I make videos fairly regularly, but I am certainly not an actor, or a TV personality; I’ve never taken classes on how to carry myself on camera. At some point when I have more time to devote to it, I’d have fun taking an acting class just so I could learn what kind of posture and movements carry over best on camera. At the very least, I’d like to learn what full-time vloggers do to ensure that they have a good frame to use as a thumbnail preview for their video. Every time I create a video, I look normal enough while watching it, but my mannerisms do not translate into still frames. Here’s an example of what my choices are for the preview thumbnail when I make a video:

Yep…I look deranged in every single one of them. I wish I could say that this is just a one-off problem, but this is what I’m up against pretty much any time I make a video:

Experts say that you should remember to be animated on camera, but I think I could benefit from being a little LESS animated!