By hiring a teleprompter operator, you’re never alone on stage. But first I want you to notice the stock photography image above, included for educational purposes. That’s a photo that some people think represents presidential teleprompting. But actually, the glass…
So this was fun. I was working a gig one fine day, and was chatting with local Bay Area filmmaker and all around nice guy, Kevin Johnson. He asked if I was interested in talking to his high school classes…
Here’s a real life, anonymized, email exchange with a client, that saved a show and countless people’s income. I hope this serves you. First some backstory: It’s an annual conference in August held in Las Vegas for about 1000 MLM…
This is from a post I sent to my fellow teleprompter operators around the world… And yes, we all know each other 😉 As we see shows cancel left and right because of the whole COVID-19 scare, it’d be smart…
I was super honored to provide teleprompting services for the Senate of California, when the first woman, and first out member of the LGBTQ community took the oath of President Pro Tem. As she said in her speech… “It’s the…
Teaching your old teleprompter new tricks. You only have so much time with a busy executive. So, needing to do multiple takes on a close-up shot and THEN doing it all over again on a medium or wide angle can…
A professional teleprompter, or Autocue as it is known in the British Commonwealth, can be a very helpful tool for speaking on camera – when used properly. While most business presenters are used to reading from notes on paper, they will appear…
Director Michael Bay spoke briefly at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2014) to introduce the new large screen curved displays from Samsung. The talk was streamed live. Michael was supposed to read from a downstage monitor (DSM.) Apparently, when Bay…
I have a long history with commencement (aka graduation) ceremonies. This is because I used to play saxophone in the marching bands for both my high school and university. At least once a year, we’d perform ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ over…
