SACRAMENTO, CA – Capital Christian Center, one of the biggest Assembly of God (AG) churches on the West Coast, can seat close to 3,000 and stages full productions for annual events such as the two-day Northern California/Nevada Youth Convention. Capital Christian' s media crew handled all the production, including stage design and setup for that event, which featured a series of inspirational speakers and musical performances.
"They've seen what we've done in the past, what our potential was, and the gear we have," said Brian Jenkins, Capital Christian's technical director, who managed the stage and lighting design for the event. "They had confidence we could get the job done."
Capital Christian used an all-Martin moving light rig that included some of the first MAC 700 Profiles purchased in the U.S. as well as MAC 600 wash lights, MAC 250 Entours and MAC 250 Wash moving heads, and MX-10 scanners.
The church also rented in Martin LC Series LED panels from AV rental company Verrents, which were used to form three horizontal media ribbons and three mid-stage vertical stripes interspersed by pleated columns that were illuminated by floor-based Martin MAC 250s.
"We went outside the box for the opening video," Jenkins said. "When we fired up the panels, we really got the crowd going, and people were blown away – it was one of those big wow factors."
In the past, they've used pyro and smoke for special effects impact, "but the panels have really revolutionized their thinking," he said. "It was real bang for the buck. I've seen a lot of gear come through and the LC panels are awesome. Setup and tear down was one of the easiest – they are lightweight and unbelievably easy."
Besides their ease of set up, the semi-transparent, modular system of LED panels are often praised for their brightness. "You don't realize what a powerful lighting fixture they are until you fire them up and put them at full," Jenkins said.
"We were grateful to have the other Martins to complement them, because if we had any other lights, the panels would have overpowered them," Jenkins added. The panel's transparency allowed him to project smoke effects through them as well. "They held up great start to finish."
Graphical content was played across all LC panels with Capital Christian's video department creating all the graphics themselves.
"Once they saw their creation being used on the panels they loved it and created lots more themselves," Jenkins said. "One thing these panels did was create a team building project for the crew. Once they saw them fire up it was like a pit bull on meat! They just loved them. The pastors liked them too as we had them leftover for Sunday services."
The Capital Christian Center also has Martin gear in a multi-use youth room where the Capital Christian high school and Capital Christian youth group hold services and theater productions.
CREW
Production Manager/Lighting Designer: Brian Jenkins
Lighting Director: Austin Duarte
Lighting Technicians: Brian Jenkins, Austin Duarte, Tyler Cardwell, Dwaine Wise, Michael Piccone, Arthur Pokusin
Staging Company: Atomic Design
Video Director: Curtis Smith, Brandon Kauffman
Video Company: VER Rents
Promoter/Producer: NorCal Nevada Youth Ministries
Senior Pastor: Rick Cole
Equipment Supplier: Capital Christian Center, VER Rents
Martin Gear:
6 LC Series 2140
16 LC Series 1140
7 MAC 700 Profile
6 MAC 600
4 MAC 250 Wash
8 MAC 250 Entour
6 MX-10
1 LightJockey 2
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