For my calm-down video, I want to go for a more personal focus rather than a general video. Meaning, the content of the video will directly speak to me (as a nervous individual) over serving as a video anyone could watch.
Some of the ideas I currently have are:
- including images of things I enjoy/bring me the idea of peace (my dogs, the beach, and hiking)
- having a background song that instills courage, resilience, and peace (what I was currently thinking is the instrumental of a Grateful Dead song if copyright allows)
- Have the song, specifically the background instrumental, play while I am speaking
- Have a neutral background color so I can then insert the images without making the screen feel overwhelmed
- Guide myself through some activities to motivate and calm myself prior to interviewing (5 senses and 5 things around me, breathing exercises, power stance)
- I think some affirmations for confidence would be another helpful addition to this
My next steps:
- Writing/typing out a physical script to orient what will be said in which order
- Decide what medium I will record this on (I’m leaning towards GarageBand or Vimeo)
- Compiling the images I want to include in the video
- Practicing/recording the video itself
