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Video checklist before publishing

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Video checklist before publishing

To go through on the exported file, not on the editing project (lesson 6). A checked line = checked by you.

Video: ______________________ Version: ______________ Date: ____ / ____ / ________

1. The content

  • ☐ Every fact (date, day of the week, place, price) checked against the notes (module 10, lesson 5)
  • ☐ Every subtitle proofread: spelling, names, dates, numbers
  • ☐ Every on-screen text can be read in full
  • ☐ The length is the target length

2. The sound

  • ☐ The voice is clear, above the music
  • ☐ No abrupt cut and no forgotten silence

3. The rights

  • ☐ Every image: source and right to use it noted (lesson 2)
  • ☐ The music: license known, credit written if one is required (lesson 4)
  • ☐ The voice: mine, or a voice I have the right to use (lesson 3)
  • ☐ No recognizable face without written permission; for a minor, the parents’ permission

4. The transparency

  • ☐ Realistic content generated or modified by AI: flagged on the platform (for example the “AI use” setting in YouTube Studio)
  • ☐ AI-generated music that carries the video: flagged
  • ☐ A deep fake: flagged as artificially generated or modified content

5. The file

  • ☐ The format the platform asks for (for YouTube: MP4 container, H.264 video, AAC audio)
  • ☐ Vertical or horizontal, as planned
  • ☐ Watched in full, on a phone, with and without sound
  • ☐ Dated name, and editing project kept