4/6/2024 0 Comments News anchor background zoomFor those who are fashion bold, you know what to do. I did once wear my pajamas on a video call - it was silky and looked like a tank, and I wore a structured cardigan with defined shoulders over it. For women in corporate, stay away from ruffles on camera… but everything else is fair game, including pajamas. For men, a dress shirt, T-shirt, collared shirt or sweater - all fine. Plain Jane is having a moment right now… as she should (because she’s awesome). Stay away from patterns - your background will be visual noise enough - and stick to solids. But au naturel feels right at the moment. The camera is looking for definition in the face, so eyebrow powder that frames your beautiful eyes and a little eyeshadow can also go a long way.Īs for color, it’s up to you. For men, a little loose powder will do - it removes the oiliness from that well-lit face of yours. As for makeup, please don’t go too crazy - there truly is no need… you’re working from home after all. Ladies and gentlemen, spray those flyaways and just brush that hair in place. What looks good in real life, doesn’t always translate on camera. Which means it is a two-dimensional experience. Television (I mean videos) is a visual medium. A little hairspray and makeup doesn’t hurt… anyone. If the sun has set, your colleagues in the Asia office are joining the call and you’re on until midnight… then find a lamp, and sit in front of that. Instead, face the window and the brilliant daylight will wash your face aglow with natural light and we’ll all wonder where you managed to get that facial amidst the Covid-19 isolation orders. Which means your face will be dark, because the iris of the camera will be focusing on the light. Make sure when you pick a spot, you don’t put your back to a window. That white blank wall is fine in a pinch, but a bookcase or framed pictures are a nice touch. Eyes will dart to what’s behind you, the books you’ve piled up, or the laundry that hasn’t been folded yet. We just have to do it online and on video conference calls! So in that spirit, let’s get right into it: VISUALSĪs you appear on camera, know that the visual attention isn’t always on you. But that doesn’t mean we don’t keep building, producing, dreaming, sharing, conversing and communicating. We stay in place to keep ourselves and our communities safe. Photo: Angie Lauįor millions of people around the world now working from home, juggling kids and career in the same confined space - this is a new reality as Covid-19 ravages nations. Video conferencing has become a mainstay during the coronavirus outbreak, made possible by apps like Zoom. See related article: Coronavirus prevention tips for the long haul: face masks, social distancing, hand wipes and more But hey, we’re all in this together, and we do what we have to do - because the alternative is not an option. I’ve never really broken it down until now. Let me share some tips from my years as a television anchor. I wrote this next piece to share a little perspective to what we are all now asked to become: visual storytellers! After all, we’re all television anchors and presenters now.ĭreading your next Zoom video conference call? As my 3-year-old likes to say, “no need!” He’s right. So now we lean into disruptive thinking as the world is violently pushed into a different trajectory. Changing systems, business logic, policy, and thinking are what drive our storytelling and reporting. We recognize that the one story that has been at the forefront of our coverage of emerging technology has always been about change. In this spirit, Forkast.News is embracing what we need to evolve into. So how to lean into disruptive thinking? How to thrive in the unfamiliar? It begins by letting go of the familiar, and having the courage to embrace it all. Some of us have been operating like this for a long time. It’s one that landed on all of us, without much warning… and with consequences that we are still coming to grips with today without any sense of what tomorrow will bring.
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