Tips

Environment

• Be sure to check your environment and remove any unwanted clutter.
• A neutral, clean background is preferred.

Lighting

• Ensure that your face is more brightly lit then the background.
• Simply face a window or sliding door with natural light coming in.

Eye line

• As a general rule, try get your camera level with your eye-level, so the audience feels they are meeting you on the same level.
• Try to look at the camera lens on your phone (make eye contact)
  Don’t stare at your face on the screen.

 Camera

• Ensure your mobile phone or camera is stable, preferably not hand-held – you may want to get someone to film you.
• Please shoot in landscape format, NOT PORTRAIT (turn your phone sideways)

Audio

• Please ensure that the message is recorded in the quietest environment possible.

Please try and reduce interference from cars, planes, birds, lawn mowers, cell phones ringing, dogs barking, etc.

Delivery

• Be sincere and feel comfortable.

Content:

• Express yourself freely when you tell us why “Does Jazz Matter?”