[Music underneath throughout: Dynamic, but soft-core]
[Countdown from 7, preferably showing one person per second, taken from crowdsourced video (did that ever happen?)]
[On zero, a surge of light, leading to the "Drupal 7 now available" graphic by Joseph. During long fade-out:]
Three years and thousands of people bring you Drupal 7, the latest version of the world's strongest content-management system.
[Show front pages of a variety of big sites running Drupal, perhaps starting at 2 per second and accelerating to 6 per second]
Drupal already runs hundreds of thousands of web sites, including some you probably already know. Businesses, government agencies, nonprofits, and individuals have all discovered that Drupal gives them the speed and power they need in a free, easy-to-learn, open-source package.
[Accelerating screens fade to white]
[Cross-fade to front page of a Drupal 7 site, with Bartik theme]
[Quick shots of the following as they're described]
Now, Drupal 7 introduces usability improvements such as a simplified installer; a toolbar and shortcut bar that keeps often-used commands close at hand; reorganized content, user, and configuration screens; and much, much more. Drupal 7 also has dozens of improvements for developers and system administrators, such as a flexible new field system; better update and maintenance procedures; and ways to connect Drupal to just about any database you can find.
[More touring of a Drupal 7 site]
If you've been using Drupal 6, upgrade now to discover all the great changes. Popular modules you've been using are probably already available, or are part of Drupal 7 itself. If you're using any other CMS, such as WordPress, Joomla, or SharePoint, it's time to find out what you're missing. And if you've been thinking about setting up a web site, find out how easy it can be... with Drupal 7.
[Fade to white, then fade back in for outro graphics over the following:]
So -- what are you waiting for? Download Drupal now from drupal.org and find out for yourself. With Drupal 7 – Easier and more powerful than ever.
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Ideas being discussed at http://groups.drupal.org/node/115364#comment-371619 :
streamlined menus and screens for configuring and organizing content, users, and configuration
Nearly 1,000 members of the Drupal community are direct contributors to Drupal 7 core, and thousands more create contributed modules.
Join us on at a Drupal 7 Release Party [http://www.drupal7releaseparty.org] near you on January 7th!