Embracing Authenticity: The Power of One Take Content Creation

I started doing this thing that I heard recently, I think it comes from Casey Neistat, but I heard somebody else quoting him on it, which was that anytime he does something direct to camera for content, where he just has to talk to the audience, he does it in one take as a rule. I like that. And I really enjoyed that recently. Yeah, I like that. Because I would end up doing 20 takes, getting frustrated and then turning it off and moving on. And it’s performative when you get to it and you’re not there. I forget who I am and why I’m even doing it and suddenly I hate it. And when I just stick to the first take and I’m like, oh, it’s okay if I say um, or do any of my natural mannerisms that make me a human, that comes through. And when I watch it back, I’m like, this is so much better than what I normally arrive at after 20 takes. Does it mean we shouldn’t work on our limiting our ums? Right. I mean, Harry Mack. Harry Mack. The silent pauses are fine. That’s something that I have to teach myself. Because when I watch back ums, I don’t love it. I don’t feel it’s a problem, but it is something that’s like. We all have things, I say, or whatever it is. I watch back one of my solo episodes and after every list, I would say, or whatever it is. You also say it’s a really good question. Yeah, I do. I do. But I’ve actually reduced that a bit. I don’t know if you’ve noticed. That’s a really good observation. Thank you. That’s a really good compliment. I also want to say back to the picture thing. When I see guys biting down so their jawline is better or when they’re wearing a cut off or something and they’re not making a fist. But their hand is loose, but you can see that they’re flexing and there’s the line of the triceps. Oh no. It’s game over, dude. I’m out. That’s not it. I’m out, dude. That’s not real, dude. I’m not looking at a guy who has good tricep lines. I’m looking at a guy that needs to sell his triceps. And for that reason, I’m out.