Film Your Face: Foundations Live (Q1 26)
A calm, confidence-building walkthrough of the LIFTS framework: 5 simple habits for better video - for small business owners who want better videos without becoming full-time content creators.
Join a guided foundations programme designed to help you feel confident, clear, and in control when you show up on video.
This is NOT a challenge or a membership you’ll feel guilty about ignoring.
No pressure to post every day. No shouting at the algorithm. No pretending you love going live if you don’t.
FIVE simple habits, taught slowly and properly, by someone who’s spent years teaching adults film and video and understands how we actually learn.
Welcome to LIFTS
Stories vs Reels vs Lives
Key Terms
🧡 LIFTS Pre-Course Mini Survey
Download the Q1 Video Planner
L for Lighting
Lesson 1: Lighting - Try Me Checklist
Tips for Glasses Wearers
Key Terms - Light
I for Intention
Lesson 2: Intention - Try Me Checklist
Nicola's Pillars across Film Your Business
Key Terms - Intention
F for Framing
Lesson 3: Framing - Try Me Checklist
Key Terms - Framing
T for Tech
How to set-up Custom DND (for iPhone)
Lesson 4: Tech - Try Me Checklist
Key Terms - Tech
S for Sound
Lesson 5: Sound - Try Me Checklist
Key Terms - Sound
By next quarter your videos will look, sound and feel as confident and calm as you are.
Everything in this programme is built around LIFTS, a practical framework you can use every single time you film.
How to use the light you already have to look clear, natural, and easy to watch
How to decide what you’re filming and why, so you stop winging it
How to place yourself in the shot so you look confident and professional
Simple settings, habits, and tools that prevent avoidable mistakes
How to get clean, listenable audio without fancy equipment
Use Nicola's done for you planner to build a social media plan for the season that will engage your audience and help you to show up as you, without crossing boundaries or overwhelm.
Film Your Face: Foundations Live runs over 6 weeks.
You’re not being taught how to go viral.
I’m Nicola, a former film lecturer and teacher with nearly two decades of experience teaching video, storytelling, and media.
There is no “falling behind” here.
Work through the programme at your own pace
Join the lives live or catch the replays
Practise quietly or share inside the Facebook Group
Take what you need and leave the rest
Join Before 30 January to