Welcome back. In this episode, I'm going to show you how to use a teleprompter. AND...
This teleprompter is amazing. So, I'm going to show it. It's on Amazon, you got to use
this one. I'm going to cover 2 different areas of how to use a teleprompter. We're
going to show you physically how to use it. So, kind of how to set it up, how to get
it going. But then I'm going to talk to you about how to actually talk and read a
script and use a teleprompter yourself. So, that the videos come out great, okay?
Now, I've got a long way to go but I've already come a long way in being better
on camera. In the beginning, I was so nervous and a teleprompter really helped.
Let me set the small one down because my first one was a big box. Okay? It was a
box that had the beamsplitter glass, the camera would go behind it. I
would put my iPad in there, the words would project up onto that glass. The
camera would go right through it so I could look right at the lens, right? And
then I could read a script. But not you know have my eyes off to the side are
looking up above like like I was reading. And it was a really big help. It allowed
me... I mean, it took me a lot of time to write out my scripts. But it really gave
me a good boost of confidence in the beginning. Now, I don't do that. I've kind
of planned out some bullet points. These are the different things that I want to
cover. These are the different things that I want to teach. And I'll just do
one bullet point at a time. And then if I need to pause, look down at my notes, come
back up and then continue talking with the next point. My editing team just
edits those pauses out. So, that's what I do nowadays. Except for occasionally...
Especially like a promo video. Promo videos do better when they're really
scripted out well. And you can take people on this emotional journey. It's an
art and you've got to put a lot of cell psychology into it. And you don't have to
do that. But it is a lot better when it's scripted. Let me introduce you to the
parrot. I've gone through a few different teleprompters. This one is amazing. So, you
see inside there, it's got the this special glass. And this bottom stretches
out. It's on some heavy springs. Let me hold that open with my finger down there.
My phone fits right in there, okay? So, this part comes off. Okay? So now, you see
there's a circular hole there. This fits on to the lens of the camera like this.
So... And I'm not it's not attached yet. But when that gets attached there, I can
look right into the glass. Let me put the back on so you can see we're talking
about here. When I look into the glass, I'm seeing what's being reflected from
my phone below. But my eyes are actually looking the direction right into the
lens of the camera. So, first step is we need an app. We need an app on our phone.
That's a teleprompter app. And I've got several. Okay, so on my screen here, you
see that I've got three different teleprompter apps. The parrot
teleprompter is the one that came with this. With this teleprompter. I don't use
that one. I don't think it's that great. The teleprompt + 3, that one's my
favorite one. I want the text to automatically scroll and I can choose
the font size. I can change the scrolling speed. That's my favorite for that.
The Prompt Smart App, it's got like it an intelligence built into it where it can
listen and hear me talk. And as I read the script, it will then move. And if I
pause, it will just wait for me and then if I read more it'll start to move again.
So, that's the Prompt Smart App. And that's what I'm going to demonstrate here. A
script that I happen to have on my phone right now is a script from Kris Krohn. So,
this isn't my script, this is Kris'. But I'm just going to use it for demonstration
purposes, alright? How you set it up? You get the phone set and there just like
this. And if I hit play, bright greens text starts to appear. I've got to rotate
it, so that... There we go. And I think it is set to the mode where
it hears my voice. If I were to start talking. New Kris Krohn... Maybe that part
isn't really working but it will start to scroll as I read the text, okay? So,
just I can set it to scroll automatically. I can obviously move it
back and forth with my finger if there's something I messed up, I can go back. But
it can, it can move just along so I'm just touching
phone below. But you're noticed that you're seeing the text on the screen
there. Okay and then last thing I need to do is actually attach it to my camera.
Okay. So now, I'm going to demonstrate reading the script and you're going to be
able to tell that I'm reading, okay? I am blown away by how many people are okay
living a mediocre life with no real plan for success. At 21, I failed in college to
do it it took to make my own dreams come true of being a highly paid surgeon. Okay,
remember this is not my script. This is Kris Krohn's. Okay, so you know that's
how I was reading that? I was reading that. Okay. So, I'm going to read it again
but I'm going to use the intentional pause and going to make my my reading
really conversational. I am blown away by how many people are okay living a
mediocre life with no real plan for success. At 21 I failed in college. I was
trying to do what... Let's see, I messed up? So, you can just rewind. At 21, I fell
that cause to do what it took to make my own dreams come true and become a highly
paid surgeon. So, this isn't my script. But hopefully you saw a difference there on
how you can read versus read to sound conversational. And are intentionally put
pauses in there intentionally look away like you're thinking. So, I'm just going to
continue on with this script just to kind of try and demonstrate the right
way even when it's not my words are my script. I came to realize that no one on
this planet was going to pick me up and make my dreams come true. No one was
going to accept me for me. I did the script wrong with him. So, I took matters
into my own hands. 4 years later, I was financially free. So, do you see what I'm
going for there? So actually, it was scrolling automatically and I slowed
down that number a little bit so I could pause and think a little bit more. So, I'm
going to continue on with the script. Keep in mind this these aren't my words,
these are the words of Kris Krohn. I came to realize that no one on this planet
was going to pick me up and make my dreams come true except for me. I took matters
into my own hands and 4 years later, I'm financially free. I graduated college
and I never needed a job. My name is Kris Krohn. i'm a real estate... I don't
think Kris I said that we're tycoon. Depending on how my team edited this
together, hopefully you saw the difference in reading it versus sounding
conversational. And hopefully you also got a sense of it's going to take some
practice. Before you hit record on your camera, turn on the teleprompter and
practice talking to someone. Practice sounding conversational and do it a few
times. Go ahead and hit record and then what you also should have noticed is if
you go through ways and then you mess up like, "Oh, that sounded bad or oh I said
that wrong. Oh that wasn't conversational." Just rewind that part and start it again.
When you have a script, it's so easy. Just do paragraph or sentence by sentence.
Paragraph by paragraph and then all the messy parts are just cleaned up in
editing. So, what you think? I'm curious to know if you're going to use a teleprompter.
Comment below. Share what challenges you have or any other questions you have
that that I missed. Tried to cover everything here but it's a short episode.
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