THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO CHURCH LIGHTING DESIGN
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In this video, you'll get an entertaining and in-depth lesson on the best practices of lighting design for church worship. You'll learn about lighting a subject with 3-way lighting and how to utilize color and haze. Your instructor will be Mark Wray, technical arts ministry lead at the Lakewood Campus at Red Rocks Church.
I remember when this video dropped. I’ve come a long way since
The most important informative video I’ve seen! I cannot wait to do this at my church. Honestly all I do is offer my time for free right now, I want more people to be able to enjoy the live streams we do even more. This is going to help so much! Thank you!
Keep working man!! May God continue to bless and protect you. Keep seeking him, and all you need he will always provide. Don’t just praise him for what he can do but for who he is!! Keep doing your thing, and always make sure that God finds pleasure in everything you do!!
Hey man. Love the content. By far the most practical and useful worship channels on TH-cam. Excited for what's to come!
Thanks so much Sydney! I really appreciate the encouragement brother!
This is an incredible walkthrough of church lighting! Doing a lot of research for a new system, and there's a ton of sources and info out there, but never is it packaged all together and talked about this comprehensively. Thanks so much for this
Thanks Brad! Glad we can help!
Yes, thank you so much for making this video! And thank you Mark.
This is a good lighting video for really anyone working with lighting on a stage... great job!!
That was fantastic! Thanks for making this!
Thank you so much for this video. May God bless you more!
Thank you very much for taking your time to make that video so interesting and helpful!
Sweet, this is a really good video, what I always try to do when doing lighting for worship, is to ALWAYS keep in mine that I'm not doing worship lighting because true worship isn't a preset with dark colors and dim FOH meaning that it isn't something that can be manufactured! However, all those tools can be ABSOLUTELY used to WORSHIP, and also help guide people to focus on the Gospel of Jesus!! So I wanted to add some stuff, IF you're movers have a color wheel, you can get some very different looks, just by varying the intensity, especially if you have LED moving spots! Also that's a great thing to keep in mind! Also , I've tried to really pay even more attention to the screens because I think people in the congregation notice the words much more, and that's very important! So whatever the most dominant color is displayed I usually make that my backlight, then less prominent colors I will usually make my side light or top light! Also, it's also important to be mindful of front light intensity!
Love it! Thanks for sharing!
Absolutely love this. New subscriber. My church is beginning to use more and more lighting in our worship services and I am excited to see the transition. This video really helped me understand in detail the importance of lighting. Keep up the great content, God bless.
Thanks Joel!
You should call this : the ultimate guide to church lighting design for worship leaders who aren't lighting designers and dont ever plan to be
*Knowledge shortcut:* Church Lighting Design is basically identical to Nightclub Lighting Design!!!!
As a European, I find it fascinating how American churches look like music venues with amazing lights, rock bands and everything! :D Nothing like our churches. Anyway, good video!
Depending om which other types of gigs we Also run in our European churches, Some colored lights for choir and concerts would not be out of place.
I like the bright white version more looks very beautiful nice review by the way
Love how your showing out the power of saturation
Great video bro! This helped me a lot. I’ll be changing some things this week. See you Monday.
Thanks Chad! Can’t wait!
Dude, Jake, your videos just keep getting better! Keep it up man. Good info in this one.
Thanks Aaron! Boomer has been huge in helping make these videos better. Thanks for watching bro!
Definitely. Really stepping up the production quality and creative aspects. Makes them enjoyable to watch, as well as helpful.
cheers great video, really good practical ways to help understand the lighting techniques
Thank you!
Good video. I would like to see also another video on beginner church lighting. Had to do the basics like setting up the rigs and I had to actually hook up then why are all the lights together and what programs to use.
i can answer the last question: vista by chroma-q
A good program is Onyx, it is used by ALOT of people. It is by Elation Lighting, and while you!re at Elation’s website, check out some of their fixtures! They’re really good.
He has a video about a great software called Lightkey if you wanted to check that out.
Nah. The best way to go would probs be the GrandMA3 OnPC wing
This video is awesome, please do more videos on lighting like this
Thanks Tyron!
Awesome cinematography and editing. Good stuff!
Thank you!
Cool video man! Reminds me of the lighting rig at Church of The King. I’m on their production team and even though I’m not a lighting expert in any way, advice I would give to any beginner is to not over haze the room (I’ve had that happen to many times). And also experiment and try to find your own look. Glad we can all grow in God and production together!
Love it Adam! Thanks for sharing. Great tip
Hey Jake, great vid as always. You were going to do a run down of your lighting rig...did you ever get a chance to do that?
Just starting out with lighting and that would be massively helpful.
Amazing !!!
Great video! I'd love to see another about lighting a bigger space. Our church has a large sanctuary, and we just started to use haze to add that atmosphere you talked about, but we're having a hard time hazing the room evenly. I'd love if there were some tips about how disperse haze, and any rules that might apply to getting the room to look consistent! Thanks, Jake!
Always use a fan, and try it in different spots around the stage/upstage where it isn’t super obtrusive. Give it a good amount of output for about 30 minutes with the fan helping it blow from the Hazer, and then lower the output to try to get a consistent haze look.
Goodness that B-roll 05:14 - 05:25! Awesome!!
wow wow nice. Well thought out and executed.
This is an amazing staring point for smaller churches like ours! Looming forward to implementing this to our new system! - God bless.
PS: Anyone know that last video track?
Thank you soo very much for this video
Great video! I’m actually going to start shadowing the light designer for my youth group with the hopes of doing it someday.
Love it! Dig in and learn as much as you can.
Thank you for this!
Wow, I love the content. Nice video and helpful information
I'd wanted to know about the lights
Which light can I use to fill the stage?
Hello i can see some lights on your stage floor behind the subject, what kind of light is that?
Do you try to match the colors in the lyrics background slides or do you try to coordinate with different colors? And do you run your lighting from cues you program before service or do you set base cues then add/subtract fixtures to accent the feel of the song? Thanks!
The ministry toolkit link takes me to a link (and payment requirement) specifically for church sound. I don't see anything about lights. Great video, but was hoping to get your info on the lighting.
As always a relevant video
Thanks Eric!
Great video!
I'd love to see your lighting setup. Our stage is a similar size to yours, and we are considering investing into a lighting rig (I used your toolkit to help me make a proposed budget!). Do you have any videos going through your Sunday morning light setup?
It's very good!
what lighting program do you prefer to use?
Me gusto, agradesco mucho su explicacion!
Love the vid what is the name of the song that was playing in the background when you demonstrating the light on the pastor???
Beams are the bomb!
Dopeness!!!!
Dopetastic
Hai sir, have a great day! can I ask something for you about for operating the lights using by the computer?
awesome video thank you very much!
glad I can help!
Hey Jake, how do you get your house lights in your church to be controlled by DMX? Ive been doing some research but I haven't found a straight forward answer anywhere really. Thanks for your help!
Quick question on Moving Heads, is it advisable to have them pan and tilt during the worship experience? I do that for fast songs, but in terms of slow songs, I find myself feeling so torn between them, I feel like the added movement adds a bit of dynamic to the entire experience especially when the song peaked, but at the same time, worried it distracts people.
Great question. Talk to your leadership and show them a few options. See what they prefer based on the song/congregation. Most mistakes I see in lighting is color choices and effects like you are describing. Keep it simple. As I like to say, just because the lights CAN move, doesn't mean they always SHOULD. :)
Please thank you for this video. But can I know the kind of lights Mark used and the software as well, i want to buy them.
Any idea what haze machine (make/model) was being used at this church? It looks so smooth and we are ready for an upgrade. Thx
Ultratec Radiance
What other color stage combination would be good? Cause it's my first time to do a Home Studio, no DMX but I am thinking about one soon.
Great vid!
Thanks Christopher!
hey jake, love it!!
could you do a video where you do a review on the LUMINAIR LIGHTS APP? would be amazing!!
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I’ll add it to the list!
Anybody know where I can learn more about Haze? I’ve been trying to get a similar lighting effect like this but I’d like to know what’s the best liquid and Haze machine to get and how to set up so it last and doesn’t become to strong that it ends up looking like fog in the whole auditorium
Get a hold of a local production company who may have an Ultratec Radiance hazer and rent it for a week or so. Always use a fan to push the haze out to help fill the room. Keep it low and consistent. Hopefully you will see results.
What are the small warm lights(8) in the back of Red Rocks Stage. May I get a link to those?
How can you control the the “house lights” with DMX? The cans have been replace with LED but they still have old school dimmer switches, any easy way to DMX them and use the Luminaire app to set scenes?
This could take some researching, but you may have to talk to an integrator to see if its possible.
I know this is one of Jake's older videos, but does anyone know how much a lighting rig like this costs for a room about this size? Is this like a $20k job? We have lighting, but it's currently not back lit at all.
Good day and thank you for your video. It would have been a bit more beneficial if you included technical data such as light angles, proportion calculations, light temperatures etc. Thank you for everything else otherwise!
Amazing tips
Which console do you use..???
Loved the video. I am learning / doing the lights for my church every Sunday (Unity of Boulder) and one of the ministers pointed me to your video. After getting somewhat proficient with the software and a working knowledge of how to manipulate the lights, I was ready for some good basic concepts. I have no lighting background and am loving learning a new skill, I get to be creative, and I get to be a part of the show! How cool is that! The concepts here were presented in an easy to grasp way and I am excited to put them to use! Our lighting is pretty good but very basic. We do not have lights along the back up high but only have arch lights on the sides. So back lighting is a bit tricky but can be done. Anyway, thank you so much for this great video. Maybe I will pay a visit down there and meet you all and see your system! God bless.
Come on down!
Hi, we just started live streaming our services on Facebook. Do you recommend Tungsten or daylight for the main stage lights?
hmmm...That's a tough one. I would try both and see which one looks better!
@albertrosado Try somewhere in between. 4200K color temp may be a good start.
Good practical information that everyone can use everywhere. "Movers don't always have to move", but are there guidelines for when they are moving?
Thanks John! It’s really up to the lighting designers discretion. If it’s a high energy event like youth hype songs. Then they could move a lot. But for most worship songs, I would recommend establishing a basic look with them fixed in one position most of the time but then maybe creating another look or two for climactic parts of the music.
Perfectly said!
John Strickland Movers are there to aim lights anywhere with out using a lift to move a source 4
Supper good help
With so many Haze machines, is there a way to determine what size machine you need? We have about a 40'x60' sanctuary, seats about 100.
The size of the haze machine doesn’t matter, it’s the kind. You may be able to get away with a Chauvet Hurricane (whatever they latest model is). Don’t forget to get a small fan to help disperse the haze.
is there a software that can p
air with dmx sunny 512 controller???
What lights are used for the spots. Would be good to have a reference.
Hi jake videos rock brother! I was wondering if you could recommend some lights to purchase like the ones in this video to light up speaker.
These specific lights are ETC Source 4 - 750w
As a light programmer at my church, I was hoping to hear more insight apart from “here’s what colors I can use”. Solid vid tho dude
Can you please share the setup of the lights? We are in the construction of a new building for our church and we are figuring out what lights to use.
Hey, I still want your boosted board lol. Thanks so much for this video, I am having some problems with the way my broadcasting camaras are picking up my worship leaders and our speakers. My video feed looks blue and the people appear to have a darker shade of coloring with regards to their skin color, clothing color, ect... Could it be the type of lights I am using, am I underlighting my main points or what would you think it could be? thanks for your help in advance!
I would check your camera settings... Sounds like a white balance issue to me, or maybe shutter speed. If the camera is set up right, the worship should look the same on the video as in person, so as long as your service looks good in person I wouldn't change anything with your lights. Also make sure you're tapping into your soundboard for the audio stream, and have a separate mix for the camera. It makes a huge difference over using the built-in mic on the camera.
Doesn't the backlighting, especially with haze, tend to wash out the projected video on the screen? I know the projector wasn't used in this video, and I love the lighting looks demonstrated. This guide for church lighting is the best, and I have come back to it repeatedly during my research. Just concerned about whether the backlighting, with or without haze, will effectively dim the what's shown on the screen.
Not in our case, but it could for sure do that based on how strong your projector is. How far from the screen, ambient light, etc.
More more!!!!!!!!!!
Do you have an video about using lightning for use of colors with worship specially for online recordings?
I am light designer for Redemption Church Netherlands, and there is a lot to talk about the color saturation. Also depends on camera quality, but my video director always likes to keep the old-school 1kw hairlight corrected with L202 correction gels, and not to much saturation.
And when I use white the video will look blue after edit. (#colorgrading)
2:09 Lionel Messi, is that you? ahahahaha. Great video!
🤣 🤣 he sure does!
Ha! Thanks?! 😂
Is their a particular LED LIGHT for the front stage lights?
how many lighting fixtures did you use can you give like a list for better understanding
Is there anyway to know what types of lights they were using?
Any chance you guys can list what light fixtures are used for your 3 spot lighting on main speaker? Can be exact or generic of what type of fixture they need to be. Thanks!
iamthird13 I think they are probably posted elsewhere on the comment section of this video but in case not, ETC Source 4 - 750w for front. Chauvet Ovation F95ww for backlight.
Mark Wray you’re a rockstar. Thank you 🙏
Hey Jack, thanks a lot for this video. Can you just add some sentences on the vertical angle of the front lightning? We are about to rework our small lightning setup, because our speaker has strong, black eye rings due to front light hang very high. But I am not sure, if we hang the lights too low, the speaker could be strongly blinded, couldn't he?!
Hey Stefan, a good starting point is 45° from the light source to the subject on stage. You’re right though, the higher you go the more “raccoon eye” effect you will see on the subject. Especially if using cameras/broadcast. Too low and it will look “flat” and not much depth/shadows on the subject.
Do you guys have any used lights that you're not using anymore for donations?
Great Video! Does anyone know the software Red Rocks uses to control lights?
Thank you!
very nice video thanks bro...just want to know which light setup is this .
Fantastic and helpful video. Can you tell us what model of lights you are using around the 17:02 mark. Thanks!!
Chauvet Rouge R2 Spots & Martin RUSH MH6 Wash
Can tell me. What's is the lights that you used?
How he connected the lighting software wirelessly from his laptop?
Very Likely screen sharing. I do it all the time to use Jands Vista from around the room instead of being behind the console
@@hunterheath5324 Boom!
@@marksmarketing don't worry about my previous question. Found your answer in the comments 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Jamming to pads in the car😁..
Our church stage is long over due for an updated stage, do you know of any place i can find a program or something to plan a stage???
Have you check out church stage design ideas.com?
Yes, I actually got an idea from them! My pastor has a few guys ready to build, I was hoping I could find a program that I can plan with and hand them a decent picture, something more than a hand scetch..
Also wanted to comment what you said about focusing on God in your video, I like to tell my team "we are telling God's story through song, as well as worshipping him individually."
There are a few options out there; one I used to use for free is Google Draw. Nothing fancy at all, but it's a little better than drawing on a napkin. :) Another one is Sketchup. I believe they have a free version you can try out that might be pretty cool. I use Capture, which is a a pre-viz software where I can draw up a design in my "space" or venue, hang lights in a 3D based room, and program onto that software via my lighting console software. Gets a little more tricky and pricy, but if you plan on doing bigger events, lots of lights/programming. Pre-viz software is a good way to go.
Who did Christ use on his tours? Was that Clair Global? I know they used Meyer Sound Leo’s and Robe lighting mostly. I think the set required like 60 semi trucks - it was totally lit man. I think Tiësto even made a surprise appearance.
All I know is that better production = more souls saved. You know, just like it says in 2 Thomas 5:28.
Amazing lighting.You're really helping a lot of small and big churches doing this videos.
Do you mind sharing your light recommendation (cheap/best bang for the buck) so I can light a pastor or a worship leader with warm/skin tone light and not like a blueish/purpleish skin (something like Avatar). By the way, we need a portable setup because we only rent our space and we need to tear down everything every single Sunday. I'm just not familiar what light should I get for the Key light and backlight. Thank you so much.
For conventional front light, look at ETC SourceFours. They make Jr sizes for small spaces/throws.
Hey guys this is such an awesome set up and video! Question: How do you combine different brand of lights and talk to them individually but at the same time make them talk to each other. (At our church we use Chauvet with the Red wireless usbs. So if we were to get different brands of features, how would we get them to talk to each other? (I should also add, we use Luminaire as the main software) would appreciate your input so much!
@Juan, you can add tons of different brands of lights, as long as you address them separately and have the correct lighting profile on your software for that specific fixture, it shouldn’t matter. Lights shouldn’t “talk” to each other however, they should only be receiving signal from your console that is controlling them. If you’re lights are talking to each other currently then you have a different problem. :)
Do have any single light with three beams/Ray's?
I'm not Christan but I do appreciate some good lighting
May I ask what type of lights you are using for the front lights?
ETC Source 4 - 750w
What fixtures specifically is Mark using to backlight? We're looking to upgrade our fixtures soon.
Backlight the speaker? Chauvet Ovation F95 WW
Are you running HID movers or high power LED? Appears to be pretty high end stuff, like Martin, Elation, Blizzard or the like, not ADJ or Chauvet DJ. Assuming you run a true hazer.....that is oil/compressed air type. I like 'em because they're completely odorless. Nice rig ya got there. Like to see something on which controller software and how you sync cues to music. Thanks
LED Movers. Not super high end actually (comparatively). Mostly mid-range fixtures. Martin RUSH, Chauvet Rouge line of fixtures mostly. Usually wouldn't use these for "big" venues or arenas. Both companies have a good mid/price range line of fixtures. Ps, Blizzard is not high end. :) They will break quickly and you will spend more in the long run.
Thanks for reply. @@marksmarketing
Is this their main campus where they record their live worship or is this a satellite campus?
What haze equipment do you guys use?
So if you're bringing your own lighting and setting up somewhere unconventional that has no truss up front, what is the best way to front light a band? Assuming mounting 20 ft above them and 15 ft in front of them isn't an option?
Vertical lighting trees/stands/truss 45° off center out in front of the stage pointed at the worship team/pastor on stage. (Or whatever angle on the side of the stage would work before seating/viewing gets in the way)
What lights are they use and how many?
Hi Jake, Nice Video. I am fascinated about lights, my church is a church with small budget, please what kind of lights can i used as a beginner to light up the stage and going forward what program to use. Samson
Start with inexpensive DJ lighting fixtures - you can get enough to begin in a small church for a few hundred bucks. Get a few par lights for the back, and a couple moving spots for the front. Once the church gets used to them, expand your budget for more elaborate setups.