Worship Video Production
Church Video: Visions, Visuals, and Video – Part Two
Church Video: Visions, Visuals, and Video – Part Two Last time we began a discussion on the use of visuals in our worship services. We looked at several examples we find in Scripture where God used visuals to catch the attention of people he wanted to communicate to. Today, I’ll start us on a path…
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Leading Worship in Spirit and Truth: Be a Utility Player
As you may or may not know, I damaged a ligament in my right wrist which required surgery. I have been in a cast for the past five weeks, and therefore, unable to play guitar, so I decided that I would bench myself from leading worship while my wrist healed. My guitar student Evan has…
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Church Video: Visions, Visuals, and Video – Part One
Church Video: Visions, Visuals, and Video – Part One “When there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, reveal myself to them in visions, I speak to them in dreams.” Numbers 12:6 (NIV) All throughout the Bible we see God using visions and visuals, and sometimes dreams to present his message to people. Genesis…
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Church Video: Five Ideas for Staying Creative
What do you do to stimulate your creativity as a video director or producer in your worship video projects? If you’re like me, there’s often not enough time in the day to get the regular work completed on time let alone take time to stimulate our creativity. As a result, the work we produce can…
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Video Announcements in Worship Services
A couple of months ago I had the privilege of visiting a large church in Phoenix, AZ. Their use of video was quite extensive, including a very large video background screen at center stage. During the service they had several video roll-ins (produced very professionally, I might add) including a video announcement segment. This prompted…
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Worship Video Volunteer Training for IMAG
Developing a systematic training plan for your volunteer worship video production team is important if you want to keep your IMAG video production looking consistent and professional from week to week. If you’re like most churches, you don’t have the resources to have a full time worship video team and likely depend heavily on volunteers…
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Video Production Tools in My Bag
Shooting video on location always requires tons of planning ahead: scheduling talent, scouting locations, audio and lighting design. Every shoot has its own unique challenges and equipment requirements. But whether it’s a creative piece, or a simple interview there are video production tools that you should always have ready and available at every project location. Here’s…
Read More ⇨Five More Worship PowerPoint Pet Peeves
Say that five times. Last week we covered five worship PowerPoint pet peeves I have when churches and organizations don’t use PowerPoint well. As believers we should set the example for excellence in all that we do, particularly something as visible as our media presentations during our worship services. Having said that, here are my…
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5 Worship PowerPoint Pet Peeves
PowerPoint – that ubiquitous program we’ve all learned to love or hate – can make or break the worship experience for your audience. Quite frankly, there are few organizations – churches included – that really know how to use PowerPoint well. [NOTE: I’m referring to “PowerPoint,” however, I prefer using Keynote (yes, I’m a Mac…
Read More ⇨Conrad’s Thoughts on Video Production
Here it is, my first official blog post for Worship Ministry. I’m excited to begin this new journey with you, that is, assuming you’ll join me. I’ll work hard to keep these posts interesting, sometimes funny (my kids just roll their eyes), informative, and useful. What good is a blog post if it’s not useful…
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