Topic: Church Video

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Video Announcements in Worship Services

Church Video by Conrad Weaver July 22, 2010

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

Church Video by Conrad Weaver April 5, 2010

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

Church Video by Conrad Weaver March 21, 2010

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 [...]

Five More Worship PowerPoint Pet Peeves

Church Video by Conrad Weaver March 4, 2010

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

Church Video by Conrad Weaver February 24, 2010

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 [...]

Conrad’s Thoughts on Video Production

Church Video by Conrad Weaver January 26, 2010

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 [...]