- I'm gonna let you in on a little secret.
When I first started making videos on YouTube
and in social media they sucked, they were not good.
In fact, they were horrible.
And you know why they were horrible?
It's because I was not comfortable on camera.
I was not confident on camera.
I wasn't confident in life.
I think I had really no on-camera presence,
no charisma, no energy.
And it was very hard for me to relax
and just be myself in front of the camera.
And there is a really good chance
if you're watching this video you're struggling
with exactly the same thing, and it's okay.
Very few people are naturally gifted
on camera, I wasn't one of them.
But with these tips that I'm about to share with you,
I'm about to share with you five killer tips
that are gonna help you with your confidence on camera.
And it's gonna get you making better videos.
I really think that this is gonna change
everything for you, so let's go.
Hey everybody, this is Roberto Blake, helping you create
something awesome today, welcome back to the channel.
So, you already saw in the intro we're gonna talk
about how you can be better on camera,
how you can be more confident,
more comfortable, more charismatic.
I got five awesome tips for you that you can not do without.
And by the way, just because I know
some of you need some extra motivation,
I'm gonna link to my video on why you need
to make 100 crappy videos just like PewDiePie,
just like MrBeast, and other content creators.
So whenever you get a chance watch that video.
I'm sure it will actually motivate you.
The first tip we're gonna talk about here is passion.
When you are making content that you are passionate about,
when you are doing videos that are about subjects
and topics that excite you, that energy
is gonna come across to the audience.
And it's gonna make it a little bit
easier for you to be yourself.
When I first started making content
I was always nervous about getting everything right
and maybe coming off, you know, professional, or educated,
or just like I knew what the heck I was talking about.
And the reality is that it was actually robbing me
of all of the confidence I had
because I was making myself nervous.
I was working myself up for no reason.
And that's something that most of us do
and will do whenever we're in a new situation,
whether it's speaking to the camera
and that audience through the lens,
and trying not to feel like a crazy person.
Or when you go on stage and do public speaking
for the first time in front of a large live audience.
Just remember that if you're excited
and you're enthusiastic there's a chance
that that will come across to the audience.
And that will help you build a connection with them.
And maybe, and this is what my goal usually is,
you're trying to get them as crazy stupid excited
as you are about the thing that you're talking about.
So just remember to try to lead with passion.
And that's why I think you should make videos
that you care about and not just chase trends
or what you think will get views.
I know that everybody says that.
I know that you guys want those things.
But I also think you should enjoy the process
of making videos because when you don't
the audience can actually tell.
Now, tip number two should be no surprise to anybody,
and it is practice, practice, practice, practice.
Practice makes progress, not perfection.
No matter how many videos you make
you will still find a way to screw things up.
I've made over a thousand videos on YouTube.
I've done over two thousand live streams.
I've done 500 podcasts interviews.
And guess what, I still find a way to mess things up.
I will never get it perfect.
I am a one take wonder most of the time, but even I flub
my lines, and then have to edit things in post.
And sometimes my mistakes make it
all the way through the final edit.
So what you need to do is, again,
relax and realize that practice makes progress.
Those first 100 videos might be
crappy videos, but you will learn.
And video 100 will hopefully be
less crappy than video number 10, okay?
We all go through this, like I said,
the biggest content creators on this platform
were not putting out bangers a majority of the time.
There was like one, or two, or maybe a half dozen
out of seven million, 70 million creators
that have been putting out content for years.
There's like a handful of them that ever came
and like knocked it out of the park on video number one.
I mean, it just never really happens, okay?
So don't put that pressure on yourself.
Realize that you can practice.
And here are some ways you can practice.
Besides filming videos that you never upload
to the internet, or putting those crappy videos
out initially on YouTube, you could
practice on Instagram or Snapchat.
Because if you do those story videos
those go away at some point.
So maybe there's less pressure if you know
that it's gonna self-destruct in 24 hours.
You could also live stream in Instagram.
And I think that that could be helpful to you.
Because then you're at least getting
some feedback from an audience.
And it is something where you're at least a little bit
more comfortable because maybe doing it
with a phone will be different for you than doing it
with a camera and staring into the lens.
Because you're at least used to that a little bit more.
Maybe that's less intimidating,
and that's a good way to practice.
I've always felt that Instagram is a great buildup
to doing a YouTube channel anyway,
and that the two things can support each other.
In fact, I've done a few videos
about growing your Instagram following.
So I'm gonna link to one of my favorite ones up here
in the info card and in the description down below for you.
Now, earlier I talked about on-camera presence,
and I talked about charisma, and that's gonna be
tip number three, your presence.
I think presence comes down to a lot of things.
I think that it comes down to your ability to,
first of all, relax and be yourself.
It's about being a little bit more energetic.
It's about your pacing, but it's also about your posture.
It's also about a lot of just those physical attributes
of being on camera, the performance, okay?
I think your presence, your performance,
is something that you really need to work on.
For me, one of the struggles is because of all the lighting,
and how hot, and blinding these lights
are to have good lighting, especially with my complexion
I have to really worry about lighting all the time,
is it's hard sometimes to maintain focus
and to stare directly at the camera lens.
Some of you even comment on it to this day.
But it's really important because that's where
you build trust and relationship with the audience.
Because that represents eye contact.
Even though I can't see you I am looking down the barrel
of a camera lens, it's an inanimate object.
And I'm trying not to stare
at the external monitor above it.
And trying not to be blinded by these lights.
I have to blink and do all these things.
So there's a lot that goes into
the on-camera performance and presence.
And it makes a really big difference
when you've practiced this and you've gotten it right.
When you're not confident on camera,
when you don't have that confidence,
that charisma, you hunch, you slouch.
And it really affects how you look on camera.
And it makes people disinterested.
And it makes people not feel like you are confident at all
because your posture is completely betraying your feelings.
It's very hard to hide, you can't really fake it either.
So you have to build up that confidence,
and you do that with practice.
And you do that with being excited
about what you're talking about.
And you do it by watching the playback
and realizing there are things you should correct
about your posture and your on-camera presence.
And, again, no matter how many videos
you do this can always get better.
I've watched myself get better over the years.
I've watched other content creators
get better over the years with this.
And sometimes getting feedback from other people helped.
So maybe what you need to do is on occasion show this
to someone else and get some unbiased feedback,
some tough love from somebody who can tell you how to make
your on-camera performance just a little bit better.
How you can correct your posture, and what about the pacing?
The tone and the pacing are a big deal.
Tone of voice that you use when you're on camera,
how you project your voice.
And it's not about faking anything by the way.
I'm talking about understanding how audio works
and understanding that there's a way
that you might need to speak in order
to deliver your message more clearly to people.
And it may be different than how you
are when you're not thinking about that
and not thinking about the fact
that you can't carry this because it's not real life.
It's not like you have the person in the room with you
to be able to get, you know, more context.
So you have to do everything you can for the viewer.
And maybe you need a little bit of help or somebody
to let you know that, hey, you're going a little bit
too fast in your pacing, I can't follow.
Or you're not speaking clearly, you need to speak up,
or you're mumbling, or any number of things
that you might be doing subconsciously.
Now, tip number four is preparation, prep is everything.
On-camera performance is largely a matter,
like I said, of confidence.
And you know what helps with confidence,
knowing that everything is gonna be okay,
knowing that if you lose your place
or you don't remember what you're talking about
you have notes or bullet points.
Now, me, I don't use a teleprompter, and I don't use
a script, but I do use bullet points from my phone.
And that actually helps me out a lot.
And I'm more confident knowing
that if I lose my place, or my train of thought,
or if there's something I absolutely
had to nail that it's in my phone.
So, that helps me a lot.
Another thing that could help you
is I've gotten used to the idea of filming by myself.
But I relax, and it's so much easier,
and I'm so much better on camera
when I have someone helping me.
Because knowing that someone has my back means
that I can focus entirely on my on-camera performance.
Primary example, right now I'm worried
about whether the battery life is gonna hold,
or whether something's going wrong
with the audio because I'm looking
at the camera lens and not at my audio levels.
Whenever I've broken eye contact with you guys
it's because I'm stressing out over the audio levels.
Because I have nobody with headphones on to monitor them.
And you know I'm obsessed with
the audio quality for you guys now.
You know I've been really working hard on that.
Or I'm concerned because, like, maybe there's something else
going on outside, or maybe the dogs are barking.
There are all these distractions.
But when I have somebody else holding the camera,
or behind the camera, and making sure
that everything's taken care of I'm just the talent.
I'm just the person that is focused 100% on you.
But when I don't have that in place,
when I don't have that extra level of prep I'm distracted.
And it takes away 10 or 20% from
what I'm delivering on camera.
So just think about how you can prepare
and how you can put yourself in the best situation
to deliver your maximum performance.
And maybe that means having the perfect setup.
You know, that's why I bought the gear.
Links for all my gear are in the description down below.
Because, again, that makes me feel
better about what I'm making.
And that makes it easier to be confident
in the quality of the work.
Another thing is having a good team.
Having a good team makes it easier
to be confident in the quality of your work.
So, those things are important, do the preparation.
A lot of success is based on really two factors.
There are two things that make you wildly successful.
That's preparation and confidence.
I can not stress that enough, I think it deserves
its own video on this channel.
Preparation and confidence are absolutely
the two essential fundamentals of success.
When you have that in place a lot
of things can happen for you.
And, finally, tip number five, patience.
Patience leads to progress, patience is so essential.
Practice, and patience, and really
just showing up, and putting in the work.
I swear to you if I didn't have patience
I would've never gotten this far.
I would've never been able to deal
with how many videos I've had to delete
or scrap over just little things that I couldn't deal
with that I just could not put out there.
I can not tell you how many times
I've had to be patient with myself about the process
of learning a new skill or a new editing technique.
Or being patient with myself and work through,
like, you know, a concept, or an idea,
or something I really just didn't like
about how I was coming across or my own tonality.
I had to be patient with myself.
I had to work on every single one of these skills
in order to be able to properly convey a message,
or tell a story, or to be able to just even find the energy
and the motivation to be able to put content out.
You have to be willing to be patient with yourself.
If you're inpatient with yourself,
if you're nitpicking over every little thing,
if you refuse to put anything out
because you have a standard, and you just can't put anything
out at all, then you're not gonna make progress.
You're not going to be building your confidence account.
When you put things out there you will get some criticism.
You'll also get some praise.
You have to remember that you're still the lucky few people
who found the guts to put something out there.
And no one can ever take that away from you.
So, I would say that patience is very important.
So, let's review real quick.
If you want to crush it on camera,
and you want to have better videos, better quality videos,
then getting your on-camera presence and performance is key.
So, what you need to do is you absolutely need to do things
that you're passionate about, so your energy comes across.
You need to go ahead and make sure
that you're practicing, so you get used to it,
and you build up that confidence, and you're comfortable.
You have to work on your on-camera presence and delivery.
And then you also have to make sure
that you're doing the proper preparation
so that everything goes off without a hitch.
Then, finally, you have to be patient with yourself.
You have to be patient with yourself
and respect the process, you have to respect the process.
Question of the day, what do you struggle with most
when it comes to making your videos and getting on camera?
What is it that you think you struggle with
in terms of your on-camera presence?
And what could you do that would make your videos better?
Let me know in the comment section.
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to 2020, so make sure you're staying tuned for that.
As always you guys, thanks so very much for watching.
And don't forget, go out there,
and create something awesome today, take care.
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