# Rehearse and pace

> How to rehearse a Facecast script full-screen, choose a pace, and use the teleprompter over the video, beside it or in the pop-out.

Source: https://facecast.geenius.io/docs/rehearsal/

Rehearse before you record. It costs a minute and saves the take.

## Rehearse full-screen

Open a script and choose the full-screen prompt (press `F`). Read it out loud. The controls fade while you read. Change the pace until the words feel like yours: 140 words per minute is a calm start, and 60 to 260 are allowed.

## Choose where the text sits

In the studio the teleprompter can sit **over the video** at the top or bottom, **beside** the video, or in the **pop-out control bar**. Put it as close to the lens as the layout allows, so your eyes stay near it. It is never recorded, whichever you choose.

## A rhythm that works

1. Read it in **full** once to find the clumsy sentences.
2. Switch to **bullets** and say it in your own words.
3. Record in the mode that sounded best.

## Time

Words divided by pace is minutes. If a full text has 700 words and the pace is 140, the take runs about five minutes.