The Making of Hillsong Church News

This is an amazing behind-the-scenes look at the making of Hillsong’s “Church News”.  It’s quite instructional in nature, especially the second part.

I always love seeing how other people and organizations approach the production process.  It can be tempting to think incredible video results are only possible with the expensive equipment and top-notch gear, but I keep hearing again and again that it really is the basics that go a long way towards the goal:

• Good, clear understanding of the story, message or intent is the foundation that money can’t buy, only build on.
• Clean audio, no distortion and minimal or no background noise.  In these clips Nick Khoo even asserts that great audio is even more powerful than (and therefore more important than) good video.
• Know where you need to spend the most time to get the most payoff
• Clear and composed pictures, not under or overexposed
• Patience and good organization throughout the process
• Emphasize clear communication and good relationships with technical team members
• Plan ahead, make the deadline

Those are things we all can do.

As is summed up in the last bit of part 3:

• Creative vision
• Good communication
• Using the resources at your disposal
• Being diligent with those resources
• Working as a team, and valuing capacity and contribution of everyone on the team