Choice at the decision point
Offer routes where a linear video would have to generalise and lose half the audience.
Move through the video
Offer choices in the video and jump to a different scene, clip, or video based on what each viewer selects.
What it does
A linear video shows everyone the same thing. Branching shows each viewer the part that is theirs.
Offer routes where a linear video would have to generalise and lose half the audience.
Send a wrong answer to what actually happens next rather than to a message saying try again.
See which branch each viewer took, so the structure earns its complexity or gets cut.
In practice
Scenario training, self-selected demos, and troubleshooting.
In depth
Letting people choose and create their own adventure is nothing new— even Netflix entered the live-action interactive programming space with their series Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, an interactive “choose your own story” film. This type of technology allows video content to become more interactive and engages the audience like never before.
Use branching to show each viewer content that matches an answer or choice. It can route marketing, sales, and training audiences through different versions of one video.
The viewer is able to take control of the video’s narrative by choosing between different actions that determine where the video is headed. As a result, viewers watch only the content they find interesting or relevant, which in turn leads to increased completion rates and customer satisfaction.
Video branching uses interactive technology to provide viewers with personalized videos based on their interests and needs, as well as create an immersive and engaging experience for each viewer.
Learn more about how to add branching to your videos with Mindstamp’s interactive video platform.
Add branches to an existing video so viewers can choose the content and route that applies to them.
What gets measured
Related
These combine on one timeline. Most videos use three or four together.
Send viewers to any timecode from a button, hotspot, or answer. Move forward to skip or back to review.
Explore →Chain videos into an ordered playlist so a multi-part program runs as one experience with one report.
Explore →Let viewers search inside the video and jump straight to the point where the answer is.
Explore →Define clips inside an existing recording and reuse the parts you need without going back to an editor.
Explore →Control colors, logo, and player styling so the interactive experience looks like your product, not a tool.
Explore →Open a Calendly or HubSpot calendar as an interaction, so the meeting is taken at the moment the buyer decides.
Explore →Questions
Yes. Branches can jump within the video, to another video, or to a playlist.
It can have as many paths as you need. The path report shows which routes viewers use most.
Try it on one video
Add a single choice and see how the audience splits.