Rob Webster Creative Communication

Love, Sex and Marriage – Behind the Scenes of a Legos Animation

// January 9th, 2012 // 1 Comment » // Culture, How-to, Technology, TV, Video, Worship

We’ve begun a new series at our church called Love, Sex, and Marriage, and I had the great privilege of putting the promo video together for this. It has also been made into a TV ad that’s been shown locally, along with a print media campaign. Overall, it’s the biggest media push for a series in our church’s history, because we feel the subject matter is of great interest to Christians and non-Christians alike. Here’s the video, and a video explaining a little about how it was made. Continue Reading

Seven Sentence Review: War Horse

// December 30th, 2011 // No Comments » // Film, Review

Lots of people will love the movie War Horse, as it plays on their emotions with too much music, overacting, and unnecessarily dramatic lighting. Continue Reading

Seven Sentence Review: Hugo

// December 29th, 2011 // No Comments » // Film, Review

Hugo is a visually stunning movie unlike any I’ve ever seen, revealing a director (Martin Scorcese) who is in every way at the top of his game.

While there certainly is a plot and extremely good acting, this is a movie with visual images so rich and beautiful to look at, almost everything else is secondary. Continue Reading

Why You Should Clap in Church

// November 6th, 2011 // 2 Comments » // Faith, Worship

Photo by Amanda M Hatfield

Seven Sentence Review: Footloose (2011)

// October 18th, 2011 // 1 Comment » // Film, Review

Footloose is a silly cardboard movie with silly cardboard characters saying silly cardboard things. That’s not to say it’s not an enjoyable movie, but it’s a little sad when much of the enjoyment comes from laughing at inane dialogue and plot. Continue Reading

A Quick Note for Leadership Institute Participants

// October 2nd, 2011 // 1 Comment » // Uncategorized

Hi, friends! A lot of you coming to my blog attended the Leadership Institute this past week. I promised in my workshop that I’d post a list of resources for you. So that PDF document is here!

Also, note the blog post right below this one. It has my tips for getting better interviews. And soon, I hope to post before and after videos from one of you! One of the conference participants came to my workshop. He had just finished recording an interview, then came to my workshop and saw how to better light and mic an interview. So then he re-shot the whole thing, and it played at his church just this morning. He said he’d share the before and after video with me, so hopefully I’ll build a whole blogpost around it.

Meanwhile, let me know if there’s anything I can do to help you make better videos, and thanks for the great conference!

12 Tips : How to Conduct an Interview

// September 30th, 2011 // 3 Comments » // How-to, Tutorial, Video

I get to make films and videos at a church. Our videos get used in our worship services, in student ministries, on the web, and get shared with lots of other churches.

Though the videos we do fall into a number of categories from animation to drama to documentary, I often find myself doing some kind of interview. There are lots of reasons to do an interview, too. It’s the “satisfied customer” who becomes a great spokesperson. It’s the powerful story of a changed life. It’s the Ph.D. who has studied language development in children. Interviews are with real people, and can bring authenticity to a sermon’s message.

But conducting an interview isn’t as easy as it looks. I’ve conducted them for years, and I’ve discovered some techniques that help me get the most compelling stories. Continue Reading

New HDR Train Photos

// August 18th, 2011 // 2 Comments » // HDR, Photography

So it seem a lot of people really like trains. How do I know this? One of the most common search terms people use to find my blog is “train photos” or “HDR trains”. So here you go, Demand. I’d like to introduce you to Supply. Continue Reading

Ten Years Later: Free Media Resources for September 11 Anniversary Observances

// August 15th, 2011 // No Comments » // Faith, Video, Worship

This September 11, a Sunday, is the 10 year anniversary of September 11, 2001. Many churches will hopefully be doing something to acknowledge this awful day in American history. Scroll all the way down for links to versions of media you can use in your worship services. Continue Reading

Seven Sentence Review: The Help

// August 15th, 2011 // No Comments » // Film, Review

The Help, based on the book by Katheryn Stockett, is an unusually good adaption of a very good book. Continue Reading