Before Camera & Action - Lights![Tony Fransen]

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How do you become one of the best lighting designers in the production world?
Tony Fransen is a lighting designer who has worked with Prince, One Republic and many more artists. We discussed church lighting design, burnout prevention and some disaster stories that are as exhilarating as they are terrifying.
In this episode you'll hear:

• 1:00 Meth Labs, Church Visits & Leg Lamps
• 6:30 Working with Prince [Tony Fransen joins us!]
• 22:30 Tony’s Tech Background
• 30:00 Landing the Lighting gig for One Republic
• 35:45 How do you draw your church congregation in with lighting?
• 40:25 How do you prevent burnout in church production?
• 45:20 How can church techs communicate work load during Christmas?
• 48:12 Disaster story: “Then the elephant walks in”
• 51:08 Disaster story: “Then the video wall snapped loose”
• 55:00 Tech Takeaway

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1. Before Camera & Action - Lights![Tony Fransen] (00:00:00)

2. How do you draw your church congregation in with lighting? (00:36:34)

3. How do you prevent burnout in church production? (00:41:14)

4. How can church techs communicate work load during Christmas? (00:46:09)

5. Disaster story: “Then the video wall snapped loose” (00:51:49)