Creating Educational and Tutorial videos for Breas Medical – during lockdown!
Breas Medical have been producing ventilators to treat patients with COVID-19 symptoms. The Nippy 4 and Nippy 4+ models were implemented in hospitals nationwide. They needed a video to show health workers how to operate them.
Aimed at Nurses and Doctors on the front line, the educational and tutorial videos needed to have concise, clear instructions. These are instructions that the viewer could follow. These videos also required clear pictures of the machine itself and its various parts. Normally, this is the sort of video that we tackle as a team. We make it in our busy Green Screen Studio. However, as the project started under COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, we had to kick our ‘Created In Isolation’ protocol into gear.
To start with, we finalized the script with Breas, via email and the odd Zoom call. This ensured all the important information was included. We also needed to be sure that the script was the correct length and worked against a suitable shot list.
Next, two of the ventilators were dropped off to us. Tom and his wife Becky were drafted in to help, as they have been living in lockdown together. They could film numerous shots of the ventilators. These shots were to visually represent points in the script in our Green Screen Studio. The video was designed to show how healthcare professionals could work the settings, charge the battery, and select the right modes. They could then operate the system when treating patients. Therefore, it was imperative that the shots Tom captured contained lots of detail. These showed Becky using the machine, pressing the right buttons, and demonstrating the settings options.
The entire video was filmed against a white background so that there were limited distractions and gave a clean, crisp look. We also utilised a turntable to show the machines from all angles.
Following the shoot, we edited all of the footage together at home. We started the video off with onscreen graphics of Breas’s logo, the names of the ventilators, and a brief introduction to the subject matter. We also interlaced parts of pre-recorded footage about Breas’s EveryWare software. There were onscreen graphics for this too.
The finished video was sent back to Breas ready for sign off online, and then finalised in the correct format for Breas’s intended use on their website.
Our ‘Created In Isolation’ service has been implemented so that we can still deliver videos such as these. This is done whilst abiding by the guidelines for safe working. If you need a video but aren’t sure how to work out the logistics in these tricky times, then we can help.
