GET THE CAMERA NOTES I GIVE DANCERS ON PROFESSIONAL SETS

WHEN THEY CALL ACTION 🎬

How to Create Money Shot Moments on Camera

A FREE Stage-to-Screen Guide for Movement Artists

By Tamina Paris
Celebrity Camera Presence Director

Credits include:
The Next Step • Lady Gaga World Tours •
So You Think You Can Dance Canada •
Degrassi • Murdoch Mysteries • What We Do in the Shadows

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MAKE YOUR DANCE PERFORMANCE COME ALIVE ON CAMERA

If you perform for camera

—  you’ve probably experienced this:

You give a performance that feels powerful in the room…
But when you watch it back on camera, something feels different.

Flatter.

Smaller.

Like the energy didn’t fully translate.

That’s because performing for a camera is a completely different skill than performing for a live audience.

In this short guide, I’m sharing the exact notes I give dancers while watching them perform on camera — the moments where a performance suddenly comes alive on screen.

 This guide is for: 

• dancers and movement artists
• performers preparing for auditions or competitions
• students filming dance content or self-tapes
• studio dancers who want their performances to translate on camera

 This guide is for: 

• dancers and movement artists
• performers preparing for auditions or competitions
• students filming dance content or self-tapes
• studio dancers who want their performances to translate on camera

These are the moments that make a performance translate on camera.

 

Inside you’ll discover:

  • The mistake that makes great dancing look flat on film

  • How to create “money shot” moments the camera remembers

  • How performers earn emotional investment from the audience — and keep them with them from beginning to end

These are the same camera presence notes I give dancers in live filming sessions while watching performances on the monitor.

Once you start seeing these moments, you’ll never approach a camera performance the same way again.

WHEN THEY CALL ACTION 🎬

How to Create Money Shot Moments on Camera

A FREE Stage-to-Screen Guide for Movement Artists

 If you perform for camera — competitions, auditions, social media, or film — these notes will change how your performance translates on screen.

WHEN THEY CALL ACTION 🎬

How to Create Money Shot Moments on Camera

A FREE Stage-to-Screen Guide for Movement Artists

 If you perform for camera — competitions, auditions, social media, or film — these notes will change how your performance translates on screen.


If you’ve ever watched a recording of yourself and thought:
“That felt better than it looked …”

These notes will change the way you perform for camera.

WHEN THEY CALL ACTION 🎬