Name: Speech: Stage Fright and What to Do About It
Genre: Short
Duration: 10 min
Cast: Chuck Lacey

A man is asked to give a speech about his trip to Alaska. Stage fright grips him immediately. But thanks to the narrator of this short film, he is given tricks in how to prepare for the speech and to behave during it that will enable him to make a good speech.

These are, of course, useful techniques, but they don't always work. But this is an educational film form Centron, and in films like this, there's never a failure.+ I've been hit by stage fright, even though I was thoroughly prepared, well dressed, and had a sympathetic audience. I expect it has happened to you, or to someone you care about.

So let's not talk about the failures of techniques. Let's simply note that this is one of four films that Centron produced early on in its history, and they made a lot more. Perhaps they used these tricks of hypnotizing themselves into thinking they could do it to turn out these films.

The short form refers to creative works characterized by their brevity and concise storytelling. Unlike full-length feature films, short films have a running time of less than 45 minutes, while TV shorts have a running time of less than 22 minutes.

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