{"id":805,"date":"2007-03-09T17:11:30","date_gmt":"2007-03-09T22:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/?p=805"},"modified":"2024-05-04T15:17:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T22:17:24","slug":"non-standard-promotional-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/?p=805","title":{"rendered":"Friday video: Non-standard promotional video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My week of vacation doesn&#8217;t officially start until tomorrow, but because I didn&#8217;t have to be in the office today I stayed up late last night figuring out how to make a video. It turns out to be insanely easy to learn how to use iMovie, the video editing software shipped with all Mac computers. So just for fun, I made a promotional video for First Unitarian, splicing in images I happened to have on disk, and adding a soundtrack I had made a while ago in GarageBand&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/DSCF1420.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"655\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/DSCF1420-1024x655.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/DSCF1420-1024x655.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/DSCF1420-300x192.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/DSCF1420-768x491.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/DSCF1420-1536x982.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/DSCF1420-624x399.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/DSCF1420.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(Note: video host blip.tv is defunct, so the original link to this video no longer exists. The above image is a still photo that was used in the original video. I still have a copy of this video, but have not put it online again.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><s>If the clicking on the picture above doesn&#8217;t work, try this: Link. <em>(If you tried earlier and it didn&#8217;t work, try again &#8212; I uploaded a bad file at first.)<\/em><\/s><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After I checked out some other videos on You Tube that promote Unitarian Universalist congregations. Most of the other videos take a documentary approach, with warm friendly shots of kids, choirs, ministers, etc. Most of their soundtracks use hymns, piano music, ministers talking, etc. From a sales and marketing standpoint, such videos are probably much better than mine. I guess maybe my video reflects a different understanding of Unitarian Universalism, more like that in the video for The First Unitarian Universalist Church of Second Life: <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=Rx5ZuR4WxpA&quot;\">Link<\/a> (did Christine make that video?).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;d love to hear your thoughts on what constitutes a good promotional video for Unitarian Universalist congregations. What demographic would you target? How would you get approval from your congregation&#8217;s Board (or would you even try)? Would you do a documentary, something more like a music video, or what?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My week of vacation doesn&#8217;t officially start until tomorrow, but because I didn&#8217;t have to be in the office today I stayed up late last night figuring out how to make a video. It turns out to be insanely easy to learn how to use iMovie, the video editing software shipped with all Mac computers. 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