Please review Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago's video guidelines for submission to Skylight TV:

1. If using your phone, please shoot in landscape mode (horizontal, not upright) and wipe the lens before filming.
2. Make sure subject is in a well-lit area.
3. Try to shoot in a quiet place. Be aware of ambient noise (traffic, heat or a/c vents, wind, people talking nearby, etc.). If        possible, use an external microphone.
4. If not using an external microphone, make sure subject is close enough to the camera to assure that the device microphone can clearly pick up what you are saying.
5. It’s important to stabilize the camera. Always use a tripod if available. If not, keep camera on a steady surface to avoid jittery camera movements.
6. Please allow for a quiet pause at the beginning and end of the clip giving us room to edit. At the beginning of any recording: always count to yourself (“1000... 2000... 3000..”) and then start actually talking (or reading) (or singing/playing instrument). Count again at the end of your piece (“1000...2000... 3000...”)
7. Avoid wearing white and/or tight “herring-bone” like patterns. (Dark colors are best)
8. Make sure any light source is NOT directly behind the subject (Sun & windows should not be behind the subject (otherwise the scene will be “backlit”)
9. In your introduction, please avoid saying anything like “in this uncertain time” or “scary time”etc.
10. Be sure to speak slowly, loudly, and clearly.
11. Are you bilingual? We would love messages from different languages as we treat kids from all over the world! Spanish, French, American Sign Language, etc.
12. Remember to HAVE FUN!!!!