Framing Matters for Video Podcast Interviews
Disproportional framing in a video podcast interview can make host and guest look like David and Goliath.
![An AI-generated image of David and Goliath.](/content/images/size/w2000/2024/06/062724-david-goliath.jpg)
Framing is vital in a video podcast interview. If the host and guests don't look similar in size, an otherwise interesting conversation becomes a meeting of David and Goliath.
I recently linked to an edition of Josh Spector's excellent "I Want to Know" podcast from the YMH Friday Creator Roundup newsletter. The Creator Roundup offers a curated list of five creator-related articles, videos, or podcasts each week, and I always include an image.
A Good Lesson
Circa June 2024, I have been paying close attention to video podcasts because I plan to launch a season-based podcast about content creation. It is for this reason that I noted how out of proportion Spector and his guest looked on screen.
![A screen capture from YouTube showing a disproportional host and guest from a video podcast.](https://youmoneyhappiness.com/content/images/2024/06/062724-josh-original.jpg)
This proportional challenge was an excellent lesson as I planned my own video podcast. If I find myself on screen with someone and out of proportion, I will adjust my camera so that we look roughly the same size in the frame.
Upscaled
For the newsletter, I did not feel right leaving Josh at roughly three-quarters the size of his guest.
![A Photoshopped version of the same image.](https://youmoneyhappiness.com/content/images/2024/06/062724-josh-spector.jpg)
I adjusted the image. It was a second lesson, too. Since the Friday edition of the You, Money, Happiness newsletter is a curated roundup, I want to make every effort to put the folks I reference in the best possible light.