Most people encounter television on a daily basis. They are used to seeing polished, professional productions made with state of the art technology. Because of this, corporate productions must be as fine tuned and as quality conscious as possible to attract and hold the audience’s interest. Any presentation must entertain as well as inform or it will not be effective. Fortunately, because of the nature of video, achieving this kind of quality isn’t as difficult as it may seem. Anyone who watches television has a basic understanding of effective video presentation. Television productions use a wide variety of techniques to maintain audience interest and many of these techniques can be applied to corporate productions as well.
Producing an effective video is a detailed, time consuming process. It doesn’t have to be difficult, but it does require that everyone involved in the production have a thorough understanding of the audience, the message and the video production process in general. Applications Video can be used to increase sales, aid in training, promote safety and improve corporate communications in general. All of these applications share one common goal: to deliver a message to your audience.
Training videos provide an effective and economical method of presenting the proper procedures for performing specific tasks. This kind of video, when produced creatively, can improve worker performance, increase confidence and encourage thinking as a team. The most common application for video based or video supported training is productions that introduce the background principles to a specific task before a worker starts a new job. This kind of video might explain to salespeople for example, the principles of effective selling before they start making calls.
Another common application is training videos that demonstrate how to do something step-by-step. Producing a technical presentation like this requires logical, thorough research to be sure that the procedures are demonstrated correctly and are presented in compliance with applicable safety standards and industry regulations. Training video can also be used to provide general information on the background of a subject. For example, a video that explains how a product is manufactured would provide excellent background information for salespeople.
Video can be an extremely valuable and effective tool to emphasize safety in the workplace, and is an integral part of most industrial safety programs. The most effective types of safety videos are those that portray actual accidents or close calls, even if presented humorously. This is the kind of presentation that your audience will be most receptive to because they will identify with the situations. With this type of production, the events must be carefully and safely staged as dramatic reenactments. NEVER put lives in danger by reenacting the actual event.
In safety videos, “Hollywood” style techniques like frightening music or rapid cuts between an operator’s hand and the blade of a cutting machine can be used to build your audience’s anticipation of what might happen. This technique can frequently be more effective than showing the actual accident. Including statistics and interviews with witnesses or victims of actual accidents can also increase the impact of a video.
Video can be a powerful sales tool when used creatively. It is a versatile medium and can be applied to a wide variety of promotional applications; anything from desktop presentations to trade show displays. However, in any application, the presentation must be aimed at a specific audience for it to be successful. A sales presentation must also be brief. A five to eight minute tape is long enough to introduce your product or service to a customer.
You are dealing with busy people and they aren’t likely to be receptive to a video that is more than eight minutes long. An effective sales video includes basic information about the product or service and emphasizes the key features that make this product or service appealing to the customer. Avoid loading down the presentation with too much technical information. Specifics about a product or service can usually be more accurately presented by using printed material.
Video can also be an effective tool to improve business communications. Interviews, seminars and presentations can be taped, compressed to CDROM or DVD, copied and distributed to offices or representatives anywhere in the world, or can be made available online. Video based employee communications are effective because the audience is accustomed to receiving information in this format – they watch TV. A quarterly company news video that keeps employees informed of company issues and events internationally can have a profound positive impact on morale.
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