On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Jan Ainali <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just an idea, for the part on how to edit with VisualEditor, make several > short videos with distinct themes instead of one long video covering it > all. Not only will it be easier to record and edit, it will be easier to > reuse if you a question like question "How do I add a source with VE?" and > you can just point them to that video rather than handing them a 30 minute > video and trying to remember at what time that part starts. > > Strong +1. The shorter a video is, the more people will watch/listen to it. I'd recommend 30-90 seconds as the ideal target, with ~4 minutes as the second ideal target, and ~10 minutes as the maximum. Anything longer than that, could be broken up into chunks, and should be, Because: A) less "time-commitment" for viewers (it can kindle the enthusiasm of clicking "oh, just one more!", rather than "oh god, another entire hour-at-once!"), B) it allows multiple shorter videos to be embedded in a page of text,* C) it has much more potential over the years ahead, for us (*all*) to update/improve/adapt/fork/subtitle/remix/etc each *segment* of it, in every wiki that it is wanted. The text of the accompanying page could be: * A concise version of the video(s), in bulletform list. I.e. "Slide-show presentation" style. With just keywords, and the clickable links to whatever the video is describing. * Or, a match of the video(s) content, for people without video-options * Or, a more elaborate/extensive/complete version of the video(s) content. E.g. our full Policy/Guideline/MoS/Essay/Help/etc pages themselves! (Re: screencasts, I replied to the earlier thread related to this, but didn't CC-all, sorry! See https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/education/2015-March/001273.html ) --quiddity
_______________________________________________ Multimedia mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/multimedia
