Television Presentation
Whether a beginner or an experienced Presenter, by recording and playback, we can explore where your needs lie, and discover how best to improve on your performance. You can acquire techniques of good radio and television presentation with practice and coaching.
What skills?
- Preparing
- Grooming
- Being On camera
- Autocue
- News and Current Affairs
- Corporate video/filming
Take a lot of interest in your appearance and wardrobe.
- Hair is very important on camera. It should above all be tidy, and appropriate, (a relative term I know: if uncertain take advice.)
- Some colours do not work on camera. Best avoid strident checks and patterns. Dark greens and navy blues turn to black. Some colours better suit particular individual's colourings.
- TV make-up allows for the draining effect of TV studio lighting.
Practice putting your material over using gesture. Some gestures help get the information across. Watch pieces to camera (PTCs). Notice what the size of camera-frame allows. Be careful about bringing your hands into close contact with your face - not usually a good idea.
Television allows for fewer nuances than radio, and so some think it a more superficial medium. The script needs to be simple and direct - subtleties are sometimes lost.
There are more tips in 'You're On! How to develop great media skills'
Get your audience's attention from the start. You can hang a PTC on a flourishing turn of phrase.
Energise on camera. Think about your on-screen persona. One presenter describes himself as having 'a beam of low-key goodwill'; as being 'seraphic, equable and affable'.
Rehearse your script out loud to see how it sounds.
Think about taking the viewers through your text at a pace, and with a logical structure they are going to understand.