Overview
The interactive CD uses humor to introduce AGS's multimedia service offerings to potential clients. In other segments of the CD, the AGS Person helps Cleopatra woo Julius Caesar on-line, wows P.T. Barnum with an interactive trade show kiosk, and revs up Henry Ford's production line with an employee intranet site.
"Time Machine "
Columbus Segment: Introductory Interstitial |
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Wild "time tunnel" ride back to the year 1492. Sequence ends with a view of a grand Spanish castle. Period music begins.
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ANNOUNCER VO:
It is well known that, when Christopher Columbus first presented his revolutionary idea to the King and Queen of Spain, it was not well received. |
Castle animation and SFX: a window opens and a man is tossed out (splash into moat). |
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ISABELLA VO:
And stay out! |
Segue to scroll of crude period map, embellished with dragons, monsters, etc. Everything about the map insinuates that to sail westward would be a disaster. |
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ANNOUNCER VO:
The problem was clear.
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COLUMBUS VO: (pedantic)
The quality of the presentation is not up to the quality of the idea.
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SFX of time machine arriving. |
-Whoa, what's that? |
SFX chord of a Macintosh powering up. Dissolve to the ultraspiffy AGS "Shortcut to India!" laptop presentation.
The mouse shows off various rollover, pulldown and animation features: "The Earth Is Round," "No Monsters Here" and "Estimated Trade Profits — Five Year Projection," etc. |
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COLUMBUS VO: (awestruck)
What do you call this wondrous thing?
AGS PERSON VO:
A PowerBook. Hook it up to this LCD Projector, Mr. Columbus, and voila! You'll be in America in no time.
COLUMBUS VO:
You mean India.
AGS PERSON VO:
Right. Whatever.
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Segue back to Spanish castle view. |
ANNOUNCER VO: (intones)
And the rest, as they say, is history. |
SFX of cheers and thunderous applause. |
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ANNOUNCER VO:
I see we have time for one question. |
Applause fades away. Add menu choices:
- How did you structure your presentation?
- Can you show us highlights?
- Return to our own time.
(These menu choices allow the reader to get more information about AGS Speaker Support services.)
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(Interactive segments follow) |
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