For videos that engage an audience, it's extremely important for the host to maintain good eye contact. Trust me, if you guys ever need to have someone drop a few lines or read off a script, a Prompter is a true time saver. Time is money, especially when you're off at a rented location, you can't spend countless takes waiting for your host to nail a script. Not something you'd typically see, but that's all changing now. In the past, the problem was that these units used to run in the thousands and were quite bulky. iPads have helped shaped these things down to a much more manageable tool that we use both in the studio and out in the field.
The Pad Prompter is not only set at a decent price with a true glass beam splitter (good for maintaining sharpness), but is also the only one I know that can break down this small and mount a basic rail setup. The entire unit packs into a laptop sized bag and can be transported with the iPad inside. The Pad Prompter does not include any software, and we're using the ProPrompter. You can find this Pad Prompter - iPad Teleprompter over at the store (click here).
iPad Teleprompter Portable Lightweight Beam Splitter Glass
Rick Gates
Emm, sounds great and the price is right, but I'm an android tablet user and I couldn't find the dimensions. My table it 10.3" by 7.1". Any idea if it'll fit?
No sweat if you don't have time.
Emm
Post author@trey e - Check Express35 also for some good basic rigs.
trey e
What is a good option for Standard Rail System? I currently have none. Will this work? httpss://cheesycam.com/fotga-standard-rail-system-qr/
Emm
Post author@marshall baker - I did notice many of the speakers looking off camera, but maybe because I was really looking for it. Definitely helpful to have some reading lines somewhere to get through a shoot in one take.
marshall baker
A much cheaper option is to simply get the iKlip by ikmultimedia for about $35 and mount it on a mic stand right below the camera.
While not quite as good as looking directly into the lens, I have found that with it mounted right below the camera from a few feet away, people cant tell.
Example from 4 ft away (probably a little too close)
https://vimeo.com/26727813
DigitalCyclops
I used pro prompter for a talking head of a VP yesterday. Worked well!
Bob Gundu
I've been using this for a while now with great success.
Barry Sanders
I've used Pro Prompter recently for one of my company's videos. I used an Ipad 2 to display the information and an Ipod touch to control the teleprompter stream. It worked out very well.
Emm
Post author@Robin - Here's one software we use https://oliviatech.com/proprompter-teleprompter-app
Emm
Post author@cbrafilms - We found that you can still tell when the eyes drift from the camera if you have the screen slightly off.
Emm
Post author@kicap - There's a variety of teleprompter software available. One we use can be controlled from another iPod, iPhone, or another iPad. The camera operator can view and control the teleprompter remotely. https://oliviatech.com/proprompter-teleprompter-app
kicap
What would be the Apps needed to run the iPad while recording? I believe the shooter will not be tapping the iPad to make it move to the next slide/ page right?
cbrafilms
Hi, im using a lilliput hdmi monitor in a flash stand, connected to a notebook using PromptPClite a little free software.
Robin
I've seen this around, but nowhere I've seen how to control this thing? Who controls it and using what?
MAGO
I got mine a few months ago and it's really a great product for the price. True glass beam splitter is a big +