Hi all
A creative festival I was due to play at later this month is going online, via videos on Facebook/YouTube. Some people might do live stream but most of us will be doing prerecorded videos - which is good because I'll be recording the audio on the computer and video on camera, then will merge the two together.
I've been trying to practice playing/singing to camera and watching back, trying to get a good angle where you can see me and I can be comfortable and it's been...Amusing. I have found that singing looking directly into the camera is very uncomfortable, and apparently I pull quite odd faces in an attempt to show some facial variety and not look like I'm going to cry.
So, people who have filmed this sort of thing, what are your tips? Any goods suggestions for complimentary angles? I'll be playing three songs on guitar and three on a keyboard so would be good to show a bit of that on the video. It'll be in my living room I think as I've nowhere else to record audio that looks acceptable
I'll be watching some videos on YouTube, live and music videos, but any tips would be appreciated
Thanks
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NY8wWo_VBs
Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.
As you can see from the following two examples, having my camera angle and facial angle slightly off kilter was my general plan, so I was looking past them (not least because the words to the guitar songs were displayed to the right of the camera...)
And
soundcloud.com/thecolourbox-1
youtube.com/@TheColourboxMusic