Thread by @DrSohrab

12 Tips for making great surgical videos (from my experience with judging @VattikutiRobotx KS video awards (A thread):

1. Good content is foremost - Eg: succinct explanation of anatomy, your unique contribution to technique, Complications (and how to avoid them), etc.

2. Choose and preserve highest resolution possible (play with recording and rendering settings).

3. Frequent camera cleans/focus (if needed) if you are planning to record a special case.

4. Record EVERY case (you never know when you will find something interesting).

5. Keep it short (make best use of time, but it is not necessary to use up all those 8 minutes). NEVER exceed the allotted time.

6. Keep number of cuts low (5 cuts in 20 seconds will leave your audience disoriented).

7. Narration + No music > No music > subtle music > bad music > bollywood song (or darude beats). @Google text to speech has become so much better over the years, and can help with narration!

8. Cross dissolve when forwarding within the same step.

9. Fade to color when proceeding to next step.

10. Annotate, annotate, annotate (those arrows and circles help!)

11. Summarize learning points

12. Include outcome/results.

Twitterati/ Dave @VattikutiRobotx/ @AmerUrological @Uroweb @NAmerRoboUrol #medtwitter #UroSoMe Did I miss anything? :)