3. “We all do it, but do we do it with style?”
Maggie Norden
4. Who do you admire
as a confident speaker on camera?
Holly Steidi, WCA 2007
BA (Hons) Theatre: Design for Performance
5. Where are you presenting?
• Your surroundings
• Who is with you
• What are you conscious of?
• How much of you will be
visible?
• Are you standing or sitting?
• Head shot up close or
distance setting?
6. How do you feel?
• …about being filmed or
photographed, or speaking to
camera?
• What are your (nervous) tics (hair
flicking, weaving, waving hands)
• What are your vocal habits? (ums,
ahs, squeaks)
• Where do you carry tension?
7. Your one minute pitch on video
(or The Art of Being Conversational)
•Breathe
•Focus
•Prepare
•Open well
•Be authentic
•Keep your message simple and clear
•Don’t rush
•Slow your voice
•Maintain eye contact
•What is in it for your listeners?
8. Other useful resources
• Speaking out as a creative: my video n presentation
skills http://vimeo.com/27262259
• http://www.presentationmagazine.com/
• http://www.dearlisarudgers.com/ not about camera
work, but definitely about chutzpah…
• Search and critique Youtube videos on confidently
speaking to camera/presenting...e.g.
• Virtual studio tv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5WT2vweFRY
• Gideon Shalwick http://gideonshalwick.com/how-to-be-confident-on-camera/
• Ruth Sherman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnIpQgjqjGc
Editor's Notes
Staring Activity This session may feel like it’s all about you but it’s actually all about THEM (see Dear Lisa Rudgers)... What you can do for them, why they would want to hire you, what would impress them about you (for their sake)
This is not about camera and it is not one minute long, but it’s one girl’s campaign to get a job using social media and if you want to learn about confidence here it is...
Image led age, we find each other on video ( David gauntlet) We are all doing it but are we doing it with style You need to do it with style and COMFORT
I was looking for free pictures of Barack Obama as he is such a charismatic speaker, but came across....The Barack Obama colouring in sheet ...from a car repair agency/workshop manual website? http://workshopmanuals.biz/uy-barack-obama-coloring-sheet.phtml Wh
FORGET THEM, FORGET IT I learned the hard way...by making lots of mistakes in my surroundings... The dangly plant backdrop The stripy t shirt The disembodied wavy hands What's your backdrop? White wall or bricks? It should look good then you should look good in front of it
What have you noticed about yourself having seen your film? That you did nt know you did? That you liked/did not like? Shalwick says the reason we hate being filmed is our fear of rejection... What is it about camera that makes us feel this way?
What's it for/ who's it for ?promoting yourself, your work, a cause? Who are you looking at/who are you with How do you behave/feel - do you hate people looking at you Don't fidget, have shaky hands, say um and ah, lean on one leg Be yourself Be focused, map out in advance what you are there to do PRACTISE Imagine there is no camera and talk accordingly Imagine who you are talking to- who this might be will depend on what you are presenting The art of being conversational Be fascinated Are you better if doing something (I held coffee cup/glass wine) Emotional confessional you zoom in, on the news you talk to one side Know what you are going to be presenting for, bright opening, are you going to be edited Keep going for as long as the camera is rolling Avoid gimmicks unless you actually know they are going to work
