Every now and again, I’m reminded of why I love what I do. Now, keep in mind, I’m blessed to be in a career that God has clearly called me to, doing a job I enjoy in a church I greatly appreciate. So even on a weekend that felt a little “rough” (at least to [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2009’
Flying Without A Net: Running ProPresenter 4 Live
This year, in the midst of putting together the most ambitious theatrical production we’ve ever undertaken, I decided we needed one more challenge. We have been running Keynote as our primary presentation platform for some time now (since long before I arrived) and I love Keynote–but not for this application. I have been planning a [...]
Unwrapping Toy Mountain
I’ve been in a series talking about our Christmas production this year. You can read the first two here and here. Today I want to talk about the most complicated 5 seconds of the show. The script called for the people of U (the village the show was set in) to gather in the town [...]
Coast Hills Christmas Production Pt. 2
As promised, here are some more shots from the Christmas Production. If you missed the earlier ones, you can find them here. One of the things we tried to do was create depth on the stage using basically flat objects. Her “bed” for example, is two pieces of 1/4″ luan with simple brace stands. The [...]
Coast Hills Christmas Production
Coast Hills has a rich tradition of putting together a great Christmas concert. There is typically a theme, top musicians are brought in, and a wonderful concert ensues. This year, we decided to do something different. We felt God was calling us to tell a compelling story that clearly conveyed the Gospel. After much brainstorming, [...]
REALLY! With Mike and Katie
Announcer: [in big, SNL-style voice] And now it’s time for REALLY! With Mike and Katie. Mike is Mike Sessler, a highly opinionated Tech Director; Katie is his not so technical teenage daughter. Together, they point out the ill-designed stuff that drives us all mad. And now, REALLY! Mike: Thank you, thank you… Katie: [giggles] Mike: [...]
Behind the Scenes of Gunch–Audio
Since a few people have asked about it, I’ll give you all a quick behind the scenes look at our original Christmas Production, Gunch: This Christmas, Hope is Reaching for U. It stared off from a desire to do a simpler, less produced production this year for Christmas. But then we got a few creative [...]
#InstallationFail
Today we have some great reader finds. I won’t give credit, largely to protect the guilty, err… innocent. But you know who you are. Actually, these were all found by people who were just as amused and disgusted at the same time as we all are. Thanks guys for sending them in. Keep ‘em coming! [...]
Why Input Sheets?
Phil raised a good question based on my last post about the Input Sheet Template; to wit, Why even do an input sheet? I can think of several reasons, actually. Makes it Easy to Pre-Build Show Files If you have a digital console, it’s quite nice to be able to set up the console ahead [...]
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