Storytelling and On-Camera Presence
Telling stories and presenting on camera with confidence: story foundations and structures, personal stories, voice, speaking to camera, body language and energy, authenticity and persona, nerves and confidence, unscripted and live delivery, interviewing guests, collaborations and co-hosting, and deliberate practice with feedback.
CRE-220 Year 2 3 credits 12 lessons · 5 h
Offered by HSM University · Content Creation
This is the American version of this course. See the Canadian version.
What you'll learn
- Explain why stories work and identify the core elements of character, want, obstacle, stakes, change and meaning
- Apply narrative structures such as three acts, the story spine, and-but-therefore and the story circle to creator content
- Find, shape and tell personal stories with scenes, detail and a clear point while respecting others' privacy
- Use breath, pitch, pace, pauses, articulation and emphasis to deliver a clear, expressive voice
- Speak to camera with eye contact, natural delivery from scripts or bullets, teleprompters and calibrated energy
- Use posture, facial expression, gesture and movement congruently with content and framing
- Present an authentic persona, use vulnerability with boundaries and manage parasocial relationships responsibly
- Manage nerves with preparation, physical and mental techniques, reappraisal and gradual exposure
- Deliver unscripted and live content using speaking structures, improvisation principles and calm recovery
- Prepare, conduct and edit interviews with open questions, listening, fair editing and lawful consent
- Plan and perform collaborations and co-hosted content with clear roles, good turn-taking and fair agreements
- Improve through deliberate practice, self-review and feedback, present inclusively and complete a story-driven capstone
Course content
12 lessons · 5 h total · final exam
- 1 Storytelling foundations for creators 25 min · quiz
- 2 Narrative structures for creators 25 min · quiz
- 3 Finding and shaping personal stories 25 min · quiz
- 4 Voice: breath, pitch, pace and clarity 25 min · quiz
- 5 Speaking to camera and presence 25 min · quiz
- 6 Body language, gesture and energy 25 min · quiz
- 7 Authenticity, persona and vulnerability 25 min · quiz
- 8 Nerves, confidence and performing under pressure 25 min · quiz
- 9 Improvising, unscripted and live delivery 25 min · quiz
- 10 Interviewing guests on camera 25 min · quiz
- 11 Collaborations, co-hosting and on-camera chemistry 25 min · quiz
- 12 Practice, feedback, inclusive presenting and capstone 25 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Telling stories and presenting on camera with confidence: story foundations and structures, personal stories, voice, speaking to camera, body language and energy, authenticity and persona, nerves and confidence, unscripted and live delivery, interviewing guests, collaborations and co-hosting, and deliberate practice with feedback.
Part of the Film & Photography stream, typically taken in year 2.