Telling a life-change story in under 2 minutes
Recently with our move from announcements to stories we were faced with a predicament…. that being time. When you tell some-one’s story a lot of times we have found a sweet spot of time that is typically rather lengthy. In the past we have felt that we could tell stories of life-change in 5-6 minutes, however showing a 5 minute video during a worship service can feel like a lifetime if you know what I mean. This week we attempted to tell a story in under 2 minutes. One of the things I did when shooting this video was to really help our talent re-tell parts of his story in smaller more concise parts. He would explain something that might take a minute long and then we would ask him to say the same thing only with fewer words. Another thing we did was try to break up his story into 3 different segments. Doing this allowed for different angles and overall made the story feel longer even though it was still pretty short. Below is the video. Let me know your thoughts….
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