The Ultimate Guide To Creating A Church Testimony Video

What's in this session?

• Core Value #1: Show don’t tell (1:07)
• Core Value #2: Don’t force resolution (2:41)
• Core Value #3: No story is too small (4:03)
• Core Value #4: The responsibility falls on the storyteller (4:54)
• Stage #1 - The Interview (5:33)
• Finding interview candidates (5:40)
• Interview prep (6:45)
• Film location - interviewee’s home (8:58)
• Record for about an hour of talking (12:07)
• Keep the questions open-ended - ex. Tell me about a time when, or tell me the story of (12:43)
• Shift from story questions to introspective - ex. How have you changed in the last 5 years (14:35)
• Find the bruise: Identify the meaningful moment and dig deep (16:15)
• Stage #2 - The Story (19:45)
• Your main job here is to cut upwards of 90% of the footage you captured in the previous step (19:50)
• You don’t need your story to follow the same linear path of your interview (20:20)
• Once you’ve completed the first edit of your story elicit feedback by asking two questions #1: When are you confused? #2: When are you bored? (20:38)
• Stage #3 - The B-Roll (21:47)
• Plan to capture as much b-roll as to cover every second on your video (22:22)
• Edit your story with 80% b-roll and 20% interview (22:33)
• Visual Element #1: Location (23:40)
• Visual Element #2: Stabilization (24:08)
• Visual Element #3: Framing (24:44)
• Tip #1: Hold each shot for at least 10 seconds (24:50)
• Tip #2: The 3:1 Rule (25:22)

Show notes and resources

• Dan’s Story
• Aaron’s Story
• Pro Church Tools
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• Pro Church Tools on YouTube
• Brady Shearer on Instagram
• Brady Shearer on Twitter
• Alex Mills on Instagram