This Friday, October 3rd, at 12:00 noon EDT. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bigalgruswitz_rubbrband-scripttomovie-abhinavgopal-activity-7374649793283002368-Iv4J?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAF_3ZQBQ4vshl3IzNsn_sTF1RQVpAhYE8E

Last time, I began discussing storytelling. Today, a tip about storyboarding in CapCut. If you have produced an AI narration or AI song, you can place that soundtrack in a new project window in CapCut and then place the still images you've created for use as the first frame in a video. That way, you can drag the length of each still to the length of the video you'll need to line up properly with the soundtrack. Now you can produce video segments to the length needed or perhaps a little longer. If necessary, you can cut the video segment down to match your soundtrack. To learn more about working with CapCut, join me and Lynda Cathcart for The Main Event 134: A CapCut Tutorial on October 10th at 12:00 noon EDT. Here's the link to the LinkedIn event page: https://lnkd.in/eCPZyiEh

Where do ideas for a video come from? An idea may just pop into your head. Maybe you created an image that sparks an idea for a story. You could have seen someone else's image that gives you an idea you’d like to try. Or, maybe you wake up in the morning remembering something you dreamed. Anyway, it comes to you, you now have to plan out how you’re going to execute it. If you’ve created a character you like, you may want to plan what action they’re doing and think of that image as a start frame, and now make an end frame for a 4- or 5-second video. Or if you like the style of a character, you may want to create more characters in that style (like the attached 3D cartoon character made with Midjourney). He sparked a whole comedic story of the “Old Wild West!” What is your storyline? Do you want the story narrated? If so, you can either write a script yourself or seek assistance from ChatGPT. Perhaps you want the story told in a song. You can turn to Suno, Udio, or ElevenLabs and prompt what you want the song to be about and what style of music, and let those programs write the song, running it two or three times until you get the one you like. Now the question becomes: how do you determine the number of scenes you want and create a group of images that you can use to build a storyboard? Tomorrow, we’ll compare building a storyboard in Midjourney versus using CapCut to make it. Stay Tuned.

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In just a little over a year and a half, AI video has so dramatically improved, and more and more AI programs are available for creating videos, so I thought I'd spend a few of the next Tip-of-the-Day comments about video production. I think the AI videos we are seeing fall into two categories: the first is a series of visuals nicely presented, and the second is video storytelling. Many professional music videos fall into the first category—they are visually appealing and complement the music, but are more eye candy than storytelling. Storytelling videos, on the other hand, are a form of communication. They bring the viewer along on a journey from start, through events, and to a conclusion. I'll be concentrating on storytelling, where and how story ideas originate, how to develop them, and the best ways to assemble them. Stay tuned!