Teleprompting A Speaker s Dream Come True
hen my new husband told process for the speaker. They no
me he was going to be longer need to memorize a speech;
teleprompting I was they only need to be able to read
clueless as to what he was from a screen in front of them.
talking about. He explained that Image the hours of practice, not
it was like cue cards but on a to mention the stress this
computer screen and used removes from the speaker.
extensively not just by the
media, but also by corporations I was interested in how this came
for presentations and for video about. The first teleprompters
taping commercials. Okay, that were created in the 1950s by Fred
sounds interesting but how does Barton Jr., Hubert J. Schlafly
it work? and Irving Kahn. At the time Fred
Barton was an actor and suggested
After the speech is written, it the teleprompter as a way of
is input to a computer that will assisting the performers who had
allow it to be displayed in front too many lines to memorize in a
of the speaker without the small amount of time. The script
audience being aware of its was printed on a paper scroll and
existence. I remembered from my advanced as the performer read.
past speaking encounters where I
had to memorize everything that I In 1982, the first computer based
wanted to say and the order that teleprompting system was
it would go in for a complete developed and ran on an ATARI 800
uniformity. It usually meant a personal computer with very
tremendous amount of practicing specialized teleprompting
the evening before or taking a software to work with the camera
stack of 3x5 index cards with me hardware which was also modified.
for the presentation. Today’s teleprompter still runs
Teleprompting has simplified this on a personal computer and is
connected to video monitors on the impression that they want to
one or more cameras. This monitor convey. A “seasoned”
is placed directly in front of teleprompting operator knows how
the camera so it gives the to get in touch with the speaker
impression of the speaker talking and craft the speech to their
directly to the camera instead of speaking style. During rehearsal,
reading a script. The displays the teleprompting operator is
used vary drastically depending listening intently for voice
on the type of presentation. One inflection to make sure that the
which I’m sure you’ve seen used speaker is comfortable with the
and not even noticed, is the flow. Sometimes it means changing
presidential glass. It is mostly a word or two or rewording a
transparent so that it will not sentence to ensure a natural
block the view of the speaker by delivery. A professional
the audience or cameras. Even teleprompting operator knows how
singers such as Frank Sinatra, to get these results and
Bruce Springsteen, and Elton John understands that there’s more to
have used teleprompter hardware prompting than typing in a script
on stage. and turning a knob. For the
speaker, finding a good
Okay, enough about the history teleprompting operator can be a
and hardware of teleprompting. I real salvation.
am now being made aware of the
fact that there is an “art” also Rich Kelley has teleprompted for
being employed here. Let me speakers ranging from those who
explain. The basic idea is of a have never spoken in front of a
script being up on screen and the camera to CEOs and the governor.
speaker reading from it. Too many Because of Rich's extensive
times this will sound like it is background in speaking in front
being read. This is not usually of national audiences and
performing to live audiences, tailoring the speech phrasing to
plus working camera, and sound, the speaker and crafting a
his focus is always on the delivery that has the greatest
finished product. Rich excels in emotional impact.
About the Author:
Karen Kelley spent over 25 years working for a major telecommunications company and now enjoys building websites for fun and profit. Her Law of Attraction website is http://www.UniversalLawsToday.com and her forex site is http://www.fxtradingtoday.com
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