Workshop for Explainer Videos

Workshop for Explainer Videos

Explainer video „Carbon Footprint“

Basics

What?

How to create storyboards for animated explainer videos

When?

Thursday, July 16 (one day before Wikimania starts officially)
From 13:00 until 18:00

Where?

Hilton Mexico City Reforma (conference venue)

Which room?

Sala 3, Business Center, 1st floor of the Hilton Mexico City Reforma Hotel

Refreshments

Please note that there won't be any lunch provided at this event

Whom to contact?

Claudia Garád, Executive Director Wikimedia Österreich

Background

Videos have become a popular format for the dissemination of information - especially short animated explainer videos which provide a quick overview over complex topics.

The same principle applies to Wikipedia: videos can enrich exisiting content and provide an entertaining and easily comprehensible access to free knowledge. Wikimedia Austria wants to contribute to making this format more widely available in Wikimedia projects by supporting the creation of explainer videos under free licenses. Together with experts from the simpleshow foundation we offer workshops for Wikimedians which are designed to learn the tricks of the trade of screenwriting for explainer videos based on cut-out animation. In the context of this year’s Wikimania we are happy to host such a workshop for the international community.

Content of the workshop

Interested participants will learn the basic skills for creating plots of explainer videos: how to explain complex topics in a short and comprehensible way, how to work with cut-out animation, storyboard conception and visualization
The participants create and refine their scripts and storyboards together with the simpleshow foundation after the workshop
The realization and production of the finished storyboard will be done by the simpleshow foundation, the result will be published under the CC-BY-SA license on Wikimedia Commons
The screenwriters can use the videos for Wikipedia articles and other purposes

What do you need?

Interest in storytelling
A topic for an explainer video
No previous knowledge in screenwriting or video production necessary

Are you joining us?

The workshop is restricted to 10-15 participants, please sign here. We're looking forward to seeing you!

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