Scripts and ideas
Articles in the “Scripts and ideas” category of the Estudio de Canales blog.
Scripts and ideasStoryboard for a YouTube Video: How to Make One Scene by Scene
The storyboard of a narrated video is the approved script divided into scenes, with the narration, duration, visual and movement of each. What columns it needs, how to do it step by step, an example and the mistakes to avoid.
· 8 min read
Scripts and ideasTrivia Videos for YouTube: Fun Facts That Hold Up
A trivia video hooks with the fact and holds viewers with the explanation. How to choose the topic, check the origin of each curiosity, which formats work and what content YouTube does not monetise, with what the Estudio de Canales does and does not do.
· 8 min read
Scripts and ideasYouTube Channel Names: How to Choose a Name and a Handle
The channel name and the @ handle are two different pieces that are best chosen together. Criteria for a good name, a method for coming up with candidates, the handle rules, what to check before deciding and what happens when you change them.
· 9 min read
Scripts and ideasYouTube Channel Ideas: How to Find Them and Validate Them
Ideas are gathered, not awaited: from your audience's questions, from what people search for, from primary sources and from your own videos. How to choose the channel topic, how to validate each idea before producing it and how to keep a useful idea bank.
· 7 min read
Scripts and ideasA YouTube channel for a business: how to plan and produce it
A business YouTube channel works when it answers what your customers ask themselves, not when it repeats adverts. How to create it in the business's name, write its editorial line, produce it at a sustainable rhythm, look after the people who appear in the videos and measure it.
· 9 min read
Scripts and ideasThe YouTube channel bible: what it is and how to write one
A channel bible sets out the channel's identity, topics, editorial and visual style, rules and series. What it is for, what parts it has, why every series needs a variation rule, a condensed example and how to write one step by step.
· 6 min read
Scripts and ideasMultiple YouTube channels on one account: how and when
One Google account can manage several channels, each with its own Brand Account, and you use one at a time. How to create the second, switch channels, share permissions, decide between one channel or several and organise them so they do not get mixed up.
· 8 min read
Scripts and ideasHow to write a YouTube script (and check every fact)
A YouTube script is written for the ear and in blocks: opening, promise, sections and close. Before recording, every checkable claim needs its source. Structure, an example, a verification method, chapters and the use of AI.
· 7 min read
Scripts and ideasHow to Make Explainer Videos for YouTube with Images
An explainer video answers a question with a short answer and explains it in steps, with an image that shows what the voice says. Structure, script, images and use of AI, with what the Estudio de Canales does and does not do.
· 7 min read
Scripts and ideasHow to Make a Documentary for YouTube, Including with AI
A YouTube documentary is an investigation told as a story: a question, checkable material and a narrative that reaches a conclusion. How to prepare and structure it, what AI adds and what YouTube asks for when it is used, and what the Estudio de Canales does.
· 8 min read
Scripts and ideasHow to Create a YouTube Channel Step by Step and Get It Ready
A YouTube channel is created with a Google account in a few steps. What matters is choosing first between a personal channel and a brand account, completing the name, handle and profile, and deciding on the bible, series and pace before the first video.
· 9 min read
Scripts and ideasHistory YouTube channel: how to make one with rigour
A history channel needs a specific angle, sources for every fact, images that do not pass off a recreation as a document and, on subjects like war, context inside the video itself. Here is how to approach it, and what the Estudio de Canales does and does not do.
· 9 min read
