# Game Presentation Audit Checklist

Use this worksheet while reviewing one complete event recording. Record timestamps and observable facts before proposing solutions.

## Review Context

- Event, date, venue, opponent or program:
- Reviewer:
- Recording source and version:
- Available run of show or cue sheet:
- Known staffing, venue, sponsor, safety, or league constraints:
- Primary business and audience goals:

## Scoring

Score each area from 1 to 5 and attach at least one timestamped observation.

- 1: Actively harms clarity, energy, or execution.
- 2: Inconsistent and frequently creates friction.
- 3: Functional but undifferentiated.
- 4: Intentional, repeatable, and audience-aware.
- 5: Distinctive, measurable, and consistently executed.

## Pre-Show and Arrival

- Is there a deliberate shift from doors-open atmosphere into show mode?
- Are screens, music, lighting, and host messaging working as one system?
- Do fans understand what is coming next?
- Are premium, sponsor, and ceremonial obligations integrated cleanly?
- Score, timestamps, and notes:

## Opening Sequence

- Is there a clear narrative and energy arc?
- Does every department have an owned standby and GO cue?
- Are transitions between film, lighting, PA, entrance, anthem, and live play clean?
- Is there a documented fallback if an asset, player, or effect is unavailable?
- Score, timestamps, and notes:

## In-Game Flow

- Are breaks paced to their actual available duration?
- Is dead air intentional or accidental?
- Do music, replay, host, PA, and videoboard elements compete?
- Does the show respond appropriately to game state and crowd state?
- Score, timestamps, and notes:

## Sponsor Integration

- Does each activation give the audience something to watch, do, or anticipate?
- Are contractual messages legible and audible without stopping the show?
- Are exits from sponsor moments designed as carefully as entrances?
- Is success defined through recall, participation, sentiment, leads, or another agreed measure?
- Score, timestamps, and notes:

## Halftime or Intermission

- Is there one clear attention anchor?
- Are floor access, talent, reset, and broadcast dependencies visible in the cue plan?
- Does the segment rebuild energy before play resumes?
- Is there a rehearsed fallback with an appropriate duration?
- Score, timestamps, and notes:

## Late Game and Postgame

- Does content adapt to close, decisive, win, and loss states?
- Are high-value crowd prompts protected from sponsor or operational interruption?
- Is the final moment coherent rather than an abrupt end?
- Does the walkout extend the intended tone?
- Score, timestamps, and notes:

## Crew and Systems

- Does every cue have exactly one owner?
- Are standby, GO, complete, and abort language consistent?
- Are dependencies and fallback states documented?
- Can a trained replacement understand the system without relying on tribal knowledge?
- Score, timestamps, and notes:

## Priority Matrix

For every recommendation, record:

- Observation and timestamp:
- Audience or operational impact:
- Recommended change:
- Owner:
- Effort: low, medium, or high
- Expected impact: low, medium, or high
- Dependency:
- Target date:
- Success measure:

Start with high-impact, low-effort changes. Do not claim an outcome until the baseline, comparison window, and measurement method are documented.