For starters, let's talk about how to sit. If you're doing a television interview, any sort of a video interview, you've heard you should be comfortable, confident, relaxed. That's right. Well, what's more comfortable than sort of sitting back relaxed. The problem with this is even if you don't have a double chin, it's going to look like you have a double chin. The camera is going to be focused on your belly and make you look heavier, fatter than you are, even if you're not fat.
And that for most people is uncomfortable. No one wants to look worse than they are. So my recommendation never sit back the cameras latching on to what it's closer to, it's closer to down here. My head is further away. It makes everyone look shorter, fatter, more rumble unprofessional. So my recommendation, never sit back on camera.
The next thing you see people Do all the time on major news networks and local TV stations all over the world have something like this. Hi, my name is TJ Walker, and I help people communicate effectively to the media. And yes, I am being held hostage now and someone has a gun to my head what it looks like. So so called perfect posture looks horrible on video. He makes you look stiff, uncomfortable on relax. So how do you sit my recommendation, hold yourself high.
Lean forward about 15 degrees to the camera. Now, it will give you a stronger jawline. The double chin typically disappears and it's not going to focus the camera's not going to focus on your stomach. So you will look taller, thinner, leaner, more youthful, more vigorous, everyone looks better. Now, when you're looking at me like this, it doesn't look odd. But I'm going to turn here and you can see It's a little bit odd looking, but it's not uncomfortable.
You're simply holding yourself high, leaning forward, and I would lean forward towards the person talking to you if there is a reporter, or anchor lean towards that person. If you're just speaking to a camera, then lean forward to the camera. That is how you will look your best you'll look better. You'll look more comfortable, you'll feel more confident. Again, it's not a natural thing. Naturally, I want to sit back prop my feet up.
That doesn't look good on video.