It's been a crazy time since my last post, with my TV Presenter's short course at NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Arts) here in Sydney. And what a course it was !
The idea of the course was to introduce us to the practice of presenting for screen. I'm interested in taking the message of health to people through all sorts of means, so jumped at the chance to be pushed outside my comfort zone (something NIDA is famous for!) and getting used to the camera!
With a brilliant tutor, Faye deLanty from Channel 10's Totally Wild, and some lovely classmates, we spent the week getting over any shyness in front of the camera. Within the first hour of the first day, it was time to present to camera about ourselves, for 1-2 minutes! Talk about baptism of fire!Through voice usage, being aware of body language and even working with live animals (!) I've now had the chance to record interviews, vox pops, spoken commercials, 4-min info segments, and improv pieces to camera ... an amazing set of experiences! Thanks Faye, Ro and Jo!
Fitting in work and my own training along with the full time class hours was a bit of a challenge .. for over 60 hours this week I've had to drop most socialising and writing - but back to it this week with a vengeance :-)
All in all, an amazing week and well worthwhile - check out NIDA's short courses if you are keen :)
http://www.nida.com.au/
Now to get me a video camera so I can keep practicing and get some video blogs going !!
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