James Allen walks through a pre-filming routine: jump in place to warm up, do 4-second breathing cycles, use an outline instead of a script, and keep eye contact. On-camera skills get better with repetition.
Things that you can do to prep before you actually start getting on camera. Jump in place before filming. 30 seconds to a minute. It could just be like 5 jumps in place, something. Just kind of get your body moving and open yourself up, open your chest up. And then after you've kind of jumped around a bit, got a little bit of blood flowing, take 5 deep breaths in through your nose, out through your mouth. Breathe 4 seconds in, 4 seconds out. Do that right before you start filming. Make a script or an outline before I start filming so I have a guideline. I prefer outlines over a word-for-word script. Literally just have a Google Doc where I open it up and I write out my points that I have and the things that I want to cover. My outline is literally my bumpers. Nothing screams confidence more than eye contact. Make it a practice. That's all this is. Skills are things that we develop over time through repetition.
