LEVEL 2

Storyboarding & Concept Video Production

Self-paced course
Launches on November 5
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For Vyond users who have completed
the Vyond Story Production Workshop.
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Complete the pre-requisite first

WHAT TO EXPECT

Practical methodology
Storyboard with efficiency and confidence, using visual thinking to plan action-driven scenes. Build your video and get immediate feedback on your work. 
Advanced techniques
You'll storyboard and produce your videos more efficiently and creatively, using advanced Vyond features and expert guidance. 
Feedback
This is a self-paced course, so you go through the course at your own speed. When you're ready to submit the capstone project, expect detailed feedback on your work from Rance!

Earn ATD Certification Points

School of Story Design has been pre-approved by the ATD Certification Institute to offer educational programs that can be used towards initial eligibility and recertification of the Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD) and Associate Professional in Talent Development (APTD) credentials. This program qualifies for a maximum of 7 points.
BUNDLE

Vyond Levels 2 & 3

Become a certified Vyond Story Producer...for less!

Frequently asked questions

Why is there a pre-requisite for this course? 

This is Level 2 of Vyond Story Production Certification, for users who have already practiced the foundational Story Design production techniques of empathy and action covered in the Level 1 course. Those taking this Level 2 course should already be proficient in character creation, character actions, seamless scene transitions, camera movement and positioning, set building, audio syncing, uploading custom assets, basic masking, music and sound effects settings, timeline controls, props manipulation, enter/exit and motion paths. Users coming in to this course have submitted a story-based video and received detailed feedback on their work by a School of Story Design coach.

Register for Level 1: Vyond Story Production, then come back and join us for this workshop. We look forward to meeting you online!

We have a team that wants to participate. Can we get a discount? 

Teams of 4 or more receive a group discount. Just email us at info@needastory.com to tell us more about your group or to schedule an in-house workshop. 

What skills will I learn?

This is an advanced level course. It is assumed that participants are already proficient in all of the skills in the Vyond Story Production Course. This advanced course equips video producers with the following skills:

  • Story Design visual thinking theory that will help producers make sound design choices when storyboarding videos.
  • Efficient storyboarding techniques that focus on building concept videos (explainer videos and process videos) with clear action and spacial relationships.
  • Use Vyond tools to create concept videos, so viewers quickly relate to, understand and feel the intended message. Producers will gain proficiency in:

Text Motion graphics

Efficiently handling many assets in one scene

Using motion paths for creative entrances, exits and movement

Productivity tools, such as saving as templates, aligning and distributing assets, grouping
and locking, maximizing the timeline and using short cut keys

Advanced camera movement and positioning
Extensive use of entrances/exits

Creative scene transitions using text and assets

Using music and sound fx as a driver for the video

Importing and using SVG files

Customizing backgrounds

What practice will I get?

Producers use visual thinking techniques to create a storyboard based on a provided script and submit for review and receive feedback from a Story Design coach.

Producers build and submit a concept video for review and receive detailed feedback from a Story Design coach.

Supplemental resources include a comprehensive packet of handouts used during the workshop, the storyboarding template, uploadable video examples and tutorials on skills specific to concept video production.
Meet the FACILITATOR

Rance Greene

Rance Greene formed needastory.com and the School for Story Design for those who struggle with storytelling at work. His methodology—Story Design—gives leaders a systematic and creative way for discovering who their audience is and how to persuade them to take action on new ideas. He helps leadership teams and entrepreneurs discover that they are uniquely equipped to tell the best story for their audiences. Rance is the author of Instructional Story Design, a practical guide for developing stories that train. He coaches, teaches, speaks and writes often on the benefits of stories to connect humans to one another.

Patrick Jones - Course author
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