Category: Presidential Prompter
What’s a Presidential Prompter and Why Have They Become So Popular?
Posted by Andrew Parker in Presidential Prompter Tuesday, 13 October 2009 02:55 No Comments
A presidential teleprompter (also known as a speech prompter) is a pair of semi-transparent mirrors mounted on two narrow stands placed at a 45 degree angle. There is a monitor underneath which is reflected off the mirror, but the text is only visible from the speaker-side due to the anti-reflective coating on the backside of if.
As the speaker does not need to look down to consult written notes, he or she appears to have memorized the speech or be speaking spontaneously, without distraction.
Presidential teleprompt
ers are useful both with and without cameras. It’s helpful in situations where the speaker is addressing an audience and does not need to be speaking directly into the camera. The cameraman is able to capture the speaker from all angles, especially angles where the speaker is not facing the mirror.
But more and more frequently presidential prompters are used to simply give confidence to the speaker that he/she will say exactly what he/she wishes without looking down at a their printed notes and loosing eye contact with the audience.
What are Presidential Teleprompters? How are they different from “Down Stage Monitors”?
Posted by Andrew Parker in Presidential Prompter, Teleprompter aka Autocue Monday, 12 October 2009 07:02 No Comments
What is a Presidential Teleprompter?
Presidential Teleprompters prompters look a bit like twin glass music stands positioned on each side of the speaker. Copy is projected from a screen placed below and out o sight of the audience. The speaker can view the copy as it unfolds seen on both panels to his/her right and left. The view of the audience is unobstructed and while the audience may see the glass panels, they cannot see the copy displayed. Unseen is a professional prompter operator whose job it is to synchronize the moving copy with the confortable pace of speaker.
What are down stage monitors or as they are often called floor monitors or confidence monitors?
These are big video monitors or projection screens positioned in the presenter’s line of sight as he/she addresses the audience.
How dos one decide between using presidential prompters, conference monitors and down stage monitors?
If the speaker uses a lectern, he/she would use presidential teleprompters. If he/she wants to roam about the audience use down stage monitors.