Church Job Shadowing

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The location where my job shadow took place was at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. The position I examined was the Video/Broadcast person, who also happens to be my dad. The Video/Broadcast person is responsible for filming church service each Sunday and is also in charge of streaming the church services live to Facebook. The video/ Broadcast person begins setting up all of equipment that they will be using. The setup process consists of setting up power supply, 2 cameras, and any necessary cords/wires that will be needed during the filming process. Set up of the equipment begins at 10:30 a.m, 30 minutes before church service begins. Once church service begins, the filming and the live stream to Facebook begins. There are two cameras used during church service: The first …show more content…

These pictures are used for the church’s social media pages and any special presentations/ slideshows the church puts together. The second camera used during the service is a Mevo camera.The Mevo camera is used to stream the church service live to Facebook. The Mevo camera is controlled by an iPhone. The iPhone can control the different focus points on the camera. There are also two projector screens at the front of the church that can project what the live camera sees. These two screens usually project the date, and is usually controlled by a second computer. However, on the second day of job shadowing, the Video/ Broadcasting person managed to project the live stream onto the projecting screens. The church services usually last 3 hours long. After church service is over, break down of the equipment takes place and the footage is taken home to review the photos taken during service. This is also a time where the footage recorded is broken down into segments containing the sermons and the songs sang during service.Once the footage is separated according to what it is, it is time for them to be posted to Facebook, YouTube, Google Plus, and

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