VideoScribe - Explainer Video Planning Checklist
VideoScribe - Explainer Video Planning Checklist
VideoScribe - Explainer Video Planning Checklist
planning worksheet
So, you’re ready to plan your next explainer video - consider
this worksheet as your guide to structure your thoughts and
ideas ready to start creating your video.
By going through this process you’ll ensure that your video delivers against your objectives, gets to the heart of your
audience’s pain points/motivations, and ultimately, that you haven’t forgotten anything!
Simply work through these 8 questions and use this sheet as a reference point to keep you on track, or use it as a
briefing sheet for colleagues or partners if they’ll be helping you create your video.
1. Define the objectives of your explainer video - what are you trying to achieve
with your video?
Objective 1:
Objective 2:
Top tip: make sure your objectives are specific, achievable and most importantly, measurable.
2. Outline your target audience for the video - who do you want to see it?
Persona (e.g. customer,
Age: prospect, student, colleague): Geography:
3. Detail your target audience’s motivations - what are their pain points or
dreams?
This keeps them awake at night:
This means we need to consider these factors when creating the video:
e.g. Most videos on Facebook are watched without sound so we need to have subtitles.
7. Decide on the style of video you’ll create - will it be:
Whiteboard animation (tick boxes) Animation Live action
Add three video links to act as your reference point and inspiration:
e.g. https://www.youtube.com/user/VideoScribetv