Talking-head videos.

Videos of you talking to the camera: cuts, B-roll, and how to film yourself.

Talking-head videos · October 29, 2026 · 7 min readB-roll footage:
what it is, with real examples.B-roll is what people see while you keep talking. Here's what it is, where to get it, and four real videos that use it four different ways.Ben, founder of Montage

Jump cut: what it is and how to use it.A jump cut is the edit you can see: one shot, a piece taken out, and you jump forward in time. Let me show you how to use one, on a real video with 216 of them.Talking-head videos · October 29, 2026Cutaway shot: what it is, with real examples.A cutaway shot leaves the main action for a moment, shows something else, and comes back. Let me show you what that means in a video of you talking, with two real ones.Talking-head videos · October 29, 2026Talking head video: what it is and how to make one.A talking head video is you, talking to the camera. The face is the easy part. Here's what it needs on top, shown on two real videos.Talking-head videos · October 29, 2026Jump cut vs match cut: what's the difference?A match cut hides the cut. A jump cut shows it. Here's the difference, the famous examples, and which one a video of you talking actually needs.Talking-head videos · October 29, 2026How to film yourself with a phone: eight steps.The phone in your pocket is good enough. Here's how to set it up in eight steps, and what went wrong in three real videos I filmed on an iPhone.Talking-head videos · October 29, 2026How to film yourself: set up, film, then fix it.Nobody behind the camera? That's fine. Get three things right when you film, and fix the rest in the edit. Here's how, with three real shorts filmed alone.Talking-head videos · October 29, 2026B-roll ideas: what to show while you talk.Most lists of B-roll ideas send you out to film coffee and keyboards. Your best ideas are already in what you say. Here's how to find them, with real videos.Talking-head videos · October 29, 2026Smash cut vs jump cut: what's the difference?One cut jolts you into another scene. The other skips ahead so quietly you barely see it. Here's the difference, the famous examples, and which one a video of you talking needs.Talking-head videos · October 29, 2026Remove filler words: how to cut the ums from your videos.The ums are the easy part. Here's how to remove filler words, pauses and retakes from a video of you talking, and how to keep the cuts from showing.Talking-head videos · October 29, 2026