![]() Not the easy ones from one to 100, it’s when they get big that they can get messy. Try replacing commas with dashes or ellipses… for a better visual cue that signals a pause… or that the thought is continuing… like this sentence. Generally-speaking, all the good punctuation in your scripts can stay. You can even indent each paragraph for extra emphasis that alerts the reader to the new sentence. A great tip is to make a new paragraph for each sentence in your script. Periods and commas don’t always cut it from ten feet away when they’re scrolling along. With the moving words of teleprompter, it can be a challenge for the talent to distinguish between sentences if the spacing isn’t right. It’s our experience that most professional crews still opt for the capitalized presentation. With today’s high quality screens you can select whichever style you’re most comfortable reading. That was more important decades ago when scripts were printed on paper, taped together, and fed through a machine with a camera to finally be presented in front of the talent. That can be a problem if you’re close to the camera because your eyes will be doing that back-and-forth thing again! The good news is, most teleprompter software these days offer controls over many visual parameters like font size.Ī long-time rule of thumb in television is that scripts in the teleprompter are presented in capital letters (for that reason, some of us write in capital letters too). The smaller the font, the more words you have in front of you. Related to the distance you stand from the prompter, is the size of the font you’re reading. 8 to 10 away feet is a good place to start and then you can adjust as needed. ![]() It goes without saying, if you’re too far away you might have trouble seeing the words. You will literally look like you’re reading. If you’re too close, your eyes will look like they’re shifting back and forth across the screen. How close you stand to the camera makes a world of difference. Here are seven helpful tips for anyone about to jump in front of a prompter, regardless of your experience level. ![]() Houston realtor Kufre Udoh recording a video home tour on green screen, using the teleprompter for his script.įrom a performance perspective, public speaking and teleprompter-reading are two different skills.
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