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Understanding body movement and prop handling

Understanding body movement and prop handling

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Understanding body movement and prop handling

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Quite often, on-camera presenters have to walk and handle props. By props, I mean anything that you hold in your hands. Or you may be interviewed on-camera where you have to demonstrate something that involves walking and handling objects. As I mentioned earlier in the movie about posture and stance, you want to avoid rapid body movements. So what should you do, and how do you handle those props or objects like a pro? When it comes to movement, one thing to always try to do is to walk with a purpose from one place to another. This looks better than the walk to nowhere, just to be moving. Any movement should be motivated. You also want to always rehearse with the camera crew any blocking. That's movie speak for movement. This way they know in advance where you will go and what you will do. They will also tell you where you may need to turn, stop or do something. They may also put down pieces of tape on the floor called marks to indicate to you where you should be at any given point…

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