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We want to start making use of video as a way of capturing and transmitting our sermons. Can anyone point me in the direction of a guidebook, some basic equipment, or anything to help us as we start down that road?

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0 Votes I don't know what your position is on staff, but I would recommend having someone with a lot of time be in charge of this ministry, or a team of people, unless it's part of your job description. Unless you are sending the video out as is with no editing, you can spend several hours tweeking a 30 minute sermon. We post our audio online. Our members aren't very tech savvy so we haven't moved to podcasting. So is there a reason for using video over audio? Power points, visual aids, etc? Or have people requested video rather than audio? Is your pastor a really nice-looking guy? It's time consuming, so I would make sure it's worth the time and energy to meet a real need. by jasonbh... 2 years ago by jasonbhuffman 2 years ago
0 Votes Two places I've enjoyed reading up on this are Churchy Media and ChurchCrunch, I've attached the links below. Link Details: ChurchCrunch 2 years ago Churchy Media 2 years ago by Luke 2 years ago by Luke 2 years ago
0 Votes Here's some ideas: Filming: get close to the person speaking and avoid using zoom if possible. Zoom amplifies any camera shaking. Use a tripod as much as possible. For sound the best is to have a direct feed from the speaker's mic, but a good shotgun mic can work too. Editing: there's tons of different editing suites, I personally use iMovie for short projects and Final Cut for bigger ones. The principles from one are easily transferred to the next, so pick one you like learn as much, but don't get locked into just using that one. It's also important to not let camera movements/edits become distracting. A good rule of thumb is every zoom or pan should be 10 seconds from start to finish, and a fade transition 2-4 seconds. by BtheYou... 2 years ago by BtheYouthGuy 2 years ago

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I don't know what your position is on staff, but I would recommend having someone with a lot of time be in charge of this ministry, or a team of people, unless it's part of your job description. Unless you are sending the video out as is with no editing, you can spend several hours tweeking a 30 minute sermon. We post our audio online. Our members aren't very tech savvy so we haven't moved to podcasting. So is there a reason for using video over audio? Power points, visual aids, etc? Or have people requested video rather than audio? Is your pastor a really nice-looking guy? It's time consuming, so I would make sure it's worth the time and energy to meet a real need.

jasonbh...

2 years ago

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Two places I've enjoyed reading up on this are Churchy Media and ChurchCrunch, I've attached the links below.

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ChurchCrunch

2 years ago

Churchy Media

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Luke

2 years ago

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Here's some ideas:
Filming: get close to the person speaking and avoid using zoom if possible. Zoom amplifies any camera shaking. Use a tripod as much as possible. For sound the best is to have a direct feed from the speaker's mic, but a good shotgun mic can work too.
Editing: there's tons of different editing suites, I personally use iMovie for short projects and Final Cut for bigger ones. The principles from one are easily transferred to the next, so pick one you like learn as much, but don't get locked into just using that one.

It's also important to not let camera movements/edits become distracting. A good rule of thumb is every zoom or pan should be 10 seconds from start to finish, and a fade transition 2-4 seconds.

BtheYou...

2 years ago

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