Film Producer and NYU Prof Dan Cordle on Overcoming the Fear of Being on Video

52% of marketers worldwide name video as the type of content with the best ROI. 65% of viewers watch more than ¾ of a video. Needless to say, video should already be a part of your marketing strategy. But the biggest roadblock we face is getting over our fears.

We often don’t realize that being on camera is an intimate situation. When putting yourself out there you need to be ready for your heart to be broken. Throughout life things will not go as planned, that’s where improv comes in.

Dan Cordle has been an actor, photographer, and videographer. For nine years he was the theater games improvisation instructor at NYU’s graduate acting program. In 2010 he cofounded scribe films. Dan is currently the film director of for the Chekhov project at NYU.

Listen and learn what Dan has taught 1,000’s of actors and uncovered from working behind the scenes at one of America’s top film schools.


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“A condition for being consistently compassionate with children is to be compassionate with ourselves.”

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