Haritosh SrivastavFounder & Head Coach, Confident Storytelling Hub

#Shorts How to better eye contact on Camera 📷

10 Mar 2023 · 1 min

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In this concise YouTube Shorts video, the speaker explains that maintaining strong eye contact on video can trigger the release of oxytocin and dopamine, enhancing the viewer’s sense of connection and engagement. He then offers three actionable strategies to improve eye contact while recording: (1) imagine a single, friendly viewer behind the lens to create a personal focus; (2) place a photo, note, or other visual cue directly behind the camera to give a concrete point of reference; and (3) use a FlexiCam or similar device to position the webcam in front of the screen so the presenter looks directly at the camera rather than at their own image.

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It has been scientifically proven that if you have a better eye contact with your audience, it can actually secrete or generate oxytocin and dopamine, which leads to a good sense, good feeling, and also a better engagement with your audience. So here are 3 tips that you can use to have a better eye contact on video specifically. Number 1, try to imagine the person, one person who will be watching your video. So try to imagine your friend through the lens, as they say. Number 2, if you are having problem imagining, you can actually put a picture or a pasted note behind your camera and look at that, which will feel like you are talking to that person on that note, which will have better eye contact. And number 3, you can use something like FlexiCam, which allows you to move your webcam in front of your screen so that you are not looking at yourself, you are looking at yourself, and it looks like you are talking on the camera.