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Give the video team the steps between the screenshots.

A good product video needs to show how the result happens. Keep the feature mechanics, required setup, limitations and buyer context in Oleno, then use them to brief your video tool or agency. Give the contributor the detail they need before the storyboard fills in the gaps.

A clean edit can hide a necessary step.

Two screens sit next to each other in the storyboard. Between them, a real user would need to connect a tool, provide information or make a decision. If the brief leaves that out, the finished video can make an unsupported workflow look perfectly convincing.

Illustrative video brief: product truth goes to your external tool

Maintained in Oleno

Feature mechanics & limits
The actual sequence, required setup and behavior the product does not support
Buyer & use case
The buyer’s problem and the part of the workflow worth demonstrating
Brand guidance
Approved visual references and guidance for explaining the product

Your external video agent, tool or agency

Product demonstration

Problem → Mechanics → Appropriate use

Your external video workflow produces the script, storyboard and finished video.

Review the spoken claims and the behavior shown on screen, including steps the edit leaves implied.

Product video briefs: how you use it

  1. 01

    Choose what the viewer needs to see

    Pick a buyer problem and the product moment that explains how you address it. Decide what the viewer should understand by the end.

  2. 02

    Brief the whole sequence

    Supply current mechanics, requirements and limitations from Oleno. Include relevant screenshots and brand references with their version and permitted-use notes.

  3. 03

    Check the script and the finished video

    Review the explanation before production and the demonstration afterward. Have the people who know the product check what the sequence implies, then approve release in your production tools.

A brief the production team can work from.

The contributor can see which details make the demonstration accurate and which visual references to use. Your reviewers have the same maintained product facts for checking the script, storyboard and finished video.

Oleno does not natively generate or automatically review the external video. People and AI tools need the required connections and source access; retrieving facts does not guarantee correct use.

Nice transition. What happened to the setup step?

Write the real steps, requirements and limits into the brief before a clean edit tells a different story.