At Mars Hill Church the Preaching & Theology Branch is filming nine sermon introduction videos to support the series TRIAL: 8 Witnesses from 1 & 2 Peter as preached by Pastor Mark Driscoll.
 
This video was for our first “Witness,” Temptation. Candice Clem, now famous for the LED Stage Design of Peasant Princess, was our main character and did a wonderful job.
 

Before

This first video is the rough version without a score or final chroma key compositing. The frame rate on this original cut was shot in slow motion and is much longer than the final version.

The chroma key work was complicated, but after seeing how John Adams worked their actors into a bay full of ships we did the same with a few choice shots of our principle.
 

After

Here is the final intro video for Temptation:

 
Here is a Flickr set taken during the shoot. Apparently the photographer at the shoot was also inspired by John Adams and enlisted similar camera techniques; or maybe it was the Batman Angle they were re-creating.

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