I am unable to record videos, I get too anxious

[Zayan]

I made up my mind, I'll work on creating a brand/image and I will do it by talking on YouTube, finding like-minded individuals and making money with them. I have all the video ideas noted down and I have all the product ideas but I keep running into the same issue

I just can't execute it. Whenever I get on camera I get anxious I can't bring myself to make the video or talk to it. I re-watch the clips and just delete them, either i talked weirdly or looked off it could be anything

What are some effective steps for me to man tf up and just record the video?

 

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[Jon822]

Just do it. There is no magical tip that can make you better at it without just diving in and practicing. Accept that you will suck at it at first. Being bad at it is the first step toward getting better. The worst thing you can do is nothing.

 

[AceVentures]

I re-watch the clips and just delete them, either i talked weirdly or looked off it could be anything

Keep doing that, and every time make it better.

Do this until it looks and feels more aesthetic to you.

What you're noticing about yourself in the videos is the bridge between what you intend to present and how you actually act in the world.

Think of it as a game instead of getting anxious about success. Make it about the improvement process. Improve the lighting, improve the composition, the content, the type of shots, the transitions, the audio, the script, and every other thing you notice about your productions.

And them improve everything you notice about yourself. How are you sitting. What are you doing with your hands. Where are you looking. How do you speak.

 

[Bounce Back]

I'll add - not everybody should be in front of a camera/behind a mic. Not as a limiting belief but don't try to fit a square into a round hole because you've seen other people make money doing something.

There are people you can hire on fiverr and upwork who can do it for less than you would make doing minimum wage over the hours you will repeatedly spend getting better. If you haven't even proved demand of what you are doing yet I venture that will be the quickest way. Also makes you have to double check yourself on how much you really believe the idea because talking is free spending money isn't.

 

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[Runum]

Keep doing that, and every time make it better.

Do this until it looks and feels more aesthetic to you.

What you're noticing about yourself in the videos is the bridge between what you intend to present and how you actually act in the world.

Think of it as a game instead of getting anxious about success. Make it about the improvement process. Improve the lighting, improve the composition, the content, the type of shots, the transitions, the audio, the script, and every other thing you notice about your productions.

And them improve everything you notice about yourself. How are you sitting. What are you doing with your hands. Where are you looking. How do you speak.

Those that are good at it make it look easy. I would have about one hour of content to cut down to 10 minutes. Initially I tried demonstrating, rerecording, and talking at the same time while being mindful of lighting, camera angles, and back ground noise. After a while I changed to voice overs and it made it easier to get that done during editing. No one sees the massive number of outtakes required to get a final product. Maybe doing voiceovers will help you settle down? Good luck.

 

[ensoniq2k]

I made up my mind, I'll work on creating a brand/image and I will do it by talking on YouTube, finding like-minded individuals and making money with them. I have all the video ideas noted down and I have all the product ideas but I keep running into the same issue

I just can't execute it. Whenever I get on camera I get anxious I can't bring myself to make the video or talk to it. I re-watch the clips and just delete them, either i talked weirdly or looked off it could be anything

What are some effective steps for me to man tf up and just record the video?

Buy a teleprompter and write a script upfront. It upped my game from "trying to comprehend a full sentence on camera" to 70k views in 4 months.

Read the script and practice moving your body way more than you think you should. Don't try to be like a home shopping TV presenter, be more like someone talking to a friend about a topic you're passionate in.

Then post that stuff and see what people say. Try to improve on that. People have told me I move my hands too much now so that's my next improvement I work on. I never liked how I sounded on recordings but literally no one else gave a darn about it so don't worry too much.

 

[Akaushra]

Im starting YouTube too and decided just to use the 3rd take every time. Works like a charm.

 

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[Andy Black]

I did this a few years ago. It might help.

View: https://youtu.be/ixkvYao2zuk?si=GU4DKPt98wOQ8LDX

 

[Jon822]

I did this a few years ago. It might help.

View: https://youtu.be/ixkvYao2zuk?si=GU4DKPt98wOQ8LDX

Not really that helpful when you look like a supermodel and can say anything you want.

(Joking. Your videos are always helpful )

 

[Andy Black]

Holy crap. The thread below is nearly 10 years old.

@Zayan ... watch the first video posted in it.

NOTABLE! - [Progress] #AndyTalks

Background (This background part was added 7 days after creating the thread.) I post a LOT !!! I joined the forum 20 months ago and have posted over 2,000 times. That's a lot of posting! A few months ago I even tried to slow down the posting, thinking it was stopping me from doing "real...

www.thefastlaneforum.com

 

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[DoTheWork]

I recently started making YouTube videos where my face is on the screen.

I'm not comfortable at all on camera and have been dealing with a health issue that results in severe brain fog (at one point it was bad enough that I couldn't read).

I got on camera, have to do lots of retakes, and I still accidentally say the wrong words or make mistakes in the final video.

Guess what?

People love my videos so far and I have not received a single ounce of negative feedback. Only positive. I've already received over 100k views on YouTube with roughly 10 videos.

People don't notice things like you think they will.

 

[Bounce Back]

It is interesting a few people don't like my suggestion that he reevaluate if its something for him/necessary at this stage.

If he needed to build a house would you tell him he has to build it? If he wanted to start a restaurant does he have to be the cook and the accountant and the waiter?

We have very little context here outside of a) he says he has an idea to make a youtube b) he is not currently good at making videos. Is it truly proper fastlane advice to tell him to spend hours upon hours investing in the craft of making these videos? It doesn't even have control in the first place being attached to youtube so why not just not waste time and pay someone a few bucks to make some videos quickly and test your thesis anyways?

Let's have a conversation not just fling poop emojis - though you can leave them I don't really care it's just if you have a thought I'd love to hear it and reconsider my position. This forum is a bit different then when I was last here so I admit it could just be a different way things are done now.

 

[Kevin88660]

I made up my mind, I'll work on creating a brand/image and I will do it by talking on YouTube, finding like-minded individuals and making money with them. I have all the video ideas noted down and I have all the product ideas but I keep running into the same issue

I just can't execute it. Whenever I get on camera I get anxious I can't bring myself to make the video or talk to it. I re-watch the clips and just delete them, either i talked weirdly or looked off it could be anything

What are some effective steps for me to man tf up and just record the video?

Just upload them.

Don’t be a perfectionist.

Next one will be better.

Be thick.

There is fine balance between get things going on to push for the next milestone versus demanding quality in things u do.

 

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[Runum]

To add to the convo. Creating content for YT is constant grind. It's a useful tool for promotion of product or business, but it is not a business itself. It can earn you some monthly income but if the channel is built around you, it is not a sellable business. Yes, some influencers are making good monthly income but they are posting fresh content frequently. The setup recording, posting, and commenting cycle is tiresome. The only exit I can see is to stop making content at some point and/or create a product to sell.

On the plus side, it is nice to get the monthly checks for content that is over 3 years old. It has also lead to other contacts.

 

[AppleTree]

Try looking at the first video of your favourite youtubers, I can guarantee that 99% of them were nervous and didn't make the best videos. That didn't stop them from making better videos and gaining an audience.

 

[Zayan]

Just do it. There is no magical tip that can make you better at it without just diving in and practicing. Accept that you will suck at it at first. Being bad at it is the first step toward getting better. The worst thing you can do is nothing.

Thanks man, I started thinking about making videos a year from now, Now i have finally started doing it

 

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[Zayan]

Keep doing that, and every time make it better.

Do this until it looks and feels more aesthetic to you.

What you're noticing about yourself in the videos is the bridge between what you intend to present and how you actually act in the world.

Think of it as a game instead of getting anxious about success. Make it about the improvement process. Improve the lighting, improve the composition, the content, the type of shots, the transitions, the audio, the script, and every other thing you notice about your productions.

And them improve everything you notice about yourself. How are you sitting. What are you doing with your hands. Where are you looking. How do you speak.

thanks man, your tips worked. Now it's all about doing this consistently and making more videos

 

[Zayan]

I did this a few years ago. It might help.

View: https://youtu.be/ixkvYao2zuk?si=GU4DKPt98wOQ8LDX

Real helpful man thank you! one of the other key problems I keep running into is I get robotic. I know my lines, Message the audio and visual is perfect but I cant dive into emotion and then end up sounding like a robot reading words of the script

 

[Zayan]

Just upload them.

Don’t be a perfectionist.

Next one will be better.

Be thick.

There is fine balance between get things going on to push for the next milestone versus demanding quality in things u do.

Im worried I'll get clowned on the media and my image would become something to laugh at instead of something taken seriously

 

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[Zayan]

Try looking at the first video of your favourite youtubers, I can guarantee that 99% of them were nervous and didn't make the best videos. That didn't stop them from making better videos and gaining an audience.

Thanks man, thats how I started

 

[Zayan]

It is interesting a few people don't like my suggestion that he reevaluate if its something for him/necessary at this stage.

If he needed to build a house would you tell him he has to build it? If he wanted to start a restaurant does he have to be the cook and the accountant and the waiter?

We have very little context here outside of a) he says he has an idea to make a youtube b) he is not currently good at making videos. Is it truly proper fastlane advice to tell him to spend hours upon hours investing in the craft of making these videos? It doesn't even have control in the first place being attached to youtube so why not just not waste time and pay someone a few bucks to make some videos quickly and test your thesis anyways?

Let's have a conversation not just fling poop emojis - though you can leave them I don't really care it's just if you have a thought I'd love to hear it and reconsider my position. This forum is a bit different then when I was last here so I admit it could just be a different way things are done now.

your suggestion is like telling a builder to pay someone to build the houses for him repeatedly instead of teaching him how to build and overcome obstacles.

If I wanted to film only 1 or 2 videos perhaps your suggestion would have been the right decision

 

[Shono]

Try looking at the first video of your favourite youtubers, I can guarantee that 99% of them were nervous and didn't make the best videos. That didn't stop them from making better videos and gaining an audience.

Yup, Conan O'brien comes to mind, he was such a nervous wreck his first show. Surprise, people actually double down on supporting him, because we are inspired by underdogs that struggle but persist.

 

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[Bounce Back]

your suggestion is like telling a builder to pay someone to build the houses for him repeatedly instead of teaching him how to build and overcome obstacles.

If I wanted to film only 1 or 2 videos perhaps your suggestion would have been the right decision

Hard disagree from me - you don't even know if there is audience yet or if your idea is even going to deliver value they would pay for. Framed like this you are making a commitment as if you need to make hundreds of videos.

If you are saying you won't know until you have a gigantic volume of videos if the idea was fastlane I highly advise stop now and reconsider another way. Anyone saying different I fear is encouraging you to waste your time. I know this may not be what you want to hear though.

To be clear: Nothing wrong with taking a shot and see how it goes on your own but you came asking because you say you were so nervous and can't execute, etc. If you are saying you can now then just do it and see how it goes.

 

[Shono]

Hard disagree from me - you don't even know if there is audience yet or if your idea is even going to deliver value they would pay for. Framed like this you are making a commitment as if you need to make hundreds of videos.

If you are saying you won't know until you have a gigantic volume of videos if the idea was fastlane I highly advise stop now and reconsider another way. Anyone saying different I fear is encouraging you to waste your time. I know this may not be what you want to hear though.

He seems intent on making it a skill for himself, and the fact he asked this to begin with shows his intent to grow into the type of person that can do it.

OP, just expect to suck at first, nothing wrong with that. Get as many reps in as you can. Remember no one really cares. Don't go for perfect. Perfect is the enemy of good, and anything beyond good is just preference anyway.

 

[Andy Black]

Im worried I'll get clowned on the media and my image would become something to laugh at instead of something taken seriously

Stop worrying about what other people think. At the start no-one sees our videos anyway. It's not a case of build it and they will come. It's only as we get better at videos that people will start to see them.

Also, as @Shono said... no-one cares. Everyone's more interested in themselves.


Seems you missed the very first video in my old thread, which is the first video on my YouTube channel. Let me drop it here because I think the message matters:

View: https://youtu.be/mUs5Gowvnhc?si=4UFxCOrmtQI7FH5z

 

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[Shono]

Stop worrying about what other people think. At the start no-one sees our videos anyway. It's not a case of build it and they will come. It's only as we get better at videos that people will start to see them.

Also, as @Shono said... no-one cares. Everyone's more interested in themselves.


Seems you missed the very first video in my old thread, which is the first video on my YouTube channel. Let me drop it here because I think the message matters:

View: https://youtu.be/mUs5Gowvnhc?si=4UFxCOrmtQI7FH5z

Also important to keep in mind, those that clown you are the type of shitheads that you don’t want in your life. So if they expose themselves, you get to phase them out of your life! Win-win. Only insecure people put others down, winners are focusing on themselves and know there is enough abundance in the world to go around and therefore choose to lift others up.

At the end of the day, there are a million philosophies as to why you should do it, which is why people procrastinate, they’re looking for the golden piece of advice, so don’t waste any more time when you can just do it.

No one is ready before they start. Doing it is the evidence that proves you are ready.

 

[Kevin88660]

Im worried I'll get clowned on the media and my image would become something to laugh at instead of something taken seriously

You will overcome this mindset once you upload the video.

You realise that people won’t laugh you and its an unwarranted fear.

The reason that they won’t laugh at you it is not that they are nice. People always care and worry about themselves, like what you are doing now, and any negative opinion about you won’t stay in their brain more than three second.

People care about themselves but not you.

The worst thing can happen is you don’t get views or most people don’t finish watching them.

I ll be rich if I can get hundred of millions people laughing at me for being a clown and going viral about it. And I will be happily be a clown.

 

[Andy Black]

those that clown you are the type of shitheads that you don’t want in your life.

Good point. Put yourself out there and you'll not only find out who supports you but also who you might be better off avoiding.

I remember posting Snapchat stories to Facebook and a friend from years ago replying with something snarky. He could have just been trying to be funny, but it just reminded me why he's a friend from years ago.

 

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