Sound, the number one beginner mistake (and how to avoid it)

Your audience leaves a video far faster because of bad sound than because of an average picture. It's the detail that separates a video watched to the end from one people quit.

Three simple habits

Get close to the phone's mic, cut the music and the TV, and pick a room with fabric, like a bedroom. Hard surfaces bounce echo and make your voice sound metallic.

Always record a ten-second test and listen back with earphones before diving in. That little check saves you from redoing a whole video for nothing.