How To Create An Awesome Demo Video For Your Business

You don't need to spend $10K in order to have a professional video produced. Learn to make one yourself the easy way!

What you'll learn
Scriptwriting - Learn to create simple, compelling, effective scripts in less than 2 hours
Animating - Learn to create awesome animations quickly and cheaply
Voice over - Learn how to record great voice over audio with no budget or where to hire great voice over talent.
Editing- Learn how to put animation, audio, sound, all together with Final Cut or iMovie
Promoting - Learn great social media marketing techniques to promote your video and increase your chances of it becoming viral
How to produce explainer videos from scratch
Requirements
Description
Videos Rule. If your company's website doesn't have them, you are missing out on an awesome way of communicating with your customers. Explainer videos are an easy and dynamic way of letting folks know about your products or services and they can mean the difference between a lookie-loo and actual sales. Unfortunately, many companies let the high costs of professional videos turn them off to the real power of this marketing medium. Some folks even create low quality videos in-house. As dynamic and powerful as videos can be, bad videos can be just as persuasive… in a totally negative way - giving potential customers a bad impressive of your company. Rather than adding poor quality videos to your site, you're probably better off not adding videos at all. Now your company can stand out from the crowd and you don't need to spend $10K in order to have a professional video produced for your site. Are you ready for this? You can start enjoying the benefits of learning how to make your own, professional quality videos now with the help of an awesome video series that teaches you everything you need to know.

Overview

Lecture 1 Student Testimonials and Sample Demo Videos

Section 1: Intro

Lecture 2 Welcome

Lecture 3 How to create awesome demo videos

Lecture 4 Why does your website need a demo video?

Lecture 5 The 9 Production Stages

Section 2: Script Writing

Lecture 6 Learn the 5 parts of a great script

Lecture 7 What makes a script awesome?

Lecture 8 The 5 Sales Impulse Factors

Lecture 9 The whole advertising industry summed up

Lecture 10 08 - Study Case 1: The Hipmunk demo video

Lecture 11 Study Case 1: Analyzing the Hipmunk video script

Lecture 12 Study Case 1: Analyzing the Hipmunk video script 2/2

Lecture 13 Hipmunk Script - All Versions

Lecture 14 Study Case 2: The HighlightCam Demo video 1/2

Lecture 15 Study Case 2: The HighlightCam Demo video 2/2

Lecture 16 How to apply the SUCCESS rules an independent script paragraph

Lecture 17 Using Excel to apply the SUCCESS rules

Lecture 18 Comparing a Good script line versus a Bad one

Lecture 19 Stay away from boring, aim for balance

Lecture 20 Applying the SUCCESS rules to a whole script

Lecture 21 Learn the importance of a good script ending

Lecture 22 Reviewing all the main points

Section 3: Storyboarding

Lecture 23 Intro to Storyboarding

Lecture 24 Storyboarding requirements

Lecture 25 Creating a storyboard template

Lecture 26 Using Omnigraffle for Storyboarding

Lecture 27 Storyboard sections explained

Lecture 28 Drawing your Storyboard Shots

Lecture 29 Scanning and importing your shots

Lecture 30 Storyboard Samples

Lecture 31 Highlightcam Storyboard and Omnigraffle File

Lecture 32 Grumo Storyboarding Files

Section 4: Voiceover

Lecture 33 Voiceover recording intro

Lecture 34 iPhone voiceover app demo

Lecture 35 Transferring voiceover from iPhone to PC via WiFi

Lecture 36 Background noise removal using Audacity

Lecture 37 Background noise removal using Soundtrack Pro

Lecture 38 Hiring a voiceover professional online

Section 5: Illustration

Lecture 39 Hardware for Illustration

Lecture 40 Software for Illustration

Lecture 41 Creating an asset list

Lecture 42 Setting up Illustrator

Lecture 43 Drawing in Illustrator

Lecture 44 Coloring in Illustrator

Lecture 45 Prepping assets for animation

Section 6: Animation

Lecture 46 Animation Software and Hardware

Lecture 47 Setting up an After Effects project

Lecture 48 What are Comps in After Effects

Lecture 49 Importing Assets into After Effects

Lecture 50 Rigging a Character in After Effects

Lecture 51 Animating a Shot in After Effects

Lecture 52 Adding Effects in After Effects

Lecture 53 Creating Low-Res Previews in After Effects

Lecture 54 Final Render and Video Delivery

Section 7: Sound Design

Lecture 55 Garage Band Demo Project Files

Section 8: Editing

Lecture 56 Editing software

Lecture 57 Overview of Final Cut Pro

Lecture 58 Shortcuts and basic editing actions

Lecture 59 Adding the sound track and exporting the final video

Section 9: Delivering

Lecture 60 Intro to Compressing and Delivering Video

Lecture 61 Encoding video using Quicktime

Lecture 62 Encoding video using MPEG Streamclip

Lecture 63 Encoding video using VLC

Lecture 64 Encoding video using Final Cut Pro

Lecture 65 Encoding video using Compressor

Lecture 66 Delivering options introduced

Lecture 67 Delivering video via Email

Lecture 68 Delivering video via YouSendIt and WeTrasnfer

Lecture 69 Delivering video via YouTube and Vimeo

Lecture 70 Delivering video via FTP

Lecture 71 Tracking video performance with Wistia

Section 10: Promoting

Lecture 72 Intro to promoting video online

Lecture 73 Promoting video using YouTube

Lecture 74 Promoting video using Vimeo

Lecture 75 Promoting video using Facebook

Lecture 76 Promoting video using Twitter

Lecture 77 Promoting video using Reddit, StumbleUpon, and Digg

Lecture 78 Promoting video using TubeMogul

Lecture 79 Promoting video using Wordpress and Tumblr

Lecture 80 Course End

Promote your startup and explain your services quickly and concisely,Increase your conversion rates by up to 400%,Keep your information pages clutter-free,Use your demo video as an elevator pitch to raise capital