Live Production Needs for your House of Worship: Making the Most of Your Message In a Hybrid World

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Importance of Live Production in Houses of Worship​

• Video solutions to help you deliver an inspiring message, for less​
• From creating personal connections with congregants to reaching into the neighborhood and beyond, video is increasingly important to fulfilling your spiritual mission​
• Vizrt’s multi-camera live video production solutions put your message in the spotlight and allow you to reach more worshipers —without letting technology get in the way

Widen your borders​

• Live stream services to remote members or bring in video calls from guests around the world​
• Enabling participation from individuals unable to attend in person​
• Reaching new people who wouldn’t normally find your services​
• People can watch archives later if they can't make the normal time​

Increase service participation​

• Mix cameras and video with interactive content like lyrics and inspiring passages​
• Encourages community engagement through interactive elements​
• Live chat features, and social media sharing, encouraging active participation among members​

Reach the next generation​

• One-button social media sharing engages your tech-savvy followers and allows volunteer producers to take more ownership of outreach​
• Enhance communication clarity during worship services​
• Ensures that messages and presentations are effectively conveyed​

Grow fundraising avenues​

• Capturing whole seasons of services provides rich archives​
• Opening new opportunities to create themed programs or highlights for compilations and donor gifts​

Equipment​

• Cameras​
• Switcher​
• Encoder​
• Audio​
• Lighting​
• Other Software​

Cameras​

• Important to have high-quality video to maintain viewership​
• Options like PTZ Cameras, Box Cameras, ePTZ Cameras, Camcorders​
• Seamless connection with live production systems​
• Strategic placement of cameras for coverage of service​

Switchers​

• Switchers allow for seamless transitions between camera feeds or other media sources​
• Switchers can handle multiple input sources of multiple types like cameras, presentation slides, and other multimedia sources​
• Options of hardware or software switchers​

Encoders​

• An encoder sends the live stream signal to a destination​
• Choose an encoder that can seamlessly integrate with your streaming destination of choice (YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc)​
• Option of hardware and software encoders​
• Many devices are BOTH switchers AND encoders​

Audio​

• Important to have clear and understandable audio​
• Strategic microphone placement for speakers, singers, etc​
• Sound mixing for achieving balanced audio​

Lighting​

• Important to have your subject able to be seen​
• Try to elevate the natural lighting in the space​
• Avoid harsh shadows when possible​
• New LED light panels have come down in cost, taking up less space and don’t get hot.​

Other Software​

• Software can be used for graphics like lower thirds​
• You can use software like Pro Presentor or PowerPoint for presentations​

Workflows