Comments on undistract: 6.15 and 6.22 Reverb

I too was wondering why the blinds weren't closing...

2008-06-26T16:41:00.000-04:00

I too was wondering why the blinds weren't closing so I looked over at where you were Dave. You didn't seemed bothered by it so I figured it was intentional. I was distracted by the light and would prefer the blinds being down. Thanks!

Thanks Dave,With the blinds up, there was less of ...

2008-06-26T12:42:00.000-04:00

Thanks Dave,

With the blinds up, there was less of an intimate atmosphere.

In Christ,
Francis

Another "anonymous" comment that came to my email ...

2008-06-26T10:21:00.000-04:00

Another "anonymous" comment that came to my email box...

For what it's worth, I did notice that the blinds were open, but that may not signify anything since I was primed to notice from my previous week on IMAG.

I think for a video short like the Psalms intros it is not too distracting, but for a longer more significant video I would have them closed.

Hey...I'm a lighting guy...I'm biased...With the b...

2008-06-25T19:54:00.000-04:00

Hey...I'm a lighting guy...I'm biased...With the blinds I have more control over the look, I find it less distracting allowing for the focus to be exclusively on the video. It also looks better if the video has lighter shades / contrast issues where it might be "washed out" buy the additional light. Not a sermon...just a thought.

David W. Hoover

yep... Ben & Bram did a GREAT jobfor the blinds I ...

2008-06-25T11:45:00.000-04:00

yep... Ben & Bram did a GREAT job

for the blinds I knew that they were up on purpose and was somewhat distracted.

I think it depends on
where your sitting - up front center good / sides or bleachers bad

time of day - night good / day bad

weather - overcast good / sunny bad

video contrast - high good / low bad

I agree with ya'll on the blinds. I was wondering...

2008-06-24T23:13:00.000-04:00

I agree with ya'll on the blinds. I was wondering who messed up and left them open, but it didn't seem to wash out the video.

Personally, I was distracted at the beginning beca...

2008-06-24T23:09:00.000-04:00

Personally, I was distracted at the beginning because like britt, I was wondering who forgot their job, but it didn't take away from the experience of the video.

It would be nice to have the blinds down for videos, but for the message its okay to leave them up.

I totally agree with the last comment. first, tho...

2008-06-24T22:59:00.000-04:00

I totally agree with the last comment. first, though I love serving under you, Dave, I do praise God when I go to clc events and not see you there working (even though that is extremey rare). you definitely deserve the help you are getting and I am grateful to God for providing Bram and Ben to your dept.

re: letting the sun shine in... wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. it is nice to have the shades open for worship (the singing part :) ), but it does take away from the video experience. some. fortunately the psalms series vids had super high contrast, so it wasn't so bad. and again I agree, for the worshipper intro it kind of worked...

Praise the Lord for Ben and Bram! That is SO cool ...

2008-06-24T22:43:00.000-04:00

Praise the Lord for Ben and Bram! That is SO cool that you will be able to have your first real sunday service. :) Thank you for the--literally--COUNTLESS hours you have put into undistracting our Sunday congregation!

as to the video/blinds situation, I did notice that they were still up right away, and I kept on looking around to see who was forgetting to do their job. :) However, for "the worshipper" video I kinda felt like it was appropriate to have the blinds open, since the video had such an open, wide fields feel. But, I, personally would prefer to have the blinds down for future videos. For me it was kind of distracting. --and I wasn't even sitting near the light.

Of course, everyone may have different opinions than mine, but you asked for comments so I'm giving them to you. :)

Thanks, Dave!