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Notes on recording to camera.
I build a Mac teleprompter, which means I spend a lot of time in front of my own camera. These are the things I keep running into, written down so I stop relearning them.
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How to stop sounding like you're reading
The tell is not in your voice, it is in your timing — and a fixed-speed scroll is usually what breaks it.
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Why a three-minute video takes all evening
Eight unglamorous reasons the take count climbs, and what actually fixes each one.
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Recording scripts you cannot upload
If the script names a client, a patient or an unannounced product, the question is where the text and the audio actually go.