Re: Videos

[Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>]

Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org> writes:

> Alex Vong <alexvong1995@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Catonano <catonano@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> 2018-05-29 17:45 GMT+02:00 Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>:
>>>
>>>  Le 2018-05-29 16:48, Ricardo Wurmus a écrit :
>>>
>>>  Hi Guix,
>>>
>>>  I’d like us to produce a series of short videos (< 4 mins each) that
>>>  introduce functional package management with Guix.
>>>
>>>  This is supposed to be aimed at people who are intimidated by the manual
>>>  and wouldn’t know where to begin reading. Each of the videos should
>>>  focus on a single feature and be on the point. The final seconds should
>>>  point the viewer to the manual to learn more.
>>>
>>>  Who would like to be involved in the planning and production of the
>>>  videos? There are many tasks such as:
>>>
>>>  * collecting topics that should be covered
>>>  * writing canonical narration scripts for each episode
>>>  * translating the scripts into different languages
>>>  * recording the narrations in different languages
>>>  * drafting the storyboard for each video (i.e. what exactly is to be
>>>  shown and for how long)
>>>  * recording the video portions
>>>  * mixing different audio tracks and the video track
>>>  * designing intro and outro frames
>>>  * recording or finding freely licensed music for the intro / outro
>>>  * coordinating with all volunteers
>>>
>>>  What do you think?
>>>
>>>  --
>>>  Ricardo
>>>
>>>  That sounds like a great plan! Of course I'd like to be involved in translating
>>>  the script into French and I could probably record a French version of the videos
>>>  too. I don't have any experience in the other fields, but I guess I could learn.
>>>
>>> I think I have demonstrated my aptitude in recording video fragments on the field 😄
>>>
>>> As for storyboarding and scripting, instead, I'd love to receive suggestions.
>>>
>>> Also, I wouldn't know how to mix audio/video. What software could we use ?
>>> I don't know.
>>
>> You may want to try simplescreenrecorder. I tried it before, it is
>> reasonably easy to use.
>
> Or, if you're using GNOME: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + R.  A small red dot will
> appear in the upper right corner.  Press the key combination again to
> stop the recording, and a webm video will appear in your ‘Videos’
> folder.

That’s a good one!

To clarify, though: I don’t think we need to use a screen recorder, or
at least it would be a very small part of this project.  I think of the
command line sessions to be very focused and to be only one of the
visual components of a <4min video.

When we do show commands and their output it could be useful to record
just the text and to time the output such that it fits the script
exactly.

--
Ricardo