Teleprompting has spread to the masses thanks to prompter software readily available on laptops, tablets, and smartphones. In fact, many smaller production houses and companies with limited production budgets have...
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What happens before you appear on-camera (either for a live performance or a video shoot) largely depends on whether or not you are in control of the content. Do you...
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When I serve as a moderator of webcasts, I am often scripted at the end to direct viewers to a website for more information. The address is usually a bit...
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For those of you unfamiliar with what a teleprompter is, it’s a device that allows a script to be projected in front of the camera. This way, a presenter appears...
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Woe to the person who underestimates the challenges of reading off a teleprompter. After all, how hard can it be? It’s just reading. Teleprompters can give a false sense of...
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An author friend of mine told me he wrote his entire book by speaking it into a dictation application on his computer. He claimed it made the process much faster...
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So you’ve been asked to create a short video and the script writing has been left up to you. If you’re tempted to do a cut and paste of a...
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Go into any TV newsroom and, chances are, you’ll see a bunch of people talking to themselves. No, they haven’t lost their minds, at least most of the time. What...
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When I worked in television news, I had the pleasure of frequently interviewing an entertaining and eloquent mayor named Buddy Cianci. Mayor Cianci went about running the city of Providence,...
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When working as on-camera talent for a corporate video job, I often have access to a professional makeup artist on site. It may not be quite equivalent to a trip...
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