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From Sketchbook to DatabaseĪfter deciding to use a teleprompter, I wanted to convert the sketches in my book to visual elements of a script database.

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Once it’s complete and sorted, I export the narration to text, which is then imported into InDesign to create the narration PDF document for the teleprompter. On each page of the database I enter a description of the scene, the shot number, and the narration (detail. I had been working on the storyboard for this video for several months, and the story and scene ideas covered many pages of the book (see Figure 1).įigure 1: The FileMaker database with my storyboard sketches forms the backbone of my script (top). My sketchbook thus becomes the foundation of many of my projects. I use this to draw frames for my storyboards, and then I sketch ideas and stories into the frames.

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In the back of my sketchbook I keep a cardboard template with four windows cut to the proportion of a television screen. Instead, I work to get it right the first time! I find that I can’t go back - ever - to shoot a fill-in scene something will have changed, someone won’t be available, the light will be different - something will prevent success. When one is making a video, attention to detail, continuity, and story are critical. I am careful when making video productions to enforce a moviemaker’s discipline upon myself and my hired crew and helpers. A teleprompter was the solution, but there are no teleprompters in our area, and renting one from Los Angeles or San Francisco – both hundreds of miles away – was impractical and beyond my budget. I figured that I could put the PowerBook display closer to the lens, and thus not appear to be looking down when looking at the camera.īut even with the text on the PowerBook screen, I still looked slightly downward when I wanted to look directly into the lens of the camera. To overcome this problem, I decided to read from the screen of my PowerBook instead. While trying to read cue cards on a stand in front of the camera, my eyes were cast downward, and that looked odd.

I was making a video about panoramic photography, and for the scenes where I speak directly into the camera I looked like a cross-eyed newscaster. It was Thursday evening and I needed a teleprompter.

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