If you can figure out a way to reverse the image on your monitor, or if
you're very good at reading text backwards, you can put the monitor,
pointing upwards, just below your camera. Then contrive a way to mount a
piece of picture glass at a 45 degree angle in front of your camera lens to
reflect the monitor's image where you can see it. When you look at the text
you'll be staring right at the camera. You'll be able to see the text but
the camera lens won't capture it.

This video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeRu4xYH_W0> will probably do a
better job of explaining than I'm doing.

On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 4:52 PM charles meyer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi my esteemed listmates,
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> I haven’t really found a good indie filmmaker’s online forum so I wondered
> if I might please pick your talented brains a bit.
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> I’m video recording a 2+ minute video re: a free writing program I’ve
> created for the public library.
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> I’ve created a “poor man’s teleprompter” by writing the pitch text in MS
> Word and scrolling that text down the page on a laptop either top the right
> or with the laptop below the DSLR camera. I’m the sole subject in the video
> promo but in either case my eyes are looking either down or to the side of
> the laptop screen.
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> It creates either awkward eye movements or downright creepy looks. Teens
> will be watching this video as an invite to write for this writer’s contest
> so it needs to look as if I’m looking straight into the camera talking to
> them as a friend.
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> Each word must be voiced perfectly as there can be no improv of the script.
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> Can you think of any ways I can cheat to create the look of my eyes looking
> straight into the camera while reading the script without a real
> teleprompter?
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> Thank you!
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> Charles.
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> Charles Meyer
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> Charlotte County Public Library
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> Port Charlotte, Fl
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