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Planning a video
Paul Mundy
Planning
Who is your audience? Novice beekeepers
What is your objective? Teach them how to avoid getting stung
What is your message? 6 ways to avoid getting stung
Develop a story idea
Don’t get stung! Bee stings are painful, but not usually dangerous Ways to avoid them when you a working with the
bees Wear protective clothing Use a smoker Stand behind the hive Work slowly and calmly Do not panic Don’t hassle the bees
Draft a script
Use conversational language, short words, short sentences
Decide what will be narration and what will be interview
Don’t use too many words Narration speed
120-150 words/minute 2 words/second 1 line of A4 text in 5 seconds
Example of a script
Don’t get stung!Bee stings are painful. But unless you are allergic, they are not usually dangerous.
How can you avoid getting stung when you are working with your bees?
First, you can wear protective clothing that covers your whole body: gloves, boots and a veil.
You won’t get stung, but it can get hot inside. And the veil gets in the way and makes it hard to see what you are doing.
For most types of work, it’s possible to get by without any protective clothing. Here’s what to do.
Use a smoker. You’ll need this anyway, even if you wear protective gear.
Stand behind the hive. Bees get nervous if you stand in front of their front door.
Work slowly and calmly. Bees can tell if you’re nervous, and they might attack you.
Do not panic. If bees do start attacking you, move out of the way.
Don’t hassle the bees. Be careful not to squash them!
Do these things, and the bees will leave you alone.
But if you do get stung… remember that after you have been stung about 30 times, it stops hurting so much!
Draft a script
Think visually. Think of the visuals that will accompany each section
Divide the sections according to the visuals that will accompany each one
Allow the pictures to talk for you: don’t say it if you can see it
Use Word
Table with 2 columns Video on left, audio on
right Audio: Copy and
paste in right column Video: Print out and
sketch video scene in left column
Or: Write descriptions in left column
Music
Narr: Bee stings are painful. But unless you are allergic, they are not usually dangerous.
Narr: How can you avoid getting stung when you are working with your bees?
Narr: First, you can wear protective clothing that covers your whole body: gloves, boots and a veil.
MS: Beekeeper opening up beehive
MS: Beekeeper looking at bees
Video Audio
Use PowerPoint
Create a set of blank slides with a Title only
Paste the audio into the Title section of each slide
Use PowerPoint
Print out the slides, 6 slides to 1 page
Sketch the video in the space below the titles
Example of a storyboard
Video Audio
Beehive, beesTitle: Don’t get stung!
Music
LS: Beekeeper approaching beehive, wearing protective gear
Narr: Bee stings are painful. But unless you are allergic, they are not usually dangerous.
MS: Beekeeper opening up beehive Narr: How can you avoid getting stung when you are working with your bees?
MS: Beekeeper looking at bees Narr: First, you can wear protective clothing that covers your whole body: gloves, boots and a veil.
CU: Beekeeper looking hot under protective gear, fanning himself, struggling to see bee eggs through veil
Narr: You won’t get stung, but it can get hot inside. And the veil gets in the way and makes it hard to see what you are doing.
Example of a storyboard
Video Audio
LS: Beekeeper taking off protective gear, now wearing just T-shirt and jeans
Narr: For most types of work, it’s possible to get by without any protective clothing. Here’s what to do.
MS: Beekeeper using smoker Narr: Use a smoker. You’ll need this anyway, even if you wear protective gear.
LS: Beekeeper standing behind the hive
Narr: Stand behind the hive. Bees get nervous if you stand in front of their front door.
MS: Beekeeper cleaning excess wax off frame
Narr: Work slowly and calmly. Bees can tell if you’re nervous, and they might attack you.
CU: Bees flying aroundZoom out: Beekeeper moving 10 m away from hive
Wild sound: Bees buzzingNarr: Do not panic. If bees do start attacking you, move out of the way.
Example of a storyboard
Video Audio
CU: Beekeeper’s fingers holding frame carefully, avoiding bees
Narr: “Don’t hassle the bees. Be careful not to squash them!”
MS: Beekeeper replacing frame in hive Narr: Do these things, and the bees will leave you alone.
MS: Beekeeper closing hive Narr: But if you do get stung… remember that after you have been stung about 30 times, it stops hurting so much!
LS, Beekeepers walking away from hiveClosing credits
Music
Use sketches instead of wordsVideo Audio
Beehive, beesTitle: Don’t get stung!
Music
Narr: Bee stings are painful. But unless you are allergic, they are not usually dangerous.
Narr: How can you avoid getting stung when you are working with your bees?
Use sketches instead of wordsVideo Audio
Narr: First, you can wear protective clothing that covers your whole body: gloves, boots and a veil.
Narr: You won’t get stung, but it can get hot inside. And the veil gets in the way and makes it hard to see what you are doing.
Video jargon
ECU: extreme close-up (eg eye) CU: close-up (eg head and shoulders) MS: medium shot (eg head to waist) LS: long shot (whole of subject, with
surroundings) Two shot: shot of two people Over the shoulder: looking over one person’s
shoulder at the other person Cutaway: Shot shifts to another scene in order to
cover a break in an interview
Video jargon
Zoom in, zoom out: camera stays still, focal length changes
Pan: camera swivels horizontally Tracking shot: camera position moves to
follow action B-roll: camera shows a scene while
voiceover Footage: the amount of film or audio you
record
Sound words
Narration: What the narrator says. Narrator may be on-camera or off-camera
Voiceover: Voice heard when speaker is not in the shot
Interview: Interviewee talking Wild sound: Birds, wind, traffic, background
conversation… SFX: sound effects Music
Shoot footage
Go out and shoot the footage you need Arrange shots Conduct interviews Repeat takes if needed Collect wild sound Refer to your storyboard, but change it if you
need to (and you will need to!)
People
Talent: in front of the camera, holds interviews Interviewees: people being interviewed Camera operator: operates the camera Sound operator: records the sound Producer: arranges and directs the production Narrator: records narration
May be all the same person (except interviewees)
Alternative approaches
A. Develop detailed script, then go out and get the video and audio footage you need
B. Develop a general idea for a script, then go out and gather footage. Come back and develop a detailed script based on your footage
C. Reality? Some combination of A and B
Edit your video
Go through and log all your footage (note what is in it) Select the most promising shots Audio
Record the narration Put in the interview material
Video Put the video on top of the narration Add cutaways and B-roll Add initial and final credits Add subtitles
Preview and revise Present, upload, publicize Collect your Oscar
New Media Center. Storyboarding for video production. http://
www.princeton.edu/scienceaction/filming-essentials/Storyboarding-Video-Production.pdf
CommonCraft. Explainer tip: Creating Simple storyboards https://
www.commoncraft.com/explainer-tip-creating-simple-storyboards GoAnimate. What is a storyboard and why do you need one?
http://resources.goanimate.com/marketing/what-is-a-storyboard-and-why-do-you-need-one
WikiHow. How to create a storyboard http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Storyboard