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WRITING FOR
COMMERCIAL VIDEO
Dr. J.JANARDHAN
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Digital Filmmaking
Jain University
,
COMMER
CIAL
VIDEO?
A commercial video is a short-form video that
briefly describes your product, service or brand
promise.
The objective is to build up brand loyalty and
inspire a call to action
INFORMA
TIONAL
VIDEO
 Corporate video
 Training
 Promotional
 Industrial
 Marketing and the Audio Visual
All of these forms of videos convey information
For that reason, it is prefer to call whatever
writing and producing an informational video.
MAIN
CONSIDER
ATIONS
 Should limit to three or four at most
 Uses a different set of tools:
Specify shots
Graphics & Animation
 Often it is presented by a narrator or voice
over, or both.
MAIN
CONSIDERA
TIONS
 Remember that we're writing for the ear, not the eye
 it's still important to observe grammar, spelling, and
punctuation rules.
 Proofreading is a must
GOALS &
PURPOSES
 To motivate someone to do something
 To train someone to do something
 To simply inform them of new information
When we motivate someone, what we're really doing is
persuading them.
PURPOSES
To train someone
Provide them with step-by-step instruction
To educate them on some new material
Give them a sense of why they're learning this
information now
MODES OF
PERSUATION
Three modes of
persuasion that we use
are:
Logos (Head)
Ethos (Hands)
Pathos (Heart)
ANALYSING
AUDIENCE
The scriptwriting process starts
with asking questions
Lots of questions.
Firstly, who is the audience?
Secondly, what is the need?
AUDIENCE
DEMOGRAPHICS
Those are quantifiable measures
Age
Income
Gender
Occupation
Education
ASK YOURSELF?
 How will the video be seen?
 Where will it be seen?
 How will the audience absorb it?
 Will this be seen on the web only?
 Are you doing this strictly for YouTube?
 What'll be seen in the meeting?
This will help you tailor the language in your script to
meet the need of the video.
DETERMINING THE LOOK
 Try to limit videos to five minutes or less
 If you need your video to be longer
 Consider making several short videos versus one long
video
PREPARIN
G TO
WRITE
 To pre-interview your subject matter experts
 To ask whether or not the CEO will be in the
video.
 Specialized budget for Narrator, Artists?
 Who all needs to approve the script?
 How they're going to approve that script
Take the whole crew out there
The steps to preparing to write need not take a
lot of time
START WITH
AN OUTLINE
 We just describe what is happening in terms of action.
 In an outline, we're concentrating on the content rather
than the visual aspect of it.
 it's best to use bullet points
 Present the outline to the client
 Make sure that
everyone's making the same movie
WRITING
FIRST DRAFT
Good writing evolves from
rewriting
The music should be energetic
Our first scene should take place outside
Follow the three modes of persuasion:
Logos, Ethos, Pathos.
PRESENTING
DRAFT
Pro. -
Empowers
Focus on spoken Word
Notes
Translate jargons
Describe the Visuals, Music
emotions
Con.
Distractions,
Focused on Printed Word
Reading a head (or
behind)
COMMERCIAL
GENRE
Price & Item, Testimonial
Voice on Camera,
Product Comparison
Institutional /
Slice of life mini movies
Kanardhan
COMMERCIAL WRITING GUIDELINES
 Use adjectives sparingly
Nothing is great,
Men will be men
Definitely Male
 Use action verb: Avoid helping verbs
 Call to action: Call now, Buy now, Test it
and start use it
WRITING
FOR
PUBLIC
SERVICE
ADVERTISE
MENTS
Many effective PSAs have been simply music and
pictures or music and text.
The format can be the same as it is in commercials
Either two column or the video script format.
it may or may not have a call to action
TWO
COLUMN
SCRIPT
 Two columns, so many rows
 Divide the page into VIDEO and then AUDIO columns
 There's no hard and fast rule for Video is on left
 Audio is on the right
 Header opens up
 Title and then Draft Number
 Date and Writer Name
 Add a page number
TWO
COLUMN
SCRIPT
THANK YOU

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  • 2. , COMMER CIAL VIDEO? A commercial video is a short-form video that briefly describes your product, service or brand promise. The objective is to build up brand loyalty and inspire a call to action
  • 3. INFORMA TIONAL VIDEO Corporate video Training Promotional Industrial Marketing and the Audio Visual All of these forms of videos convey information For that reason, it is prefer to call whatever writing and producing an informational video.
  • 4. MAIN CONSIDER ATIONS Should limit to three or four at most Uses a different set of tools: Specify shots Graphics & Animation Often it is presented by a narrator or voice over, or both.
  • 5. MAIN CONSIDERA TIONS Remember that we're writing for the ear, not the eye it's still important to observe grammar, spelling, and punctuation rules. Proofreading is a must
  • 6. GOALS & PURPOSES To motivate someone to do something To train someone to do something To simply inform them of new information When we motivate someone, what we're really doing is persuading them.
  • 7. PURPOSES To train someone Provide them with step-by-step instruction To educate them on some new material Give them a sense of why they're learning this information now
  • 8. MODES OF PERSUATION Three modes of persuasion that we use are: Logos (Head) Ethos (Hands) Pathos (Heart)
  • 9. ANALYSING AUDIENCE The scriptwriting process starts with asking questions Lots of questions. Firstly, who is the audience? Secondly, what is the need?
  • 10. AUDIENCE DEMOGRAPHICS Those are quantifiable measures Age Income Gender Occupation Education
  • 11. ASK YOURSELF? How will the video be seen? Where will it be seen? How will the audience absorb it? Will this be seen on the web only? Are you doing this strictly for YouTube? What'll be seen in the meeting? This will help you tailor the language in your script to meet the need of the video.
  • 12. DETERMINING THE LOOK Try to limit videos to five minutes or less If you need your video to be longer Consider making several short videos versus one long video
  • 13. PREPARIN G TO WRITE To pre-interview your subject matter experts To ask whether or not the CEO will be in the video. Specialized budget for Narrator, Artists? Who all needs to approve the script? How they're going to approve that script Take the whole crew out there The steps to preparing to write need not take a lot of time
  • 14. START WITH AN OUTLINE We just describe what is happening in terms of action. In an outline, we're concentrating on the content rather than the visual aspect of it. it's best to use bullet points Present the outline to the client Make sure that everyone's making the same movie
  • 15. WRITING FIRST DRAFT Good writing evolves from rewriting The music should be energetic Our first scene should take place outside Follow the three modes of persuasion: Logos, Ethos, Pathos.
  • 16. PRESENTING DRAFT Pro. - Empowers Focus on spoken Word Notes Translate jargons Describe the Visuals, Music emotions Con. Distractions, Focused on Printed Word Reading a head (or behind)
  • 17. COMMERCIAL GENRE Price & Item, Testimonial Voice on Camera, Product Comparison Institutional / Slice of life mini movies
  • 18. Kanardhan COMMERCIAL WRITING GUIDELINES Use adjectives sparingly Nothing is great, Men will be men Definitely Male Use action verb: Avoid helping verbs Call to action: Call now, Buy now, Test it and start use it
  • 19. WRITING FOR PUBLIC SERVICE ADVERTISE MENTS Many effective PSAs have been simply music and pictures or music and text. The format can be the same as it is in commercials Either two column or the video script format. it may or may not have a call to action
  • 20. TWO COLUMN SCRIPT Two columns, so many rows Divide the page into VIDEO and then AUDIO columns There's no hard and fast rule for Video is on left Audio is on the right Header opens up Title and then Draft Number Date and Writer Name Add a page number