VIDEO tab 🎥

In this article:

• 1. Three main video formats 

  • A. Editable 

  • B. Ready to publish 

  • C. Animation 

• 2. Filters 

  • A. Video formats filter 

  • B. Collections filter 

  • C. Duration filter 

  • D. Topvideos filter 

• 3. Display and composition of the editorial notes

• Video display adjustment

1. Three main video formats

The main video formats are indicated on the thumbnails or in the video player. They provide two types of information: 

• usage: “Editable” or “Ready to publish” 

• details about the video content: sound, archive footage, etc. 

A. "Editable" formats

• Archives: A series of archive images to illustrate a topic and/or current event. 

• 1st images E: Between 30 seconds and 1’30 of images without soundbites, used in breaking news cases or as the first sound extracts quickly sent before a longer video including the full press conference/statement. 

• NSV: A story edited only with its natural sounds (no commentary, suggested script). 

• Raw: Edited illustrative images followed by soundbites. 

• Stockshots: B-roll/illustrative footage of a city, the economy, or specific topics such as Big Tech (GAFAM), mobile applications, etc. 

• Voiced E: A story edited with commentary from an AFP journalist. 

- Corresponds to videos from the AFPTV Newsroom feed. 

B. "Ready to publish" formats

• 1st images R: Between 30 seconds and 1’30 of images without soundbites, used in breaking news cases or as the first sound extracts quickly sent before a longer video including the full press conference/statement. 

• Voiced R: A story edited with commentary from an AFP journalist. 

• Subtitled: A story edited and ready to publish with embedded subtitles. 

- Corresponds to videos from the AFPTV Digital feed.  

C. Animation 

They include: 

• 3D visual reconstructions of major events and simplified explanations of scientific concepts. 

• Animated films combining 3D modeling, text, images, photos, and video. 

• Magazine features, analyses of technology trends, and short explanatory content. 

• Interactive and responsive infographic formats adapted to digital use: tweets, maps, journey visualizations, etc. 

• Available in six languages: French, English, German, Spanish, Arabic, and Portuguese, as well as in a raw “International Version” (without jingle, credits, title, text, subtitles, or voice-over). 

→ More information about videographics

 2. Filters

A wide range of filters are available to refine the video feed and narrow search results. In addition to the general filters available across all tabs (Languages, Topics, Countries/Regions, People, etc. 👉 more info here), four filters are specifically dedicated to videos: 

A. Video formats filter 

B. Collections filter

• AFPTV Newsrooms: 100% raw footage, to be edited and customized. 

• AFPTV Ready to Publish: 100% ready-to-publish videos, either voiced or subtitled. 

• AFPTV Sports: The very best of major events and competitions, through videos and slideshows of AFP’s finest sports photography. 

• AFPTV Videographics: 3D images providing visual reconstructions of major events or explaining scientific concepts. 

• EditorialFootage: News, lifestyle, and timeless illustrative images from NurPhoto. Over 300 videos per month. 

• Newsflare: A selection of the best UGC videos from social media, filmed by a community of creators across 100+ countries. Over 300 videos per month. 

• Red Bull Media House: Thrilling Red Bull videos offering breathtaking sports footage, over 150 short-format videos per year. 

• SID: Germany’s leading sports news agency, a subsidiary of AFP. Over 2,700 videos per year. 

C. Duration filter

Allows you to limit the news feed or search results to videos within selected durations. Five ranges can be chosen (as shown above). 

D. Top Videos Filter 

AFP’s editorial team selects the best videos daily, called "Topvideos". They can be accessed: 

• From the news feed : By activating the "Topvideos" filter in the Video tab. 

• From video search results : By enabling the "Topvideos only".

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3. Display and composition of the editorial notes 

Each video is accompanied by editorial notes (formerly called a dopesheet) with details about the content. In the editorial notes, you can access all the metadata of a video (the source, the name of the video journalist, the date, the city, the title, the intro, the shotlist, …). 

Details contained in scripts: 

• slugs 

• title 

• dateline (=location) 

• introduction 

• source/credit 

• soundbites (names/titles/functions of the people speaking in the video) 

• shotlist with details of the location and the source for each sequence of shots 

• soundbite transcripts and/or translation if necessary, byline 

The background article remains available in a dedicated section. 

NEW! These notes can be copied to the clipboard by clicking on the dedicated button. 

The panel can now be opened by default: click on the gear icon, then select 'Always show the information panel at startup'  :

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Video display adjustment

To enhance your browsing experience, you can adjust the size of the video thumbnails displayed in the mosaic using an interactive slider:

Need an overview? Reduce the size of the videos by clicking on ‘-’ or by moving the blue slider to the left to increase the number of videos displayed on the screen.

Want to see the details? Enlarge video thumbnails by clicking on ‘+’ or moving the slider to the right for better visibility.

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