Church Production Magazine: It used to be that if a church needed an original video for weekend worship or a building campaign, the project usually ended up on the tech director’s plate. Or it may have landed on the worship pastor’s desk. Or it might have fallen to the secretary who managed the church’s DSLR. The video often took more time than it was worth, and the end results were less than inspiring.
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Oh, the challenges and changes that have to happen when switching to a filmed perspective vers that of a live production. So many things can be forgiven and dismissed in the live process that cant in the filmed staged process. The expectations of the keep doing it till its right and post editing ability eliminate all of the excuses that are traditionally employed. The change in these expectations requires a vastly greater time commitment, as the article said "eventually one’s filmmaking will hit a creative ceiling when only a small number of hours each week can be afforded to projects. Making powerful, effective media requires serious time, effort and emotional output. Eventually, there will be that one passion project that begs the question of whether the live side or the filmmaking side of the house is really capturing your heart and mind." Here is the more significant issue, as most churches are working on a limited schedule and this extra time commitment causes problems. Mostly becoming overextending one's resources of time an budget.
This article make a very interesting point about finding where your passion lies and how to pursue it. Now that it is easier for many people to create nice looking movies on their own computers, people may decide that the aspect of entertainment that interests them the most are filmed aspects. I like how the article gives indicators that can signal where your passion is and gives the advice to talk it over with your family before making a career switch. In addition, I liked that the article gave ideas on how to create a portfolio. Often times people are discouraged by tasks because they do not know how to start. Giving people advice on a way in can encourage them to start. Overall this article is a nice simple way to encourage people to take the step from church live events into church filmmaking. After they finish the church films, they can see if there are other aspects of filmmaking that interest them.
“Making powerful, effective media requires serious time, effort and emotional output. Eventually there will be that one passion project that begs the question of whether the live side or the filmmaking side of the house is really capturing your heart and mind.” I think that this quote emphasizes the path that people go through when finding their true passions- whether it be in media or beyond. I think it is so interesting that live production specialists are having to go through the creative process of developing and making media, because while the two fall under the element of video and media design, they also are incredibly different; on the same note, I think it is also fantastic if it is leading people to find their true calling. On the idea of all this occurring within a church environment, I am intrigued by the extensive spectacle that is being added into the services, but if it is what they feel they need to create a meaningful experience for church goers then so be it.
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