the short version of the order: the entry, the category, the name, who delivers it. Whoever sees the shape of the night absorbs a change. Anyone who carries a long plan asks questions at the worst time.
Write the brief with the host
There are those who want a page, those who want a card and those who don't want anything in their hands and prefer the small screen in front of the stage. Ask. A script that the host helped write is a script that the host uses. Read it once, out loud, before night.
Ask for the pronunciation early
The spelling doesn't make the sound. Ask for the pronunciation early and let the host hear it, preferably from the person who has the name. Ask them to read the difficult names aloud while there is still time to change a word.
The host should have on hand the short version of the order, the pronunciation of difficult names, what to say when an award recipient is absent, a line to correct a wrong name without explaining it, and the name of the person asking when something is not clear.
The script and the screen cannot diverge
When the script is a document and the screen is another, the difference is discovered with the open microphone. If both come from the same register, what is corrected once appears on both sides.
Eventblox® keeps the host and screens in the same ceremony. The name the host reads is the name on the screen. Execute is the night this is seen.
Decide what the room can see at any given time. See each name on the larger screen. Write the script with the host. Ask for pronunciation early.
Frequently asked questions
How do you maintain a result off the screen?
Decide what the room can see at each moment and keep the next result out of sight. A list in view, a slide or a file name on a projector comes as a clue.
What should a host brief contain?
The short version of the order, the pronunciation of difficult names, what to say when an award recipient is absent and a line to correct a wrong name without explaining it.
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