Why you should keep your first video
Progress on camera is hard to feel and easy to see. The case for saving your very first take and watching it a month later.
Almost everyone hates their first video. The temptation is to delete it and try again. Do not.
You cannot feel your own progress
Improvement on camera is gradual, and you get used to your own changes. After two weeks you do not notice that you start faster or look at the lens more, because it just feels normal.
A side-by-side shows it
Watch your first take and your latest one back to back. The difference in pace, eye contact and energy is usually obvious, and it is more motivating than any streak counter.
How to do it yourself
- Film a thirty-second introduction on day 1 and save it somewhere safe.
- Film the same introduction again on day 28 with the same framing.
- Watch both with the sound on, then once with the sound off.
The Startell app does this automatically: your first take stays on your phone, and on day 28 it plays next to your latest.
Practice it with a daily coach
Startell gives you one short drill a day and a Star Score measured on your phone. Your first drill is free.