Steps In Professional Video creation

The following stages are iterative and the project might move back and forth between the stages, however, best practices keeps the back and forth constructive to a  minimum.

• Planning
  • Video Brief and Rationale
  • Narration Script
  • Storyboard
    
    
• Pre-Production
  • Audio Narration
  • Initial Video Draft
  • Final Video Draft
    
    
• Production
  • Final Video is produced for distribution

Note that steps 1-3 are considered the blueprint – no part of the video has been produced as yet.

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Task

You are required to produce a storyboard and a video in 4 events/panels which describes the main goal of sport/game/videogame.

An example storyboard is shown here:

Visual	Narration/Text
Title screen with catchy music is shown 2-5 seconds	Football in Two Sentences
Display video of a football with some sort of slow moving graphics.	Football is a team sport played by two opposing teams.
Show a live , exciting video of a goal being sored and the jubilation felt from scoring the goal. (The screams of the crowd should be audible over background music)
Show a timelapse (sped up video) of a field  with players playing the sort from a distance.	The object of the game is to get the football into the other team’s goal without using your hands.
Similar title screen graphic as used in intro.	Thanks for watching!

An example video is shown here @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zklE6oIsZk8

You are required to :

• produce and submit the storyboard with 4 events/panels
• use at least 2 distinct source files that you have created or downloaded from a stock website (e.g https://pixabay.com)
• use 1 title card for the start of the video, and 1 title card for the end of the video
• Produce and submit a finished video that is no longer that 60 seconds.

Note for this assignment :

• You are not limited to 2 sentences.
• You must have text /narration on at least 1 source file

Marks will be awarded for:

Storyboard

Narration/text consistent to visual – 4 marks

Visual descriptions are sufficient to convey the idea for each panel – 4 marks

Video

Video follows sequencing of events/panels – 1 mark

Evidence that the video matches the narration/text of each panel – 4 marks

2 Distinct source video files used – 2 marks

Total : 15 marks.

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Video Benefit e.g. Smoother Sprites

Sub Heading E.g. The art of making Sprite Sheets with the smoothest movement possible

TARGET DURATION:

Tip: You will be able to estimate your video’s length by how long it takes you to read your narration.

e.g 10-12 minutes

AUDIENCE:

E.g Animators who want to tighten up character movement and might have an interest in the video series we have to offer.

GOAL:

Tip: Outline the goal for

• Your Audience
• You

E.g To get viewers to quickly create sprite sheets with snappy and smooth movements using CTA3.  If they learn from this video, then maybe they might want to subscribe to our youtube channel because we produce meaningful content

Narration:

{Narration script for video goes here}

Tip:

• Remember to pause and breathe at the end of your sentences when recording.
• Tell your audience the duration of your video.
• Don’t Forget your call to action (conversion point) at the end.

Tutorial tips:

• Write your narration as you prep for your tutorial
• Use Bolded text for actions,
• Use Italics for Menu items, tech terms, and jargon
• Ask yourself :what does the audience need?
• Pick out the most important or aesthetically pleasing features in your demonstration

Storyboard

E.g

Visual	Narration/Text

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What’s My video’s purpose?

To show What?

To show How….

Why

Why am I doing this video?   Be very specific -How can my main subject benefit the audience e.g “to show how you can easily create sprite animations that are  realistic and seamless.”   Arrive at reasons to sell your main point.

Who

Who is my audience?’ How much of an expert is my audience? How familiar are they with the subject matter?   Terminology – Will my audience understand my technical terms? Always use the simplest and easiest lingo   Why did they look for my content? Did I direct them to this video from the classroom? Ideation – Are they browsing and looking for ideas? Instructions – Are they trying to figure out how to do something by  looking for a method or tutorial? Advice – Are they trying to decide on whether they should be doing what you say? Buy in – are they trying to decide whether to buy or convert to what I’m selling?

What’s my video’s content?

Am I making a tutorial ? marketing a product/service?

TutoriaL (Remove this Section If it is not applicable)

Outline what procedure you’d like to show, If it’s an introduction to the main features, stick to the main features, don’t outline all items on the interface.   Identify call to action – sign up, subscribe, watch the next video etc.

Marketing (Remove this Section If it is not applicable)

List main points in order of significance.   Identify call to action – sign up, subscribe, watch the next video etc.

Explanatory Video (Remove this Section If it is not applicable)

Briefly describe the explanation.   Identify call to action – sign up, subscribe, watch the next video etc.

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The video script template can be found here: Video Script Template With inline Instructions – Professional Video Creation (Part 7)

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