The large green screen wall allows creativity for productions in the Phillips multimedia studio. Drs. Lisa Dellinger, Annie Lockhart-Gilroy and Anne Carter Walker prepare to record a conversation for use in a seminary course. They say recording conversations for their class in the new studio allows them to focus on each other and not the technology.
The creation of a new multimedia studio at Phillips Theological Seminary has helped the school provide high quality video and audio productions for faculty while also supporting the seminary’s advancement office, and denominational and community partners.
In late 2019, the Communications Department at the Tulsa, Oklahoma-based seminary had plans to turn a space within its suite of offices into a studio but was later able to expand that vision when a larger, former classroom space became available.
The multimedia studio, completed in December 2021, has a large green-screen wall, a four-person podcast recording area, and a “faculty corner” dedicated to professors and others in need of a quiet, well-lit space to record videos for class, or to participate in remote conferences.
“Our communications team worked in broadcast media before coming to Phillips, so I trusted their judgment and vision for what a studio could bring to us,” said President Nancy Claire Pittman. “When the pandemic hit, it didn’t take long to realize a dedicated space to create high-quality content would be very useful.”
The equipment for the studio was also used to produce two Worship Kits containing ready-to-stream worship services intended to give pastors and church staffs a break from creating their own online services.
The Advancement Office and Communications Department also worked together to produce a daily podcast of Advent devotionals written by seminary alumni, staff and faculty. The podcast supplemented a free, printed devotional booklet and saw more than 3,000 audio downloads during the Advent season.