How thoroughly do you script your videos?

[bitscreed]

I write a pretty comprehensive script for my weekly videogame news round-ups. Every sentence carefully chosen, typed out and performed for the camera. I'll sometimes ad-lib a line here or there, cut one out if it doesn't flow well, or pick up a prop to incorporate, but otherwise I run a pretty tight ship script-wise. It takes me a long time and some days I find myself staring at a blank screen for hours on end, but I believe the final result is well worth it. I do what I can to make it sound natural however, since I don't want to sound like one of those 5 yr-olds reading from an autocue on a local news report about the county fair.

With that in mind I'm curious as to your work process so let's talk shop. Am I a lone fastidious control-freak in a sea of unscripted free-spirits, or is meticulous scripting more common than most people think?

 

[MegaBoringGuy]

With all those big words, it looks like this post was scripted haha. I script mine pretty thoroughly, only because it's comedy. As for you, you should probably only require bulletpoints.

 

[thejadonmayhew]

I'm a gamer, therefore, I just say whatever comes to mind when playing. However, when I used to record vlogs, only stopped now due to my phone breaking (used phone's camera previously), I'd write down a few points but that was it.

 

[JustSomeGermanDude]

I write a pretty comprehensive script for my weekly videogame news round-ups. Every sentence carefully chosen, typed out and performed for the camera. I'll sometimes ad-lib a line here or there, cut one out if it doesn't flow well, or pick up a prop to incorporate, but otherwise I run a pretty tight ship script-wise.

Same.

 

[bitscreed]

With all those big words, it looks like this post was scripted haha. I script mine pretty thoroughly, only because it's comedy. As for you, you should probably only require bulletpoints.

Hehe, well I don't really do the usual "rehash a press-release" sort of videogame news roundups. It's more of a mocking review/analysis of the week's news in gaming with a big dollop of sarcasm, so if anything it's probably a lot closer to comedy than it is to vanilla gaming news. I also research each topic as thoroughly as I can because I'm a stickler for accuracy. The thought of working from bullet points alone and having to remember so much information terrifies me.

I also do the occasional Let's Play that's completely unscripted however.

 

[KGATV]

I just jot down some bullet points I want to make sure I say in the video, and the rest is unscripted.

 

[Styxie]

Same as above, bullet points, many retakes, then it do some in the editing.

 

[Le Fancy Narwhal]

Haha, when I DID make sketches last summer I just made bullet points, and made sure to get every thing in I wanted to. The rest was made up on spot, and the videos ended up hilarious! Way better than anything I could've asked for, even though only 2 of the 5 videos I actually made seemed to be almost flawless quality

 

[Johnjackallen]

I tend to script fairly thoroughly, though ad libbing is always fun, and sometimes funnier than the script

I make comedy skits if it makes any difference

 

[kingluke361]

I use no script and just kinda narrate my feelings and the game I'm playing!