Make a low-cost home video studio with smartphones!

Construct a budget teleprompter rig from recycled gear—Canon eos 550 body, Nikon 28 millimeter lens, a $100 teleprompter with a mount—and shoot with your existing lighting and backdrops.

Create a low-cost home video studio using a smartphone and the parrot teleprompter to display scripts between your eyes and the camera.

Unbox the parrot teleprompter and inspect its components, including a bluetooth remote and mounting rings, and learn to pair with the parrot app to control script speed.

Set up a teleprompter for smartphone videos by mounting the phone to the camera, enabling mirror mode, and using the parrot app with Bluetooth remote to synchronize and control scripts.

Watch a step-by-step demo of using a teleprompter with a low-cost smartphone setup, loading scripts from Dropbox, enabling mirror mode with yellow font, and rehearsing for confident delivery.

Use wireless technology and a tablet app to control iPhone cameras for live television production, add prerecorded clips and teleprompter introductions, then broadcast to social platforms on a budget.

Explore how to create a low-cost home video studio using teradek live:air action, control two iPhones from an iPad, and manage bit rate, resolution, exposure, focus, and overlays.

Learn to add and configure multiple video sources for a live stream using smartphones and teradek devices. Switch between camera feeds and a prerecorded clip with on-screen overlays.

Add and customize overlays in your smartphone studio, including text lower thirds, image logos, and full-screen titles; adjust placement, font, and opacity, then crossfade between camera shots and overlays.

Create a live show with preset shots stored in a shot list, featuring a title graphic, name overlay, and brand logo overlays, plus Osmo cam clips for smooth transitions.

Choose and position microphones for video with smartphones, using a radio or dynamic mic, a fat head preamp with phantom power, plus a pop filter and suspension mount for sound.

Learn to design a low-cost home video studio with inexpensive lighting, including a broad overhead source and a three-point setup of key, fill, and hair lights, plus color balance tips.

Set a broad light source for soft lighting and shadows, and place the iPhone between light and tabletop for proper perspective using a stable carbon-fiber tripod.

Demystify the back-end of a low-cost home video studio by organizing power, charging, and signal routing with a USB hub and mic preamp.

Learn to build a low-cost home video studio with smartphones, manage live broadcasts and on-camera testimonials, and edit in Final Cut Pro using affordable audio monitoring and teleprompter setup.

Transform a San Francisco house into a versatile live television set using continuous lights, soft boxes, barn doors, gels, and built-in monitors, all powered by smartphones.