Congregational Focus

"One of the greatest challenges when engaging with an audience is to keep their attention.Ê It is also very helpful to keep their attention away from areas where you specifically do not want them looking at.Ê To start, when someone is speaking you want to make sure that that person is brighter and clearer than the area around them.Ê While one may think it is as simple as the lighting in the area that they are is simply at a higher intensity it can actually get more complicated than that. Ê A few thoughts to consider: 1 - Contrast = Interest - Keep the intensity on what you want focused on. In lighting this means the lightest light against the darkest dark will draw the eye to it.Ê If everything is bright then it all becomes vanilla and will not promote your focus.Ê If the brightest object is then surrounded by a lack of intensity then it will very much draw the eye to it.Ê If the person who is to be concentrated on does not appear bright enough but the light on them is at full intensity the solution is to remove light that is in the areas surrounding them.Ê By contrast they will then appear to be brighter. 2 - Adding dimension to the speaker is very helpful. Have you ever noticed that when watching the news on television that there is a ring of light around the commentators? The reason for this is that it adds to dimension to the body and separation from the background. When there is light that is all around the person, some from the back, some from the sides, and then the filler light from the front, just enough so that you see their face clearly, then the body is much easier to be seen.Ê Using these different angles of light is going to make that person more enticing to look at. 3 - Using slight color differences can be helpful. In general white light is what we're going to be using in an area such as a church or chapel however there are many different colors of white light. There is white light that is considered more amber and some that is considered bluer.Ê Some colors or more dominant than others. A light green is much more dominant than a light blue. A light blue is more dominant than a lavender.Ê Generally colors that have a hint in red in them are more submissive.Ê Submissive colors will be changed by dominant colors when they overlay each other.Ê Using more dominant tones on what you are concentrating on can be helpful.Ê In a sanctuary environment, unless this is during music ministry, I would use this very subtly in light tints and shades. 4 - Switch focus when necessary. Religious services have many different events in them.Ê It may go from a speaker to a choir to another speaker in a different place, to the congregation being included. Ê Light being given in light being taken away will help the focus and the timing of the event. Simply said, light where you want people to look and not where you want them not to look. When you take light away from the areas that you are not concentrating on you may find the whole picture to be unattractive.Ê Then consider put a dim texture of light over that area.Ê This will keep it still in the background but more attractive. 5 - Lighting for video? Many congregations are now sharing their message through video channels on television or the internet. Lighting for video is different than lighting for the human. A few important things to keep in mind is that you do not want to use major color differences in video. You must use dimensional lighting around the body. Provide light from the back the side and the front this will make the quality of the video go from home quality to professional quality."

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