
It used to be that they’d pass hard drives around the office, and wait on each other. During those times, you’ve got multiple editors working on the same project. Sometimes their video team is going from concept to completed deliverable in 2-3 days. When you’ve got archival footage in the same project as new stuff with different frame rates, it can involve a lot of processing. Some cameras create video files that are significantly larger and are harder to process on the CPU, or taxing to their old network. Phelps describes how the team faces challenges matching colors, and juggling various codecs. This means that their editing team basically has to be ready for anything from the age of digital video. Now that unit houses archival footage and is still being used by editors as direct storage. At one point they were using an OWC Thunderbay for ingest. Because Harvest has a 30-year history, they constantly go back to old projects and older footage. In addition to creating new footage all the time, they also need access to legacy material. In addition, there’s the challenge of choosing the right specs for streaming, and aligning that with new and old footage. Sometimes they are producing material for TV at standard frame rates and sometimes they are trying to bring the worlds or cinema and broadcast together. They have a significant YouTube presence. This allowed for the furthest chairs to be pulled as close to the stage as possible meaning every seat has a great view.The team targets a bunch of different platforms to reach their audience. The worship space is unique in that Halo used EPS Foam blocks to create the risers in the back, much like the theater seating seen in cinemas. The interior spaces continued the fellowship theme by creating pockets where people could meet and discuss life with one another in a comfortable, encouraging environment. The design called for the front of the building to be completely demolished creating a blank canvas for new, fresh massing and materials to be used to help communicate to the community this was no longer a skating rink. Halo’s design was centered around Fellowship and how to draw people in, make them comfortable and provide the church with opportunities to meet people where they are at. The study came back with high marks which gave HCF the confidence needed to make the purchase. Halo was called in before the purchase to do a feasibility study on whether or not the building could accommodate the church’s vision. The Lubbock Campus purchased a 30,000 square foot skating rink that had served the community of Lubbock for two decades. Harvest Christian Fellowship is a multi-campus church in three cities throughout West Texas.
