How do news reporters stare directly at the camera..

[JoeFahey]

?

 

[lokiju]

Read ahead and don't worry about it being verbatim.

I took a TV productions class that was located in a News studio years ago and actually tried doing it and it's pretty difficult to have it not look like you're reading, but the news casters are well practiced and it's just something that comes with time.

 

[George P Burdell]

http://www.rcrowley.com/TelePrompter.jpg

edit: oops, forgot to type the reply out. the anchor does look straight at the camera and read a reflection of the teleprompter. there are only three to four words per line, which is why you never see their eyes moving from left to right when they read.

 

[Queasy]

Ron Burgundy: Go fvck yourself, San Diego.

 

[sswingle]

Put the screen directly below the camera. Simple enough really.

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: ScottSwingleComputers
Put the screen directly below the camera. Simple enough really.

They actually have the teleprompter directly in front of the lens of the camera IIRC.

 

[EPCrew]

Originally posted by: lokiju

Originally posted by: ScottSwingleComputers
Put the screen directly below the camera. Simple enough really.

They actually have the teleprompter directly in front of the lens of the camera IIRC.

good question. the teleprompter monitor lies face up right in front of the camera lens. the reporter reads the teleprompter off a glass mirror which sits directly in front of the camera.

i work in tv.

 

[Amused]

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=..._en%26c2coff%3D1%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN

As you can see here, they even have them on portable cameras so the newshound can read her lines on site as well.

And here we have a full size studio camera with teleprompter:

http://www.specshoward.com/images/facility-teleprompter.jpg

 

[ShOcKwAvE827]

Originally posted by: Amused
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=..._en%26c2coff%3D1%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN

As you can see here, they even have them on portable cameras so the newshound can read her lines on site as well.

And here we have a full size studio camera with teleprompter:

http://www.specshoward.com/images/facility-teleprompter.jpg

do all cameramen look that good?

edit: damn talking about the second link

 

[JoeFahey]

Interesting.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: Amused
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=..._en%26c2coff%3D1%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN

As you can see here, they even have them on portable cameras so the newshound can read her lines on site as well.

And here we have a full size studio camera with teleprompter:

http://www.specshoward.com/images/facility-teleprompter.jpg

damn that portable must weigh 50 pounds.