PC3 Production Team

We have been emailing or texting everyone who either has ran a Mobile Camera or volunteer as a Stage Manager/Hand to be sure to wear dark (preferably black) pants and pick up/wear their new Long Sleeve Black production team shirt. We are going to make this official now.

If you volunteer on a Sunday morning in the Main Room as either a Mobile Camera Operator or one of our Stage Managers/Hands please be sure to wear pants and your Long Sleeve Production Shirt. The pants do not have to be black, but please not light blue jeans. The long sleeve shirt is just for during the services, so if you would like to during the summer hours to wear another short sleeve short during rehearsal and backstage please feel free to do so.

The reason for this is to be unseen as much as possible while on stage. This helps prevents camera ops from being seen directly in other camera operators shots. For Stage Managers/Hands it keeps you guys in the dark better during stage transitions.

If you have any questions please feel free to email Paschal at mike.paschal [at] portcitychurch.org.

**If you are not a Mobile Camera Operator or Stage Manager/Hand and would like a long sleeve t-shirt please contact Paschal.

Over the last two days the Production Staff has started some spring cleaning together and we were able to knock out one or our equipment storage rooms & stair wells that were housing unused equipment. We have moved all the gear we no longer use on a regular basis to a rented warehouse across the street. We then organized and label the entire room. Below are some photos of the new look.

This room will house Lighting, Video & Audio equipment. During set builds this room will be a workspace for volunteers and staff when making new power runs, video runs, gel acquisition, gel cutting. We hope that you guys will get to enjoy the room soon and be on the look our for the next step to be the backstage area!

"Recording Room"

Fixtures & Cables

Lamps, Gels, Misc

Gel Cabinet

This year we are holding six identical services over the span of two days at PC3 with three different teams. The service time blocks are:

• Saturday: 4pm & 6pm (call time @ 1:00pm)
• Sunday: 9am & 11am (call time @ 7:00am)
• Sunday: 4pm & 6pm (call time @ 2:00pm)

We are trying to staff the Saturday services with as many PC3 staff members as possible and leave the Sunday rotation normal if at all possible. We are still short volunteers during all three blocks. So we have listed below the spots that are open. If you can look over the open positions and then look at your schedule to see if you would be available and willing to fill in a spot.

Saturday:
Stage Manager – 1 needed
CG #2 Lyrics – 1 needed

Sunday AM:
Mobile Camera – 1 needed
CG#1 Video Playback – needed

Sunday PM:
Stage Manager – 1 needed
AD/Shader – 1 needed
CG#1 Video Playback – needed
CG #2 Lyrics – 1 needed
Studio Camera – 1 needed

Easter weekend is going to be an incredible two days this year and we have put together, what we hope to be a very moving service. You can CLICK HERE to view the setlist so far. So now that you have seen the open spots and the setlist for the day, please CLICK HERE if are you would like to take a spot from above.

Thanks everyone!

Beginning in 2010 we will begin holding In-House Advanced Training sessions for most every position on the PC3 Production Team. There will be a total of 3 sessions for each position during each year. An each volunteer will be required to attend 2 out of  the 3 training session to continue volunteering for the team (we will schedule one-on-one’s if you are unavailable).

The reason for the requirement is to keep our team continuing to grow in our skills and find new ways to polish our skills together. The training nights will last no more than two hours max, usually less. We will cover the basics for 30 minutes each session, then followed by 1 to 1 1/2 hours of new topics not discussed in your beginner training days.

We will schedule the Training Sessions through Planning Center Online along with a detail setlist discussing the topics of the night. We cannot wait to get the first session under our belt and to begin growing closer as a team on these special nights!

TIME: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
LOCATION: Main Room (@FOH)
The next Advanced Studio Camera training will be held on March 29th, 2010. We will take it back to the basics for the first half of the night together. The 2nd half we will dive into some advanced techniques such as: Rack Focus, Composition in regards to other Cam Ops, Rule-of-Thirds
(Everyone will be scheduled through Planning Center Online)

TIME: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
LOCATION: Video Control Room (Main Room)
The next Advanced CG training will be held on April 12th. We will have an in depth look into Pro Presenter 4, which we just updated it in our Main Room video control room. You will learn how to edit new Message Templates, cue up Grow Zone #’s & edit lyric slides with the new editor
(Everyone will be scheduled through Planning Center Online)

TIME: 6:00pm – 7:30pm
LOCATION: Video Control Room (Main Room)
The next Advanced Director/AD/Switcher training will be held on April 19th, 2010. We will come together as a team to discuss how to help better the front-line. We will look at previous “game” footage as well as discuss new ways to lead the rest of team.
(Everyone will be scheduled through Planning Center Online)

TIME: 6:00pm – 7:30pm
LOCATION: Main Room (@FOH)
The next Advanced Mobile Camera training will be held on April 26th, 2010. We will take it back to the basics for the first half of the night together. The 2nd half we half we will dive into some advanced techniques such as: Rack Focus, Composition in regards to other Cam Ops, Rule-of-Third
(Everyone will be scheduled through Planning Center Online)