/// Storyboard for the Partnerships page

The partner programme film

A sales film for the Partnerships page on currencytransfer.com, about 75 seconds, with a 30 second cut. Twelve keyframes in the finished style, and two alternative first frames.

These are stills, not animation: each frame is the settled moment of its beat, with its timecode, voiceover, words on screen and one line on how it moves. The portal screens are real frames from the 4.4 recordings. The phones, the laptop, the messages and the notifications are drawn.

For
Stevan, Ingrid and Phil
Audience
Advisers whose clients move money abroad
Status
Draft for comment, 4 November 2026
Figures
From the recordings or the script; the £80k is illustrative
Frame 1, the poster frame: the adviser's phone with the first client message
Frame 1, also the poster: the first client message lands on the adviser’s phone.

Style sheet

Short, and binding for every frame below.

Palette

Ink#111418
Canvas#fafaf7
Brand orange#e8540c
  • Ink is the space. The devices float on it, and their screens are the light in the frame.
  • Canvas is the type on the ink, and the portal’s own pages.
  • Orange is for the kickers, the brand mark and money that has moved. One accent, one meaning.
  • The portal’s status chips appear only inside its own notifications:
Signed up In review Activated Trading Paid

Type

/// You introduce
Introduce a client once.
Track every step.
Illustrative figures
  • Saira Semi Condensed, self-hosted from video/fonts/saira/ (SIL Open Font License).
  • Display 600 to 700, tracking −0.01em: titles 84 px, lines 50 px on the films’ 1280 by 720 grid (1.5 times that at 1080p).
  • Kickers in small capitals, orange, 700, tracking 0.2em, with “///” in front: “/// YOU INTRODUCE”, “/// WE ONBOARD”, “/// YOU EARN”.
  • Tag “Illustrative figures” on every frame, 20 px, bottom right.

Devices

The adviser's phone in front of the client's phone The laptop with the portal's pipeline and its notifications
  • Phones: a graphite frame, a thin even bezel and a plain camera dot, with no maker’s marks. The adviser’s phone is in front, the client’s behind it: smaller, higher, with a green wallpaper to the adviser’s blue.
  • Laptop: front-on, a thin lid on a slab base, no logo. The portal’s real pages fill its screen.
  • Messages and notifications: drawn as light, rounded cards in the brand’s type. They are WhatsApp-like and iOS-like, and copies of neither.
  • Devices sit whole in the frame. The one exception is frame 6, where the adviser’s phone passes out of focus in the foreground.

Motion

  • One continuous, slow camera across the ink. There are no hard cuts.
  • Devices drift in and out, and the camera moves between them, never into a screen: no push-ins on the UI.
  • Notifications slide in, and they are the transitions between beats.
  • One thing moves at a time. Type arrives line by line, on its phrase of the voiceover.
  • Repeated steps run slow, then fast, then slow: the paid months on the wall land that way.
  • Every hold lasts at least 2.5 s, so it can be read. The end frame holds at least 4 s, with no fade-out.

The film in twelve frames

One continuous, slow camera across a calm ink space. The devices drift in, the notifications slide in as the transitions between beats, and there are no hard cuts. Select a frame to jump to it.

Frame 11 0:00Frame 22 0:04Frame 33 0:15Frame 44 0:25Frame 55 0:31Frame 66 0:37Frame 77 0:43Frame 88 0:50Frame 99 0:56Frame 1010 1:02Frame 1111 1:10Frame 1212 1:15

Hook

0:00 to 0:15

The clients’ own words, arriving on the adviser’s phone.

Frame 1, Hook
Frame
10:00 to 0:04
Voiceover
“Your clients already trust you with their business.”
On screen
  • Kestrel Digital Studio: “Our payment app has frozen £80k. Two weeks now.”
  • This is also the poster frame.
Motion
A slow push towards the adviser’s phone as it wakes; the first message slides down onto the lock screen.
Frame 2, Hook
Frame
20:04 to 0:15
Voiceover
“So when a payment gets frozen, or a bank won’t open the account they need, they ask you who can help. Now you’ve got an answer.”
On screen
  • Willow Lane PR: “We’re paid in dollars and euros. Can we hold them in our own name?”
  • Elm & Oak Social: “No bank here will give us a dollar account.”
  • Clare Ashworth (optional): “Sending the villa deposit next month. Who do you trust?”
Motion
Each message lands on its phrase and nudges the last one down; on “Now you’ve got an answer.” the camera drifts right, off the phone.

Two alternative first frames

Either can replace frames 1 and 2; the film then carries on from frame 3.

Alt A: Money already moving
Frame
Alt AMoney already moving0:00 to 0:08
Voiceover
“Your clients already move money abroad: paying suppliers, getting paid in dollars, buying property. Every transfer could be earning you something.”
On screen
  • Your clients already move money abroad.
  • Three of the August statement’s trades: Harbour & Finch Creative Ltd, GBP to EUR, 295,436.91 GBP; Northwind Media Ltd, GBP to USD, 1,350,796.93 GBP; Tidemark PR Ltd, GBP to AUD, 29,478.83 GBP.
Motion
The transfers drift across the ink on the list; on “earning you something” each shows its share in orange (102.20, 286.17 and 15.56 GBP).
Alt B: Reputation
Frame
Alt BReputation0:00 to 0:06
Voiceover
“When a client asks who you’d trust with their money abroad, your name is on the answer.”
On screen
  • Clare Ashworth: “Sending the villa deposit next month. Who do you trust?”
  • Your name is on the answer.
Motion
The question lands on the lock screen; the line arrives on “your name”; the film carries on from frame 3.

The answer

0:15 to 0:25

The three benefits as large type.

Frame 3, The answer
Frame
30:15 to 0:25
Voiceover
“CurrencyTransfer gives them a dedicated specialist, accounts in their own name in the currencies they need, and someone who sorts the checks before a large payment, not after.”
On screen
  • /// CURRENCYTRANSFER
  • A dedicated specialist.
  • Accounts in their own name.
  • Checks sorted before a large payment, not after.
Motion
The camera settles on open ink; each line rises in on its phrase and the three hold together.

1. You introduce

0:25 to 0:37

The reply goes out with the approved template; the client’s phone pings; a glimpse of the Share page.

Frame 4, 1. You introduce
Frame
40:25 to 0:31
Voiceover
“Introducing them takes a minute.”
On screen
  • /// YOU INTRODUCE
  • Introducing them takes a minute.
  • The portal’s approved WhatsApp template, as the reply: “Quick one: if you ever move money abroad, our partner CurrencyTransfer is worth a look. You get a named specialist who handles the whole thing. currencytransfer.com/invite/brightwater”
Motion
The adviser’s phone drifts back in on the chat; the reply rises, its ticks turn blue, and the client’s phone behind it lights up with the ping.
Frame 5, 1. You introduce
Frame
50:31 to 0:37
Voiceover
“Share your link, a QR code or just your name, with ready-made messages that do the explaining for you.”
On screen
  • /// YOU INTRODUCE
  • Link, QR code, or just your name.
  • The Share page: the link, the QR code and “No link needed: Brightwater Advisory sent me”.
Motion
The camera pulls back and the laptop drifts in beside the phones, already on the Share page; nothing on its screen moves.

2. We onboard

0:37 to 0:50

The specialist’s message lands on the client’s phone; the portal shows every stage.

Frame 6, 2. We onboard
Frame
60:37 to 0:43
Voiceover
“Their specialist calls, sets everything up and stays with them.”
On screen
  • /// WE ONBOARD
  • Their specialist sets everything up.
  • Hannah at CurrencyTransfer: “Hi, it’s Hannah, your specialist at CurrencyTransfer. Brightwater Advisory passed on your details. Free for a quick call at 2?”
Motion
Focus pulls past the adviser’s phone to the client’s; the specialist’s message slides in above the adviser’s.
Frame 7, 2. We onboard
Frame
70:43 to 0:50
Voiceover
“You can follow every step in your partner portal.”
On screen
  • /// WE ONBOARD
  • Track every step.
  • Kestrel Digital Studio Ltd, C-1248: Signed up, In review, Activated, Trading, each with the pipeline’s own words (“Registered - Docs not started”, “With our onboarding team”, “Approved to trade”, “Earning for you”).
Motion
The laptop drifts back in on the pipeline; the four notifications slide out from its edge, oldest first, each settling before the next.

3. You earn

0:50 to 1:02

The statement, then the paid months building up with “Paid to date”.

Frame 8, 3. You earn
Frame
80:50 to 0:56
Voiceover
“Then every time they trade, you earn. It’s all on your statement,”
On screen
  • /// YOU EARN
  • Every time they trade, you earn.
  • The August statement’s line items, “Your share” in green.
  • On the phone: “Your Aug statement is ready. 977.32 GBP earned.”
Motion
The laptop is already on the statement as the camera arrives; the statement notification drops onto the adviser’s phone.
Frame 9, 3. You earn
Frame
90:56 to 1:02
Voiceover
“and paid around the 28th of every month.”
On screen
  • PAID TO DATE 8,299.74 GBP
  • Thirteen paid months, Aug 2025 to Aug 2026, each with the portal’s Paid chip; Sep 2026, 1,043.93 GBP, 28 Oct, Scheduled.
  • Paid around the 28th.
Motion
The months land oldest first, already paid: slow, then quicker, then slow again, as Paid to date steps up with each; the scheduled month comes last, with its line.

The no-brainer

1:02 to 1:10

Large type.

Frame 10, The no-brainer
Frame
101:02 to 1:10
Voiceover
“It costs nothing to join, and nothing extra for your client.”
On screen
  • /// WHAT IT COSTS
  • Free to join.
  • Nothing extra for your client.
Motion
The wall drifts out to the left; the two lines arrive on their phrases and hold.

Close

1:10 to 1:20

The first client’s reply, then the end card.

Frame 11, Close
Frame
111:10 to 1:15
Voiceover
“Become the partner your clients thank you for.”
On screen
  • Kestrel Digital Studio: “Thanks for the intro. All sorted.”
Motion
The adviser’s phone drifts back to the centre, where the film began; the reply lands under the morning’s conversation.
Frame 12, Close
Frame
121:15 to 1:20
Voiceover
“Introduce a client once. We do the rest.”
On screen
  • Introduce a client once.
  • We do the rest.
  • Apply to partner · currencytransfer.com/partnerships
  • The logo.
Motion
The phone slides out; the lines arrive on the voiceover, then the ask; the last frame holds at least 4 s, with no fade-out.

Script notes and sources

Where the script and the frames didn’t fit well, and where every screen came from.

Script lines that didn’t fit the frames well

  1. “paid around the 28th of every month” (frame 9). The films keep “every month” out, because months under £100 roll into the next payout. On screen it is “Paid around the 28th.” The voiceover needs the same fix, for example the portal’s own “paid around the 28th of the following month”.
  2. The reply in frame 4. The approved WhatsApp template is a soft mention (“Quick one: if you ever move money abroad…”), so as the answer to “Our payment app has frozen £80k” it reads as if the adviser hadn’t read the message. A short reply template, or a first line the adviser types above it, would fit the story.
  3. “a dedicated specialist” (frame 3), where the template and the portal say “a named specialist”. One word for both.
  4. The answer (frame 3) is 28 words for a 10 s slot: 11 to 12 s at a calm pace. On screen, “in the currencies they need” stays in the voiceover, and the third benefit is shortened to “Checks sorted before a large payment, not after.”
  5. “Become the partner your clients thank you for.” (frame 11) has no words on screen; the client’s reply carries it. If the film autoplays muted on the page, set it as a line.
  6. “nothing extra for your client” (frame 10) isn’t in the earlier films’ approved claims that I could find, so it is worth confirming before it goes on screen.

Where the portal screens come from

Brightwater's Share pageclips-partner/02-share.mkv0.30 s
Brightwater's pipeline (Your Pipeline)social/clips/04-pipeline.mkv0.30 s
Brightwater's Aug 2026 statement, line itemsclips-partner/08-statement.mkv0.30 s
Brightwater's pipeline, full frame heightsocial/clips/04-pipeline.mkv0.30 s
Brightwater's Aug 2026 statement, with clients (alternative A)clips-partner/10-top.mkv0.80 s
  • Each screen is a recorded frame at rest, before the overlay’s highlight lands, with the side panel cropped away.
  • In the 4.4 recordings the partner’s own pages exist only framed in (the pipeline at about 1.4 times), so the laptop shows those framings: real pages, larger than they would sit on a laptop, and without the portal’s sidebar. The film would record them whole, at 100%, in a laptop-sized window.
  • No recorded tray has a Trading item. The 13 October tray has Activated, In review and two Signed up; the earlier trays have sign-ups and a paid statement. So the four stage notifications in frame 7 are drawn, for Kestrel Digital Studio (C-1248), which the demo data has at Activated, awaiting its first trade. Recording frame 7 needs that first trade in the data.
  • The phone test scales the recorded desktop page onto a phone. It shows how the recorded screens hold up at phone size, not the portal’s own mobile layout, which was never recorded.
  • Drawn for this board: the phones, the laptop, every message and notification, and the wall in frame 9, in the films’ own tile style, with the partner film’s figures (its cue sheet’s paid months, the scheduled month and Paid to date, 8,299.74 GBP).
  • The clients are the demo data’s: Kestrel Digital Studio, Willow Lane PR and Elm & Oak Social, and in alternative A, Harbour & Finch, Northwind and Tidemark. Clare Ashworth and Hannah are invented. The times on the phones are illustrative.

Open questions

Three calls for Stevan, Ingrid and Phil, each with a recommendation.

Should the portal sit on a phone or a laptop?

Recommendation

A laptop.

  • The same page reads 2.5 times larger on the laptop. In frame 7, the “Your Pipeline” title stands 44 px tall in a 1920 frame. On a phone in the same composition it is 18 px. Watched on a phone, with the film 390 px wide, that is 9 px against 3.6 px, and the status chips shrink to a pixel.
  • A phone can’t hold the page whole. The portal does have a phone layout: below 992 px the sidebar folds into a menu, and below 480 px the six stages stack into one column, with the banner and the referrals beneath them. The page becomes a scroll, so a phone shows one part of it at a time, and the film would have to scroll inside the screen. That layout has never been recorded, and the portal is down.
  • It keeps the roles clear. The phones carry the people and the laptop carries the record. Everything the viewer has to read sits on a phone, in a notification or in large type. Nothing depends on reading the laptop.
  • If the portal should be on a phone after all, it needs a new recording of that phone layout once the portal is back, and beats built around one part of a page at a time.
Frame 7 with the portal on the laptop
On the laptop (frame 7).
The same beat with the portal on a phone
The same recorded page on a phone.

At phone size, 390 px wide, as most people will meet it

Frame 7 at 390 pixels wide
Laptop
The phone version at 390 pixels wide
Phone

75 seconds, or tighten to 60?

Recommendation

Keep about 75 s on the page.

  • The voiceover is 152 words. At a calm 150 words a minute that is about 61 s, and 73 to 75 s with a breath between beats and the 4 s end hold.
  • Sixty seconds means losing about 30 words, or reading faster. The earlier films’ lesson was fewer beats, never faster ones.
  • Someone who opens the Partnerships page has come to find out; the 30 s cut does the short job elsewhere.

If it has to be 60, these cuts get there without rushing

  1. Hook: “So when something goes wrong abroad, they ask you who can help.”
  2. The answer: drop “in the currencies they need”, and say “checks before a large payment, not after”.
  3. Frame 5: drop “with ready-made messages that do the explaining for you” (frame 4 already shows one).
  4. Frame 7: “You follow every step.”
  5. Drop the fourth hook message, the villa deposit.

Which beats make the 30 s cut?

Recommendation

Frames 2, 4, 7, 9, 11 and 12.

  • It keeps the story’s spine: the problem in the client’s words, the introduction, the portal, the money and the thanks.
  • It leaves out the answer card, the Share page, the specialist’s message, the statement and the no-brainer.
  • It needs its own voiceover, one short line a beat, about 47 words:

“When a client’s payment gets frozen, they ask you who can help. Introduce them in a minute. We onboard them; you track every step. Then every time they trade, you earn. Become the partner your clients thank you for. Introduce a client once. We do the rest.”

Frame 2
0:00 to 0:05Frame 2: three messages arrive
Frame 4
0:05 to 0:10Frame 4: the reply goes out
Frame 7
0:10 to 0:16Frame 7: every stage, in the portal
Frame 9
0:16 to 0:21Frame 9: Paid to date
Frame 11
0:21 to 0:25Frame 11: “Thanks for the intro.”
Frame 12
0:25 to 0:30Frame 12: the end card, held 4 s