Imagine having multiple questions in your interactive video and several final scenes shaped by the choices made by viewers. How would you manage this situation?
Let's walk through an example.
We'll add 3 Single Select Questions to the video. If the viewer answers "a" to Question 1, "c" to Question 2, and "b" to Question 3, they will be directed to Final 2. The image below shows the time intervals where we place the questions and finals.
1. After logging into Cinema8 Creative Studio, create your interactive project and open the editor.
2. Add the first question at 00:00:05.000. Click the settings button for the first option. In the Set Variable section, enter "question1" as the Key and "a" as the value. In the second option, set "question1" as the Key and "b" as the value. For the third option, set "question1" as Key and "c" as value. Then, check the values you've assigned. After completing the settings, click Save.
3. Copy the question element to 00:00:10.000 and set the options. You can make the variable settings as follows:
First Option: question2 = a
Second Option: question2 = b
Third Option: question2 = c
4. Copy the question element to 00:00:15.000 and set the options. The variable settings for each option are:
First Option: question3 = a
Second Option: question3 = b
Third Option: question3 = c
5. Add a Conditional widget to the timeline to determine the initial condition and the action to be taken. For example, if the viewer answers "a" to Question 1, "c" to Question 2, and "b" to Question 3, direct them to Final 2.
Click the Add Condition button. Check all 3 values here:
Type "question1 = a" as the first condition.
Click the Add Condition button. Type "question2 = c" as the second condition.
Click the Add Condition button. Type "question3 = b" as the third condition and save.
6. Next, check which answers the viewer selected. Position the added Conditional Action widget between the time after all questions are answered and before Final 1 begins. Set it to 00:00:17.000 - 00:00:18.000.
7. Determine the action to take under this condition from the Conditional Action Properties panel. Select "Jump in This Project" from the action list. Set the time when Final 2 begins - 00:01:00.000.
8. Create other conditions as necessary for different scenarios, making sure to place them in the same time frame as the first one.
9. If you want the viewer to stop the video and not see the other finals after viewing the related final, add the Actions widget from the Elements panel at the end of Final 2. Select "Pause Video" from the list and save it. Set the start and end time in the Properties panel. Use the end time of Final 2: 00:01:25.000 - 00:01:26.000.
That's all!