Being deliberate and feeling confident
“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look at fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Quick Summary:
- When you are blazingly clear with your intention and what you want viewers to do, the camera will pick that up and send it out.
- Confidence comes from action; if you don’t know what you’re saying, go back to the WHY.
- Give yourself permission to take your time, and to be slow and deliberate when needed.
To illustrate the point:
Watch actor Bryan Cranston (Walter White in Breaking Bad) take his absolute time with this scene. He *knows* he can be deliberate with this, and the stillness with which he acts add to the power of his position and speech.
Just like with Bryan Cranston above, here’s another great example of deliberation and intention from Daniel Day-Lewis in Gangs of New York. One thing to remember—with both videos—is that the camera would have been right in their faces, and they still had to deliver.
Time to practice!
- Choose a subject in your topic: outline briefly WHY you are talking about this (why it’s important to both you and your audience) and HOW you are going to tackle this (learning style, lawyer, rhetoric). What is your intention—what do you want them to do? Where can you deliberately go slow?
- On camera: record this video and post
You’ve finished another module!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPQN1Bb7tpQ