Go Animate

Question: Why do we make videos? 

Answer: To engage, educate and inspire.

Step 1:  Ask yourself these questions before you begin.

• • What is your message?

  • What information/material/ideas do you want to share?

  • Who is your audience?

  • What experience do you want your audience to have?

  • How will I know my video has been successful?

Step 2: Create a content outline (creative brief)

Your video shoulad have clear:

• • Goals

  • Content

  • Takeaway (message, idea)

Step 3: Brainstorm plot ideas

Think about:

• •  which situations/settings will occur in your video (to make your main points clear)

  • characters, locations, and props

  • what will happens to your characters over the course of the video

Remember strong stories have:

• • Protagonist – the “change agent”

  • Antagonist – the “resistor of change”

  • Point-of-View character or “witness” – the person changed by the events in the story

Tutorials:

Templates (link)

A GoAnimate template is a scene with content already added:

• • backdrop

  • characters

  • props

  • text

Use a template to create a  scene quickly or to spark ideas for your video.

GoAnimate video maker also has text, locations, logos.

Step 4: Write your script and develop your storyboard

Your video script should sound personal. 

Read it out loud to make sure it sounds and looks like a conversation. 

Be detailed in what should happen in the video, but keep the dialogue brief. 

What is a storyboard?

A storyboard is graphic representation of how your video will unfold, shot by shot. Taking a few minutes to storyboard will save you tons of time later. 

Sketch out the storyboard with stick figures or type the script into a document and add screenshots from GoAnimate.

Bring it all together and create your content in GoAnimate.

Step 5: Add music and sound effects

Sound provides a richer viewing experience, whether it’s the sound associated with a particular action, like opening a can of soda, or a piece of music to set the mood for a scene. 

You don’t want sound to distract from information or dialogue but a good piece of music can fit the mood of your story & your target audience.

Step 6: Add voice-over (VO) ADVANCED

Add VO  and narration, you have two options: to hire a VO artist or do it yourself

 To record yourself use a mic and recording into a free audio program like Audacity so you can adjust levels and remove pauses. 

Whiteboard Animation Features (link)