i angled my computer screen perfectly so you could only see one corner, then cleaned and redecorated the entire area in order to 'develop my character'. it took a horrifically long time--i couldn't decide which persona I wanted to present to my class, and kept taking out books, beauty products, hair ties, to make it look lived-in, slightly messy, and natural. i even put a couple of books that would 'say something about me' in the background, but took forever posing them so they wouldn't look posed. i even made a post-it wall in the background with FAKE MEMOS. for a thirty second video no one's going to watch twice. good god.