Thanks for the input, Shlomi Fish.
From the forums I get the impression we are looking for step-by-step videos more than written ones.
Also, your tutorial leaves out the steps taken to download, install, and use the extension (which could be a tutorial all on it's own).
Since there are plenty of features to go over in Inkscape without installing extensions for now I think I'll stick with Inkscape's core functionality.
I would also argue that if enough people are interested in a feature, and the only way to get that feature to work correctly is to install an extension, then really, it should be merged into trunk before doing an "official" video on it.
What I'm envisioning is a simple screen capture set to music, short videos, no more than about 60 seconds each seconds to highlight a feature (unless the feature requires more).
Each clip can feature the same 5-second intro with the Inkscape Logo and tagline "Draw-freely". My initial thought: bouncing ink-droplet bounces in, looks both ways, then crouches down and leaps up against the white wall of the background, hits the wall, and spashes out into the Inkscape logo. The words "draw freely" will then be drawn in quickly as if by invisible pen (with suitably sketchy sound effect), and then fade to white. The effect would be a simple, clean and effective piece of branding that is memorable, but doesn't make the viewers crazy if they are watching 30 in a row. :) The white would fade directly into a timelapse of the clip that will be shown overlaid with the title of the clip (lasts about 3 seconds). That fades to the actual screencapture, with captioned information. Once the screencapture video is done, the video fades to white background again with a small Inkscape logo with
inkscape.org url, and small-print "This video is distributed under the GPL licence" etc.
Because I agree that "bullshit walks", and this likely all sounds like pie-in-the-sky at present... I shall make the intro, the outro and sammich a tutorial of the Selection Tool as the feature in between.
Pending approval from the group, I will then make all materials available via a github archive, which can be cloned and modified, and maintained as any other piece of the project might be.
More soon.
-C