Video Storyboarding
Remember "Movies on a Stick"? Well, it was recently suggested to me to reach out to one of our Client Services directors (VP? I can never keep their titles straight...) to see if he had any ideas for how we could collaborate on a video for our monthly Movies on a Stick video. I was excited that I would even be considered for such a cool project! So, my friend Jason and I went to brainstorm and storyboard a video with the Implementation Team.
Working with a group of almost complete strangers for the first time is always an interesting experience. It's always an adventure in observation to discern who the leaders are, who the nay-sayers are, who wants to try something crazy, and who has a mountain of interesting props at home (fortunately, this group had one of those!).
Things got off to the usual hesitant, halting start, with the first five minutes or so spent hemming and hawing, trying to figure out what this whole "video thing" was all about. I'm fine with that, because I know how to point us in the right direction. Pretty much everyone in the group had at least been exposed to one of our videos, so they had the idea that it would be a light-hearted video to show the amazing progress they'd made as a group.
Here's the storyboard we came up with:
Turns out, this Implementation Team has kind of inside joke about being ninjas going on, so we decided to run with it! We're going to start out with a black and white/1920's-style feel with everything going in slo-mo, a typewriter, and plenty of messy file folders. Then, suddenly, the “Implementation ninja” will slice through a timeline (hopefully with a nice LARPer sword) and start updating everything! We’ll have a quick montage of typewriter expelling, folder kicking, and sticky note shredding. Finally, we’ll show how the new processes are much faster with a super speedy implementation specialist and an animated results graphic. Finally, the most important part, we’ll have a photo/video of the team celebrating their stellar progress. The people are the central part here.
Working with a group of almost complete strangers for the first time is always an interesting experience. It's always an adventure in observation to discern who the leaders are, who the nay-sayers are, who wants to try something crazy, and who has a mountain of interesting props at home (fortunately, this group had one of those!).
Things got off to the usual hesitant, halting start, with the first five minutes or so spent hemming and hawing, trying to figure out what this whole "video thing" was all about. I'm fine with that, because I know how to point us in the right direction. Pretty much everyone in the group had at least been exposed to one of our videos, so they had the idea that it would be a light-hearted video to show the amazing progress they'd made as a group.
Here's the storyboard we came up with:
Turns out, this Implementation Team has kind of inside joke about being ninjas going on, so we decided to run with it! We're going to start out with a black and white/1920's-style feel with everything going in slo-mo, a typewriter, and plenty of messy file folders. Then, suddenly, the “Implementation ninja” will slice through a timeline (hopefully with a nice LARPer sword) and start updating everything! We’ll have a quick montage of typewriter expelling, folder kicking, and sticky note shredding. Finally, we’ll show how the new processes are much faster with a super speedy implementation specialist and an animated results graphic. Finally, the most important part, we’ll have a photo/video of the team celebrating their stellar progress. The people are the central part here.
We are planning to make the video next week, so hopefully it’s at
least as awesome as we have planned.
This was a good experience for me because I got to practice my
flexibility. I had some ideas of what I
thought the video could look like initially, but the team had some great ideas
of their own, so we rolled with it and came up with something that will be
effective and personal for them. I’m
very happy with the result so far.
p.s. - Here are some fun signs made by Implementation Specialist Heidi Boyce for her team. I'm really glad she shared them with me, and I'd like to share them with you!
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