You can either speak freely (without reading from a script), or use your script…do whatever is more comfortable to you!

If you choose the latter, our only request is that you do not make it obvious you are reading from a script.

Here is how to do that:

• Paste the script in a text document and large 18 point size so you can read it from a few feet away.
• Position the text near your laptop or phone lens.
• Use large margins on the document so there are only about 7 words per line.
• Stand or sit back a few feet from the lens so it’s hard to see your eyes moving back and forth as you’re reading the script.
• It’s important you sound natural when speaking.
• Move your head and hands around slightly as you’re talking too — that makes it even harder to see your eyes going side to side.
• If you decide to use your phone to record instead of a laptop, prop it up on books or a shelf so it’s at eye level (not looking up at you).
• Holding a phone while recording yourself results in a wobbly and amateur-looking video
• Record horizontally, not vertically, so it’s a wide-angle view.
• Maintain eye contact with the camera lens when you are talking.
• If your eyes are looking down or at the ceiling, it conveys a lack of confidence.