diff --git a/pype/scripts/otio_burnin.py b/pype/scripts/otio_burnin.py
index 00d63939e7..e0df769db4 100644
--- a/pype/scripts/otio_burnin.py
+++ b/pype/scripts/otio_burnin.py
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ TIMECODE = (
     "%(color)s@%(opacity).1f:fontsize=%(size)d:fontfile='%(font)s'"
 )
 
+MISSING_KEY_VALUE = "N/A"
+CURRENT_FRAME_KEY = "{current_frame}"
+TIME_CODE_KEY = "{timecode}"
+
+
 def _streams(source):
     """Reimplemented from otio burnins to be able use full path to ffprobe
     :param str source: source media file