Participants:
2-10
11-25
25+
Prep Time:
Time to run:
1-3 hours

Video scenario template

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Use this template as a vehicle for storyboarding a potential video to gather feedback and garner support for your project before you start creating and editing your film. Use your storyboarding skills to frame the narrative, and then use video to bring it to life.

These days, creating, editing, and sharing video is commonplace and relatively easy. While you may want someone with experience to polish the final product, you can do much of the groundwork yourself.

The video scenario template helps you:

  • Plan out the overall narrative of your video
  • Sketch the individual scenes you’ll need to tell your story
  • Gather feedback and make adjustments to account for any blind spots or narrative changes
  • Get broad alignment on your concept before filming
  • Show what a concept looks like to gain support from decision-makers

How to use the video scenario template

To use Mural’s video scenario template, follow the steps outlined below with your team.

1. Describe your concept

The first step is to describe your central theme or concept that you’re looking to make into a video or short film. Try to describe it as succinctly as possible (one sentence or phrase), and add any further details using sticky notes below.

2. Brainstorm key scenarios

Next, have your team go through and ideate on key scenarios that should be included in your video. This will help form the building blocks of your narrative.

3. Define a color palette

What tone do you want to set with your visuals? How does that tie to your brand? Think through the color palette for your video and add any color values that should be included using sticky notes with custom colors (you can add any color to your mural using HEX, RGBA, or HSLA codes).

4. Add captions to each section of the narrative (beginning, middle, and end)

Adding captions first helps you distill your ideas and define exactly what you’ll need from a visual standpoint in each frame of your storyboard.

5. Add illustrations to your storyboard

Using Mural’s libraries of images and icons, or the drawing feature, add images or sketches (or a combination of both) that visualize each frame. Don’t strive for perfection here — the goal is to capture the sentiment and accurately visualize the essence of the concept without getting bogged down in the details at this point.

6. Add any recorded videos

Once you’ve used your storyboard to create videos, add them to the next section of the mural canvas so that your team can reflect on how each idea has evolved and whether the output reflects your central concepts.

7. Review and synthesize your takeaways

Having crafted the story and analyzed the first outputs, have your team go through and add their thoughts on what they liked, what they didn’t like, and what ideas they may have for future iterations using color-coded sticky notes.

Tips for running a video scenario template workshop

To get the most out of the Mural video scenario template, you should:

  • Ensure that everyone has the right context and background for the video project, so that their feedback will be more meaningful and directly apply to your concept
  • Use Mural’s extensive library of icons to help craft basic illustrations, and add detail with advanced drawing tools
  • Share your work with Mural’s easy sharing tools to bring in all stakeholders and show the impact of your work from start to finish

How to create a Video scenario template

Mural’s intuitive tools make it easy to visualize and develop video concepts together

With Mural’s combination of flexible permissions, image and icon libraries, and advanced drawing tools, it’s never been easier to visually bring your concept to life.
Sticky notes & text

Sticky notes & text

Add ideas, action items, and more as a sticky note or text box — then change the colors and cluster to identify patterns and new solutions.

Icons, GIFs, & images

Icons, GIFs, & images

Express complex ideas visually or lead an engaging team-building activity with Noun Project, GIPHY, and Unsplash integrations.

Drawing

Drawing

Visualize ideas, prototype, and quickly annotate for a better-than-a-whiteboard experience.

Flexible permissions

Flexible permissions

Control access to collaboration features with view-only, edit, and facilitator settings.

Infinite & resizable canvas options

Infinite & resizable canvas options

Choose the right canvas for your collaboration goals — flexibility without limits.

Asynchronous collaboration

Asynchronous collaboration

Innovate and collaborate effectively together without booking time on calendars.

Video scenario template frequently asked questions

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