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I personally think shooting horizontally is the best for this kind of competition, as it has a more "film" format than a "mobile" one.

@@JefferyChen Okay, thank you so much for your response! However, there are just hours away, and I don't think I have enough time to reshoot, what would you do? Submit your video with vertically taking scenes?

I just searched "copyright free sound effects" and they popped up! Some will have you attribute them in the description, but that should be fine.

​@@JefferyChenDoes the images/videos/vectors used have to be copyright free or just royalty free. Thanks

You need that stuff to prove you actually made the video yourself. Keep the messy, uncut footage, sound recordings, animation frames, and I suppose you could also note down where you got your information from.

@@deepfriedcircuit oh okay thank you

@@BamlakGetinet-hk8of Happy to help!😃

@@deepfriedcircuit Hello! Could you elaborate more on the "animation frames" ? Would giving the original animation file be enough?

@@rockcomet6982 Some animation techniques include drawing all the frames separately and them combining them into a video. I use this to make GIFs. In this case, you should keep the individual images. If you are using a more efficient technique, keep the project file. Blender, Pencil2D, and other software have their own filetypes for saving unfinished animations. Save those files for later. Please note that I am just speculating about these proof requirements, as I have not yet progressed very far into one of these competitions.

So I kinda answered that question below, so I'll just copy and paste it here :) To me, choosing your topic is both incredibly important, and not that important. It sounds like a contradiction, but plenty of topics can be made interesting, depending on how far you dive in and your ability to explain. Here are a couple criteria I tried to follow: You HAVE to like the topic or find it interesting yourself. Trust me, if you are genuinely invested in your topic, then it’ll come through in your video. It’ll affect both your mannerisms in your film (you won’t have to fake), and your creation of the video itself. I’ve always been fascinated by space, so I already had an idea of what I wanted the video to look like. It’ll also make the whole creating process a whole lot easier/bearable. Like the past-winner Hillary Diane Andales said, look for an “ah-ha” moment. That is, a moment in your video that the audience can say “ah-ha”; where they reach an understanding of a topic they previously couldn’t. Your job is to guide them to that point naturally. Certain topics will be easier to create that moment, like unknown or new concepts. Imagine there’s a little kid constantly asking you “why” about your topic. Keep answering those “why”s, until you find a core understanding of the concept. Of course, you don’t have too much time, so answer the most important questions in your video. Almost any topic can be complicated/difficult if you dig deep enough. Choose a topic that you can visualize visuals for. Humans are drawn to visual explanations (it’s easier to imagine something if you can see it or a stand-in for it). For instance, if you’re pondering doing a video on neutrinos (hypothetically, asking for a friend), can you visualize what that would look like? Obviously we cannot see neutrinos in day-to-day life, so how can the audience visualize them? Will you use “holograms” and glowing animation to show it? Or would you use drawings? Maybe stop motion? If you can find a topic that you can come up with visual explanations for, that’ll make your life easier. Side note: I’ve found metaphors to be a great way to quickly explain a topic to the audience. Because you have such a short time to explain a topic, attaching that idea to an already understood object/concept will make your job easier. It also makes it creative! I really hope this helps! Let me know if I can clarify anything! :)

Ooooh script-writing. The bane of existence for all creators, at least this one! I'd come up with a couple of questions that you'd like to answer in your video. These questions don't have to be said out loud in your video, but should be answered. For instance in my neutrino video: why should the audience care? What does this mean for science? Why is neutrino astronomy better/needed as compared to traditional astronomy? Having these questions will ground your video and keep the audience watching. I would order these questions from micro to macro. Build your video from relatively narrow questions ("what is a neutrino") to broad questions ("why should we care?" or "how does this affect society?"). This will give your video a flow, where the audience can follow along. Hope this helps!

Good luck mate, you got this :)

So I'm not super familiar with filmmaking software outside of Adobe Premiere, but I have used free video editing software like iMovie in the past. I think for the purposes of science communication these free softwares are adequate. You may have to do non-computer animation visual explanations for certain explanations (i.e. stop motion, visual metaphors) but they don't require a lot of technical knowledge, just time (as all animation does unfortunately). For music, look up royalty-free music online. You may have to cite the music (if the creator requests that), but that's allowed in the competition as far as I know. Personally, I paid around 15 dollars to use someone's music, but that itsn't necessary. I just really liked that background music and wanted it for my video. As for my video animations, I did a lot of them alongside filmmaking, because I didn't really have enough time to do filmming, THEN animation. But I think either tactic works, it's just up to you! Good luck :)

@@JefferyChen Thank you sooo much Also, do you think a topic like radar/stealth planes wouldn't be considered for any reason? I started filming on it, and only then started thinking that, with its relation to war, it may not get considered

@@swasthimaharaj9354 That's a good point. I think as long as you focus on the science/physics (and perhaps non-military applications to this technology) that should be fine. You only have 2 minutes this year, so you might just have to dive right into explaining it. Historically, military technology and societal innovation are pretty linked, (i.e. GPS), so I don't see why that topic wouldn't work unless you focused exclusively on the war part.

@@JefferyChen Okay, great Thanks so so much!! :)

Also there are a couple advice videos that I've done already (and others have made their own too) so you can check those out :)

@@JefferyChen HI jeffrey! Amazing job! Do you think drugs effects on brain is an acceptable topic?