Angela Hursh, Library Marketing Expert
Angela Hursh leads an outstanding team of marketing and training professionals at NoveList, a company dedicated to helping libraries reach readers. A 2023 Library Journal Mover & Shaker, she has also created courses on LearnwithNoveList.com designed to help library staff learn how to create effective marketing. Before her job at NoveList, Angela led the content marketing team for the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. She also has more than 20 years of experience as an Emmy-award-winning broadcast TV journalist.
April 29, 2020 at 11:08 am
Hello Angela,
Our library is creating a video style guide. Do you have recommendations?
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April 30, 2020 at 6:08 am
OOhh that’s a good question! I feel a new post coming on! In the meantime, I would say that it should closely resemble your library’s style guide for print pieces, assuming you have one. You’ll want to establish a standard for the look of the graphics and fonts, the tone of the script if you do voiceovers or of the on-screen text, if you do that. You’ll want to set a standard for shooting conditions–the kind of lighting you use, the backgrounds, how shots will be framed, and who gets to be on-screen talent. Similarly, you’ll need to set standards for audio-what kind of music will be used and how should audio sound in the finished product. I hope that helps to get you started. Thanks for the blog idea!
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