1. Read your script out loud beforehand
This helps you understand your own inflections
If you are reading line for line, this smooths out any awkward points or weird transitions that you can fix because you’re reading it & hearing it back
Walk around, highlight or underline or bold segments you want to emphasize or re-work
2. Read your script in mirror
This will help you be aware of your eye contact, not that you’re going to be reading from a page XX
But you’ll see which segments you know better than others EVEN IF you’re using a teleprompter
Help you see which parts to emphasize with your hands
3. Talk with your hands
Weird? No! It’s perfectly normal
When we’re in person we talk with our hands to further describe what we’re talking about
It’s good to practice rather than just as a statue reading
4. Start with a smile
You decide how big & wide or soft & small of a smile feels natural to you
Much more inviting to begin a video and a new point with a smile
Weird, but you can hear the smile
5. Record a selfie video of your intro or your main point
Watch back & just understand, you’ll automatically critic yourself first
INSTEAD compliment one thing you did well
Bonus - if you are using a script, practice reading it on your phone with this app (video to watch here)
6. Know your inflections & tone
This is vital to sounding normal on camera!
7. Practice your script sitting and standing
Notice which one you prefer
If you are standing, are you wobbling side to side or moving closer towards the camera?
8. Time yourself & slow down
When you’re timing yourself it’s ok to mess up because you’ll probably have mistakes when you’re filming anyway!
9. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes - beauty of editing
It’s best to restart at the top of the sentence or paragraph or point
I hide mistakes ALL THE TIME with client work & my own videos
Forget the idea that you can memorize everything and do it 100%, you literally don’t have to
10. Read your script to another person
Ask them if it makes sense
Feedback on areas for you to improve
Especially if you’re public speaking, but it’s also helpful for video scripts!
Commenti