Just Shoot Me! - Softcover

Delp, Jay; Lusz, Joel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0310238196 ISBN 13: 9780310238195

Publisher: Youth Specialties, 2002

Synopsis

Since you’re not a director or cinematographer, you can’t possibly make your own, way cool videos for your youth ministry . . . can you?Sure you can! Even if you can’t hook up your VCR, a few minutes here and there with Just Shoot Me!--and its bite-sized, easy-to-digest principles--and you’ll be off and running. The co-authors (one a professional videographer, the other a veteran video idea guy, and both in the thick of fast-forward youth ministry) distill their years of technical, street-level experience into such areas as--Gettin’ in Gear. What’s out there? What equipment do you need? If you’re on a budget, what should be your first purchases? If you can’t buy right now, what are your options? There are enough tips and succinct advice here to turn you into the most savvy of video-gear shoppers.Hookin’ Up. How do you get your gizmos, gadgets, and black boxes to talk to each other? Simple diagrams show you how to wire your gear for simple playback, editing, duplication, and much more.Editing. Why every video needs editing, and how you can do it easily . . . what makes videos 'watchable' . . . linear and nonlinear editing methods . . . tons of basic editing techniques. Video Ideas Galore! A plethora of possible projects that’ll enhance virtually every aspect of your ministry, including video ideas for--fun * worship * teaching * promotions * camps, retreats, & trips * parent meetings * inspiration and worship * affirmation and encouragement * illustrations * drama group building * celebrations * discussion starters * honor and recognition * outreach and evangelismWhether you’re an aspiring Stephen Spielberg or a novice who just wants a better understanding of creating video for your students, Just Shoot Me! is your video-in-youth-ministry owner’s manual! (Note to full-time staffers, volunteer youth leaders, camp directors, student leaders, Sunday school teachers: Just Shoot Me! contains all you need to make top-shelf videos for youth groups, churches, and Christian organizations.)

About this title

About the Author

Jay Delp is a video producer, video consultant, speaker, trainer, and owner of his own Pennyslvania-based video production company, Jay Delp Productions. A Youth ministry vet for a dozen-plus years, he's produced all kinds of videography seminars and has been published in Youthworker Journal and Good News Almanac.;Joel Lusz has been in family and youth ministry for nearly two decades and is founder and president of Video Nonsense Ministries in Florida, which provides churches and youth ministers with video and book resources. Joel's publishing credits include articles in Youthworker Journal and Group Magazine as well as contributions to several youth ministry books. He speaks at national youth ministry events and seminars.

From the Back Cover

Since you re not a director or cinematographer, you can t possibly make your own, way cool videos for your youth ministry . . . can you?

Sure you can! Even if you can t hook up your VCR, a few minutes here and there with Just Shoot Me!--and its bite-sized, easy-to-digest principles--and you ll be off and running. The co-authors (one a professional videographer, the other a veteran video idea guy, and both in the thick of fast-forward youth ministry) distill their years of technical, street-level experience into such areas as--

Gettin in Gear. What s out there? What equipment do you need? If you re on a budget, what should be your first purchases? If you can t buy right now, what are your options? There are enough tips and succinct advice here to turn you into the most savvy of video-gear shoppers.

Hookin Up. How do you get your gizmos, gadgets, and black boxes to talk to each other? Simple diagrams show you how to wire your gear for simple playback, editing, duplication, and much more.

Editing. Why every video needs editing, and how you can do it easily . . . what makes videos "watchable" . . . linear and nonlinear editing methods . . . tons of basic editing techniques.

Video Ideas Galore! A plethora of possible projects that ll enhance virtually every aspect of your ministry, including video ideas for--

fun * worship * teaching * promotions * camps, retreats, & trips * parent meetings * inspiration and worship * affirmation and encouragement * illustrations * drama group building * celebrations * discussion starters * honor and recognition * outreach and evangelism

Whether you re an aspiring Stephen Spielberg or a novice who just wants a better understanding of creating video for your students, Just Shoot Me! is your video-in-youth-ministry owner s manual! (Note to full-time staffers, volunteer youth leaders, camp directors, student leaders, Sunday school teachers: Just Shoot Me! contains all you need to make top-shelf videos for youth groups, churches, and Christian organizations.)

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

Just What Do You Mean By "Using Video in Youth Ministry," and Why Do You Want to Use It? The four digital laws First of all, let s make it abundantly clear that we do not believe in the Four Digital Laws. Law 1: Youth workers love teenagers and have wonderful plans for their lives. Law 2: Youth workers are older and separated from teenagers. Therefore they cannot know and communicate with them. Law 3: Video technology is God s only provision for youth workers separation from teenagers. Only through video technology can youth workers know, communicate with, and impact teenagers. Law 4: We must individually buy and use video technology in our youth ministry if we hope to know and communicate with teenagers. We just don t buy this. (Well, except maybe for the fourth law, which we think holds some truth.) It is not true that every youth worker, every youth ministry must use video. Far from it you don t have to use video in your ministry at all. To the contrary, you can be very effective without it. Then again, using video just might move your ministry into a realm of effectiveness you haven t yet experienced with your youth group. A defining moment So what do we mean by "using video in youth ministry," anyway? For most youth workers it means playing back prerecord-ed clips (on rented or purchased videocassettes) of any length or quality (in any youth ministry setting for any purpose). You re reading this because you re obviously looking for an entirely different, more active use of video. So what do you think of this definition? Using video in youth ministry is applying the skills and technology for capturing, preparing, and presenting video images to any or all goals, tasks, or purposes of youth ministry. This will be our working definition in this book. The two worlds of using video in youth Ministry Here s what we see as the two worlds of video use in youth groups: Simply put, this means that every image is either A live image coming directly from a camera, or A prerecorded image played back from a VCR, camcorder, DVD, computer hard drive, or other technologies that will continue to emerge. You may already be applying ideas from both worlds in your ministry. For example, have you ever used a video cam-era, video projector, and screen to project an enlarged, live image of what was simultaneously taking place on the stage or platform? A great idea for concerts, youth rallies and conferences, and worship services of all flavors. On the other hand, any time you pop a videotape into a VCR or even playback video clips from a computer or DVD, you are in playback world (since the images aren t live, but rather prerecorded and played back from some device designed for playback of video images). But wait! There s more! Any video production you show in youth ministry that is, a playback video or anywhere else for that matter, will be either homegrown or prefab. Homegrown videos are productions you make yourself you didn t buy it, rent it, or borrow the program. You shot it with a video camera of some kind, maybe you edited it (more about this in chapter six), and played it for your entire youth-group world to see. Prefab videos these you bought, borrowed, or rented. This is the world most youth workers are well acquainted with. Both worlds are great places. Both have tons to offer to your youth ministry. Yet we believe (because we ve experienced this first-hand) that homegrown videos represent greater potential and possibilities for youth groups greater capability to build bridges to teenagers and their faith development. This entire book is focused on the wonderfully exciting, creatively limitless, and powerfully personal world of homegrown videos. Here s why we re a little biased about the superiority (usually) of homegrown videos over prefab videos: Where can you buy, rent, or borrow Christian video programming that stars the kids in your very own youth group? Which is more personal, homegrown or prefab? If done well, which will your students want to show their friends and family homegrown or prefab? Which will your students be more interested in the latest million-dollar, broadcast-quality program produced by Hollywood, or your rough-around-the-edges, $37.39 "feature" guest starring Ashley (your silent sophomore) or Justin (a Robin Williams wannabe) or Julie (the homecoming queen)? Do the math: YOUTH WORKER +STUDENTS +VIDEO GEAR = MANY MAGNIFICENT MINISTRY MOMENTS Hey, don t misunderstand us. Prefab videos are a tremendous blessing and resource you should take advantage of. There are some killer video tools out there produced by some of the most creative minds in the Christian world videos you can use effectively in nearly all aspects of youth ministry. All we re saying is that we re a couple of vidiots convinced that youth workers can and should be using video in outrageously creative ways with the students God has called them to minister to. Finally, a big premise in this book is involving youths in the process of creating video mainly because the ministry potential in involving your students in creating homegrown videos is unlimited (unlike your budget). The top 10 reasons for using video in youth Ministry You ve got a ministry. You ve got a camcorder. Insert the latter into the former. 10.Video is a powerful audiovisual medium for an audio- visual culture. If we grew up in the 1950s or later, we were nursed on the networks, cradled by cable, tutored with television, and captivated by camcorders. We have been increasingly and more deeply trained to pay attention to what comes into our world through images, instead of by the printed or spoken word. We can deny it, decry it, or despise it, but this A/V reality will only accelerate in the coming years. The idea isn t If you can t beat em, join em, but rather Beat em at their own game, or better yet, Use their medium for God s message and purposes.

Edition details

• Publisher: Youth Specialties
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0310238196
• ISBN 13: 9780310238195
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160