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Nearly totally unrelated, but what is with the recent trend of showing people talking to but not look at the camera? Do they save money that way? It drives me bananas and is just a distraction from the content being conveyed.. Altogether, with their obvious attempt at slickness, I find this video rather corny.

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This video is definitely corny. (I'm in it.) This is intended as an extremely accessible introduction to Bun, definitely not targeted at the HN crowd. I think we really just wanted to make something with some production value to reflect the fact that Bun itself is post-1.0 and more stable/polished.

The two camera thing is a classic trick that lets you add some visual interest. Basically you're cutting between two angles. And you can only be looking directly at one camera at a time so you won't be looking into the lens for one of the two shots.

In my opinion, this is because the angle is too small. Just add another 15-25° and it would be good.

I dunno, but Corny + Computer Related topics make my heart warm. I love it.

Having someone look directly at the camera can sometimes feel unnerving in video. Also it's a good way to hide a teleprompter and the side-to-side eye movement

I'm not sure about unnerving. Psychologically, I know I'm looking at a recording. But when they're not looking at the viewer, it looks like they've got better things to do. I see this being used all the time recently, including on large productions. I assumed it's meant to convey the feeling of talking with someone who may also be talking to others. But it gives me hives (for which I'm losing points, but what can I say).

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