"NonStop World" |
VISUAL |
AUDIO |
Simple title on black:
Compaq presents
NONSTOP WORLD
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Faint wind SFX. |
High in the Himalayas.
Streamers of
windblown snow.
Gorgeous view. |
Wind SFX. |
Another mountainous view, closer. |
Wind SFX, louder. |
Another mountain view,
closer still. |
SFX louder. |
People are climbing
on the mountain. |
VO: Dont stop.
Never stop.
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Medium shot of people climbing.
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VO: The mountain is
your future.
Grab it.
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Another shot of people
relentlessly ascending the mountain.
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SFX begins (its faint):
busy hubbub of voices
(the Stock Exchange).
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CU of climbers face. He looks up. He gets a handhold. He keeps
climbing. |
VO: The way is open.
The path is clear.
Climb. |
Climbers climbing... |
Voices SFX is growing louder. |
...dissolves into a montage of
NonStop World image series: The Stock Exchange... |
VO: High availability
isnt high enough.
If its not continuous,
its not non-stop. |
NonStop World images continue, pick up urgency: a foreign stock
exchange, a busy financial office,
people searching through
streams of information... |
VO: If its not scalable,
its a dead end. |
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VO: Flexibility and
performance protect your investment. They are the
measure of commitment. |
...people you would not expect are
using the Internet; a PDA displays
news and stock prices. |
VO: Non-stop reliability
wins trust
and new markets. |
Suddenly were back on the mountain; a climber
(in a red parka)
snaps in a carabiner;
they all continue
the relentless ascent. |
VO: Its a NonStop world.
Trust Compaq.
Keep going.
Higher. |
Engineers installing product:
CU on Himalaya NonStop badge
on box; hand opens box; we see
a processor board with the Alpha chip go into the box; hand shuts
the box and applies
AlphaPowered badge. |
VO: Commitment: to
combine the worlds
highest-performing
microprocessor with
the worlds platform
of choice for
business-critical
applications. To
ascend to new heights
of performance
and flexibility.
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Pull back to see a whole row of NonStop boxes; a new one is being installed. |
VO: Scalable,
field upgradable... |
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SFX begins,
gently at first:
urgent buzz of
human activity,
sounds of movement,
voices in many languages.
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More NonStop World images, wider now in scope, faster, more urgent:
a woman buys a suitcase,
a plane takes off, lights light up, a card is swiped... |
VO: Continuously available
to a continuous world. |
A woman is making
a presentation.
She points along the NonStop Roadmap. |
VO: Each step, higher.
The future, in sight.
The way is open.
The path is clear.
SFX: activity buzz grows
in urgency, intensity.
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The NonStop World images accelerate: A clock reaches noon.
News cameras swing around. An ambulance. An antenna wheels
and points. A traffic light turns green. Stock Exchange blur.
People on cellphones. Money changes hands.
Streams of people.
Streams of Information.
A blur of numbers becomes a multipeaked graph... |
VO: You cant stop now.
Its a NonStop world. |
...which comes back to
gorgeous multipeak view
of the Himalaya mountains.
Snow blows off the peaks. |
SFX back to
quiet wind.
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Super big red Compaq logo over mountains. |
VO: Compaq is here.
Plan your ascent.
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Fade to black.
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Faint SFX of wind. |
Fade up on Climber, coated with ice, in the Himalaya computer room. Snowmelt off his back has left a big puddle. |
SFX continue. |
Stoic expression. He holds the badge that says AlphaPowered
up to the camera.
Huge grin. |
SFX continue. |
Fade out and end. |
Wind SFX out. |
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