A high-quality, detailed documentary on the famous dinosaur Spinosaurus.
I conducted extensive market research to better understand a market gap in the realm of high-quality, comprehensive documentaries on predatory theropod dinosaurs. I learned that there was a growing, prominent need for a documentary on the famous dinosaur Spinosaurus, and wrote a script, developed a storyboard, recorded and designed audio, and edited a video that was compelling, extensive, and would alleviate the market gap that I was observing. It seems that my observations were on point, as the video reached over 35 million+ views in 2 months, reached over 131,000+ subscribers during that time, and the video became the "Most Viewed and Liked Paleontology Video on YouTube of 2021". It also became amongst the "Top 100 Most Viewed Paleontology Videos of all time on YouTube" and my channel rose to be among the "Top 200 Most-Subscribed Puerto Rican YouTube Channels" .
Video Summary:
Spinosaurus was a spinosaurid dinosaur that lived in what is now North Africa during the Cenomanian to upper Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous period, about 99 to 93.5 million years ago. The genus was first known from Egyptian remains discovered in 1912 and described by German paleontologist Ernst Stromer in 1915. Spinosaurus was among the largest of all known carnivorous dinosaurs, nearly as large as or even larger than other theropods like Tyrannosaurus, Giganotosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus. New size estimates published in 2014 and 2018, based on a more complete specimen, supported the earlier research, finding that Spinosaurus could reach lengths of 49 to 52 feet, or 15 to 16 meters. The latest estimates suggest a weight of 6.4 to 7.5 metric tons, or 7.1 to 8.3 short tons. The skull of Spinosaurus was long, low and narrow, similar to that of a modern crocodilian, and bore straight conical teeth with no serrations.
Lessons:
- Storyboard design is all about considering the visual experience and using storytelling to capture audiences
- Graphic design that communicates complex information in simple ways is integral to high-quality documentaries
- Identifying market gaps is essential to providing products people want
- Content that is creative, high-quality, well-structured, and entertaining capture the imagination of audiences
- There is a really large market for comprehensive prominent dinosaur documentaries
Here is some of the Graphic Design I made for this video:
