[evergreen-outreach] road to 3.0 video series

[Rogan Hamby]

Mine didn't take quite as much time as Kathy's.  I've done some video work
over the years and although it had been a while I had some equivalent to
muscle memory in doing it.  My first video involved setting up a template
and familiarizing myself with iMovie (which it turns out is far different
from Final Cut) but it took maybe .... five hours.  My second one took
about 3 hours between setting up the test data, doing a walk through a few
takes before I got a clean one.  Note that the version I published wasn't
without verbal gaffe.  I think some time could be shaved off the tool side
as comfort levels increase but that will probably get taken up with more
detailed script writing and takes.  If it's a feature that doesn't require
setting up accounts and preparing samples for review that will reduce the
time as will familiarity.  I was reviewing features I was mostly familiar
with already but wanted to try out variations of in so that I could be sure
I either did or didn't need to go over them in the video.  So, I would say
1-3 hours is a reasonable estimate depending on the feature being reviewed
if you're using an established template.


On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 5:13 PM, Kathy Lussier <klussier at masslnc.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Do you have a sense of how much longer, both for somebody doing such a
>> video for the first time and for somebody who has a couple under their
>> belts?
>>
> It took about eight hours to do my first video. It had been a few years
> since I had used any video editing software, so some of this time was spent
> familiarizing myself with new software that would allow me to stitch
> together tracks and make edits. This also included the time to find the
> music and images that were used throughout the series. Each time we do a
> series, this task will only need to be done once. I also think some of that
> time was spent getting the YouTube Channel set up.
>
> Interestingly, even though I didn't have to do those starter tasks for the
> second video, it also took about eight hours to complete that one. In this
> case, I was working on a feature with which I was somewhat unfamiliar and
> also found some bugs along the way, one of which needed to be fixed before
> I could continue (it was fixed in fairly short order.) There was a lot of
> exploring and learning the feature that was happening while I created that
> video.
>
> If somebody already experienced with their video editing software were
> working on a video where the opening / ending sequences were already in
> place and on a topic with which  they were very familiar, they might be
> able to cut that time in half to maybe four hours? But how often do things
> go that seamlessly on any given task?
>
> Although I think it was a good idea to try out the PR videos for the 3.0
> release since we wanted to do a little more fanfare around the release, the
> time commitment coupled with the short timeframe between beta, when we know
> what all of the features are that made the release, and the full release
> makes it difficult to pull together. My first plan was to do the small
> staff client enhancements video that kicked off the series, but one of the
> features I wanted to highlight in the series didn't make the beta cutoff. I
> think there were a couple of other features from the Roadmap we wanted to
> highlight that ultimately didn't make it in.
>
> I had planned to get some videos done before the beta release was
> complete, but I'm also very busy during that period trying to test new
> features so that they can actually make it into the release. I imagine that
> would be a problem for me with any videos centered around a release.
>
> If we do another series of videos (as opposed to just releasing one or two
> as the mood strikes us), I would like to do something that isn't as time
> sensitive where we can have all (or most) of our videos done before we
> start releasing them to the public.  We could then release them on a
> schedule and maybe include teasers on what's coming up in the video
> scheduled for the following week. I was thinking it might be nice to do a
> series that just highlights thing we love about Evergreen, features that
> make Evergreen stand out from other ILSes.
>
> Kathy
>
>
>
>
>
> On 10/23/2017 04:14 PM, Galen Charlton wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 11:51 AM, Rogan Hamby <rogan.hamby at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> That wasn't without spending resources.  You can think "I'm going to do
>>> this
>>> quick and dirty" but once you start you want a certain degree of polish
>>> and
>>> by the time all is said and done it's a bigger commitment than you'd
>>> planned
>>> on.  Takeaway - these aren't tiny projects to do.  A five minute video
>>> can
>>> take substantially longer between setup, video work, etc...
>>>
>> Do you have a sense of how much longer, both for somebody doing such a
>> video for the first time and for somebody who has a couple under their
>> belts?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Galen
>>
>
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