# Storyboard v2: every appearance tied to Obama's words

3:21.77 at 30 fps, 1080x1920. Element rules: `ice/reference/aj-iran/ELEMENTS.md`. Obama is always lit; dark silhouettes and portraits are only the people and countries he names.

## Shots

| # | Time | His words here | Picture | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0:00.00-0:01.96 | Does this deal resolve all of the | Red halo: Obama, lit [defocus in] | Speaker lit on the halo for the opening question, like the presenter at 1.0-2.0 s (focus pull in, never dark) |
| 2 | 0:01.96-0:04.03 | threats Iran poses to its neighbors and the world? | Red halo: dark zarif | He names Iran as the one posing threats: Iran shown as its chief negotiator Zarif, dark on the halo (reference: the named side in silhouette) |
| 3 | 0:04.03-0:04.77 | No. | Obama, studio map screen (camera in) | His one-word answer, on his own face, lit |
| 4 | 0:04.77-0:07.73 | Does it do more than anyone has done before | Red halo: dark group_mid | "more than anyone has done before": the deal's signatories, the six powers and Iran, dark on the halo (reference "ON THE TABLE" over the negotiators) |
| 5 | 0:07.73-0:10.63 | to make sure Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon? | Red halo: dark Iranian flag | "make sure Iran does not obtain...": Iran named again, shown as its flag, dark on the halo (reference "VOICES WITHIN IRAN" over Iranian flags) |
| 6 | 0:10.63-0:11.47 | Yes. | Obama, studio map screen (camera in) | His one-word answer, on his own face, lit |
| 7 | 0:11.47-0:16.80 | Still, you're going to hear a lot of overheated and often dishonest arguments about it in the weeks ahead. | Obama, studio map screen | First full studio shot of the speaker (reference 14.5 s) |
| 8 | 0:16.80-0:25.33 | So today, I want to take a moment to take those on, one by one, and explain what this deal does and what it means. | Obama, studio map screen (camera in) [defocus in] | Camera moves in on "one by one", the line that opens the explainer |
| 9 | 0:25.33-0:27.93 | (no speech) | Grey archive: EbS_I-107173_LR.mp4 [white flash, film texture] | Chapter card after his "explain what this deal does and what it means" (reference "WAR ON IRAN / DAY 106"); grey archive of the Vienna venue |
| 10 | 0:27.93-0:31.87 | This week, the United States and our international partners finally | Footage: EbS_I-107176_LR.mp4 [white flash] | "the United States and our international partners": the partners on stage in Vienna, 14 Jul 2015 |
| 11 | 0:31.87-0:35.31 | achieved something that decades of animosity has not: | Still: 2015-07-14_group_photo_after_deal_StateDept_19069209433.jpg | "finally achieved something": the official photo taken minutes after the deal |
| 12 | 0:35.31-0:39.53 | a deal that will prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. | Footage: EbS_I-107150_LR.mp4 | "a deal that will prevent Iran...": Iran's Zarif and the EU's Mogherini reading the joint statement |
| 13 | 0:39.53-0:43.10 | This deal will make America and the world safer and more secure. | Footage: ObamaWH_Iran_deal_statement_2015-07-14_OLhV3JRWKUM.mp4 | "This deal will make America ... safer": his own statement at the White House the morning it was reached |
| 14 | 0:43.10-0:49.17 | First, you'll hear some critics argue that this deal somehow makes it easier for Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon. | Obama, studio map screen [defocus in, white flash] | Back to the speaker for "First, ..." |
| 15 | 0:49.17-1:01.60 | Now, if you think it sounds strange that the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia, China and some of the world's best nuclear scientists would agree to something like that, you're right. | Obama, studio map screen | He names six countries: their cards fill the screen behind him as each is named (reference portrait cards, 30.5-42.5 s) |
| 16 | 1:01.60-1:05.93 | This deal actually closes off Iran's pathway to a nuclear weapon. | Obama, studio map screen (camera in) [defocus in] | Camera moves in for the rebuttal line |
| 17 | 1:05.93-1:10.37 | Today, Iran has enough nuclear material to produce up to 10 nuclear weapons. | Split: Obama top, footage bottom | "enough nuclear material": the material itself, while he keeps talking (reference split, 69.5 s): uranium hexafluoride cylinders, IAEA file footage |
| 18 | 1:10.37-1:19.73 | With this deal, they'll have to ship 98 percent of that material out of the country, leaving them with a fraction of what it takes to make even one weapon. | Split: Obama top, footage bottom [defocus in] | "ship 98 percent of that material out": enrichment centrifuges, the machines that make it, IAEA file footage |
| 19 | 1:19.73-1:27.23 | With this deal, they'll have to repurpose two key nuclear facilities so they can't produce materials that could be used for a nuclear weapon. | Still: sat_fordow_arak.jpg [white flash] | "two key nuclear facilities": the two places on a satellite image (reference satellite of the sites) |
| 20 | 1:27.23-1:36.97 | So this deal actually pushes Iran further away from a bomb. And there is a permanent prohibition on Iran ever having a nuclear weapon. | Obama, studio map screen [defocus in] | Back to him for the conclusion of the first argument |
| 21 | 1:36.97-1:44.80 | Second, you might hear from critics that under this deal, Iran could just ignore everything that's required and do whatever they want. | Obama, studio map screen | "Second, ...": the speaker |
| 22 | 1:44.80-1:49.67 | That they're inevitably going to cheat. Well, that criticism is wrong, too. | Obama, studio map screen (camera in) [defocus in] | Camera moves in on "they're inevitably going to cheat" |
| 23 | 1:49.67-1:56.80 | With this deal, we will have unprecedented, 24 -7 monitoring of Iran's key nuclear facilities. | Footage: IAEA_Inspecting_the_Nuclear_Fuel_Cycle_URENCO_Almelo_Pf1MtMxnEEc.mp4 [white flash] | "24/7 monitoring": inspectors at work (IAEA file footage) |
| 24 | 1:56.80-2:02.40 | With this deal, international inspectors will have access to Iran's entire nuclear supply chain. | Footage: IAEA_Inspecting_the_Nuclear_Fuel_Cycle_URENCO_Almelo_Pf1MtMxnEEc.mp4 | "access to Iran's entire nuclear supply chain": an inspector measuring a uranium cylinder |
| 25 | 2:02.40-2:12.10 | The verification process set up by this deal is comprehensive and it is intrusive, precisely so we can make sure Iran keeps its commitments. | Obama, studio map screen [defocus in] | Back to him for "comprehensive and intrusive" |
| 26 | 2:12.10-2:31.77 | Third, you might hear from critics that Iran faces no consequences if it violates this deal. That is also patently false. If Iran violates this deal, the sanctions we imposed that have helped cripple the Iranian economy, the sanctions that helped make this deal possible, would snap back into place promptly. | Obama, studio map screen (camera in) | "Third, ...": the speaker; the facts of the answer come as bullets |
| 27 | 2:31.77-2:44.00 | That's why it's in everyone's best interest to make sure this deal holds. Because without this deal, there would be no limits on Iran's nuclear program. There would be no monitoring. No inspections. | Obama, studio map screen [defocus in] | "without this deal": the speaker, lit; the losses come as a list |
| 28 | 2:44.00-2:47.63 | The sanctions we rallied the world to impose would unravel. | Footage: EbS_I-107173_LR.mp4 [white flash] | "The sanctions we rallied the world to impose": the world powers lined up in Vienna, 14 Jul 2015 |
| 29 | 2:47.63-2:50.37 | Iran could move closer to a nuclear weapon. | Low-key portrait on black: khamenei | "Iran could move closer to a nuclear weapon": Iran's Supreme Leader, low-key on black (reference portraits of the sides, 176-183 s) |
| 30 | 2:50.37-2:53.10 | Other countries in the region might race to do the same. | Obama, studio map screen [defocus in] | "Other countries in the region": the camera pushes into the map of the region behind him |
| 31 | 2:53.10-2:57.50 | And we'd risk another war in the most volatile region in the world. | Obama, studio map screen (camera in) | "another war": the speaker |
| 32 | 2:57.50-3:06.17 | As Commander -in -Chief, I make no apology for keeping this country safe and secure through the hard work of diplomacy over the easy rush to war. | Obama, studio map screen [defocus in] | His closing argument |
| 33 | 3:06.17-3:14.37 | We have before us a historic opportunity to pursue a safer, more secure world for our children. It might not come around again in our lifetimes. | Obama, studio map screen (camera in) [defocus in] | Final lines, slow push |
| 34 | 3:14.37-3:17.97 | (no speech) | Grey archive: TrumpWH_JCPOA_withdrawal_remarks_2018-05-08_aixso4N2vhI.mp4 [white flash, film texture] | Chapter card for what happened after the address: the official 2018 White House footage |
| 35 | 3:17.97-3:21.77 | (no speech) | AJ end card | Channel close: the reference's own end card |

## Graphics

| Time | Element | Text | Why (his words or the reference rule) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0:01.44-0:01.92 | Big headline | ALL OF / THE THREATS | "all of the threats": the key phrase of his opening question (reference "THE END OF THE WAR?") |
| 0:01.96-0:03.99 | Big headline | THREATS / IRAN POSES | "threats Iran poses": the phrase that names the subject |
| 0:04.13-0:04.77 | Big word | NO. | "No.": his answer; the big-word device is kept for the words a section lands on (reference "PEACE DEAL") |
| 0:05.77-0:07.69 | Big headline | MORE THAN / ANYONE | "more than anyone": the key phrase |
| 0:09.43-0:10.59 | Big headline | A NUCLEAR / WEAPON? | "a nuclear weapon?": the key phrase |
| 0:10.73-0:11.47 | Big word | YES. | "Yes.": his answer |
| 0:11.87-0:16.67 | Name strap | BARACK OBAMA / 44TH US PRESIDENT | He speaks on camera here for the first time: name strap (reference 15.0 s) |
| 0:11.87-0:16.67 | Place and date tag | THE WHITE HOUSE / 18 JUL 2015 | His footage is archive from 2015: where and when, like a soundbite tag (reference 91 s) |
| 0:25.23-0:25.53 | White flash |  | Chapter entry or change of source (reference 18.7, 51.6, 63.3, 90.0, 100.9 s) |
| 0:25.48-0:27.93 | Pink title over grey footage | THE IRAN DEAL / 4 DAYS ON | Title and where we are: the deal was reached in Vienna on 14 Jul 2015, four days before this address |
| 0:27.83-0:28.13 | White flash |  | Chapter entry or change of source (reference 18.7, 51.6, 63.3, 90.0, 100.9 s) |
| 0:28.13-0:35.31 | Place and date tag | VIENNA, AUSTRIA / 14 JUL 2015 | Event footage: where and when |
| 0:35.31-0:39.53 | Place and date tag | VIENNA, AUSTRIA / 14 JUL 2015 | Event footage: where and when |
| 0:39.73-0:43.10 | Place and date tag | THE WHITE HOUSE / 14 JUL 2015 | Event footage: where and when |
| 0:43.00-0:43.30 | White flash |  | Chapter entry or change of source (reference 18.7, 51.6, 63.3, 90.0, 100.9 s) |
| 0:51.66-1:01.50 | Country cards on the studio screen | UNITED STATES, GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, GERMANY, RUSSIA, CHINA | Each card lands on the country's name; face and flag from the State Department photo of 14 Jul 2015 (Russia: flag only, its minister is not in that photo) |
| 1:06.13-1:19.73 | Place and date tag | IAEA FILE FOOTAGE / ALMELO, NETHERLANDS | File footage, not Iran: labelled |
| 1:08.89-1:10.32 | Red dot bullets | UP TO 10 NUCLEAR WEAPONS | "up to 10 nuclear weapons": a number on the seam (reference "400KG" callout) |
| 1:12.23-1:19.63 | Red dot bullets | 98% SHIPPED OUT OF IRAN | "98 percent ... out of the country": the number |
| 1:19.63-1:19.93 | White flash |  | Chapter entry or change of source (reference 18.7, 51.6, 63.3, 90.0, 100.9 s) |
| 1:19.93-1:27.23 | Place and date tag | SATELLITE IMAGE / NASA BLUE MARBLE | Image source |
| 1:20.03-1:27.23 | Site pins | FORDOW, ARAK | Each site pinned as he says "two key nuclear facilities" (JCPOA Annex I: Fordow, Arak) |
| 1:32.95-1:36.87 | Red dot bullets | PERMANENT BAN ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS | "a permanent prohibition": the one new fact in these lines |
| 1:49.57-1:49.87 | White flash |  | Chapter entry or change of source (reference 18.7, 51.6, 63.3, 90.0, 100.9 s) |
| 1:49.87-2:02.40 | Place and date tag | IAEA FILE FOOTAGE / ALMELO, NETHERLANDS | File footage, not Iran: labelled |
| 2:21.28-2:31.67 | Red dot bullets | IF IRAN VIOLATES THE DEAL | SANCTIONS SNAP BACK | "If Iran violates this deal ... would snap back": cause and consequence, each on its words |
| 2:38.90-2:43.95 | Red dot bullets | NO LIMITS | NO MONITORING | NO INSPECTIONS | "no limits ... no monitoring. No inspections.": a list, each item on its words |
| 2:43.90-2:44.20 | White flash |  | Chapter entry or change of source (reference 18.7, 51.6, 63.3, 90.0, 100.9 s) |
| 2:44.20-2:47.63 | Place and date tag | VIENNA, AUSTRIA / 14 JUL 2015 | Event footage: where and when |
| 2:54.06-2:57.46 | Big headline | ANOTHER / WAR | "another war": the key phrase of the warning |
| 3:03.36-3:05.00 | Big word | DIPLOMACY | "diplomacy over the easy rush to war": the word the address lands on (reference "PEACE DEAL") |
| 3:14.27-3:14.57 | White flash |  | Chapter entry or change of source (reference 18.7, 51.6, 63.3, 90.0, 100.9 s) |
| 3:14.52-3:17.67 | Pink title over grey footage | 8 MAY 2018 / US WITHDRAWS | The fact that dates his claim: the US left the deal on 8 May 2018 |
| 3:14.52-3:17.67 | Place and date tag | THE WHITE HOUSE / 8 MAY 2018 | Event footage: where and when |

## Removed from v1 (no reason in his words)

- Obama darkened or in silhouette on the red halo (0:00, 0:04, 0:10, 2:26, 2:42): the speaker stays lit.
- Handshake photo under "If Iran violates this deal": no link to the words; now bullets on his own words.
- West Wing photo under "historic opportunity": no link; now the speaker.
- Recap bullets under "pushes Iran further away" that repeated earlier facts: now one bullet on "permanent prohibition", the only new fact.
- "Dark Obama" passage: now the list "NO LIMITS / NO MONITORING / NO INSPECTIONS" on its words, and a low-key portrait only for Iran's leader on "Iran could move closer to a nuclear weapon".