Episode 7 – DIY Teleprompter
Video September 16th, 2007Build your own Teleprompter. Now you can create videos just like the your favorite talking heads. Parts involve 2 pieces of wood, a piece of glass, some dark fabric and a laptop or flat panel monitor.
This project has been no out of pocket cost. FREE Teleprompter. Now if you want to get fancy, there are the links at the bottom of this post about the half-silvered mirror or if you don’t want to use a table to hold the simple prompter setup, there is a link for a design with a stand you can build or order.
Links
Free Prompting software for MAC – OSX or Windows.
Prompt!
http://www.movieclip.biz/prompt.html
Website for Windows Internet Explorer
http://www.cueprompter.com/
Half-Silvered Mirrors and Kit for Full Size Standing Prompter
http://www.telepromptermirrors.com/
September 21st, 2007 at 9:59 pm
I really liked this episode. The lighting was very, very good.
Of course the project looks like a lot of fun. I’m going to see about trying to build that!
Keep up the excellent work!
October 7th, 2007 at 1:10 am
[...] The videos dig right into how to build a number of useful and valuable rigs, like this simple DIY Teleprompter, constructed of a laptop and sheet of glass (there’s even links to free prompting software [...]
October 8th, 2007 at 10:51 am
Great tutorial. I’m going to definitely bookmark you.
January 31st, 2008 at 2:35 am
That’s excellent. Documentarians and other interviewers may be interested in using this technique to put together a makeshift Interotron, the modified teleprompter rig that Errol Morris and others use to achieve the look of interviewees looking directly into the camera.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Great job man. I just made one for my video casts as well.