Letting the Pictures Help Tell the Story

One thing I learned while writing my video script was that I didn’t need to explain everything with words. If the viewer could already see what was happening, I could let the image do some of the work. Showing the same room with a different wall color made the change easier to understand than trying to describe it. That gave me more room to talk about how a simple change could help someone enjoy their space more.

I also learned that humor takes more thought than I expected. The eviction notices were a fun way to show being tired of a room and wanting everything gone. But the joke needed to make sense and lead into the solution. When the notices changed to “Staying!” and “Moving canceled,” the pictures helped finish the story. It was a fun way to show that sometimes the furniture isn’t the problem. Writing the script made me think about how the words, pictures, and timing needed to work together for that idea to come across.

Next
Next

What We Take In and What We Create