Aaaaand … Action!

Other formats to consider are those you're more familiar with through a lifetime of seeing video and television: the talking head (a simple, tight shot of someone speaking into the camera); the standard interview with two people sitting across from each other or standing up; the documentary; the story approach with a fully written and rehearsed script; and the video magazine approach, which typically features an in-studio host who introduces the topic, serves up transitions between "in the field" video reports and wraps up the program.