Video monitors: Speak to yourself and relax October 10th 2009

It can be difficult speaking into the camera’s unblinking eye, so try placing a large monitor behind the camera and speak to that instead.

You know to look around your audience when presenting; web video demands you do the exact opposite. Put a large monitor at eye-level right behind your camera to get accustomed to looking directly at your camera. You also get to speak to a real person (yourself!) and not just the camera’s unblinking eye.

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SellToCamera.com: A blog to help you present on video September 1st 2009

SellToCamera.com is a blog (now retired) for people learning to speak to camera for web videos. Andrew Biss wrote Sell to Camera as he learned to record, edit and publish web videos.

The Sell to Camera blog is about helping business professionals with presentation experience make the move to web video, addressing the concerns many feel when first asked to speak directly into a video camera’s unblinking eye.

Not found what you’re looking for? Then try the Sell to Camera site map to explore by article title, category, tag, month and author.