Creating Explainer Videos

An explainer video can be created inexpensively through an online platform such as VideoScribe.  One explainer video that has been created with this platform can be seen by clicking on the video to the right of this text.  It was created by Katie Fettes, who is the Sustainable Strategy and Communications Director, ACS Program Team. ClimateSAN.

Prior to creating an explainer video, a storyboard should be created that outlines the script and some of the graphics planned in this video.  To view and example storyboard, see:

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Another example low cost explainer video that was completed Katie Fettes is shown at this link: Improving Health Through Food Production Explainer.  She created it for The Rainmaker Enterprise.
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An example explainer video that includes more sophisticated graphics is shown at this link: Video: Climate Change Explained, 5:49, Dec 2, 2015 by The Daily Conversation.  Along with outlining some environmental impacts of climate change, it also illustrates some security impacts of this change.
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To view some leading explainer videos, see: Top 10 best explainer videos 2018.  This set of videos was selected by WebInteractiveFilms.
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There are several websites and software packages that facilitate creating explainer videos.  To view some lists of them, see:
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As well, there are several professional video production companies that specialize in creating these videos. Given below are some lists of these companies and a link to one of them:
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In addition to creating an explainer video, some people may want to convert their Powerpoint presentation to narrated and animated video.  Using a PowerPoint add-on by iSpring Solutions called iSpring Suite, it is now easier to do so.  To view an example of this conversion and a step-by-step guide to do so, see: Converting Powerpoint Presentations to Narrated and Animated Videos.