All the black in the shot looks bad. Your interlocutor is lost in the background. You are blown out with over exposure BECAUSE the background is too dark. The dynamic range of your camera can't match the range you have created on your set.<br><br>Also, the bottle is an eye sore, but most importantly it is the brightest object in the frame, which every art student and evolutionary psychologist will tell you dominates your eyes attention. Just pour the drink into a glass, not a cup or bottle with bright colors.<br><br>You interlocutor deserves all of our full attention.<br><br>Yes, I realize this is a podcast and the video is a secondary thing. But that to me is an excuse. Minimal research of film lighting would improve your content by orders of magnitude with a fraction of effort.,(reply>)," How to shoot a SIMPLE INTERVIEW in a Boring Room<br><a href=""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfv_0Pjni6U"">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfv_0Pjni6U</a>",(reply>), Exactly what I would suggest. I've done some research for you," start here:<br><br><a href=""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4XC-iLCRKM"">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4XC-iLCRKM</a>"