We got a new SLR this week - a Canon 7D. And just for fun I shot and edited this dumb video of our youth director tuning our kick drum.
Fun stuff. Used a new 50mm lens and edited with no effects in Final Cut Pro.
That’s me playing What Sarah Said by Death Cab - one of like 3 songs I actually know how to play on piano.
I’m really looking forward to making this camera my best friend…
This weekend was a blast. We had two completely different styles of celebratory worship. In the traditional services there was an incredible chamber orchestra with a full choir loft of amazing voices. The talent in dedication of that group of singers is amazing.
In modern worship we did a mixture of music and video and kerner and his crew set up the light trusses we usually use at the green room and did some really sweet architectural projection.
With the help of 8 volunteers, I put together a video of people telling the story of Christmas as it was seen in the book of Isaiah. It turned out pretty good - i’ll post it in a bit.
There was also a video for Financial Peace University - a class for people who are (oddly enough) trying to find peace with their finances. You can see that video down yonder.
Here’s the set from this weekend:
Joy To The World - arr. by us
Marvelous Light - Charlie Hall
Do You Hear What I Hear? - arr. Third Day
Born in Bethlehem - Third Day
Tear Down the Walls - Hillsong United
I Celebrate the Day - Relient K
Silent Night - arr. by us
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Freedom is Here - Hillsong United
Financial Peace Video:
This is a video we used in worship a few months ago. As part of the message, we celebrated this couple in their efforts to drop everything in their life and follow God’s call to Thailand. Their story is insanely powerful and has definitely effected our congregation here.
It’s in 4:3 because that’s how it was presented in the sanctuary on our 4:3 screens.
Music: “Brothers on a Hotel Bed” by Death Cab for Cutie
…I sort of forgot I have a blog. i’m sure you missed it.
a lot has happened since I last posted…let’s catch up:
1) I graduated from MSU (yes I have since used my student id to save $.50 at a movie theater…bruno was stupid by the way)
2) I was hired full time at the ol’ sumc with the title “Media Coordinator and Modern Worship Leader” which basically means I’m going to coordinate media and lead modern worship. I am amazingly blessed with this opportunity and extremely thankful to be employed, especially by such great people.
3) I turned the empty room in my house to a home office/studio which has caused productivity to SKYROCKET.
4) I’ve been reading more (currently: The Irresistible Revolution and Watchmen)
5) I bought a mower and mowed the grass like twice.
That should be all. I’ve been blessed with having quite a bit of work to do. Currently we’re working on recording our first in-house cd at the church. It’s going to be great - more on that later. Also we’ve been experimenting with the layout of the platform in our 50 year old sanctuary along with making videos and writing music. Again, more later.
Tonight, however, I’m going to share with you a video from my final production class at MSU. The assignment was to make a music video, so we put this thing together. The scruffy wannabe in this is my good friend Brian (whom if you are reading this blog I’m sure you are familiar with (that interjection made no sense)). Brian also plays in the worship bands at Schweitzer and he’s a generally all around good guy. Too bad he isn’t talented. Also there is a cameo appearance (redundant?) of someone you may or may not recognize.
Anyway, props to Chris Wright for editing this bad boy and Matt P. for working on it as well. Enjoy. More to come. -zak
An Endless March of Two Hearts [short] from Zak Lampert on Vimeo.
Well, I’ve officially re-entered myself into the “blogosphere.” As you can see from the tagline, this blog will mainly focus on thoughts about modern worship leading (that i’m privelidged to do at Schweitzer United Methodist Church in Springfield, MO) and also my work as a freelance web designer.
However, I still reserve the write to talk about strange things that interest me: such as television (see the yellow dude), film (how did Frost/Nixon win no oscars?), technology (omgzz@#!! apple is so amazing), and much much more!
And let me just say one thing: my writing skillz are below average and I tend to talk like a “gangsta” or a “nerdzors” out of nowhere, so be ready/looking forward to that.
See ya around!
-Zak