Thinking about your post the other day about video ideas. This is a great one. As a long time cam op, that is now video directing and has done ProPresenter for a couple services, this will really help people. One thing I would love to implement at church is custom CLEAR ALL bars. They only have one and are always afraid to press it. Making multiple bars shrinks the main one.
1. Know the songs - I listen to the songs we sing at church over and over. TIP: Add labels to slides that will give you info such as long breaks or intros. Not fun to put up a slide too early. 2 & 4. I find people advance the slides way too slow and people can't read the words in time. 6. Blank slides are a biggie. Add a label with the length of the break for even more help. Also good to add a blank slide to the end of every song so you don't have to use the clear bar or go to the next song.
Agreed! There is likely even more stuff I missed and could have said on this topic. Slide Labels are good, There is a level of how much we expect our non paid team memebers to know the songs and be proficient. In this video I was thinking more about what advice can i give to the 65% of people who still can't get out of the "How do we make it better, but we can't practice or listen to the songs." -Nathan R
Great video with some helpful points. I don’t agree with the operator worshipping when operating though. That is something very different to do, the operator gets lost in worship and wonders why the slides aren’t advancing and then remembers that is their job 😂 When tech operators are on duty, they are serving and that is their worship for that time. When I am a camera operator, I watch the service back after, as I haven’t heard the true content when operating.
I think there is a balance, If we loose track of the Worship, then we loose track of the WHY we do this is. Yes people gotta pay attention, but they also need to be into what they are doing. -NathanR
Great tips! Thanks Nathan!
Now you can join the Production Team! -Nathan R
Thinking about your post the other day about video ideas. This is a great one. As a long time cam op, that is now video directing and has done ProPresenter for a couple services, this will really help people.
One thing I would love to implement at church is custom CLEAR ALL bars. They only have one and are always afraid to press it. Making multiple bars shrinks the main one.
Glad the content is helpful to you. Cameras and Directing is my favorite part. -Nathan R
1. Know the songs - I listen to the songs we sing at church over and over.
TIP: Add labels to slides that will give you info such as long breaks or intros. Not fun to put up a slide too early.
2 & 4. I find people advance the slides way too slow and people can't read the words in time.
6. Blank slides are a biggie. Add a label with the length of the break for even more help.
Also good to add a blank slide to the end of every song so you don't have to use the clear bar or go to the next song.
Agreed! There is likely even more stuff I missed and could have said on this topic. Slide Labels are good, There is a level of how much we expect our non paid team memebers to know the songs and be proficient. In this video I was thinking more about what advice can i give to the 65% of people who still can't get out of the "How do we make it better, but we can't practice or listen to the songs." -Nathan R
Great video with some helpful points.
I don’t agree with the operator worshipping when operating though.
That is something very different to do, the operator gets lost in worship and wonders why the slides aren’t advancing and then remembers that is their job 😂
When tech operators are on duty, they are serving and that is their worship for that time.
When I am a camera operator, I watch the service back after, as I haven’t heard the true content when operating.
I think there is a balance, If we loose track of the Worship, then we loose track of the WHY we do this is. Yes people gotta pay attention, but they also need to be into what they are doing. -NathanR