Writing for video

It's actually really difficult to switch from writing for print and writing for a visual medium. You have to understand that people will get bored if a script has too much information that isn't interesting to the viewer. I think that many people have a much smaller attention span when they are watching a video compared to reading a print article. Because of this, it is essential to make the audio for videos interesting and brief in order to capture the viewers. I've also noticed that people sometimes just repeat what the interviews already say and that to me just seems pointless. I think that if you are going to do voiceovers at all in a story then it needs to be worthwhile and actually add something to the story! 

-Lauren Stine