Pros and Cons of Analogy in Explainer Videos

10/08/21 • 10 min

How to use an analogy in your explainer video? That is the topic of today's episode. And we quickly conclude that it's a great idea.. BUT! There are a few ways you can hurt your story. By either choosing the wrong analogy or not thinking about what it means in the eye of the viewer.

Towards the end, you get a few practical tips on how to get ideas for your perfect analogy. And we also touch upon the use of animations to steer the interpretation of the analogy, you choose for your service, product, or business.

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Take care,

Rued

Find all episodes on https://www.ruedriis.com/podcasts/content-creator-kickstart

Take care,

Rued

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3 Styles of Vyond (and when to use them!)

Whiteboard animation, Business Friendly, and Contemporary - those are the 3 styles you can animate with in Vyond Studio. And today, I'm sharing my thoughts on their individual strengths and when to use each one.

As a former agency owner, I can also give you a bit of behind the scenes of what clients wanted from us in terms of animation styles. Because it wasn't always obvious what they wanted us to use.

Towards the end, I encourage you to mix and match a bit, but don't go too crazy. A big part of a video's professional feel is the consistency that comes from not mixing styles too much.

Get started with Vyond here

Next Episode

10 Practical Tips for AMAZING Video Scripts

Want to make better videos? Write better scripts! Scriptwriting for explainers, tutorials, whatever is essential. Especially for explainer videos, where you want to make a short, simple, and easy-to-understand video. And that is not achieved in the narration or animation. No, that's all in the script.

So let's dive into 10 practical tips for amazing video scripts.

WRITE LIKE YOU TALK
DELETE EMPTY SENTENCES
WRITE IN BLOCKS
JUST AS SMART, LESS INFORMED
USE ACTIVE VOICE
USE META SENTENCES
SPELL IT OUT
WRITE 30%, REWRITE 70%
TALK TO ME = USE “YOU”
BREAK THE RULES

Those are the rules to follow (and then break down the line). These learnings were derived from a presentation I gave at the Explain Academy. Feel free to get on the waitlist, and I'll send you an email once we roll again.

Thanks for listening, rating, and reviewing this podcast. Much love!

Rued