Media Day productions move fast, especially for top-tier football clubs like Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Players rotate through interviews, promotional shoots, and voice-over sessions for international partners, often under tight schedules and changing setups. Keeping messaging consistent across languages and formats can quickly become a challenge.
To support this workflow, Bayer 04 Leverkusen integrated Prompter XL into their Media Day setup. We spoke with the production team about how it performed on set, why screen size matters when players are standing or moving, and how it helped keep recordings accurate and efficient.
In the short video below, you can see how Bayer 04 Leverkusen uses Prompter XL during Media Day voice-over sessions, helping players stay on script even when standing, moving, or reading from a distance.
Elgato: Voice-overs are always a bit tricky – what do your players have to do at Media Day?
Bayer 04 Leverkusen: A lot! And that’s often exactly the problem, because the players have to go through many different situations: opening lines for content formats or voice-overs for international partners (e.g. Chinese or Turkish).
Elgato: How can our Prompter XL help with that, and how was it received from the players’ perspective?
Bayer 04 Leverkusen: Very well! The size helps enormously, especially when you have to read from a greater distance. The players sometimes stand or have to move during a voice-over. So bigger is definitely better in this case.
Elgato: From a production standpoint, what was required to integrate the Prompter XL?
Bayer 04 Leverkusen: It was really very simple. Plug and play and you’re good to go. Thanks to the intuitive Camera Hub software, you immediately find what you need – whether it’s enlarging the text, increasing the scroll speed, or integrating paragraphs – everything is there!
Elgato: What other possible use cases could you imagine for the Prompter XL?
Bayer 04 Leverkusen: At the moment, we primarily see its use for voice-overs or moderations, where precision is required and sentences, facts, and wording often have to be spot-on under time pressure. This way, we not only save time and nerves during recording, but also in post-production.
For Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Prompter XL became a practical solution for managing fast-paced Media Day productions. Its large display and simple controls made it easier for players to stay on script, even when recording from a distance or switching between takes.
By reducing retakes and speeding up post-production, Prompter XL helps production teams focus less on fixes and more on delivering polished content for fans and partners worldwide.
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