[Ben James]

Hi Bill,

Thanks for you thoughts. I do get what you are saying, but the audience to this video is people in our church that are already used to his intensity. He is a very intense person and it shows even when he is preaching 100 feet away on Sundays. I think your point about his intensity being too close to you might be part of it maybe. I really like the way the close ups look though, so I think I’ll have to do some experimenting to find out what is the best option.

My main question I think is should he look at the camera or off to the side for this (like an interview would normally do). I looked at another similar video (Tim Keller in NYC) and thats what they had done. They had a three camera shoot (dolly, tripod, and jib) and Tim never looked directly at any of the cameras. They also only did wider shots ( long, mid-long, and mid) so that might go back to your advice as well Bill.

Anyway, thanks for your thoughts 🙂

Ben