Church Leaders – Here are my top ten tips to make great videos while recording yourself on a phone during this crisis. Spending a little effort with these tips will avoid making bad home recordings while we are social distancing. 1. Framing – Shoot mid thigh up. This allows you... read more
I just wanted to take a few seconds to write a short post about productions from offices. I shot and did grip work for a time in several offices with some Christian media producers I know and respect. Just wanting to drop some technical detail suggestions here as so many... read more
What is more fun than designing cool stage lighting for your church auditorium or sanctuary. It can be fun to fill the room with haze and see the colors and moving lights cut through. It’s one thing to see it with your eyes, but it’s important to ask the... read more
Have you ever stood frozen in front of the paint swatches at the hardware store? No matter how long you spend making up your mind, without fail the color never quite looks as expected once you’ve painted the whole room. Opening a gel swatch book can be equally intimidating, and... read more
If you have ever lit something for a camera, you know that the cameras see things way differently than the way we see them with our eyes. When lighting for IMAG, there are a few simple things that will help you take your video from good to great. At Revolution... read more
Remember learning about dramatic structure in middle school English class? Exposition, rising action, climax, etc? There’s a good chance that this has never crossed your mind twenty minutes before service when you’re frantically pounding away at the lighting console, trying to re-program a dozen cues that just didn’t feel right... read more
If you’re like me, you love gadgets. One of my favorite television shows as a kid in the 80s was “MacGyver”. He could whip up a gadget out of bubblegum and a paperclip. He was The Man. Other TV action shows used guns and weapons of different kinds. MacGyver though,... read more
Many of you, as Church Media Directors, are one-man bands. You are asked to do everything involved with any aspect of media at your church. Many churches can’t afford multiple production staff members. Most churches have one media staff member that does it all. What I find as I travel around... read more