Don't let your script distract you
Writing a script before recording can be very helpful, but misused, can distract you from who matters most: your audience
By StepTree Team.
Published 9/12/2021.
The next time you find yourself recording a video, script in hand, whatever you do:
❌ Don’t read the script while recording.
✅ Look at the camera.
👇 Or see for yourself what it feels like to have someone read a script, their attention focussed on something else, instead of you.
If where you look during a recording can so negatively impact engagement, it begs the question, should you bother with even writing a script?
Well the answer depends on whether you can memorize your script well enough to be comfortable in front of the camera. If you can, then a script will likely accelerate your recording process.
But if you struggle to memorize, or find yourself looking robotic in your recording it might make more sense to NOT write a script at all.
That being said, with StepTree, you'll never be forced to choose; whether you prefer to memorize or ad-lib, recording one short step a time with StepTree makes your life easier.