Examines the functions necessary to take a technical writer's project from script to screen. Discusses the roles of the producer, writer, director, production crew, and videotape editor in the context of a production of a videotape on managing colic in infants. (RS)

Discusses four basic categories of restrictions within which the video script writer works: purpose, time, budget, and resources. Discusses how these variables work together to force creation of a document that can be produced. (SR)

Shares practical information that technical writers can use when writing scripts for video presentations. Discusses the kinds of information needed for script writing, the steps involved in doing so, and the script's role in production and editing. (SR)

Discusses the style and structure of videos. Discusses four models particularly suitable for communicating technical subjects: lecture, demonstration, documentary, and dramatization. Discusses how to select the most appropriate style for a proposed video and offers an example of each of the four basic styles. (SR)

Discusses a process to guide technical writers engaged in writing a script for a video production on a technical subject. Offers an example of the development of such a script from a video demonstrating a surgical procedure. (SR)