- Vince: [Reading from the script] Learning with CRG English Prime enables your workforce to be more productive, more collaborative, and ultimately more successful. English Prime is a multiaward-winning platform that puts interactive media at the heart of the learning process.
- Daniel (Director): [Turns to the clients] How was that? Sounded good to me, nice and positive.
- Stephan (Client): [Feebly] Yes, but I'm sorry - it's not "English Prime", right? It's "English
- [Half-whispers]
- Stephan (Client): Prime".
- Daniel (Director): [Confused] Right...
- Michael (Client): And the "learning" is really important here, I think when we say it, we should really emphasize the "learning".
- Sarah (Client): Maybe we could, um, like, keep the pace but slow down some of the words?
- Michael (Client): Exactly.
- Daniel (Director): ...okay, great. So, uh, a bit of emphasis and watch out for "Prime", uh, keep the energy but a bit slower.
- [the clients say nothing in response]
- Vince: [Reading from the script] A trusted and proven solution, English Prime is used by top businesses from around the world. With in-depth source monitoring, they also benefit from comprehensive reporting - as standard.
- Daniel (Director): Nicely done, Vince.
- [Turns to the clients]
- Daniel (Director): How was that?
- Stephan (Client): [Feebly] Yeah, we really need to bring more energy to "as standard", we specifically put that in bold.
- Vince: [Reading from the script] With in-depth source monitoring, they also benefit from comprehensive reporting - as standard.
- Daniel (Director): Nicely done, Vince! Lots of energy in there.
- [Turns to the clients]
- Daniel (Director): Everybody happy?
- Stephan (Client): [Flatly] No.
- Daniel (Director): Can you go again, Vince?
- Vince: [Beleaguered] I'll try.
- Daniel (Director): [Sympathetically] We'll get there.
- Vince: [Reading from the script] They also benefit from comprehensive reporting -
- [With greater energy]
- Vince: as standard!
- Sarah (Client): That... sounded the same.
- Daniel (Director): [Vince is repeating the phrase "as standard" with numerous different - sometimes frustrated - inflections] Um, definitely a lot of energy in there...
- Sarah (Client): It just doesn't feel like genuine surprise to me.
- Michael (Client): It needs to be shocked, right?
- Stephan (Client): Try to understand: no one else has this feature.
- Sarah (Client): Okay... how about this?
- [Gets up from her seat and approaches the recording booth]
- Sarah (Client): Um... Vince? Try this, alright? Um... imagine you're walking down a street - it's just an ordinary day, everything's fine - and then suddenly... you see a lion. Yeah? It jumps out at you. "As standard!" Yeah?
- [Condescendingly]
- Sarah (Client): Imagine... it's a lion.
- Vince: A trusted and proven solution, English Prime is used by top businesses from around the world. With in-depth source monitoring, they also benefit from comprehensive reporting...
- [Stops for several seconds, staring into the microphone before him]
- Vince: O-oh my God...
- [Gasps, trembling]
- Vince: Oh, no...
- [hyperventilating]
- Vince: you've got to... y-you've got to...
- [Henry surreptitiously turns up the volume]
- Vince: RUUUUUUUUN!
- [Whimpers and yelps loudly, as though trying to run away from something before screaming at the top of his lungs]
- Vince: AAAAAAAAAAAAS STANDAAAAAAAAARD!
- [Breaks down into sobs of fright, before suddenly regaining his composure and expectantly turning toward Daniel]
- Daniel (Director): [Turns back toward the clients] How's that?