OT: Scripting teleprompter shorthand

ken c wrote on 5/28/2005, 8:20 AM

Any ideas on shorthand that people use in scripts?

I have a challenge when trying to read many pages of a script for my videos, I post them one page at a time near my camcorder to read...
it would be nice if there were some shorthand abbreviations for words...

Or, any suggestions for decent inexpensive teleprompter hardware I can use w/my green screen studio?

ken

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Coursedesign wrote on 5/28/2005, 10:04 AM

The highest compression is achieved with SMS shorthand, used on texting for cell phones. There are whole web sites dedicated to this (and international speed competitions...).

The least expensive teleprompter hardware [that is still high quality and good enough for the White House] is from Prompter People. I use their Broadcast 17 model and like it a lot.

BarryGreen wrote on 5/28/2005, 1:08 PM

Another vote for Prompter People -- I've got one of their DV9 prompters, and it is a very nicely-engineered piece of equipment at about 1/3 the cost of anything else comparable. And they're great people too. Very happy with my purchase from them.

ken c wrote on 5/28/2005, 2:08 PM

Thanks guys, appreciate it, I'll take a look. The way I do it now is do 48 point type on landscape 8 1/2x 11 white printer paper, and rip a hole in the middle of each page, and hang them one at a time on the camcorder.

Really high tech lol.

Problem with that approach is, it limits what I can say to just a few sentences per take. I need a teleprompter so I can read a whole 4-5 minute pitch/sales message without having to stop to change the current script page... last one I did, this morning, was 23 pages, printed.. a hassle to poke all those holes in paper and read 'em.. primitive .. works.. not efficient though..

will do re teleprompter.. thx much..

ken

farss wrote on 5/28/2005, 2:24 PM

You could just do them as PP slides and use a wireless mouse, buy a cheapo LCD and mount it on the cameras hot shoe. It's not as good as the real deal as you'll be looking slightly above the lens.
Bob.