(from comedian Jeff Stilson, producer of 'The Osbournes' and 'Seinfeld')

"Wouldn't it be great if there were teleprompters mounted on womens' foreheads? Then we could read their thoughts, aid comprehension, and maintain reasonable eye contact."

On the TV front we worked on a range of projects this last year including:

*"Media 7"- TVNZ

*"Rocked The Nation"- Satellite Television

*"Beyond The Darklands- 2 series"- Screentime

*"Campbell Live"- various OBs for TV3

*"in Betweens"- Greenstone Pictures

*Homai Te Pakipaki" - MTS

*"2008 Rugby Awards"- Sky TV

...as well as dozens of TVCs, stage and confernece events and corporate videos.

Our location autocue kits are still the only full size, fully battery powered systems available, with head-units light enough to mount on a jimmy-jib or hot head, and adapter plates to quickly and easily mount the majority of camera sizes from mini-DV to 35MM.

All our operators are thoroughly trained, with the experience to help your production go faster and smoother.

Prompt Service is the first prompting service in NZ capable of providing production companies and broadcasters with the smallest and lightest prompter hood unit in the country.

Perfect for handheld and close-quarter(such as in-car) PTCs, the ProPrompter hood unit weighs only 2.5lbs, features a 7 1/2" LCD display, and attaches to any internal focus camera by use of a step down ring directly on your camera lens. No rails, stands or tripod needed. The ProPrompter fits any lens diameter from 100mm down to 52mm via adaptor and step-down rings and we have a wide range available to fit most lenses.

It's fed from one of our existing prompting kits or, if circumstances require, directly from a standalone laptop running Pro-Prompter's proprietary software.

Prompt Service was Castaway from February to May 2007 on the 2nd series of the BBC produced reality TV series that started the genre. As well as acting as camera assistant (and occasionally shooting) Prompt Service operator Grant Findlay prompted the show's host Danny Wallace.
Grant described the experience as a blast, but missed his own bed. Ahhhh... bless.

"Personally, I find that Prompt Service autocue ensures that nothing is left to chance when I give presentations. It gives me the confidence to speak professionally with passion, engage the audience throughout and know I will get it right every time.

No more referring to notes ..., just constant eye contact with the audience which has provided me with great feedback, further reinforcing why I would not leave home without it!

Get Prompt Service technology, get Steve, become truly professional in your presentations."
Gordon Smith, Chief Executive- FMG
Farmers' Mutual Group Insurance AGM- 2005, 2006

If there are words on the prompter and no one reads them, are they really there?

There are a number of TV and video production companies around New Zealand providing their clients with our unique, free presentation training CD before they appear on camera for the first time. Here's some feedback from a couple of those apprehensive "first-timers".

"I want to say how impressed I was with the "From Script To Screen Autocue Guide CD" you sent to me before the... ...interview.

Being a first timer in front of a camera, the advice from the CD was extremely useful and enabled me to understand simple tips and tricks that I would never have considered if I hadn't seen the CD."
Allan Dorne, IT Technical Services Manager, PSIS Ltd

"Having never used an autocue before, I thought I may have come across a little wooden and unnatural. At first I actually requested that we try recording without the autocue, but after I received the Prompt Service CD Rom I had a lot more confidence, as it pretty much ran through the whole scenario as it played out the next day, and gave me a few invaluable tips for making the most of the situation.

With this confidence the whole experience went very smoothly, and with the words and phrases on screen being changed at the touch of a button if they didn't sound right and the autocue following along at my own pace, I think the end result was much better than expected."
John McGuinness, Communications Manager, Flight Centre

Thanks to both of these guys for allowing us to reprint their feedback.

Prompt Service's location prompter cart allows for even faster set-up and relocation time especially on outside locations.

All batteries, extension cables (video and power), and accessories are easily accessible and we no longer have to try and find a table or off-ground, flat surface to set up on. At 70cm wide the cart is designed to fit thru a standard size door and the large pneumatic tyres allow it to easily cover the roughest terrain- a grass and dirt slope on its first outing (and shown here on location with Front Of The Box Productions for "Putahi Taakaro").

Combined with our 12" LCD Hi-Brite on-camera hood unit we now have the ultimate location-ready prompter system. Forget making your presenters look good, we think we look pretty good too!