08/25/2026
Most people do not spend their days speaking into a camera. A person might be funny in a meeting. That same person might freeze when the red light comes on. A confident executive might suddenly speak in a monotone. A great speaker might stare at a teleprompter and read every word without excitement. That does not mean the person is a bad communicator. On-camera communication is a different skill. It takes practice.
We once watched a person become so uncomfortable during a video shoot that he left the room for a moment to compose himself. (That was someone else’s project, not ours!) However, you sometimes have to push people enough to help them improve. You also have to know when to stop pushing. Too little direction might leave you with a weak performance. Too much direction might make a nervous person even more nervous. A video shoot is not the best place to discover that someone has never practiced speaking on camera.