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New Year’s Resolutions: 2010 – Christian Video Magazine – December 2009

This year may have been particularly stressful for you in video production. There have been budget cuts, staff reductions; and the same demands as in years past. Giving is down, the economy feels stuck in neutral or possibly reverse, and I suppose the only good news for those paying the bills is freelancers and vendors [...]
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‘Yule Tide Treasure – Christian Video Magazine – October 2009

The 2010 Holiday Season is almost upon us and the demands are growing higher as SermonSpice.com and other sites provide downloadable sermon content. That means more video producers competing to put out the very best holiday themed content for pastors to download. Can you feel it? That is the pressure of a free market. SermonSpice.com [...]
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The Service Industry – Christian Video Magazine – September 2009

There are countless opinions concerning set etiquette. Some people insist the camera person must call out “Set” once they’re ready to go, followed by the 1st AD’s “Roll Camera”, to which the camera person responds “Camera Speeds”, and finally the Director bellows the all important, “Action!”. Others just hope the camera person knows where the [...]
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Why Short Films Don’t Work in Church – Christian Video Magazine – August 2009

For most of our lives, almost every American has been part of an enormous classical conditioning experiment. We have learned how to view, appreciate, and enjoy watching TV and movies. I’m not talking about the types of programs we watch, but rather the way they are delivered to us. Whether we know it or not, [...]
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Why Production Value is NEVER the Benchmark for Success – Christian Video Magazine – July 2009

There is a way to objectively measure the success of the videos you produce for your church or ministry, and it is NOT production value. This point was driven home for me recently when a friend of mine sent over a video she produced and qualified it as “amateur”. The video is BE STILL by [...]
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Failure: The One F Word You Can’t Live Without

I distinctly remember sitting back stage at my Performance Art final when my stomach turned to lead and sunk to the Earth’s core. At least, that is what it felt like when I realized the intricately designed live switching between performance, remote camera, several audio feeds, and pre-recorded video was not patched correctly.
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