Symph
I'm a dude with a face and I know how to use it.
This is what I've found. In my vlogs I have to play characters, often times I'm winging it off the cuff and I have to be funny while I do it. I don't always feel like these characters, I'm not always in the mood to bring them out. So what I do is I kind of... it's gonna sound weird but it's like "fake it till you make it" or like "believe it till you see it". Like, I silence all doubtful thoughts. I tell myself "I'm about to knock this out of the park" I imagine myself nailing the vlog the way I envision it in my head, I get a really clear mental image of what this would look like, and then sometimes I will turn the camera on and leave it recording for a few minutes with me sitting there envisioning this.
I do this because what I've found is that often times the very act of pressing record stops the "vibe" or the "energy" in me, it's that very act of "I wasn't being captured, now I'm being captured" So I simply turn record on, and then prepare myself mentally right there in front of the camera while it's recording, the moment that I suddenly go "ok, I'm ready to do this" I don't have to change a thing, I just have to open my mouth and talk.
You cannot fake these things or people sense it, you have to believe them until you become them. If you're feeling draggy? Just keep telling yourself you're not and envisioning and acting like you're not, until you legitimately aren't. I'd give these things a shot they seem to work for me.
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