Psalms, a series at Riverview May, 2010.
Our Creative Director, Kristie, designed a custom image for the background projection, we did not do a physical build. I should note that she creates (an impressive) projection theme for all of the series that we do.
How To Kill A Church, a series at Riverview, April 2010.
A local construction company allowed us to borrow a trailer full of rubble and cinder blocks. After hauling the rocks in and getting them arranged (with plastic drop cloth protecting the carpet) we started building our steeple. The steeple was built almost entirely from scrap materials from other sets. The siding is ripped down 1/4in plywood and there are 1x4s trimming the edges. Once the basic structure was together we started on the cupola and “stained glass” window (actually made with plexi glass, light filters/gels and gaff tape.) The finishing touch was shingling the roof and setting the top on. There is a 60watt light inside hooked up to a dimmer.
The projection is different depending on the part of the service we are in and there are some subtle video background effects (birds and waves) during the music sets.
“I am…” a series at Riverview, March 2010.
We cut out 4ft circles from MDF sheets, painted them white and designed brackets to hang them on the wall with a 3in space between the circles and the wall. The background projection was carefully set up to project onto the circles (different designs each week.)
Psalms, a series at Riverview, February 2010.
Our Creative Director, Kristie, designed a custom image for the background projection, we did not do a physical build. I should note that she creates (an impressive) projection theme for all of the series that we do.
AND, a series at Riverview, January 2010.
From three sheets of 4ft x 8ft x 1.5in foam insulation we cut out nine ampersands of various sizes. The ampersands were given several coats of yellow paint (leftover from the “The Undead” series) and then attached to small pedestals so they would stand upright freely.
Like Jesus, a series at Riverview, November 2009.
We set up six sheets of paper (from a 150ft roll) slightly distanced from the back wall. The background projection was masked in Keynote to only display on the paper, with video running during the music sets.
The cross center stage is a plywood structure wrapped in the same paper we used on the back wall.
The Undead, a four week series at Riverview, October 2009.
After ripping out our “The Napkin Manifesto” set we started work on the road and ladder visible here. The ladder is 2x4s cut to size, screwed together and painted, it is screwed to a 2×6 painted black with safeties to the architectural truss.
The road was significantly more complicated. Because it has a slope and curve to it and becomes narrower at the top, the structural supports were improvised. It is held in place using mostly steel studs/rail and the top is 1/8in lauan. We put on a few coats of different paint with a texture roller and hand painted the lines.
“The Napkin Manifesto” series at Riverview.
We ripped out the wall that had been up for the last few series’ sets and quickly proceeded to build a 30ft diner-style counter. The front of the counter is made from 4x8ft sheets of tile board (looks kind of like tile and has texture but it’s definitely not real tile) cut down in three sections. The the drum riser and the middle section of tile board on the counter was hand-painted in a checker pattern. The counter-top (painted plywood) has a strip of floor threshold attached to the front of it so it looks legit.
We had a bunch of stools shipped in and assembled them, and a generous friend lent us their diner-style cocktail table for the duration of the series. At the end of the series we’ll be selling the stools locally since they are too expensive to keep in the budget.
“Dear Theophilus” series at Riverview.
Probably one of our fastest set installations ever, we painted our false wall black and covered the middle section with aluminum foil. Unfortunately, the spray adhesive we used to put up the aluminum foil failed after about a day and we had to come back and staple it all back up. Message resources are available here.
“Tension” series at Riverview.
We started by pulling the CRAVE series pegboard off the (horizontal) middle section of the false wall. We had built 14 stand/shelf units to set monitors on and ran all the wiring for the displays. Once the monitors were installed we put up sheets of hardboard (same material as the rest of the wall) and used a recessed lighting cut-out bit to create holes of varied sizes where the monitors are and painted the whole thing gray.
