Dear FCC family,
We are planning to make a public video for Pink Dot. We want to send a message that declares God’s love for everyone – including LGBTQ persons.
We want to include as many people as possible and we would be singing “Draw the Circle Wide” and you can join us either recording a video, or if you have concerns about privacy, record just your audio.
This is what you need to participate:
- A pink t-shirt.
- Smartphone with front facing camera for recording you
- A second device (smartphone / tablet / laptop / desktop) for playing back the audio file attached (you can also access the file through this link here.)
- Earphones / headphones connected to the second device
- A quiet room that is well lit and a background that is not messy
- Internet connection
- 15 minutes of your time
- Writing materials + paper
- Submit the video before 11:59pm on Sunday 21 June.
This is how to participate.
- Put on your pink t-shirt!
- write the message you want to share on a piece of paper- eg. You are loved, I stand with Pink Dot, Welcome Home etc.
- Connect your earphones to your playback device, wear our earphones and make sure you can hear the audio file attached.
- Find a place to position your smartphone and turn to the front facing video camera mode to take a video selfie of your beautiful face (i.e. use the front facing camera in video mode). Make sure that the phone is horizontal and not vertical. (see below) Please set the camera settings to record in HD 16:9. If you want to sing together with your partner or another person, you of course can do so but please make sure that you both can hear the audio through the earphones – you can share earphones!
- Put the earphones in and playback the YouTube track – the song will play in your ear and the lyrics will show on screen.
- Hit record in video mode on your smartphone. You should only be recording your face and your voice. The music should not be able to be heard. Remember to smile!
- Press play on the music file and sing along to the entire song together following the track in one continuous take.
- During the instrumental from 3:33 to 4:52, hold up your message for the camera.
- At 4:52, start singing again until the music ends.
- After recording the song, please check the recording to make sure the video and your voice is okay and there isn’t music or noise in the background (hence the need for the quiet background).
- Post the video to YouTube as an unlisted video in the highest possible HD quality and send the link to video to us at info@freecomchurch.org. (steps in picture below)
These are the lyrics for the song –
Draw the Circle
(Instrumental)
Verse 1
Draw the Circle, draw the Circle wide
Draw the Circle, draw the Circle wide
No one stands alone, we’ll stand side by side
Draw the Circle, draw the Circle wide
Repeats Verse 1
Chorus
Draw the Circle wide, draw it wider still
Let this be our song, no one stands alone
Standing side by side
Draw the Circle, draw the Circle wide
Back to Verse 1
Chorus
Repeats Chorus
Long Instrumental (3:33-4:53)
Sing Verse twice
Repeats last line once
Shalom,
miak