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Welcome back to

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the Hack... hackin’ it up!

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That we’re gonna attack.

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Wow. I don't know.

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I was just.

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I didn't think you would

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break out into raps.

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I didn't think I was either.

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I regret everything

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I've just said.

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Okay, so in this hack,

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we're talking about scripts

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and script writing.

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So getting right to

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the content, it's a hack.

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The biggest hurdle

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that we come across

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with new clients is

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where do we start?

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It's a big question.

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But the good news is

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that the answer is simple.

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You start at a script.

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Basically,

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every animated piece

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should have a script

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if it doesn't have a script.

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Big red flag there.

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The script dictates

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what you should see

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and what you should say.

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So even if it's all visual,

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it should tell you

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kind of what you should feel.

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So there are many formats

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to writing a script,

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and the one that's easiest

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for businesses

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to kind of learn

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is in an A.V. Script.

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A V stands for Audio Visual script. A. V.

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and in an A. V. Script

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it looks like a spreadsheet

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almost with two

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columns in there.

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So in this hack,

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we can't tell you

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what to write.

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It's impossible. That’s ChatGPTs job.

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Yes, correct.

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You as a marketer,

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as a strategy person,

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you already probably know

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what you need to say.

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But what we can tell

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you is how to structure

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your script.

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Once you have a first draft.

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So that it's

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easier to work with

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and so that you can change it

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and collaborate

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with people on

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so that it's

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consistent. For sure.

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That's a good way to put it.

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So here at Open Pixel,

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we use actually just

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a spreadsheet

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for all of our scripts.

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We love spreadsheets. We can’t get enough.

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I know this.

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I know it's a little bit

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kind of out of the box

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thinking a little bit. But.

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But we use Google sheets.

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Super easy to use.

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And it's a template.

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And it's very simple.

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It's a sheet

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with just a few columns,

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and we're going to put a link

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in the description.

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OoOooh. Super extra bonus content.

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The idea is simple.

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So once you

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have a first draft

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of the

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script, you want to

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split your script up

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into sentences. Okay.

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So in other words,

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for every sentence,

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you're going

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to put a new return line

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for every single sentence

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you put in there.

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So you have one standalone

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line of text,

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one right after the other.

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And one caveat here

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is that you may want to split

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longer sentences

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at the commas, usually

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with long sentences,

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you'll have a comma

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in there somewhere.

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Put another carriage return in there

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so you have a new line

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at that place. Okay.

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So why. Would I do that?

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with a long sentence,

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the comma is where...

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verbally, we’re...

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splitting one idea up

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from another.

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if my long sentence has,

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like three different

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visual ideas

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that could be built

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within there,

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you're saying

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it could split up the commas,

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make them their own line, and then...

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create descriptions for that.

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And and just always like,

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if you're

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if you're looking

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at a sentence structure,

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you get a subject,

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you get a predicate,

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you get, you know,

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those things

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and that structure,

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when you split it up

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at the comma,

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you then have another visual

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that you're actually

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talking about

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when you come from

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one place to another. So.

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So it's really just kind of

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organizing the visuals.

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But I didn't want

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to get too much into that.

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We're.

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We're going to it next.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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then take all of that,

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all of those lines,

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and you basically copy

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and paste those lines

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into say “Column A”

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on this A.V. Script.

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Remember, it's a spreadsheet.

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So... this is an audio medium,

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so I’m trying to

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visually describe here. Sure.

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and then in column B,

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basically come up with

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try to come up

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for just that one

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piece of sentence

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instead of Column B, “Column V”

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for visuals, A - audio. V - visual.

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you're not wrong.

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You're not wrong.

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I'm clever.

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visual descriptions

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and that allows for clarity

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and allows for your audience

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to sort of

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sort of visually see exactly

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what you're saying

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or what you're talking about.

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So it really

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it connects all aspects

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of writing

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visual and listening.

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Like all of your senses

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are coming together into one

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without smell

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or taste, you know?

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Right. Right.

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So it doesn't

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always need to be written

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this way.

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There are

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definitely different

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types of scripts that you can

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that you can write out there.

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So if you want us to cover

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any of those,

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please let us know

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in the comments.

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Find the comments box

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somewhere out in the world

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and put your comment in there.

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You’re talking about

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just anywhere

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on the internet? Anywhere

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on the internet,

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just @ tag us

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and we'll find it.

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Right. Right.

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Perfect.

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Yeah.

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So this method

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helps us

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sort basically

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visual ideas

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from *audio* sentences.

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We use it all the time.

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we'll put that template

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into description.

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It's a really,

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really easy way to...

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Yeah, really easy way

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to write scripts. Yeah.

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Is there another way, though,

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if, like,

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I'm a visual person.

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So is there another way

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that I could understand this?

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So if you are on YouTube,

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you can find this

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episode on YouTube.

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It'll be the same description

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we're actually going

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to do a little video there

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that will with the same hack.

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Come like a weatherman. Yeah.

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And we'll

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we'll put a graphic in there

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that basically takes you

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through the template.

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The template will be

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in the description

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and yeah,

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go download that,

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check it out.

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Hopefully it will sort your

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animations in a much easier way.

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And you'll go

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make awesome scripts. Yeah.

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And then we'll get

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to see those.

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And then...

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Please send us your versions.

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Yeah. We’ve love to see ‘em.

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Yeah. Yeah, for sure.

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Good luck with your scripts.

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Good luck with the project.

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and we’ll see you in the next episode.