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Travis Carpenter from Northview Church in Carmel, IN brings us this epic Garden of Eden on their stage.
They contracted a local company that rents out plants and other decorations for events. Using a variety of plants ranging in size from 15′ to 2′, they created a backdrop on their stage that in some spots enveloped the band. By renting the plants, they were able to save a lot of cash when compared to the cost of buying that many plants outright.
In addition to the plants on stage they used a few other tactics to create an environment that helped sell not only the look, but also the sound.
For starters, they used their 30′ tall by 80′ wide video wall at the rear of their stage to extend the look off the back of the stage. To do this effectively, it was incredibly important to use graphics that were scaled correctly. Anything too large or too small destroys the illusion.
They also kept their house lights darker than normal. Just enough light so everyone could see their seats, but dark enough that it felt like you were in a dimly light, tree covered area.
Their room was also outfitted with side fill speakers, that they essentially used as surround sound speakers. They used some ambient noises (which included small birds and trees blowing in the wind) and sent those tracks through their side fills. This sold the intended effect so well that they had a guest tell their ushers that there were birds stuck inside our building!
Using a small army of LED bars and small LED pucks, they creatively up lit the plants, as well as lighting large groups internally. They had several people comment that what they had managed to create was a sort of “Disney-like” environment.
The whole creative team was behind the concept, Travis was only in charge of executing and lighting it.
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Stunning!
Fantastic idea – very creative!!!
This is incredible! Great job to the entire creative team! By chance do you guys still have your back screen images? I’d love to show them to our Pastor to give him some creative ideas, thanks!
Thanks Desiree! We do.. just email me and I can send you the bg’s.
Awesome, my email is dcarrillo@thehouse.ws
That looks awesome! I’m not sure how to email you, but here is my email address – would you be able to send me those backdrop files as well? We are working with a similar size screen too. Thanks so much!
Grace, I am not seeing your email address here. If you leave it in the comments, I will make sure that Adam emails them to you as well.
Oh sorry! I thought it shows up if you click on my profile/name. My email is gyoo3@yahoo.com. Thank you so much!
Astounding.
WOW. That looks awesome. Nice work.
What CAN’T you do with a 30X80 vid wall!?…
Absolutely love this.
What the bloody hell?
I bet thousands of people found Jesus thru this.
WTF!
Hi CSDI readers!
Unfortunately, internet trolls come in secular AND “christian” versions. This fellow is one of those. Let’s ignore this comment and choose not to return evil for evil. Because that’s what this is. It’s evil to take God off the throne and judge men’s hearts for yourself.
Let’s let God be our defender. He sees our hearts.
This is great!!! Absolutely stunning! However the guy with the yellow and grey sweater needs to be told not to wear that again. haha…just kidding, having some fun there. Again love the set.
This is spectacular!
Awesome! I would also be interested in seeing your back wall images or videos! And how do you project on the wall, several projectors? Thanks! (kirsten at gtvictoria.com)
Kirsten,
The screen is rear projected with two Christie Roadster S+16k projectors, and the content is fed via a Coolux Pandora’s Box video server. Pandora’s Box handles blending the two projectors down the middle and warping the image to fit the screen correctly.
Great job! Looks awesome. I too would be interested in knowing what projectors you use. Also, if I could get your backgrounds that would be appreciated. (vaughnvs@victoryhighway.com)
Vaughn,
Thanks for the comment! Your questions regarding the projectors has been answered in the comment above this.