Last Sunday at
Covenant Life:
It was a busy morning.
General CommentsFirst, I want to honor the auditorium sound team for this last week. They arrived at the church at 5:45am on Sunday morning to set up from scratch. The early morning made me most grateful for Saturday evening setup times.
Second, to one team member (who knows who she is): Yes,
I do read the checklists and see who checked off what. And, yes, there was
a lot of tweeting going on Sunday. If any of you want to jump on the twitter production com on Sundays, you can
join twitter and then
follow me.
OK, now on to the more specific details, in reverse order from the usual. (I know, that's risky!)
Sermon MediaThanks, sermon media team, for quickly adapting to the new editing policies. I think they are more logical and should be more effective in the long run. Please don't hesitate to ask if you have questions about what to edit as we go along.
One quick note that will be adjusted on the checklist: We need to make
two Archive Audio DVD+R discs each Sunday. One of them goes in the black case of secondary masters. The other should go into the Sunday Archive Audio DVD+R binder in the cabinets. If you have questions as to where to find that binder, check with Ben or me.
VideoThe video team did a fine job again this week. I have only one big note, and that is
for myself. I need to spend more time familiarizing myself with what the preaching pastor is planning to have on the screen and then communicating the details to the SundayPlus operators clearly. I didn't give it enough time this Sunday, which makes me so grateful for Bethany who joyfully worked extra hard during the singing time to overcome my lack of preparation.
One small note for camera 4 operators: When you are setting up for a ministry mic moment, please make sure to pull out to
a head-and-shoulders shot. A 15-foot-tall head-only shot is quite uncomfortable. Pop in to focus, and then pop back out to head-and-shoulders before you go live.
And one followup for the SundayPlus operators: Yes,
we still do the countdown clock each Sunday. We now have a 15-minute countdown DVD that you can select on Input 3 on the lyric station switcher.
LightingLighting was simple and perfect this week. No notes whatsoever. Huge thanks to Craig, who ran the board, and to Alex, who stayed very late after the Pilgrim production to focus and program.
SoundThanks again to the sound crew for waking up so early to serve the band.
Karen mentioned that there is a problem with the drum headphone output (Aux 3-4 to Stereo 2). I think we tracked this down already, but I can't remember exactly what in the signal chain was failing.
Does anyone remember, so that we can get it fixed as soon as possible?
Brian shared a great idea a couple weeks ago that I failed to include in the Reverb post at the time. He has noticed that the color labels on the handheld wireless mics are much easier for the vocalists to remember than the numerical labels on the WIE units. He actually took the time to put
color labels on the WIE packs to match the vocalists handheld color. I'd highly recommend this to anyone who wants to do it! Note, though, that they need to be removed at the end of the weekend, since the combinations of mic/WIE can change from week to week.
I think that's all I have.
What did you notice this Sunday?