Informational Video

[PugLifePro]

I'm making a documentary style informational video for the organization I interned with this past summer. They want words on the screen, no spoken words. How should the font look? Unified all on the bottom? Same colors? What colors should I even choose to put on top of video and pictures? I started with just white text and a drop shadow like it was subtitles, but I'm not sure it's working.

Also, how long do you usually give a reader for a short phrase on the screen such as "BIBLEplus+ are rugged, simple-to-use, solar-powered audio players."

Thanks for the help. I've tried to get information from them, but they have no idea what they even want, so I'm looking elsewhere for help.

 

[GuerrillaAngel]

If you're going for the captioning look, google "closed captioning" -- there are industry standards for captions regarding fonts, length, size, amount of time, et al. This is an ideal format to use if you're going to caption instead of voiceover.