What do I mean by a Tribe for Christian Video?
A tribe is a group of people with a shared interest and a way to communicate. In this case I am referring to the group of people that work full-time or as volunteers at a church. A group of people that provide a service or help in the area of video; camera work, directing, editing, vfx, motion graphics, etc. Is there a leader for this tribe, I don’t think so. There are definitely lots of leaders of smaller localized groups. There is definitely a way and a means to communicate but it is not very effective – or it is just not happening.
Why is a Tribe needed?
Most churches cannot afford the expertise and equipment; a lot cannot afford the volunteers. Yet the videos and motion graphics produced, maybe even films, needs to reflect the worship we have for Christ our Lord as well as be excellent enough that someone can say, “Wow, I want to come back” – as apposed to: “oh man that was terrible, not I want to expose myself to this again”.
So the little guys – at the little churches – who somehow find time in between time to do this on top of maintaining a family and work life – need to be apart of a bigger tribe that has members that are maybe professionals in the video world or maybe work full time with video at a church.
This so that we can learn from each other, help each other, encourage each other.
I am a little guy, I would love to be a part of a tribe like this.
Too many times do I feel that I am on the sidelines shouting to the big guys, “please let me, open the door”
There are many like me.
I don’t really mean for you to open the door to let me in to your group, I really mean lets form our own, lets band together an help each other out – a group of people; a TRIBE, made up of people, some that film after school with a Hi-8 cam and some that use a 35mm film camera on a multimillion dollar budget, some that sit after hours editing on their G4 iMac and some that are editing with a Mac Pro setup that fills the room.
To what outcome?
To empower the little guys – yes. But even the little guy has a lesson to give and a service to provide that can be useful to all.
The dissemination of expertise and information.
Encouragement by means of stories etc
To the benefit of all in the Tribe
How?
Communication is key. There are so many tool out there; Facebook, Twitter to name but a few. I don’t think that forming a Facebook group is the be all and end all of it. Success of communication will be in the activity of members talking to each other though what ever means; by engaging in each others blogs is an example or even taking part in discussions at what ever social media mechanism.
How do you think we can band together and communicate effectively?
Good idea. We as the church need some more tribes for all of us to rally behind. I’m more on the audio/music side than video, but this is a great idea.
Cool, thanks.
Something I saw today that was interesting – twibes; I had joined it recently – wordpress and the rebelfilmaker twibes.
What stood out for me was the type of members in the rebel filmakers twibe – very cool individuals. But it’s just a group of people whose tweets are grouped together; no real interaction but definitely a platform to start interaction.
Great post Phillip!
It’s so nice to see that I’m not the only one out there with these thought’s & aspirations. I’m a video producer, moonlighting actor, and a Jesus follower. I’ve read & listened to Seth’s “Tribes”. I’ve had the blessing of getting well connected in the last few years and I have a dream & vision of a tribe such as this and I also don’t believe it’s a coincidence that I stumbled across your blog post on twitter.
We should talk.
Regards
Quentin
thanks man,
I am currently reading Tribes at the moment and going through the Tribes Blogging Project over at ChurchCruch, see here. My turn on Tuesday
Glad that I connected with you.
Phill
Saw your website Quentin – I love your BackScratch offer, very cool.
awesome dude! I’m actually in the beginning stages of putting together a volunteer based video production team. I’ll post about that process in the near future! I’ll be a part of your tribe!
coool.
This is how we begin
My church is just starting to look into using youtube for marketing, so thanks for the tips. I’ll definately be passing this info on!
nice, will be great to chat to them
Hey, I just stumbled upon this post, from churchcrunch I believe. I am 100% on board with this. I recently started a blog at http://churchtechgeek.com In my first post I talk about how I would love to be able to help facilitate Smaller churches, or those without many resources make better use of technology. I see you’ve already got a few other people onboard here. Maybe a discussion is in order to come up with some ideas to join efforts? maybe we can make this a reality. I’m very excited to have stumbled here today.
I tried leaving a comment yesterday, but I don’t see it. maybe I messed up. Anyway, I stumbled on your post, and I’m glad I did. I recently started a Blog on this very same topic. I’m a member of a smaller church and am constantly frustrated with the lack of resources. I’m up for anything here. This sounds like a great idea and I would love to help out in any way possible. Keep up the good work, and don’t hesitate to contact me if I can be of some help.
coool, tks.
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I will definitely be checking out your blog
Phill
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Nice work! great blog