Media Department
The Media Department @ Crossover has taken over... taking up space that is. All around the campus of Crossover you will see several productions from the Media Dept. Our media director, Spec oversees all of the production from the team which includes: print, videos, sound, etc.) The past year has been an incredible year of growth in so many areas of the church and this is especially true of the media department.
With the technology that is pushed into our culture every year, we are prone to keep up with these advancements at an alarming rate. We can’t even remember the last time we used a VCR tape in a service, and that is just one example. Crossover began with the freshest technology of it’s time back in the late 90’s. We had the astounding “Over Head Projector” with marker written transparencies. Yes ladies & gentleman, it is fair to say that we have come a LONG way. Now don’t be fooled, Crossover might look like it has a lot of mula, but that is just plain WRONG!!! See what we have here is a lot of talent! The media team @ Crossover goes far beyond the boys in the booth. Many individuals contribute in several viable areas. Some of these important areas include: writing scripts for the short films, filming/editing, photography, working the lights and stage props; honestly the list could go on and on.
Granted, we do have a few church family members who love to just help us out and volunteer their time and talent in our media department. We truly appreciate these people and their willingness to help out; we can always use the help. Many of our volunteers have gone above and beyond working in the sound booth at the church. Two of our media volunteers work for a major audio/video company here in Tampa. Several individuals have a passion for film and have taken courses of study in those areas. A husband and wife duo took it upon themselves to edit our services for local broadcast on public access channels... we never asked them! It was in their heart and a lot of fruit has come from that. Numerous testimonies can be heard at Crossover and even around Tampa Bay about the hip.hop church on TV. Some of our fam have uncanny writing abilities and have shown favor to Crossover by blessing us with scripts that help produce/proof our short films & stories for our magazines. All churches have talented people. You may have to dig for a while and be patient, but they are out there. You have to give them a platform. Crossover is a living example of that.
The media team @ Crossover along side with Flavor Alliance Media Group recently produced a new film series called “Press Play.” This is the second set of short films that our media team has produced. These videos have also been submitted to film festivals across the country. The DVD is designed to mirror certain topics for sermons; it is basically a visual illustration. The response from these DVD’s has been incredible. [click here to order a copy]
We look forward to the next couple of years to see what God has in store for us. It’s amazing when we take a step back and see that it all began with an over head projector...
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