How to create short and concise technical videos

#videos #editing #advocacy

This weekend I released a new video on the VS Code TikTok and YouTube channel which got some good interaction (53k visits on TikTok, 6k on YouTube).

Here is the VS Code portrait version:

And here's my original landscape one.

People keep asking how I did those, so I added a new chapter to the Developer Advocacy Handbook explaining the process. Click below to read it there in detail.

In essence, the process is:

Write a concise script
Record yourself reading this one
Record a screencast showing the things you talk about
Speed up, add freeze frames and cut the screencast to match the main video

Top comments (2)

Leonardo Montini • Sep 15 '22

From your handbook:

The first thing to do to create super short videos is to forget that you can do them live. Computers have a penchant to do things wrong as soon as you record something and whilst you fancy yourself a professional, it is amazing how many things you do wrong when you record yourself

Ah, this is so true! I also create content in both short and long formats and from time to time I have that feeling that I'm ready to do it live, but suddenly something stupid goes wrong!

As a result, I get back every time to do video and audio separately and then mix them with a video editor.
Glad to hear I'm not the only one! 😅