For those that lead, create, design, film, act, produce, direct, write, spend a day, MAYBE two with this video from these guys and then share it to those on your team!!
This is design gold. This is what every person that is any form of creative leadership needs to see.
Thanks to Joel for digging this baby up and passing it on to me.
Incredible.
Has it really been over a month I posted something. Wow. Is anybody still out there?
Ok, so yes I haven’t been blogging regularly and have been really trying to take the summer easy.
At work however, we have been quite busy working with so many different things. One of these things that gets SUPER busy during the summer is preparing for the new season of the TENBEFORE. (yes I said season). Kim, my new assistant, has made these gorgeous boards that help us make sense of THREE campuses and what happens Ten Minutes before the service starts. The guys have been working hard on updating the brand, making promo’s for upcoming series, writing commercials that lead people to specific ministries, and highlighting some of our worship leaders. After it runs on Sundays it then goes to the web in case people missed it.
We REALLY wanted to take announcements OUT of the service and keep that time to more of a welcome. It is still evolving and changing and by no means perfect. For us though, we want people to lean in and get engaged when it starts.
Click HERE and here for a sample of what we did in the spring.
Below is what is coming up with the information we have. Don’t think for a second it doesn’t change.
Where do you put your announcements?
I love it.
I also love this Blog. WKStudio.
Brilliant
LOVE these.
Love smashing magazine.
We are beginning a new series on June 29th at North Point and it promises to be one that generates a lot of questions. We wanted to get people involved no matter what political view point they had so, we created a website where people can write a letter to the next president no matter WHO it will be. You are not writing to a candidate but to the next president.
Don’t forget to check out the promo. It’s always fun to have Andy involved and we had a great time recreating the White House press room – IN ONE DAY!!!. North American Mission Board is right next door to North Point so we were able to get the flags. We rented the blue drape. Then Matt from the media team sketched out a fun version of the white house but with a little spin. Make sure you see it! Podium is courtesy of Alpharetta Baptist Church.
This series promises to be a good one and we are really excited about it. Stay tuned…
So the peeps over at Wieden & Kennedy Studio (if you have never heard of them, you have most likely seen their campaigns) are in charge of the new Honda campaign “Difficult is worth doing”. Pretty cool documentary on how difficult a day shooting sky divers could be. Talk about needing a perfect day! I watched the documentary and then watched the commercial. Great edits – great energy – the music ties it all together well.
Watch the documentary then watch the commercial. In your opinion, is diffficult worth doing? Yes or no
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This is a little late. See the promo.
This is brilliant!
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CLICK HERE to see it.
Ok, I know its been a while since I posted a video confessional. These take time and right now, time is a luxury.
This TenBefore had more singles events in it then normal. Thanks for being interested in this as always. I am humbled by your comments.
In this edition we had Do.Justice for singles – Promo for Jeff’s series that concludes this Sunday – then a promo for Fusion (a singles gathering and connection event) and then we focused on Middle school. We used Joe Wiggleston and contracted out the final editing and the final export of the Ten Before.
Again, we are still learning as we go but for us, it’s a great way to welcome, engage and let people know what is coming up.
Jeff Henderson (Campus Director at Buckhead Church) is speaking at North Point for two weeks. The media team has been challenged with doing something that in my mind is VERY difficult to do and be taken seriously unless done well – to shoot a period piece – Solomon himself. I really like the idea and we have an incredible actor to do a monologue. Jeff has done a wonderful job of setting us up early to figure things out and hash out some ideas.
This is the evite. (Mike from Media layed it out and we worked again with our friend Brian Manley.
Series starts this Sunday. It is gonna be REALLY good.
or is it?
I have really been digging what these guys are doing.
Very cool promo for their new series.
I came across this book “Uncredited” from a site called you work for them. It’s a HUGE (and heavy) book that is full of MOVIE titles.
Like a TON OF THEM. It is great inspiration for some quick visuals that might inspire you. Clear a bookshelf.
You hear it a lot from us guys and gals that work at North Point, Buckhead, and Browns Bridge (Los, Reid, Amber, Tyler, Shove, Elliott, Josh, Dave, Shae, Shane and others) that it is a blessing and an honor to work with such amazing people under incredible leadership. Good Friday and Easter Sunday were no exception.
All three campuses had a unique aspect to them.
All three campuses presented the same message packaged in a different way.
For North Point – we opened the whole service with the following 3 screen extravaganza:
(Click Here)
(As you watch the movie – the middle video represents our Center Screen HD and the upper right and left screens represent our IMAGE MAG screens. Things pick up at about 1:27. I couldn’t figure out how to get the white out of QuickTime so please ignore the bottom corners)
The whole opener was inspired by Max Lucado’s “No Wonder they Call Him Savior” and Eddie Kirkland had an idea in a creative meeting to focus on the words in a chapter that was dedicated to the Easter story. Mike (our graphic designer) came up with the printed look.
Then Reid (North Point Music guy) walks into my office and says “hey I have been working on something for the opener”.
I was off to the races in creating something that we prayed would begin a journey for the day.
Matt followed by blowing us all away with an incredible Title Package …
… that again Reid cranked out a score for that was based on an original song Eddie Kirkland and Steve Fee wrote.
Ultimately I really feel like the service was a success not because of three or four videos and great worship but because lives were changed at the end of the service when Andy gave the invitation.
What a week and what a Sunday.
Happy Easter.
Hey Guys –
One of the sites I frequent (thanks Brad Sitton) is Bittbox and they have a really cool selection of dingbat fonts.
Click here to see even more options than what is below.
Enjoy!
Early in January I posted a video that adidas did for the olympians in China (and to promote 2008 Beijing.
It was, to say the least, mind blowing. Here is a follow up that takes a different spin on things but still has an amazing movement about it.
This is the second Ten Before for the year and I really think we are off to a great start. We ran this last week as well and before that we had the week off (ice- that didn’t happen) and it was a HUGE blessing to get caught up on so much.
To see the latest version – Click HERE.
Here is the rundown:
WAUMBA LAND – Kelly is doing a great job as always and Sunny Williams is rockin and rollin as the producer of Kelly’s segments. She deserves a medal for keeping up with three campuses schedules. We decided at the beginning of the year that we were not going to wait for promo requests to highlight a certain ministry, especially those that are going on during Sunday morning. In the beginning of January we talked about “Next”, now we are talking about “Waumba Land”. For us it gives the first time person or 5 time attender information about what is available. In the coming months, we will continue this as we go up in age.
GLOBAL X – Since August, I have made it my mission to focus on ONE concept to promote throughout the year for each ministry. We can change the story and execution each time but let’s get a concept and run with it. (concept – story – execution). For missions, our concept was to interview both sides of the benefits of going on a short terms trip. The person that went, and the person from the country who received the help. We would ask them the same 5 questions and cut between them. For this first stab, we ended up showing just the person that went. We got footage from our friends in the Philippines however we couldn’t get it to work in the short time we had. Dave did some great editing and Matt handled graphics. I really want to see if the two person concept will work. We’ll see.
MARRIEDLIFE – I LOVE this concept. I think this campaign is going to grow for MarriedLife. I really want to now if you all get it.
There is always this tension between promoting an event and showing footage from it (which is like taking a picture of Rome and telling everybody how great it is – it’s just not the same) or creating a buzz about the event or even the ministry. So for MarriedLife, we decided to promote the ministry and then tag it at the end with the EVENT info. The concept of the ministry promo being “Every marriage deserves more.”
This is the promo for “Text” we first promoted this last week. Mike bailed me out on this. I told Mike on a Thursday I needed help with the promo and what I envisioned for it. He killed it and read my mind. ESPECIALLY for getting it done on a Friday in 5 hours.
One of the great things about the TenBefore is that we can use Kelly to highlight any ministry and like Waumba land we are really trying to be intentional about Starting Point twice a month. We really think this is a great place for people to take that next step to a relationship with Christ.
Love to know your thoughts…
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Sometimes you just want to quit. Or marvel at what can be done.
Imagination, talent, time, experience, execution. Click Here
(Dave from Media threw this my way).
Any other words you would add?
The production process form La Huella’s Jerome Debeve:
“Camera angles / velocity and focal length were worked out in 3D, so we had all the needed information for the shooting.
Actors were shot from below using a specially constructed structure of several hi-density glass panels. These panels were mounted on a metallic armature 3 meters tall and 10 meters wide, forming a bridge so the motorized travelling rig could move freely and repeat the moves as needed.
A green screen was suspended above the set. The wide shots are all CG, and the close ones a mix between greenscreen elements and CGI.
The team at La Huella spent 6 weeks in total on this production, that won quite a few awards in Spain and outside.”
(special thanks to Justin Cone at motionographer).
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If you have ever wondered who did some of the studio logo’s that most movies start off with – or who made the INCREDIBLE opening titles for iRobot or Mission Impossible, then your answer will be found at The Picture Mill.
This place has a very concrete vision: specializing in movie titles and branding.
Bring your chair and camp out here for a while. Pretty amazing stuff. Love to know what you think.
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For those of you who care, I’ll keep doing these so let me know if these help/assist/spark ideas or make you flat out laugh at me because you know of an easier way to do this.
After the missions message for the first of the year, we started a “quick” two part series called “Just Ask”. Andy talked about how so many times we want people to come to church with us and we hint around it but we never actually ask. It’s like saying “Hey we should do lunch sometime” and you mean it, but you don’t actually set up the time and date.
For this series we went REALLY generic and a little bit more artsy. there could be more subtle meaning into the title package but honestly, there’s not. It’s just a visual piece that I created from a design that Mike lead the charge with. We used Benji Peck out of Nashville and originally he was hired to take some stress off of us during the holidays and this look was going to be used for missions as well with some slight tweaking.(see previous post for details on that little fiasco). Benji just does great work.
Here is the Title Package:
this piece for me was a little bit therapeutic because the flower was a still graphic and I spent about 4 hours just separating it out. Here is the original graphic…
Luckily all the little dandelions were separated out but I had to recreate the the flower in After Effects. I took three of the pedals that were flying (from the still) and then masked each of the little stems that came off of each little pedal (about 8 little lines each) so that they could move independently from each other (using a wiggle expression in After Effects). Then I took the three pedals, duplicated them a couple of times and surrounded the main stem so it looked like the original. I was worried about the wind blowing and trying to make the flying pedals as real as possible. It could have been better and overall I really like the feel. Props to Mike for making the look of this happen.
This week we are using this same title package but taking it a step further.
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Let’s help each other out. What is your favorite resource to find cool fonts?
Two of mine, Dafont.com and Abstractfonts.com. I am sure that most of you have heard of it but it really is a great place to get some quick ideas for something different. Share the love everybody. Also a quick tip. Always have Ten fonts ready to go when you need them that you KNOW will work in a pinch. In church world and most other places, we are always being asked “can you create this quick video for me” or “please don’t spend a lot of time on this”. For just those times we often default to Lucinda Grande in Final Cut (please just dump that font) or Times. Find Ten Fonts that you love and have them in your back pocket.
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Last Week and this week we played the new “WINTERIZED” version of the TenBefore. This had all new elements in it and the Media team has been working really hard to get this version ready for the new year. We shot all the green screen in December, Tripp and Dustin went to Colorado to shoot the “Grouplink” piece, and Matt killed it on the partnership look with Dave producing most of the videos.
CLICK HERE TO SEE THIS TENBEFORE
Here are the details:
New Look and Fireworks:
It was my responsibility to winterize the TenBefore for this go around and I am happy with the way it turned out. So far we have done a summer version of the Ten Before and a Fall version. Winter couldn’t be missed and especially the start of the new year (fireworks). I love the addition of the cannon like firing out of smoke to explode the fireworks and to put the snowflake in place (Instead of the red star). I wanted to make the distinction between having it feel winter and having it feel like a SNOWY day. The countdown clock to me feels wintery and not SNOWY. I am already looking forward to spring. Matt followed suit with the colors and made all of Kelly’s elements the same tone.
Videos
The KidStuf piece was written by Donny from Kidstuf and basically wanted to make awareness for KidStuf for the new year. I love the girl actor. She did amazing and the kids did great too. The premise for this video was that parents could use some help when it come to teaching the bible and to attempt to do it in a KidStuf like manner themselves is really fruitless. Tripp directed and editing this with Matt’s help.
The Grouplink piece was written and directed and edited by Tripp, produced by Dave. Grouplink’s concept for this next year is communicating that life is full of risk and awkward moments but unless you take that first step, you won;t know what your missing. Grouplink is one of the most awkward places you will ever find yourself, in a circle with people you don’t know, being pushed to do life together. The first version of this concept was the middle school dance, and then this time, groups came to us with the idea of the skier kind of fumbling his way through the lift and then taking that first step towards the unknown of skiing. Tripp took the Panasonic HVX 200 with a kickin lens set-up, Dustin to help and then the actor. The actor went for free. All the guys got altitude sickness on their first two days in Colorado the the sky cleared up and had one AMAZING day of sun. They went from a Wednesday Morning until a Sunday night. They were able to shoot TWO of those days. Dave B. got ALL the logistics set-up and the guys didn’t have to worry about a thing. We got tickets for flight $199 each. Room under $79. Free rentals and lift tickets. I really do love this video. We actually made some changes from this one to include some more text throughout and a better/bigger payoff at the end (guy smiling a lot more). Tripp got some AMAZING shots. Dave, Tripp and Dustin, amazing job. Music from Bluefuse.
The strategic partners piece was to make attenders and visitors aware that there are other churches across the country that we call “Partners” that basically believe and run church the same way we do. Matt did this whole piece in After Effects and did a great job. He is really getting the little details down that I nitpick about so much, especially the shadows and reflections.
For the upcoming months Kelly is going to be highlighting specific environments and ministries that are going on in the morning or at church itself. This round we are talking about “Next” where people can take the next step in getting involved and see where they fit.
We then went on to highlight what Andy is talking about and then said goodbye. This whole TenBefore was a huge team effort and everyday I count my blessings that I get to work with a team of such talented individuals who trust each other.
Again, the TenBefore is meant to not just take the announcements out of the service but to start with the hopes of breaking down some walls for those that walk through our doors for the first time. My prayer is that when people see the TenBefore and Kelly’s warmth and some engaging content – they will be ready and open for what’s to come as well as lead them to the next step.
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For the first of the year we focused on Global X (our missions ministry).
A lot of different things happened during the service including incorporating other countries worship services (via taped video) into our worship experience while singing. It was a great Sunday. The print design of this came from missions so we took it into illustrator and cut out all the elements. The globe I used on this was from iStock and let me tell you, its the best looking globe I have seen. Great detail and texture on it. This was somewhat rushed but I think the execution came out well.
I still don’t know designed the original concept (Key Art) but I liked it. Funny story though, we were running in our own direction with a look and then in one of our meetings at the end of December Tomas said “Hey we have a T-shirt that has a pretty cool look on it.” I saw it and was like DUUUUHHHHHH. Then I shrunk in my seat and thought… “always ask the ministry your partnering with if they have a current look they would like to use.” We were running and gunning and didn’t stop to ask “hey maybe missions has something they are already working on”.
I am so glad they told us because it was a great look.
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wow.
Would love to know your thoughts on this one.
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We had a great Sunday before Christmas.
Thought I would throw up the title package I did before Andy went up.
The kerning and spacing is off a touch but I do like the simplicity of it.
Video confessional in a nutshell:
Created it in After Effects –
Took the tree that MIke cut out from iStock. Threw it into the same base design from the whole look of “Be Rich”. Pulled the frame out a little and added a big drop shadow for depth. Put everything in 3-d and added light. Did slow camera pull out. Snow was made in Particular and if you look very carefully, you will see the lights glimmering on the tree. The white lights on the tree was made with Particular preset but made sure nothing moved, then added Starglow. To create the glimmer, Tripp and I brainstormed and used Fractal Noise with high contrast and then used it as a track matte. Worked like a charm. Added text.
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Based off of an earlier series we did this fall called “How to be Rich”, North Point, Browns Bridge, and Buckhead launched a huge initiative this Christmas season called “Be Rich”. We wanted to push our attenders, members, basically anybody that was listening to GIVE. Not to any of the three campuses but to give locally to specific charities and also to some needs around the world. This video that will show Dec. 23rd tells the story and gives the results. The numbers are not pledges. They are real dollars that people gave.
Video Confessional:
Music, music, music. If you are thinking about doing a mission’s piece go get copyrights for Tim Hughes’ song “God of Justice”. It is absolutely perfect and speaks truth to what we want people to hear and do. Tyler from Browns Bridge lead the way with this song and EMI is so easy to get rights from to play it synced with video. (I also recommend Fee’s “Burn for You” ) Audio is 3/4’s of the viewers experience and this song took this video to a whole new level. We were originally going to open with a live children’s choir singing “Some children see Him” and this video playing behind it but it didn’t feel right. We separated the two and used “God of Justice” from our original promo and it worked so much better.
The original look for the Be Rich campaign started with Groups and they were using a guy by the name of Jeff Gribble from Design Industry. We went through a couple of renditions and finally landed on something that everybody was happy with for print. Mike did a great job implementing the design into different quips and even continuing the brand into Christmas where we added the tree.
(back to the video) – Matt (from Media) had a vision for this baby from the beginning and ran with it. He pretty much owned this edit from the start using After Effects and Final Cut. (Heck two years ago I taught Matt After Effects and now he is doing circles around me.) I LOVE the addition of the heart exploding that we grabbed from the original promo. Matt put it in just the right spot. Dave (from Media) scheduled all the shoots (around 15 or so) throughout the 4 weeks so we had footage GALORE to work with. Dave, Matt, Tripp, and our old intern Mark shot at different times throughout the 4 weeks. We also included what Ryan and Josh shot at Browns Bridge and Buckhead. Global X and Groups provided additional content and stats to complete the video.
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This is the last story that we played last week at North Point. It will show at Browns Bridge this week.
This story is VERY personal for me and Tyler because Scott is in our small group. I can’t tell you what an amazing person Scott is. He is one of the most humble men I know and for being so young in his faith he teaches me so much. This story will touch your heart.
As far as details for this video – Mike again took the pictures and did an amazing job with it. Brad Sitton (Blister Studios) who is also in our small group did the motion graphics. Everything else is the same in regards to finalizing and syncing with music as the other three versions. Media guys had their fingerprints over all of the videos and as a team really shined. Overall this has been one of the most rewarding projects to work on and I couldn’t be more humbled by the efforts put into this by Scott, Meghan and Chris, as well as the team of people that owned their parts. We are doing a one week turn on the DVD’s for this series so we can have them available on Sunday. SO many people want to give to family and friends during the Christmas season. Thank you to all who were involved. Click here for Scott’s story. If you want to listen to Andy’s messages online click here.
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We shot on Tuesday (Dec. 17th Kelly’s segments for the first two weeks of January for TenBefore. We always take off December and the summer time to catch up on things and allow our team AND the audience a little break. I took a few shots of Kelly (she gave me a little wave) as well as Dave (media team) and Sunny (she produces Kelly’s segments and just overall ROCKS!). Sunny has one of the toughest jobs keeping all of Kelly’s content in sync for which campus she is talking too. This year Kelly will be talking a lot more to people who are attending the first time and pointing them to the different environments on campus that they might not know is available. We are also trying to figure out a winter theme.
We shoot in the KidStuf Theater and Dave is the master now of getting a GREAT setup for a great looking TenBefore. If his part doesn’t happen well, then it effects EVERYTHING down the line. If you want a great key, start with a good set and great lighting. He also captures the footage and edits the segments together then passes it to me and I key all the green out and give it to Matt who does his magic and throws it to the Final Cut timeline for the final version. This last fall we decided to go with more templated pieces for easier compositing (Kelly’s Name – Maps – Intro – etc..) It’s not as organic from week to week but it does speed things up a bunch. If you want to see one of the earlier ones from November click here.
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Saturday we went to the mall to get the kid’s pictures with Santa Clause. Walked by the apple store and saw this beauty.
You gotta love Apple. (Santa Picture’s went great – thanks for asking).
Oh my word this series has been more powerful than we could have ever imagined.
Andy has done an amazing job walking those who are “thinking” about taking that next step towards a relationship with Christ and pushing them to KNOW God before they UNDERSTAND God.
This particular title package is the story of Meghan Coffee. I don’t want to ruin anything but this girl has got a story. I loved meeting her and was so impressed by her attitude and flexibility with what we were asking her to do.
Here is a little bit of the VIDEO Confessional:
Jon Acuff again took and edited all three stories and continued the theme for “It’s Personal”. Meghan turned in her story and it was amazing. Her writing style was so unique and I thought Jon did a great job of keeping her authenticity.
We brought Meghan in to do her voice over the same day we did the photo shoot at the graveyard. Before she left we had her write her WHOLE story down on white paper with the paper turned landscape to better represent the 16×9 screen it was going to play on. Everything you see on this video is her handwriting and her voice.
Meghan’s story got pushed up a week because of the timing of both – when we wanted to play a Sarah Groves song and her availability to play it. That put us in a little bit of a bind. Mike (from Media) took this one and OWNED it. Mike shot all the pictures at the graveyard and Dave B. (from Media) shot live footage for backup. Mike then continued to do all the motion graphics.
Mike surprised all of us when he took all the photo’s – put them in iPhoto and printed out a contact sheet. He then cut all the pictures up and made a storyboard before he ever got into After Effects. We were able to go over all the pictures together, move things around, dialogue and then make final decisions. (Storyboards are great on white paper after you draw them, but to put them on a nice black canvas, cut the images/sketches out and move things around, it allows for a whole lot of decision making to happen before you even start shooting or editing. I am sure most everybody does this, but I think churches (not all) tend to skip over a lot of this process for multiple reasons and it usually has to do with time. Funny thing is, in our experience, time is saved when this process is applied.)
One of the best decisions we made was to actually add color to a couple of the pictures. It was just the right touch that separated this piece from the first, while still keeping the overall look. You’ll see why we did it.
I thought originally we were going to use a different song for this piece than Chris’s but the music is so good we decided to keep it for all three stories (Lead me to the Cross – Hillsong). Again, we played this song live one Sunday morning and Dustin (from media)remixed it and took the lead vocals out.
I am sure I forgot something so please feel free to ask any questions. Media guys, if I forgot something, feel free to comment.
Here is the final that we showed. CLICK HERE
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Here is the 1st story of three that showed last week at North Point and will show this week at Browns Bridge and Buckhead. There were more details in this than you might think and the whole team did incredible. Chris was great and it was a powerful story. Andy killed it. If you want to see the message then go to northpoint.org.
I also wanted to pass on what Chris shared with me on this past Monday after his story played at North Point…
Chris wrote:
“On Monday morning I arrived at work and this guy I didn’t know walks up to my cube and says, “My wife and I went to North Point on Sunday. She was raised Southern Baptist, I was not. She is a Christian, I am not. Your story is our story, but we are still in the middle of it.”
I cannot begin to describe the conversation we had over lunch. Our Father was all over it. We were talking about believing in Jesus and the guy kept saying, “I want to ‘get there’, but I just don’t know how.” I told him I don’t know how /he/ is going to get there, either! Not having all the answers is kinda freeing, actually. We discussed grievances we both have with how this whole deal works. The conversation kept coming back around to taking a step in God’s direction even with a clenched fist full of doubt.”
Please pray for Chris and the opportunities that lie in front of him, especially his co-workers.
I hope to post Part 2 of “It’s Personal” soon. The title package is an incredible story of Chris Ames and his journey towards believing that God exists.
I do, however, want to say COME THIS SUNDAY to North Point and hear Meghan’s story. It’s a powerful phrase… “My story of life, starts with death.” Meghan narrates the video of images about her journey through her mother’s death at 13. The pictures are incredible and at the end… Meghan herself will sing an incredible song by Sarah Groves. This series has been amazing and it’s still got two parts left.
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OK, so here is the scoop on how “It’s Personal” came about…
These videos are unique in a couple of ways. First, everything is photographs. In the early creative meetings we wanted to tell three stories of different individual’s lives and the barrier’s that kept them from a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Let me tell ya, these stories are powerful. We fell in love with a couple of black and white photo’s from JPEG magazine and as we worked through some design comps, decided to add blue splash to it. The bulletin looks great (See previous post) and overall the series is coming together well. One additional unique flavor about this series is that we are incorporating ALL SCREENS for the title package. Meaning, the videos will be showing on the 16×9 image mag as well as the High Def screen in the middle. The trick here (and we are still learning) is to not have the person in the audience try to figure out which one to look at but to instead, have a visual experience.
Here are the steps that we took to create the series so far…
– Creative meetings about look and feel and settled on B&W look with heavy text texture.
– Mike (graphic design) worked with Regime Design and we settled on heavy black look for bulletin with splash of blue throughout. Mike also took the photo’s for Scott’s story and Meghan’s story. He’s a stud. Dave B. shot video for backup (also a stud) and am really thinking about the possibility of using his shots for the DVD menu to change things up a bit.
– Decided on the three stories to tell. People agreed. Asked them to write their stories
– Asked Jon Acuff to edit stories and asked him to create a theme of the three stories that worked with our title. He edited them great and came up with these three statements –
“My story about my Heart starts with my Head” – Chris’s story
“My story about life starts with Death” – Meghan’s story.
“My story about being a son starts with being a dad” Scott’s Story
– we needed to decide on locations for these three shoots and use the locations as a center theme throughout based on their stories.
– Set-up photo shoots for all three people. Scott was first, then Chris, then Meghan. (This was over three weeks time). Just finished Meghan’s on friday.
– Set-up voice overs for these very REAL people to read their edited stories.
– For the initial soundtrack I choose a “Human Emotion” piece from Bluefuse music. For the stories we recorded the music from one of our worship services, remixed it and took out the vocals. (“Lead me to the Cross” was the song).
– I designed the series Promo and the title package for both screens in After Effects and it really started the series off great.
I will continue with more information on each part later… but this leads us to Part 1.
Love to hear your thoughts or any questions.
Last week we started a new series called “It’s Personal” and this week the title package is a four minute, unique story told from the perspective of Chris Ames (see below), a guy who became an atheist after believing God didn’t exist. This whole series is about the barriers people believe are in their way and choose to not take that next step. Andy is going to invite people to take that step of faith and invite Christ into their lives. Through the 4 part series we will be telling 3 stories of individuals who wrestled with God.
Hope to see ya there.
Brad
Chris Ames. Story #1.
Very cool stop-motion. The color at the end ends it perfectly.
I think this is the fourth season of Project Runway (I started watching last year with my wife) and I ran across the shows new opening. It stays consistent with what they have done before with using green/blue screen compositing for the whole intro. I think last years was better but it is always nice to see different examples.
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Sprint has gone overboard with this little gem of a site. I found the link on http://www.nfl.com and was quite surprised.
This is such a great concept!! Not only great programming – but just flat-out well thought through. Love the players – the scoreboard, and the futuristic approach.
Make sure you see the halftime show.
How many points can you get in a game?
Can you beat my score.
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