video jockeys - beyond video technicians
08-11-2007, 06:29 AM
<QUOTE author="DeanZF,Aug 10 2007, 06:35 PM">
As I said before, OHPs were introduced to free us from songbooks, but they ran into their own set of problems. Churches found they needed large numbers of OHP slides, a filing system to keep them in, and an operator who was on the ball. One church I knew need 2 OHPs (with slides and operators) because of its size and architecture. Once you get above a few hundred people, OHPs are often impractical. And before the days of laser printers, the slides often had to be written by hand.
So the introduction of video projectors was a huge improvement. But they are a step up in technology and still have their own set of issues.
I used to dance at a large bible week where they did have a high-tech approach, with giant video screens either side of the platform, and repeater screens further back in places with poor sight lines. The screens were used for image magnification cameras, song words, sermon notes, and also to display messages like "Mrs xxx from yyy, please go to the crèche as your child is having a crisis".
Although I realised that this took a lot of resources to do, in my view it really made the task of holding a meeting with several thousand people a lot smoother.
But yes, let's think carefully about what we do and why we do it. Just because someone else is doing it doesn't make it right for us (eg there was talk of installing extra lighting in my church, but I suggested that it wouldn't be a good use of resources at it would only get used a couple of times a year).
DeanZF,Aug 10 2007, 06:35 PM Wrote:And that brings me to another pet peeve (I have so many!!): why do we have to choose this kind of "cutting edge" where people and churches who don't have it, can't afford it, don't otherwise even WANT the stuff have to have it in order to participate?Whilst I agree with you, technology does have its place and can make life easier.
As I said before, OHPs were introduced to free us from songbooks, but they ran into their own set of problems. Churches found they needed large numbers of OHP slides, a filing system to keep them in, and an operator who was on the ball. One church I knew need 2 OHPs (with slides and operators) because of its size and architecture. Once you get above a few hundred people, OHPs are often impractical. And before the days of laser printers, the slides often had to be written by hand.
So the introduction of video projectors was a huge improvement. But they are a step up in technology and still have their own set of issues.
I used to dance at a large bible week where they did have a high-tech approach, with giant video screens either side of the platform, and repeater screens further back in places with poor sight lines. The screens were used for image magnification cameras, song words, sermon notes, and also to display messages like "Mrs xxx from yyy, please go to the crèche as your child is having a crisis".
Although I realised that this took a lot of resources to do, in my view it really made the task of holding a meeting with several thousand people a lot smoother.
But yes, let's think carefully about what we do and why we do it. Just because someone else is doing it doesn't make it right for us (eg there was talk of installing extra lighting in my church, but I suggested that it wouldn't be a good use of resources at it would only get used a couple of times a year).
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