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page 1. Find a quiet location with as little background noise as
possible. 2. Place the camera close to the person being recorded
- about 2 - 3 feet away will give a good view of the face and
upper body. This is important for or hand and body gestures,
which are part of language too. 3. When recording two or more
people having a conversation, try to place the camera in the
middle, about 2 3 feet away. Make sure everybody being recorded
is in the frame of the camera view. 4. Try not to move the
camera around, or back and forth between people in a
conversation. Rather, place the camera so everyone is in view.
5. Speakers try not to move around too much while being
recorded. Some movement is okay, but you want to make sure you
are always in the camera view so you can be seen and heard
clearly. 6. If the person being recorded would like to
demonstrate or point to something (like a wordless book), move
the camera back so that both the speaker and obj