New Zealand Hiatus
by Andrew Hunt on Feb.06, 2010, under Stage Design
So I’ll be taking a little trip to New Zealand for a couple week startingggggggg….now. Due to blustery weather here in Central VA, Delta has cancelled our flight. Fortunately, we are going to try to drive to Greensboro and meet my parents halfway where the weather is a little more cooperative and fly out from there. The next 48 hours will be spent in planes, trains and automobiles.
Here’s our rough itinerary:
- Explore Auckland
- HIke the Tongariro Crossing (Mt. Doom for the LOTR fans. I did not realize this until several weeks ago!)
- Explore Wellington and meet up with some friends
- Explore Christchurch
- Explore Queenstown
- Backpack the Routeburn Track
- Explore the Milford Sound
- Possibly do a glacier hike on Franz Josef or Fox Glacier
I’ll be taking lots of photos and video with my new Panasonic LX3 and 44.5gb of SDHC cards. So, if you don’t mind taking a break from reading about stages, I’ll give you some NZ blog love when I return after the 23rd.
T3 Stage Design
by Andrew Hunt on Feb.05, 2010, under Stage Design, Video
We just wrapped up our 2nd Series of the year. I suppose I must have gotten distracted along the way because I totally did not take any photos of it. I do, however, have a special documentation of the process thanks to Tim and Colin. They setup a Canon 7D and took photos every 30 seconds during work hours all the way up until Sunday morning into the 1st Service.
About the design:
- We wanted something warm
- We got the lanterns from The Paper Lantern Store (along w/ 15′ cables)
- Used 40 watt bulbs
- For power distribution, we found a great 12 outlet distro at Harbor Freight for $20. We replaced the ends from Edison to Stage Pin and it worked like a charm.
Between the 15′ extensions and the distros, we should have a really nice setup for future designs when we want to incorporate lots of dimmable incandescent fixtures.
Hiccups
by Andrew Hunt on Jan.25, 2010, under Video
Tim Gosnell, our newest technical staff member, created this video short to illustrate various old wives’ tales regarding the best way to get rid of hiccups. As you read this, what things have you heard of doing to get rid of them? Various water drinking methods? Questionable body positions? Potentially dangerous amateur medical practices? These and other ideas were mentioned here but seriously, how do we really get rid of hiccups?
The creative team was looking for a fun way to setup the fact that when we’re faced with issues and challenges in life we need to use caution when seeking for truth, for answers. We need to be able to discern truth from opinion as we walk through life together. The truths that God has communicated to us through the Bible will be the guide.
Take a look: (it’s my first cameo! which one am i?)
Hiccups from Tim Gosnell on Vimeo.
Tech specs:
Audio captured via Sennheiser K6 shotgun direct into camera
Video captured w/ Canon 7D, handheld
Lens, Canon 24mm, 1.4 L
Sloppy Work?
by Andrew Hunt on Jan.16, 2010, under Thoughts
Each of us has a certain work set before us. I can be one of the best at procrastinating, being lazy or distracted. I’ve also felt the drudgery of certain tasks that needed to be done.
Stage lighting used to really be one of those things for me. I was a spring chicken in the audio world and knew nothing of dmx protocol, cue lists, hang/follow times, the need to terminate dmx, and I wasn’t real clear on the difference between a par and an ellipsoidal. Over the past 5.5 years a love for stage designs and stage lighting has really begun to mature in me. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not totally in love with it yet…but I’m light years from where I was.
No matter, here is an excellent writing I found regarding whatever work we find before ourselves. It pretty well sums up what my experience has been when I’ve found myself standing in front of a task that I didn’t feel that strongly about to begin with:
…maybe you are just bored. Your boredom may arise from unbelief or something akin to unbelief–lack of vision. You do not have a clearly defined goal ahead of you. You are drifting. Pray about your work. Ask the Holy Spirit to give you a definite goal for the next three months. Then drive to that goal.
Or perhaps you do not like the work you are called to do. You feel unfit for it. You could slave at something else, but your own work is too unattractive. Remember the verse, “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might” (Eccles. 9:10). You will be surprised how enjoyable a task becomes when you master it. Make it your aim to do your daily job superbly, and you will turn drudgery into a craft and a craft into an art. Nothing is so boring as sloppy work. – John White
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