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by mnw21cam 4477 days ago
> 5. Know which camera you are supposed to look into. There were a few of them and I wasn’t sure where to be looking.

Interesting. I have recently had talking-on-the-tv-news training, and they drummed into us that you should not ever look directly at the camera. Instead, you should look at the presenter, and address yourself to him/her. Above all, don't glance around the room, because it makes you look well dodgy.

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Haven't we all seen people being interviewed on TV looking straight into the camera? One should think everyone knows how awkward that looks.

-> Whenever there is a camera, try to ignore it and just talk to the person with the questions

I definitely settled on just speaking to her but it's hard because there are so many screens in front of you. Hopefully I wasn't dodgy.