Paris Olympics 2024: Dramatify Makes Olympic Debut

Dramatify makes a remarkable debut at the Paris 2024 Olympics with Finnish Public Broadcaster YLE, showcasing groundbreaking content planning and broadcasting tools.

Dramatify is stepping into the Olympic limelight with our inaugural participation at the Paris 2024 games, partnering with Finnish Public Broadcaster YLE. Get ready for an exhilarating ride as YLE brings you around 700 hours of live content from both the Olympics and Paralympics 2024.

The Olympics is the Ultimate Sporting Event

The Olympic Summer Games are among the world’s most prestigious sporting events, and expectations for the Paris 2024 Games are sky-high. YLE is poised to deliver non-stop, multi-platform coverage – over 700 hours of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. With live broadcasts on YLE TV2, YLE Areena, and Radio Finland, every day of the competition will be packed with excitement.

Paris 2024 Olympics: Centralised Production, Global Reach

The live feed for the Olympics is centrally produced by the Olympic Broadcasting Services, and broadcasters worldwide purchase the rights to air the event. With countless races and competitions happening simultaneously from July 24th to September 8th, meticulous content curation and planning are crucial for successful coverage. Audiences’ interests can shift in an instant, whether it’s a favourite athlete stumbling or an underdog triumphing unexpectedly.

Paris 2024 Olympics: A Year-Long Content Planning Marathon

Planning for an event of this magnitude is no small feat. YLE’s preparation for the Paris Olympics kicked off in August 2023. They received initial schedules and rough plans, but detailed daily content planning is essential, especially with constant updates from organisers, sporting federations, teams, and athletes. The outcomes of qualifications leading up to the games significantly influence what content a broadcaster prioritises.

The Dramatify Shelf: Purpose-Built Content Planning for the Olympics

Enter the Dramatify Shelf – a cutting-edge content planning tool integrated with Dramatify’s Rundown tool, created in collaboration with YLE’s Sports and Entertainment production teams. This tool enables production teams to create, categorise, and tag content for easy retrieval, from placeholders to precise scripts, including automatic teleprompter content and cue cards.

Repeated content like graphics, trailers, promos, ads, and credits can be created and synced across episodes and rundowns from a central hub. When schedules start to firm up, the team can effortlessly move content from the Shelf to the correct rundown or return it for later use.
The Dramatify Shelf is purpose-built for Olympic broadcasts but extends to any type ppf content creation.

Seamless Digital Rundowns

Dramatify’s rundowns are fully digital and accessible to all team members – from producers and production managers to reporters, hosts, studio staff, camera operators, and translators. The Rundown tool offers various views and functionalities tailored to different production stages and roles, from fast planning grid views to distraction-free script views for reporters and hosts, to technical rundowns for shot planning and live broadcasts.The Dramatify rundown tool allows for an all-digital, paperless workflow working from anywhere.

A read-only, shareable version allows teams to quickly share a rundown with staff who don’t need a Dramatify login, with an option to set a shutdown date for access. It naturally also includes functionality for live broadcasts.

All-Digital Workflow, Anywhere Access

Dramatify’s cloud-based production platform is accessible on any device with a web browser, enabling team members to work from anywhere. Whether producing segments from home, the main studio, or on-site at Olympic venues around Paris, the workflow remains seamless and paperless. Team members can use their preferred devices – from computers for writing content and running live shows to tablets for receiving rundowns and shot lists in real-time and mobiles for quick updates on the go.

Reporters in Paris can write dialogue directly into Dramatify, which appears on teleprompters in YLE’s Olympic Studio in Helsinki within seconds.

Proven Success in Sports Coverage

YLE’s sports team first used Dramatify’s rundowns and Shelf solution during the 2022 Athletics World Championships in Oregon, USA. The convenience of digital rundowns led to greater team engagement and eliminated the need for daily team meetings. Since then, the tools have been refined for a truly seamless experience, supporting coverage of countless international championships and two seasons of the weekend sports show—over 130 episodes with 6-14 hours of live broadcast each.

Paris 2024 Olympics: Game On!

We eagerly anticipate a spectacular Olympic experience in the beautiful city of Paris and wish for successful games for all involved!

WORKFLOWS

Film & Drama

From screenplay import to semi-automatic call sheets and DPRs!

Entertainment

Explore our innovative rundown suite with smart integrations.

Sports

Game on! Cover sports in the field with a premier mobile solution!

Talk Shows & Current Affairs

Easily collaborate from wherever your cast and crew are!

Factuals & Documentaries

3 different script formats, made for remote co-productions!

Children's programmes & Kid's shows

Produce any kind of kid's content with specific features for children on set!

Social media, commercials & corporate video

Image-based scripts to easily express your vision!

Key features

Production dashboard

Everything at a glance across productions!

Budgeting

Smart, integrated easy-to-use budgeting for any kind of production!

Automatic production updates

Automatic updates when critical details change, with the option of manual comments!

Cast & Crew Management

From interactive team lists to integrations with scheduling!

Rundowns for multi-camera

Integrated with cue cards, CuePilot, teleprompters and all our features!

Drama screenplays

Import/synch with Final Draft/.fdx, automatic script sides and automatic watermarking!

Image-based AV scripts

The perfect format for commercials, social media and storyboards!

Story shelf

Plan, store & bounce scenes - super useful from drama to big sports events!

Script breakdown

Smart script breakdown, including optional partial access for creative departments.

Shooting scheduling

Powerful scheduling integrated with cast DooD and all other scheduling features.

Crew Scheduling

Easy to use crew scheduling integrated with call sheets.

Cast scheduling

Smart integration with Daily Cast Schedule, DooD, stylists' scheduling & call sheets!

Daily Production Schedules

Ditch Excel and work smarter! Smart, integrated daily production schedules with powerful features. 

Semi-automatic call sheets

Integrated call sheets that writes themselves as details are added elsewhere. For print and mobile!

Catering lists - automagically!

Automatic catering lists per shooting day - including special diets & allergies!

Set design & Scenography

From auto set lists, images and breakdown to 3D files and set details!

Locations

With images, maps & automatic weather reports and much more!

Character management

Auto-lists with automatic statistics, booking sheets, stripboards and more!

Wardrobe

Inspo images, measurements, breakdown, wardrobe lists and more!

Makeup & Hair

Integrated makeup & hair functionality with looks, cleanface, makeup charts and more!

WHY DRAMATIFY?

Overview

A production tool for all your company's productions.

Saving time & money

How Dramatify minimise risk and saves your production time and money every day.

For Producers & Production Managers

Plan and track productions, the content, cast & crew.

For creatives

Smart, integrated tools for the creative crew, from ADs to wardrobe designers, set designers and makeup artists.

For crew

Find tools and information according to your role and access level in the production.

For cast members

How to use Dramatify for cast members, including actors, anchors and hosts.

WORKFLOWS

Drama

From screenplay import to semi-automatic call sheets - Dramatify helps you run a tight production.

Entertainment

Enjoy Dramatify's innovative rundown suite with a plethora of smart integrations.

Sports

Integrated features for both large event planning, and scripted and semi-scripted shows.

Talk Shows & Current Affairs

Plan, write and produce talk shows & current affairs shows.

Factuals & Documentaries

With 3 different script formats, start with the one fitting your project's particular needs.

Social media, commercials & corporate video

Use the same tools as the industry professionals for your productions.

Broadcasting & live streaming

Productions powered by Dramatify reaches millions of viewers a week. Join our growing list of broadcasters!

Graphic audio

From script breakdown to recording scheduling and cast and crew booking, we handle enhanced audio productions.

PLANS

Free plan

3 active users for basic drama & documentary pre-production.

Bronze plan

Starter plan for small productions & production companies

Silver plan

for up to 25 active users + unlimited productions, cast & crew.

Gold plan

MOST POPULAR with up to 50 active users + unlimited productions, cast & crew.

Platinum plan

for companies & broadcasters with up to 100 active users + unlimited productions, cast & crew.

Enterprise

Contact us for a custom deal that suits your needs!

Education

Free plans for professional industry schools & educations!

Resources

Quick Start Guide

Quickly get started with your production!

Add & manage team members

Add crew and cast members, set permissions & allow access.

Add episodes & work with series

The episode functionality is super useful - even for features!

Working with rundowns

How to create rundowns for multi-camera live & studio productions.

How to work with screenplays

How to import/synch with Final Draft/.fdx, write natively and work with updates.

Working with image-based AV scripts

How to make the most out of the AV scripts.

Working with script breakdown

How to breakdown your script regardless of script format.

Working with scene items

From props to vehicles - here is how to work with scene items!

How to schedule your production

Powerful scheduling integrated with call sheets and other features.

How to schedule crew

How to work with crew scheduling, integrated with call sheets, time sheets and DPR.

Working with cast scheduling

Smart integration with scene scheduling, Daily Cast Schedule, DooD, stylists' scheduling & call sheets and more!

Creating call sheets

Call sheets almost write themselves - for mobile and print!

Working with sets & scenography

Breakdown, link to locations, share images, 3D files, add props, scene items and continuity.

Adding & working with locations

With images, releases, maps & automatic weather reports and much more!

Working with cast, characters, wardrobe, makeup & hair

A walk-through of character lists & pages, scheduling, details, linking to cast and more.

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