I was thinking and praying about the whole comments issue (see my previous post) and was gently reminded by the Holy Spirit that I’m not doing this whole videos for churches thing for Gary (or the commenting public in general), I’m doing it for God. And as long as I can keep that perspective then the things that people have to say about our videos don’t hurt so bad. Of course, I also have to remember to lean on and trust God in everything so that I don’t go from being hurt by the comments to worrying about how they’re going to effect our sales and thus our ability to keep the lights on, not just at eleven72 World Headquarters but at our homes as well. So, today at least, say what you will, I’m serving and trusting God :).

Kyte TV is a new platform (in beta) that allows anyone to have in essence a TV channel that can be embedded anywhere and can carry anything and everything from live broadcasts, to audio files, to slide shows to high end produced videos. You create a channel on Kyte and that channel can go anywhere and when you update it with new content, it updates everywhere simultaneously. It’s very very cool.I talked a little about Come and See TV when I posted a video a few days ago for a band called Rumor of Glory. Intrigued by the Kyte TV platform, I signed up and posted the Rumor of Glory video on a new channel I created called Come and See TV. Now, I’m going to embed that channel here on the blog. Say you became a fan of Come and See TV, but don’t want to go to Kyte or to our site or to our Facebook page or whatever but you still want to be able to see Come and See TV. You can take the embed code and Come and See TV can live wherever you want it to. And whenever we update it, it will update on your site. That’s what they say anyway. Without further adieu, here it is… Introducing Come and See TV:

Friday I got to break out our shiny new Steadicam Merlin and use it in an actual real life shoot. The video features our good friend Josh Riebock. We’ll post the whole video when it’s done. In the meantime, Lee did a little (very low res) side by side comparison of the Steadicam shot we pulled off and a handheld shot of us pulling off the Steadicam shot. The Steadicam shot is on the left and that’s me operating the Steadicam, backing away from Josh, on the right. Notice how smooth the Steadicam shot is compared to a walking handheld shot. Pretty cool.

We’re in the early stages of a big project here at eleven72. It’s called Come and See TV. And it promises to be a place that invites people from all walks of life to Come and See what Jesus is up to in the world, where He’s living, how He’s moving, and how He’s using those willing in His church body to communicate His love. The idea comes from the Gospel of John, Chapter One, verses 35-46. Read it and you’ll find two instances where the phrase is used. In the first instance, Jesus invites his first disciples to join Him on his journey, to come and see for themselves where He’s living and what He’s up to. In the second instance, it’s used in response to the question of a skeptic, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” The answer, “Come and see.”A big element of the vision for Come and See is a series of videos about people from all walks of life who are passionately seeking after Christ. We’ve recently wrapped what we hope will become the first video of thousands in this series. Episode 1 is about a band called Rumor of Glory. It’s about how their band and first album, “The Story” came to be. Here’s a sneak peak of Come and See TV:

Thought you all might like to take a look around. You know, see where all the magic happens.

(Above) Lee kickin’ it in Edit Suite #1, as in we have one Edit Suite
(Above) My workspace, etc. Featuring a drafting desk my dad made for my
sister in 1983. I rescued The Virgin from the dumpster outside our office.

(Above) Check out the killer big screen where we watch movies
on Monday mornings.

(Above) What’s in the fridge? Nothing good, that’s for sure.

We just finished and posted our latest Easter video, “The Cross: A Curse For Us?” We also posted some new Cross Stills that make great backgrounds for songs, Scripture slides and other text. Check out the video and let us know what you think:

We’re working on an Easter video that I’m really excited about. It’s a poem, read by this really great slam poet spoken word dude, set to some fantastic piano music, and backed up by high end HD footage of a cross. Did you get all that? Anyway, I know we’re a little late to the Easter party with this one, but I’m really pleased with it nonetheless. Here’s a still I took while shooting footage for the video (keep an eye out for some of these stills going up on the website):