Mentions

Callout people, places, positions and more - all within your rundown.

From any cell in your rundown, use @ on your keyboard to trigger the Mentions list.

Mentions are a perfect way to store and update data about properties that are important to your rundown. Use them to summarize details related to crew members, camera positions and lots more.

Video overview

Creating Mentions in a rundown

Use the Mentions option in the rundown settings to access to Mentions modal.

Once opened, you can add as many Mentions as you need. Populate a Mention with the following details:

• Name: This is the user-facing name that will appear on your rundown.
• Description: Within the description you can add richtext and images to describe your Mention.

Adding a Mention to a rundown

Now, back in the rundown, you can add any of your Mentions to a cell with the @ key.

This will trigger the Mentions list. Click on a Mention from within the list and it will now be added to the cell - just like any other piece of text.

When you - or one of your rundown viewers - hovers over a Mention, they will see a full descriptive popup filled with all the information you attached to that Mention.

This can be super helpful for…

• Crew members: Store job titles, images and important details about each crew member.
• On-screen talent: Add headshots of talent so the entire team knows who is who.
• Camera positions: Drop in pre-rendered images or photos of each camera position as a visual of what the show should look like.
• Sponsors and clients: Keep logos, contact info, and specific branding requirements for each sponsor easily accessible during live reads.
• Venue locations: Store floor plans, stage layouts, and key contact numbers for different shooting locations or remote sites.
• Equipment presets: Document specific gear configurations, settings, and setup photos for cameras, lighting rigs, or audio equipment.
• Guest speakers: Maintain bios, pronunciation guides, headshots, and talking points for interview subjects and panel participants.
• Emergency contacts: Quick access to venue security, medical personnel, technical support, and key decision-makers with their roles and phone numbers.
• And loads more!

Editing a Mention

As usual with productions: things change. This is why we have built Mentions to be editable as your show changes.

Head back into the Mentions modal at any time and change any and all details. This is super handy when new details come in, or crew members and talent are replaced at the last minute.

Changing the Name or Description of any Mention will automatically update all instances of that Mention in your rundown - you don’t need to do anything else!

Accessing and editing through our API

Mentions are also part of our external API - this means you can get and set Mentions from other tools in your production pipeline.

Via the API you can:

• Get all: A list of all Mentions in your rundown.
• Get one: A specific Mention based on it’s internal key.
• Bulk update: Bulk update existing Mentions.
• Create and Delete: Add new Mentions or delete existing ones.

For a full list of supported API calls, check out our API documentation.