![]() ![]() If you need to emphasize a word consult your reader and use CAPS or **asterisks** Prompter fonts are by their nature large and bright, so your reader will not easily see a difference when text is in Bold. ![]() Italics and Bold: Don’t be this guy! Italics make prompters harder to read and throw off rhythm.Line Spacing: No more than one line between paragraphs to avoid too-long or unnatural pauses between thoughts.For example - 1,234 should be written “one thousand, two hundred, thirty-four while twenty-eight can be “28.” The exception? 11 - way too often people will read it as Roman numerals 2 (just ask any reporter who dealt with North Korea and Kim Jong Il - or Kim Jong the Second as at least a few people blew!) Numbers: Ask reader’s preference but a good rule of thumb is to spell out any number bigger than two digits.The Prompter uses its own font so no Comic Sans! Font Size: This can be adjusted by the Teleprompter operator to suit the reader’s eyesight and preference.The Prompter works either way, so it is a personal preference. Cap Lock?: Check with your reader before formatting whether they prefer all Caps or sentence-case.Remember also that a prompter has much smaller screen than your monitor so indentations can throw off your reader. Bullets and Indents: If you must have bullets, a simple asterisk (*) with a space after it is adequate.Best bet is to remove all formatting and save your script as a. Text Files: Prompters do not play nice with bullets, indents, foreign characters, or MS Word special formatting such as superscript.Avoid convoluted sentences and things like semicolons, which work on paper but not in a script. Paragraphs: Should be brief and no more than two sentences.Did you have to catch your breath? Did you stumble on a phrase? Are there tongue-twisters? Does it sound like “real” speech? Take notes and edit to make your points as simple, readable and natural as possible. Read Out Loud: Take time to read through your script out loud.Here are a few top tips I've learned, and hopefully can save you time and tears on your next project: ![]() As video becomes increasingly central to our jobs as communicators, script writing and reading from teleprompter has migrated out of the newsroom and in to the boardroom.Īt CNN, writing for the prompter is an art form, and it took me weeks to learn all the special cues and formatting that make a program look effortless and natural!īut what if instead of writing for an anchor who reads off prompter for hours everyday, you are doing a script for a CEO or exec who only does it a few times a year? ![]()
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