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Illustrated explainer

Every scene is like a page of an illustrated book: one large drawing with the quote beside it.

Document: The water cycle; NASA GPM, “The Water Cycle” (US federal government work, public domain) and Wikipedia, “Water cycle” (CC BY-SA 4.0); the product's pipeline wrote and narrated the lesson in English. Kind: concepts and processes; Illustrated explainer suits this kind. In the showcase video the Zıpır team chose the format.

Illustrated explainer across the eight document kinds

It suits 4 kinds; for the other 4, another format works better. The sentence on a row that does not suit is the note the panel shows on that document.

Concepts and processessuitsDates and order of eventssuitsPlaces and layoutssuitsParts and structuresuitsSteps and rulesbetter: Clay figuresNumbers and databetter: Summary presentationContracts and legislationbetter: Document walk-throughProducts and featuresbetter: Showcase

  1. Concepts and processes — suits

    a natural process, a science or economics text, why and how something happens.

  2. Dates and order of events — suits

    a history text, a calendar, transition periods.

  3. Places and layouts — suits

    a site plan, a route, geography, a map, a mountain, a sea or a region.

  4. Parts and structure — suits

    the parts of a machine, building, tool or body and how they work together.

  5. Steps and rules — does not suit

    “This document explains steps and rules; Illustrated explainer works better on narrative and everyday-situation documents. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Clay figures

  6. Numbers and data — does not suit

    “This document explains numbers and data; Illustrated explainer works better on narrative and everyday-situation documents. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Summary presentation

  7. Contracts and legislation — does not suit

    “This document is a text such as a contract or legislation; Illustrated explainer works better on narrative and everyday-situation documents. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Document walk-through

  8. Products and features — does not suit

    “This document presents the features of a product; Illustrated explainer works better on narrative and everyday-situation documents. You can still continue.”

    Better for this kind: Showcase

Two rules hold in every format: every sentence on screen is a verbatim quote from your document, shown with its page and line; no video is produced until you approve the scene plan. See it in a video

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