Ai.Beyot × Starlight Exit Festival · first cut · 7 Oct
Five reels for Ai.Beyot's Instagram
Cut overnight from yesterday's card. It's their film, so each one ends on Ai.Beyot's logo and a white card, not ours. Graded with go 2; the highlights are rolled off so nothing clips.
1 · What a better place37 s · Mohammed Hazem · the launch
2 · Three capsules31 s · Mohammed Hazem · the product
3 · The artists' lounge40 s · Mohammed Hazem · inside the capsule
4 · No green screen29 s · Rani Kalan, Starlight's project manager
5 · Resemble home39 s · Matthew Hauk, Interstellar Plus
What's in every reel
- Picture. Your FX30 footage on the words that name it, and their own text-on-video reel on the 'premium' moments.
- Music. Each reel uses one of the three instrumental tracks you heard on the 1 Oct sit-down (1A, 1B, 1C). Muffled under the talking, full on the outro.
- Captions. Arabic in Arabic, English in English, same style as the approved sit-down.
1 · What a better place
What changed
- The story. The pyramids → 'I always wished to put our capsules in front of the pyramids — I've already done it' → Exit's reaction ('surprise is a small word') → the hard work → every event in Egypt → everywhere in the world.
- Music. 1A: max taylor 26 back 01.
2 · Three capsules
What changed
- The tour. Three sizes for three needs → the Grand, 12 × 3.5 m → the Medium, 8 m, automated sunroof and curtains → the 6 m, one room, still fully loaded → easy to customise → 'Be ready with your checkbook, and that's it.'
- Music. 1B: max taylor 41 x back.
3 · The artists' lounge
What changed
- The idea. 'The artists don't even know we're here yet' → tents and small rooms aren't comfortable → soundproof, double glass → 'everything behind us is under construction and we can't hear a thing' → after his set he walks in and won't want to come out.
- Music. 1C: max taylor 36, the one you picked on 1 Oct.
4 · No green screen
What changed
- The hook. 'We're at the pyramids. Obviously. No green screen. That's 100% real.' Then the call to Lebanon and 'I've never seen a finishing like this.'
- Music. 1B: max taylor 41 x back.
5 · Resemble home
What changed
- The idea. Headliners play 150 shows a year; anything that feels like home gives them a good feeling. Ends on a card, 'In 3 words?', and his answer: 'Innovation. Smart. Beautiful.'
- Music. 1C: max taylor 36.
Your calls
- Names to check. Rani Kalan and Matthew Hauk are spelled from what they said on camera. Hazem's card says CEO (he says it here); the 1 Oct card said Owner.
- Capsule sizes. In video 2 I matched each size to a capsule by how it looks (long unit = Grand, round pods = Medium and 6 m). Tell me if any is wrong.
- The question card. In video 5 your off-mic question is a type card with no voice. Say if you want your voice on it.
- End line. Under their logo the white card says ARTIST LOUNGE · STARLIGHT. Tell me if you want other words.
- Left out on purpose. Rani's 'very expensive', his 8.5/10 and the furniture notes; Matthew's 'probably a 9'; another crew member's '2 million, forget it'.
- Nothing posted. Nothing posted, nothing in the Content System. No credits spent.