Basic recommendations
Recommended video length can be around 3-15 min, it can be simply recorded with Loom or any other screen recording tool. Add relevant insights that highlight your personal approach and problems that your framework solves. The content is flexible, it could be a high-level overview, a short walkthrough covering steps of the process, or even a live-action example of it in action. Frames can be helpful to guide through steps. The format is quite flexible and it can be kept really simple. No high production value needed.
- Recommended video length: under 3 minutes. Please stay under 5 minutes to ensure most viewers will stay engaged and watch your entire video
- Feel free to use any screen recording services. We recommend using Loom
- Add relevant insights that highlight your personal approach and problems that your template solves
Here are two video references for inspiration:
💡Stinky Fish template from Hyper Island, where Dawn Hoenie simply talks about the board while recording her screen, under 5 minutes.
💡The Customer Question Board from Mailchimp, where Julia Cowing gives an overall explanation of the 7 steps and how to navigate in the board, under 4 minutes.
Additional recommendations before pressing the 'record' button
You, the Talent
- Consider wardrobe choices - avoid bold prints, recognizable logos, thin stripes, or pure white Choose solid colors that are complimentary of the background. Make sure you also feel comfortable in what you're wearing!
- Avoid wearing large, visible headphones — small earphones/earbuds are helpful for clean audio. Note: Your computer might also have a great built-in microphone!
Your environment
- Choose a simple background/environment — a blank white or solid-colored wall is ideal, but a thoughtfully styled home office or neutral environment can also set a nice overall tone. Avoid bedrooms, kitchens, or other overly busy or personal environments
- Choose a quiet space, free of audio interference (consider public transit sounds, or city noises), to ensure you can capture clean audio
- Silence all smartphones and devices, and advise anyone in the house that a camera is rolling
- Lighting is very important. It is advisable to place a table lamp directly in front of you to detach yourself from the background and to create even, neutral light across your face
- Avoid shooting with windows or light sources directly behind
- Place the webcam at eye level, if possible. Avoid low/high angles
- On your computer, go fullscreen in Miro. To bring a clear focus on your content, hide the map at the bottom right, and collapse the bottom left toolbar
Content
- Once the space is set, run a video/audio check (record a few seconds) before proceeding, and check framing & video/audio quality
- Avoid umm, uhhs, and other informal connecting words
- We encourage animated, engaged performance, and use of hands - it might feel a bit unnatural, but a more engaged performance will communicate better in the edit
Video delivery
- Ideally, the final video would be 1080p (1920 x 1080)
- Youtube, Loom, or Wistia are currently the native supported video formats in the template publishing form. To attach a Loom video, grant access to the video to anyone with the link and paste the video link into the corresponding field on the Miroverse template page
- You can also send your video to miroverse@miro.com, and we can host it for you (video formats: .mp4 or .mov). Due to file size, you may need to use a file-sharing service such as WeTransfer or GoogleDrive