It's tough when there's an outline limited to one paragraph!
I generally respond back, "what would you like to know? Are you interested in the history of the house, the former owners, the ghost?"
And, no, I'm no good getting it all out in x time. I put on a show!
Now I need to find clothes. My paint-stained college hoodie is not making the right statement.
Plus, I have no idea what the finished product is going to look like. There's a voice over. What does that person say? Do they talk about the property after interviewing me?
No idea. This group doesn't give out much info in advance. Can't argue with free, tho. As long as it's remotely ok and I don't cringe if it's played at the train station..
Use your extra information to supply to the producers to be used (or not) in the voice over.
For you, don't wear white. Don't wear busy patterns. Dark colors look best on camera.
Look into the lens while you talk and SMILE. It feels funny, but it looks good.
(I was an actor in a past life. Studied in college, at Circle in the Square in NYC and in various classes taught by various out of work actors in NY and California.)
Break a leg. In 'the biz', that's a good wish.
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No one will recognize me - I'm wearing a skirt and pearls. No busy patterns, no white. In spite of my excellent resting bitch face, I do smile a lot, quite naturally.
It's not the being recorded that bothers me so much as not knowing what the format is. I've done in-house videos, taught classes and I'm not uncomfortable with the TV crew when they show up knowing I have an opinion. It's not the public speaking, it's not knowing how this works. Do they stay for an hour? Run in, film and run back out? Does someone interview me? Do they expect me to just talk? (No problem there!)
We had someone here a number of years ago who wanted me to do these different 'vignettes' - me in the kitchen (I'm not the cook), me in the office (the office is in my bedroom), me talking to staff (my housekeeper at the time put her hands in front of her face and ran away from the camera), me talking to guests (they all declined). I'm prepared for that now, I'll walk them around and show them things rather than have them try to put me in 'scenes' that don't work.
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