Webinar recording: Video drama in learning – what is it good for?
Drama scenarios are a relatively common feature in learning and development, but poorly executed role-plays with amateur actors has given drama in learning a bad name. When done well, drama video can be one of the most effective ways to emotionally engage learners and impact their future behaviour. On 4th June 2020 we hosted a […]
Corporate stories in a pandemic
This post explains how it is possible to produce a video drama using only video conferencing tools in order to avoid social contact during the coronavirus pandemic.
How involving a video company early will add value to your production
We take pride in designing video solutions that are cost-effective and make the most of any budget, high or low end. In this article I outline some of the more common risk points in a video production and show the flip side – how involving a production company at an early stage can add value.
Dramatic Storytelling
As part of my drive to share the tools of my trade with learning designers in this blog I’ll lay out the principles of the main story paradigm described by Aristotle and used in Hollywood. What’s important to know about this structure is that it’s evolved over centuries to model a journey of personal growth. […]
How to avoid boredom by committee – Drama script reviews
“You’re making some dramatized video for learning. The script you’ve produced is fantastic… Then the first feedback comes from the client and they’ve added a great chunk of unspeakable dialogue and taken out the best bits… Of course, they know their culture and they know their business, but what they don’t know is that their […]
Real Drama for Learning
To launch our Real Drama for Learning campaign we produced this fun little video to explain what it’s all about. We entrusted the task of guiding you through the main points to that most talented of creative directors Mr Zach Forsythe. Take it away Zach! For the exposition on the topic check out Tom Hickmore’s […]
Make better video drama for learning (& avoid boredom by committee)
Video drama is a powerful tool for engagement and learning in the workplace. But often things go wrong at the script stage. This is a compressed version of a series of articles I wrote for eLearning Age on this subject in which, with the use of purpose-made video clips we demonstrate best practice when producing […]
Thoughts from eLN Connect
Last week I found myself diving head first into the world of Digital Learning at eLN Connect 2016 and being new to the industry I was keen to go to as many talks as possible and soak it all in.
Can comedy be good for learning?
Comedy offers a great many devices to comment on the action in a video clip.
Writing Drama for Learning – Making Facts into Stories
EVER SEEN A LEARNING DRAMA LIKE THIS? FRED So this must be the new seven-fifty. I believe it can print five hundred pages a minute and has a lifetime warranty.