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Reading to a camera without sounding like you are reading: scripts written for the ear, eye lines and speed, short vertical video, and beam splitter rigs.
craft2026/08/27
How to read a teleprompter naturally
Scripted delivery sounds scripted for three nameable reasons - where your eyes point, how fast the roll runs, and reading a word at a time. Each has a fix.
gear2026/08/27
Setting up mirror mode with a beam splitter
How the glass, the camera and the screen sit relative to each other, why the text has to be flipped, and how to tell whether you need a rig at all.
guides2026/08/27
Using a teleprompter for TikTok and Shorts
Vertical video is close, short and unforgiving. What that changes about where the script sits, how big the text is, and how the words have to sound.
craft2026/08/27
Write scripts for the ear, not the page
A listener gets one pass and cannot re-read. Here is what that changes about sentence length, numbers, pronouns, punctuation and the words you pick.