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Subtitles – Why Adding Them Will Maximise The Reach Of Your Video

Subtitles aren’t just useful for the hard of hearing. They’re a great way to maximise the reach of your video and enhance viewer experience across the board, and so should be considered for all of your video content.

Mike Plenty, Managing Director at Dead Ready Productions, explains the subtitle options available in our latest 60 second production tips vlog. The content of which can be found below.

What are the benefits?

Ensure Your Video Works Without Audio

Video is often watched by people with the audio switched off, particularly when viewing on mobile. In fact, 85% of Facebook videos are watched on mute.

Having subtitles ensures these viewers don’t miss out on your content.

Improve Understanding

Even when audio is enabled, comprehension is often improved when viewers are able to read along as well.

Enable Translation

The subtitles for your video can easily be translated to other languages, opening up your content to new markets.

Increase Reach

Studies have shown that subtitled videos tend to be shared more than those without, as well as having higher viewer engagement. This has the knock-on effect of improving your SEO rankings.

Increase searchability

Search engines can’t look through your video, but they can look through text. Posting the full subtitle text as a video transcript makes those keywords visible and increases the chance of your video being found.

For more helpful information, top tips and useful guides on video production, keep an eye out for our next 60 second production tips vlog – coming soon!

If you would like to find out more about the video, animation, photography and graphic design services Dead Ready Productions can offer your business, please feel free to get in touch via the button below or by calling +44 (0)208 339 6139.

Should ChatGPT Write YOUR Video Script?

In our latest vlog, Mike Plenty, Managing Director at Dead Ready Productions, discusses the hot topic that is ChatGPT and specifically how it can help write scripts for corporate video productions. The content of which can be found below.

Hello everyone!

I’m here today to talk about something that’s on everyone’s mind – ChatGPT.

For those who don’t know, ChatGPT is a cutting edge language model developed by OpenAI that can generate humanlike text in response to user inputs.

And it’s been generating a lot of buzz lately.

Today, I want to talk about how ChatGPT can help with writing scripts for corporate video productions.

In our projects, clients usually create the first draft of the script, and this can often be a time consuming and daunting task. But that’s where ChatGPT comes in.

ChatGPT can help speed up the scripting process when planning videos. It can generate ideas and concepts that you can then refine and develop into a full script.

This means that you can focus more on the creative aspect of scriptwriting and less on the time consuming task of coming up with ideas.

But it’s important to note that ChatGPT is not a replacement for people.

It won’t write your script for you, but it will be an invaluable tool in helping you come up with stronger creative content more quickly.

As proof of concept, the script for this very video was created using ChatGPT in a matter of minutes.

So you see, ChatGPT is not just a cool technology, it’s a game changer for scriptwriters and video producers everywhere.

I hope this has given you a glimpse into the power of ChatGPT and how it can help you in your scriptwriting process.

If you haven’t tried it yet, I highly recommend giving it a shot.

Thank you for watching and I’ll see you in the next video.

For more helpful information, top tips and useful guides on video production, keep an eye out for our next vlog – coming soon!

If you would like to discuss how Dead Ready Productions could help you to further enjoy the benefits of video for your business, please get in touch via the button below or by calling +44 (0)208 339 6139.

Publishing Your Video – What To Check Before You Share It With The World

Once all stakeholders have had their say and the content of a video has been signed off, you don’t want to waste any time before publishing your video to the world.

However, it’s worth making sure you do a few things first, before you go ahead.

Mike Plenty, Managing Director at Dead Ready Productions, explains the steps you should take in our latest 60 second production tips vlog. The content of which can be found below.

1. Tell your production company

Your video production team will be best positioned to advise that the video is ready to distribute.

There may be elements of the video content that are still in a draft format, or require licensing, which they will need to address.

2. Check titles and web addresses

People often go by different job titles depending on the context, so make sure everyone who appears is happy with how their name appears in the video.

Also, check that all URLS and social media handles are correct.

3. Use the highest quality version

Don’t make the mistake of posting a low-resolution version of the video file online.

Always use the highest quality you can – video platforms can scale videos down if needed to meet different bandwidths, but they can’t scale up.

4. Download and keep an offline copy

Make sure you have a copy of the video file that you can keep on a local drive or server.

This gives you peace of mind and means you’re not reliant on always having an internet connection to watch the video.

For more top tips, helpful information and useful guides on video production, keep an eye out for our next vlog – coming soon!

In the meantime, if you have a filming brief, or you would like to find out more about the animation, photography and graphic design services Dead Ready Productions can offer your business, simply get in touch via the button below or by calling +44 (0)208 339 6139.

1 Camera vs 2 Cameras – Which Interview Filming Approach Is Best For You?

When filming an interview, you’re often choosing between using one or two cameras.

Mike Plenty, Managing Director at Dead Ready Productions, explains the benefits of each in the first of our 60 second production tips vlog series. The content of which can be found below.

The Pros Of Using 1 Camera

A single camera is the simplest and cheapest approach to filming an interview.
It minimizes the physical space required for filming and can be less daunting for nervous interviewees
Having only one angle makes it easier to control what’s in the background of the shot. And it’s also best when your interviewee is speaking down the lens

The Pros Of Using 2 Cameras

Adding a second camera gives you another angle throughout the interview. This then allows you to easily cut different takes together while maintaining an illusion of continuity.
This is massively helpful as it reduces pressure on your interviewee to deliver long perfect takes. Being able to cut to a close-up shot also allows for a more dynamic final edit.
In short, a second camera provides you with creative options.

For more helpful information, top tips and useful guides on video production, keep an eye out for our next 60 second production tips vlog – coming soon!

Video Production For Event Organisers During Challenging Times

Dead Ready Productions chats to events organiser Jamie Chapple about the exciting ways the events industry is responding to the Coronavirus crisis.

Jamie takes us through some ambitious and innovative suggestions about how to create immersive remote events through the power of video, creating a whole new event experience that can be delivered directly to audiences at home.

If you would like to find out more about the services Dead Ready Productions can offer your business, please feel free to get in touch via the button below or by calling +44 (0)208 339 6139.