The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

I noticed that in your videos, music helps progress the storytelling. How do you think about sound when you’re creating a video? Sound inspires me. I’ll be inspired by something visual and then I find the music for it. A lot of the musical elements I include have tried to inform real-life elements.

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Global Giving

APRIL 28, 2016

This may sound hard, but a clear, concise, key message is vital to creating a successful video. Try writing a script with a two-column approach. Use the first column for imagery and the second column for audio. Like all good stories, your final script should have a clear beginning, middle, and end. What motivates them?

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Movie Product Tutorial Script 52

NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Podcasting is formally defined as the act of distributing syndicated audio content online via RSS to listeners who use software or a hardware device to receive updates. No reason to be afraid: the important part of this definition is that the audio content is syndicated. For sound effects, check out the Freesound Project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

Use a script: Write out your questions in advance and this keeps you on track. I have to stick it in people's faces to get acceptable (to me) audio quality. Speaking of good audio, I raised this question on the video bloggers listserv and David Tames (who took the photo stills in the video) offered some great tricks here.

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