Is your target audience perplexed about what your product does? That’s a critical issue to address because it could prevent all of your hard work from having a meaningful impact. People won’t buy what they don’t understand, after all.

The first stage in any explainer video is the script. The script contains the words that will be read during the video’s voice-over. It’s less than 500 words long and tells the story of a person who discovers your product and uses it to achieve a goal. You’ve gotten feedback on your script from customers and even family members. After you’ve edited it a few times, you’re ready to move on to the next stage: the explainer video storyboard.

Almost every movie or commercial has one thing in common: each scene is meticulously planned before any video is shot. Similarly, explainer video storyboarding is an important part of this process. It enables producers and directors to view and assess low-fidelity versions of each scene. Explainer video storyboards are typically hand-drawn representations of the sets, characters, and so on that will appear in the final product.

Your explainer video is no exception. Thinking carefully through each scene and how the visuals will work with the voice-over is an important step in creating the video. You can ensure that the scenes are understandable by planning them on a storyboard.

Be cautious of screenshots and interfaces. Always keep in mind that your video wants to live on in perpetuity. A single change in the design of a product can render a video out of date. Use symbolic versions of products, websites, and interfaces to avoid this. This can help the video remain relevant even if the design changes.

Use your words wisely. In contrast to a conversation or presentation, you only have one chance to make your points to the viewer in a video. If you use too many on-screen words, you will lose them. I recommend letting your voice-over do the heavy lifting and only using words visually to highlight key points. Scenes with only one short sentence can be effective at times.

What Is A Storyboard And How Do You Make One?

Storyboards for most explainer videos can be hand-drawn using simple tools that allow you to plan the video. To make a simple explainer video storyboard, simply draw boxes on a sheet of paper. There are also a variety of storyboarding tools available online.

Explainer video services use PowerPoint to create and print storyboard templates that help plan the video in a simple storyboard format. Here’s how it works:

1. Make a Blank Slide: Create a blank presentation slide in PowerPoint or Keynote. Check that each slide’s title field is available. Begin with 8 to 10 blank slides.

2. Add your script: Make sure your script is organized and bifurcated scene by scene, to the slides. Copy and paste sections of your script into the slide titles. You should end up with a slide deck that represents each scene in your video.

This procedure generates a template that contains two crucial elements:

• Each scene has its own script.
• A place to draw the visuals for the scene based on your script.

3. Download and Print the Presentation: Rather than printing entire slides, print multiple slides per page.  You’ll notice that this includes a section for sketching your storyboard, scene by scene, while your script is still in place.

4. Draw Your Story: You don’t need to be an expert at drawing. Draw each scene of the video using basic stick figures and symbols and the script as a guide. Read the script aloud and draw what visuals you think would work for that scene on the page.

You’ll discover that this process forces you to consider the script as well. Remember to ask yourself, “Does this make the idea clearer?”

5. Proceed Further: Once you’re satisfied with the storyboard, you’re ready to go into production and turn the script and visuals into an explainer video.

Let’s Begin

To begin, you can get a free consultation with an expert at Video Explainers. Video Explainers is the leading explainer video service provider in the USA. The reputation we have earned is due to the flawless explainer videos at the lowest prices. So, if you’re up for it, then let’s start working on your explainer video storyboard.