Short Video: a Story in 30 Seconds

A course on short video: how to fit a hero, a choice and a twist into half a minute and keep the viewer watching

Vertical video has no time for an intro: viewers decide whether to keep watching in the first seconds, and the story has to end before they swipe it away. The laws are the same as in a feature film, but compressed into one desire, one obstacle and one twist. The workshop is about what you can cut from a story and what it can’t live without