One of my favorite blogs to peruse now and then
for amazing advice on web design is Webdesigner Depot which produces
excellent in depth guides for various design related issues. Monday
they produced an excellent in depth post that provides a step-by-step
breakdown of best practices for creating a screen-cast for a Web page,
a feature many startups like to include on their homepage to
familiarize new visitors with their product.
This article focuses on the creation of live screen capture videos of someone demoing the website, but I think a lot of this same methodology can go into creating any sort of introductory video a company uses to explain their site. The first step, as with any project, is to plan, and the first questions you need to ask yourself before you even start to storyboard include "What do we want to accomplish with this video?" and "How detailed do we want to get?"
Once you figure out the content, length, tone, and medium of your video, then move on to storyboarding. Storyboarding is an important step in creative processes such as these because it is much easier to visualize the end product before putting any real technical effort in. Filmmakers don't just storyboard as a way to outline their plot, they use it to do early edits to the film before wasting any time shooting stuff that will never make it past the cutting room.
To read the full, original article click on this link: How to Create a Killer Explainer Video for Your Startup - ReadWriteStart
Author: Chris
Cameron
