Kaya demo video
This is a discussion on the production of a help video for kaya, to easily learn how to use the server.
B: http://www.youtube.com/show?p=1TsL9_2_Qy4&tracker=show0 what about this video?
Gabriel :
So two things aobut this video.
First of all the narrator has an spectacular voice, something we cant count on having. This makes his incredibly verbose tutorial tolerable.
But even after that, its really verbose. 15 minutes is absolutely crazy. Our tutorial should be way more compact.
The reality is that people will mostly look at the tutorial if they feel totally lost, else people expect to learn things by using them, which is actually best if we can properly design things.
So im thinking the tutorial could try to focus on ultra basic stuff in the first 30 seconds or so, and then into detailed features later, for people that want to go in depth. That part can be more verbose, as we can explain, but i think the core demo should have a see & do effect.
B: As far as length of video, that is really decided upon the script we use. I feel like all the key events can be hit on in about 30 seconds, maybe a minute tops.
B: Looking at the list of what we should go over, and perhaps it would be best to create two seperate videos. A 'quickstart' video that's maybe 30 seconds to a minute long explaining the very basic interface, how to join a game, create one, and extreme basics like that. It would do a quick touch of many topics. If we were to try to make one video, it would be weird to do that, then go back and and go through everything in a deeper detail (ie: explaining the differences between sharing variations after a game vs. sandboxes etc) though there may be a way to do it for one video. Are you going to write a script or am I just going to free wing it (using the list you sent me earlier)?
Gabriel: Wing it :).
Gabriel: I can devote direction , obviously criticism, and aids for the server to look like it should for a specific shooting (specific sandboxes, broadcasts and such). Id like to delegate video recording, audio recording and editing, which is huge labor , even for a 30 sec video :).
Pat (Barrauss): I guess I'll be coordinating this effort mainly, and doing anything that needs to be done. However I have only minor experience in this type of field so anyone wanting to do a specific role is welcome to volunteer. I am currently looking at creating two different videos mentioned above and writing the scripts for them. Once I get the scripts roughed out and approved, I'll begin the recording process.
Tengen:
a video similar in to the one here is what i initially thought http://www.techsmith.com/index.html i actually use their software camtasia studio for my recording. it makes it easier to to do all of the zooming and basics effects. I will happily do or help with the recording and minor editing where possible. Also if you would like we can bounce the script back and forth between us once its started, as a shared task until everything is covered nicely. once the ideas and thoughts are on the table it might be helpful to do a basic storyboard to go along with the video.