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Aaron Marcus, a professional actor with nearly 30 years of experience and over 1,200 booked jobs, demos wireless and hardwired ear prompters and explains how he records and uses them on set.
Aaron Marcus, a professional actor with nearly 30 years of experience and over 1,200 booked jobs, demos wireless and hardwired ear prompters and explains how he records and uses them on set.
Hi, I'm Aaron Marcus, and I've been a full-time actor for nearly 30 years. I've booked over 1,200 jobs, and welcome to my quick tip series. Today I'm going to be talking about something I hadn't thought about, I hadn't used for many years until I had to use it today, and it's called an ear prompter. You might have heard of it, you might not have, so I want to give you a quick tip about ear prompters. So basically, you will see certain people using ear prompters if you are an on-camera narrator and and you don't have access to a teleprompter, you might use an ear prompter. Some newscasters will be using it. Maybe some reporters will be using it. And so here's what an ear prompter is all about. So for the ear prompter that I use or have used and use today, it's a wireless ear prompter. So this goes around my neck. And there— and this will go under my shirt. There is a little plug here that goes into this little micro cassette tape recorder. Now, some people use digital ones. I assume that's what most people use today. I actually like the older version that has a tape. It's easier for me to find my mark on here. And then the other part is— this is pretty cool too— you've got a little earpiece and there's a little battery that you can see. You push this thing down and you shove it in your ear. And basically what happens is you record the entire script right on here. And I'll do another quick, quick tip for you to show you some strategies of how to use it. Today is just an introduction. And then you hit the play button and you hear it in your ear. And you start talking. And you don't see it. People don't hear it. And you can go on for page after page after page and just have this script sitting in your ear the whole time. Now, there are hardwire ear prompters as well where it's— you don't have this wireless thing. Especially for women, if they have longer hair and they can take like a little earbud and just kind of wrap it around and put it in here. And as long as you're, you're, you're Ears turn a little bit to the side, you don't really see it. So anyhow, I wanted to introduce you to the ear prompter, and I will do another quick tip to show you some of the tricks and techniques to make it really look good and sound good. I'm Aaron Marcus. If you are watching this on YouTube, please give it a thumbs up. If you're watching it on facebook.com/howtomodel, Just give it a like. I'd really appreciate that. Feel free to share it with other people. Also, if you have any ideas that you would like for me to talk about in my Quick Tips series, just leave it on the facebook.com/howtomodel page. You can also get great information from my website, howtomodel.com. I've got 3 free videos that will teach you how to put together a great headshot, how to market yourself, find an agent. It's all free. There are lots of, uh, great pieces of information there. And I also offer private online mentoring programs, and you can read about that when you click the mentoring button on the website. I'm Aaron Marcus, looking forward to talking with you again soon.
