Some handy and valuable teleprompter tips. There are really six different kinds of teleprompters (aka Autocues) : On-Camera, Hand-held, Presidential, Interrotron, Confidence Monitor and Rock ‘n’ Roll. 1) On-Camera: There are two different physical types of on-camera prompters. The first is ‘Standard size’ – these range from 11” and can go up to 21”. These [...]
Best Price Teleprompter Rental By Amy Bursor, NYC Prompter Princess OK, so you have a video shoot coming up and you need a teleprompter. But, you want the best price. And so you tell your production assistant to go and get you a good deal on a really cheap teleprompter rental. He/she goes [...]
Get a good job as a Teleprompter Operator By Amy Bursor A teleprompter, aka autocue, is a computerized device that cues actors their lines and prompts anchors with their scripts. Basically there are three types of prompters: 1. The standard teleprompter or autocue, which is generally placed before the lens of the camera. The talent [...]
Do you remember the really horrible (teleprompeter free) advertising of the 80′s? No? How old are you?! Anyway, when I was a lad, local commercials were hilariously bad. It was obvious they were reading from cue cards, or were just plain uncomfortable in front of the camera. These commercials would occasionally be for local attorneys, [...]
Green Day for a Green Earth Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day Promotes a better World When I was told I was going to teleprompt for Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, I kinda freaked out a bit. It wasn’t a Liam Neeson or Hugh Jackman freak out, but it was still big, different, but [...]
In the Home of Phil Donahue Phil Donahue guest stars on Marlo’s new webseries “Good Joke” I teleprompt regularly for Marlow Thomas know I’ve written about it before, but I’m completely blown away by the home of Phil Donahue and Marlo Thomas. This place is, as we say, redonkulous. It was designed in 2009 by [...]
The X Prize Foundation is My Favorite Foundation If you don’t know what the X Prize Foundation is, I don’t know who you are. Just kidding, but seriously the X Prize foundation is super cool. They take donations from around the world, and offer it up as a prize for finding solutions to major problems. [...]
Someday you may get to go to Paris Some days you just get to be a part of a shoot set in Paris But that Paris shoot, actually takes place in NYC. Mobile Apps are a growing business, how often do you use Urban Spoon or Tweetdeck? We all love free apps, but when one [...]
Eric Stoltz is so Underrated Eric Stoltz star of Caprica is starting a new series on Lifetime Modern Love is a new show on Lifetime featuring Eric Stoltz as a society reporter who’s life gets quite complicated. I know what you’re thinking, really Eric Stoltz, Lifetime? I thought this as well. Here’s the thing, Lifetime [...]
BNY Mellon Proves Not All Banks are the Same BNY Mellon Cares With all the upset at large corporations today, we must remember that not all are the same, this includes investment bank; BNY Mellon. For 158 years, that’s ONE HUNDRED FIFTY EIGHT years, BNY Mellon has been the major contributor to the Children’s Aid [...]
