I find two main groups of people who give their time to ministering through the technical arts; those who are visually creative and those who are aurally creative. This is, of course, a generalization. You will certainly find people who are both, but not very many.
Sorting people into one of these two categories really helps in guiding them on the journey to learning and building a solid team.
The visually creative people are fantastic at video and lighting positions. They can look into a camera viewfinder and see possibilities. Their abilities in lighting design are also fantastic. They instinctively understand how to use color, modeling, and effects for the best impact.
On the other hand, the aurally creative folks are the sound engineers. They can critically listen to anything, take it apart, and figure out how to fix what sounds displeasing to them.
Even among professionals, you will find sound engineers who can do video and lighting or video/lighting guys who can get signal through a sound board.
It will not do any good to push a visually creative person to mix sound well. They just will not get what you are trying to teach, they will get frustrated, and ultimately they will leave the team. The same scenario applies to the aurally creative people if they are not directed carefully.
You can train anyone to push the right buttons, turn the right knobs, and make a piece of equipment do its specific function. The artistic ability to take something from good to great is not always there and it seems to me that it cannot be taught. Artistry is either something you have or you don’t. A team leader who can appropriately direct his or her people into positions they will enjoy makes all the difference in building a team that functions in unity.
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