Comments on: Tips For Your Video "Intro"

By: Ronald Lincoln

Ronald Lincoln — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:48:18 +0000

The more interesting you are the longer your intro can be. Sponge Bob gets a long intro, we get way less time to work with.
What I like is the business card intro: the time it takes to pass a business card. Usually this means there is a hello followed by name or org. with a lot of information listed somewhere to the lower parts of the screen. Much like a business card, this information will be displayed again at a later more convenient time.

By: Philip

Philip — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:04:08 +0000

Haven’t done any videos of my own yet so I have to thank you for your insights into this issue of intros. Personally as obvious as the don’t use the word productions in your name is I wouldn’t have thought of it on my own. Thanks. As far as video productions go why wouldn’t we take a hint for the masters of video production, television. Not the movies are not masterfully produced it’s just that well TV has the same constraints that your web video has. If some one has gone to a theater or rented a movie they are somewhat of a “captive” audience. On the web and on TV the second you bore your audience they will just simply say “next” and change the channel. That is until you’ve won your audience over and your show has become established at that point people become more forgiving of boring details simply because you’ve delivered in the past. So what do TV production teams do? The start with a teaser. They give you a tasty tidbit of what is to come then they run the credits. Why not offer an interesting bit of information or a summary of what your video is to cover and then splice in your 6 second intro to let your audience know who you are.

By: Gene

Gene — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:53:00 +0000

The whole point of a video is to communicate some sort of information or entertainment to the people. If your video is boring, it won’t matter if you have intro or not. Of course you need intro that will say where this video was produced so that when your video is fun / educational, people can visit your site and browse for more info. In my opinion, the website address (especially if its sweet and short)works best.

By: Merzin

Merzin — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:00:45 +0000

It looks like you guys have found the right balance of time and usefulness.

The intro’s are chrisp, clear and then gone. I think since the video’s are posted in more then one place it is better to have the intro’s than not.

I like Sharron have posted one video to YouTube, and it’s not ready for prime time, it sure is not as easy as it looks I’ll keep plugging away.

By: Sharron

Sharron — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:57:35 +0000

I think intros make a video look more professional. I would tend to agree with points 1, 2, 3, and 4.

The way I see it; the longer the intro then the longer the video will be…to a point.

I’m thinking of toying with a fragmented intro that lasts the whole length of the video: it’ll be different and a talking point if nothing else.

(First I have to start making videos for real: I have only 1 video on the internet currently; and to label it crap would be too kind.)

I like the intro Dave uses on the PC Mech as well as the one he uses on davidrisley.com videos. ‘Just 1 second shorter and they would be perfect.