instructional video
How-to visual guide
An instructional video is a recording designed to teach viewers how to do something—assemble furniture, apply makeup, perform CPR, execute a skateboard trick.
The format ranges from polished professional productions to casual smartphone recordings.
YouTube and similar platforms have made instructional videos the default way many people learn practical skills: I learned to change a tire from an instructional video.
- tutorialInstructional step-by-step guide
- how-toPractical instruction format
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- walkthroughSequential instructional guide
- lessonUnit of teaching
how-to guide · guide · learning curve · screen · narrator · pause · rewind · step-by-step · step by step · voiceover · footage · slow motion · explainer · screen recording · DIY · hands-on · clipboard · whiteboard
- learning materialstextbook, workbook, handbook, manual, guide
- recorded mediaaudio, clip, audio clip, footage, DVD
- educational dramadocudrama, after school special, training film, literacy program
- mediatelevision, mass media, news, broadcasting, radio station
- learning resourcestutorials, library, textbook, guides, study guides
- school stuffhomework, textbook, graduation, diploma, detention
instructional videomusic video
Visual companion to songs
feature film · comedy sketch · movie · blockbuster · entertainment
instructional videofound footage
Genre mimicking discovered recordings
experimental film · surveillance footage · home video · blooper reel
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