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when you guys do videos, do you write out your script?
Just curious how you guys go about doing videos. I recently did several for my instructable, and man did it take a long time. Mostly because I'd stumble or mumble and have to start over. I finally called it quits and just used what I had rather than really producing what I wanted.
Do you guys write out a transcript or something before hitting start on the camera?
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6 years ago
A while back, instructables had the 30-second video contest.
https://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Enter-Forbe... entries and other discussions can to be searched...
Anyway, it seems like the public has a short attention span and DIY instructional videos should be at the max a minute long at the most and you only have a few moments to grab them in the start to get them to watch through. That said, you learn to be succinct, concise, and to the point. Oh, I am more graphically oriented so I just let the pictures do the talking.
6 years ago
I tried writing a script once, I sounded very stiff. Also it's hard to predict at what pace the video will end up going. So I just do a really rough edit, the video usually ends up being like 10-15 minutes long at that point. Then I trim down as I record the voice over, by the time I'm done it's 3-5 minutes.
6 years ago
No transcript for me. I tend to throw away 15 minutes of shot footage for every minute included. I've heard of productions with 70:1 ratio.