Gimme Sympathy (Behind the Scenes)

Some of you at Crossroads may remember some of our more creative walk in slide presentations from last year when we used staff members to present information on the screens as people arrived for service. One in particular was a continuous shot from in front of my office through our office cubicle area, the town square, past the children's and youth areas, through the auditorium and ending back by my office area. This was accomplished with a camera mounted on a dolly and shot as one continuous scene. We needed a few takes but it turned out pretty good. Jon used AfterEffects to get the text to bounce with the person walking. I put some Satriani on for effect, but we used a playlist of Christian music as people entered before the service began.

Staff Circle Walkins from Steve Browning on Vimeo.

I was reminded of this shoot when I saw this video posted on another tech guy blog. It is amazing in the planning and personnel needed to pull it off! One side you'll see the actual music video. On the other, you'll see how they put it all together. Watch it a couple of times. You'll see all the planing that had to go into it!