Plus, they had all the pieces: camera, switcher and server. “The team agreed that Sony clearly looked the best. “The team reviewed footage from other vendors,” Delmont recalls. “We met with several vendors for cameras, tried some third-party switching solutions, and even talked about just doing a cutting-edge HD system,” says Delmont, “but ultimately the church decided on Sony 4K.” Two key factors that Delmont cites for the decision were Sony’s ability to handle 4K end-to-end and the company’s tradition of solid support practices. Delmont recalls the team investigating 4K technology and meeting with several vendors. To help find the right vendor partners for 4K equipment, the team at Mosaic reached out to John Delmont, technical sales and project manager at VMI Inc.
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The building features a 700-seat sanctuary with professional lighting and sound, but perhaps the most outstanding feature of the church’s recent technology upgrades is a complete end-to-end 4K video environment for video production and filmmaking. For the past five years, the church has made a home in the heart of Hollywood at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and La Brea Avenue. “We were ready to take on the challenge (even if it was somewhat undefined) to take the church into the future.”įor many years, Mosaic didn’t own any property at all, opting instead for a broad footprint covering the LA area with contemporary worship services offered at multiple rented locations in nearby Pasadena and Beverly Hills, as well as downtown LA. Rather, he says it’s about finding new mediums, like 4K video. In looking for avenues to access people, and the LA population in particular, Fudge points out that the challenge put to church’s is no longer about finding bigger buildings. Fudge has observed that the church’s body of worshipers closely mirrors Hollywood's demographic where as many as 15%-20% are likely to move out annually. New technology may be particularly important to Mosaic’s LA community as some 70% of Mosaic’s 3,500 worshippers each week range in age from 20 to 34 and are single. Mosaic has an anthropology that views every person as being creative.” In terms of technology, Fudge sees the church’s commitment to new technology as being not only necessary, but a clear responsibility. “Our church,” says Fudge, “places high value on creativity.
Relevance and creativity are central to Mosaic’s operation and the entertainment industry’s dedication to the new 4K format resonates with the church’s tech-savvy volunteers, as well as church leaders like Executive Pastor Lawrence Fudge.
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“We have to look at how to create community over the Internet,” he says, “and we must be relevant.” After discovering Mosaic, Genzink started volunteering as stage manager and then worked with the church’s multi-camera setup before using his production skills to help to move the church in the direction of 4K production. In addition, he was successful as a church technical director before moving to LA. He studied filmmaking and cinematography, logging close to fifteen years of film production experience.
Genzink has taken the role of broadcast systems installation project manager at Mosaic and is well-suited to meet the challenges of the church’s move to 4K video. “We use multimedia in a true sense,” he adds, “where services can include digital projection, original music, the spoken word and dance-all as part of the worship experience.”
That, and other moves the church has made, has proven to resonate with young, single and entertainment-savvy LA community. “When Mosaic first held services in a Hollywood nightclub and incorporated hip-hop dance forms into worship, many called those things crazy,” says Genzink. For more information on this and other Church Production LIVE! events, visit ( visit link) “4K clearly gives us more creative freedom,” says filmmaker and long-time volunteer, Adam Genzink, “but, ultimately, the ability to reach more people in a broad but intimate way.”Įditor's Note: Join us at a Church Production LIVE! Showcase event Nov.
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By adding full 4K video workflow to its technology resources, the creative team at Mosaic seeks to develop and distribute its creative content well beyond their LA community. Most recently, the church is breaking new ground with a commitment to 4K video at their 700-seat facility in Hollywood. The church’s perennial growth speaks to the success of its creative worship style and, outside of LA, churches worldwide have taken notice of the leadership role the church has taken in integrating the arts and worship. Founded in 1994 by Pastor Erwin McManus, an author, futurist, filmmaker, and designer, worship at Mosaic reflects the remarkable diversity and creativity of the Los Angeles communities it services.
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