No film tips here. Just a little note to say I’m going to be moving over the next few weeks. Not far…down the road actually. But needless to say updates may be a little sporadic. However, I can tell you about what I’m currently working on:
- Video tutorials – I’ve been really lazy on this one. I have three video tutorials about 2/3rds finished. They are pretty unique, and hopefully they will knock your socks off. So make sure to have socks on while watching them to avoid any serious injury.
- Film Finance – I honestly may have stumbled across the most brilliant film finance method ever conceived. How’s that for hyperbole? Seriously though, I have a pretty interesting idea on how I can help you finance your own short films, or equipment purchases of up to $25,000, while at the same time helping to finance my own projects. I’ll keep you posted.
- The Way To You – My friend Donny at Big Foot Productions just gave me a call. The Way To You is officially green lit, though not as originally planned. Instead of being a 90 minute feature comedy, it will now be an online web series of 12, ten minute episodes. Haven’t signed any contracts yet, but I’ll probably be production manager, technical adviser, and possibly second camera on this one. It’s a pretty exciting project, and as it progresses I’ll try and throw some behind the scenes footage up here.
- My Job – There is a strong possibility I may be changing occupations soon. Shhh….don’t tell anyone. Honestly though, I’d highly doubt anyone where I work now even knows or cares my blog exists. And if by some bizarre chance someone does find this post, then I’ll just turn it into a big press release “Blogger gets fired over blog post”…the media loves that crap. But anyways, I’ve got two offers going right now…one as a full time media integration specialist for an extremely technologically advanced super computer 3d visualization center, the other as a media specialist for a public access TV station. Both of them should free my time substantially to produce more films, and write more for this website….so pretty exciting either way.
So stay tuned…
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We need more co-laboration on a local basis and workshops and a stage and a real brick and mortar place with a big screen perhaps an old movie theatre if for all a center for Christian Film and telivision and stop trying to do what the world is doing we need as Christians to be more organized,
This includes from stem to stern first and formost all of the gifts God has given us.
From California to New York and now to Austin not to mention Florida the excitement of Christians in Media most of the which many dissapointed few successfull and even then far from really realeasing a good feature appealling to a wide audience few and far between.
I have the answer yes “Christian Co-Op of all catagories and locations: I can contribute full time, but no man is an island so if God is calling then nothing else will do or mean anything, “despise not the day of small beginnings. Amen even so come Lord Jesus.
Louis, in terms of Christian churches you have a great resource right at your finger tips. Churches love youth groups, and functions that involve the church youth in the community. Some big churches even have much of the necessary equipment for filmmaking. Approach your local pastor, minister, of whatever your particular denomination calls them about getting some of the church members, and in particular the youth groups, involved in some Christian themed films.
Now to address your second point, about there not being many Christian films that appeal to a wide audience. The thing is…for us non Christians, and even some Christians, movies that are specifically “Christian movies” often come across as too preachy. Its sort of unavoidable really. The idea of the movie is to preach God’s word and Christian values…but frankly I already know plenty about the bible, and what Christianity preaches…so if I want to watch a movie I’m just not interested in being preached to about the same things I already know.