The First Baptist TV/Video
ministry shares the gospel with hundreds of thousands of people
throughout the Coastal Bend each week with the airing of our
morning worship service. In addition, many are served with
specific worship services and training through our video and
tape duplication services.
Directing is a challenging position
that takes training in understanding
what works best for television and
what should be avoided.
The heart of the production is the control room
for the television ministry.
A switcher is used
to tie the three television cameras' shots together into a
seamless production capturing the visual aspects of the church
service.
At this station,
words are placed on the screen of the telecast for the audience.
At any service, the audio board operator might
have to handle the inputs of several musical instruments and a
quintet of vocalists at a given time in addition to a choir.
Three
cameras are used to record the 11 a.m. church service. An edited
version of the service is aired a week late on KZTV and then
twice during the week on the two local cable companies with
public access channels.
Audio is perhaps the first thing that introduces
the church congregation to the responsibilities of the
Communications Committee.