Training Video Production in Bucktown: Plan Employee Onboarding Videos
For a useful employee training video, start with one task, show the steps people need to follow and decide who will keep the instructions current. A clear demonstration is easier to plan when the audience and intended outcome are agreed before filming.
Content Club provides video production and editing from our Bucktown studio in Chicago, with on-location filming for workplace demonstrations. Teams in Logan Square, West Town and Ukrainian Village can request a complete production or help with individual stages. This guide covers planning a training or onboarding video that employees can use in their day-to-day work.
Choose one task or onboarding question
Start with the questions your team already answers repeatedly: How do we prepare for a client meeting? What happens when a new project arrives? Where does a new employee find the tools they need? Ask the person responsible for the process to identify the essential steps and the point at which someone may need help.
Give each video a specific purpose, such as “After watching, a new teammate can prepare the materials for a project kickoff.” Keep broader background in a separate introduction or written resource. If a process changes frequently, decide which details belong in a video and which are easier to maintain in an accompanying checklist.
Build a short demonstration before writing a script
Walk through the task with the person who performs it. List what viewers must see, what needs an explanation and what could be confusing without a close-up. A presenter talking to camera can introduce a process, while a screen recording, workspace demonstration or supporting footage can show the actual steps.
Start: explain when someone uses the process and what they need ready.
Demonstrate: show the steps in the order employees follow them.
Check: show how someone recognizes a completed task.
Get help: explain where to find the current checklist or ask a question.
Use a short outline for a natural explanation. If wording needs to be exact, provide an approved script before the shoot. Have the person responsible for the process review the content for accuracy; production planning and filming do not replace that review.
Choose a Bucktown studio session or workplace filming
A studio session can suit a welcome message, presenter-led lesson or a series of interviews with a consistent backdrop. Review our Bucktown studio photos and setup guide to discuss the look and the number of people appearing.
Workplace filming can be useful when the location explains the task: preparing equipment, using a shared space or walking through a normal workflow. Share the filming address, available space and activities you want captured. Our office filming preparation guide helps you plan quiet interview areas, access and time with the people appearing.
Confirm which information can appear on camera. Use prepared demonstration screens and materials, and check backgrounds before filming. Identify one team member who can answer process questions during the shoot.
Agree the edits and handoff before recording
List the finished versions you need and where employees will watch them. An onboarding introduction, a task demonstration and a short refresher may need different edits. Discuss readable on-screen text, captions, framing and any supporting graphics as part of the production scope.
If you already have recordings, request editing support for your existing footage. Explain what is recorded, what needs updating and whether any steps still need to be filmed. Agree deliverables, review rounds and file handoff in the quote.
Plan ownership after the video is finished
Assign someone to collect feedback and approve the final instructions. Keep a record of the process version used during filming, and identify what should trigger a future review. Link employees to the current video from a resource your team already uses, with a clear title that describes the task.
Request a training video production quote
Content Club is at 1827 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647. Tell us about your training or onboarding video: the audience, task, filming location, number of presenters, preferred timing and whether you need planning, filming, editing or the whole project.
Our Chicago video production services support studio and on-location projects. We respond the same day to discuss the scope, deliverables and next steps.
