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Presentations, including video ones. The ideas feel pretty clear in the head long before you can describe it in a manner which ideally could be a pleasure to wa
by avmich 1y ago
Presentations, including video ones. The ideas feel pretty clear in the head long before you can describe it in a manner which ideally could be a pleasure to watch. What tooling to use, how to work with all that, how to even plan the layout of words, scenes, images seems pretty puzzling, and solutions are like a slow walk in a dark room.
- leakycap 1y agoI'd recommend Beyond Bullet Points by B. Atkinson; it's a book about PowerPoint but teaches you how to synthesize presentations, including videos and in-person presentations. As far as career upgrades, this book was decisive for me in making the lightbulb go off so I could share my vision with others and have them see it, too.
- namaria 1y agoStorytelling is the skill you're looking for. Visual aids and recording/editing are incidental. What makes presentations, video essays, etc, great is having a great story to tell. It's all about the archetype of the hero, and plot arch (normal life -> problem -> departure -> toll -> return). You have to present people with a reason to embark on the story - which is the reason the 'hero' leaves on their journey; a clear understanding of what's at stake, the price to be paid, the confrontation and the return to a new, better normal.
- avmich 1y agoI'm pretty good with textual stories. The presentation format is another matter, there is a difference.
- directevolve 1y agoOne option is to put your thoughts down in great detail on paper, then feed it into AI and ask it to design you a slideshow with text and suggestions for visuals.