At Campus Church at Pensacola Christian College, Pastor Jeff Redlin invited the church and student body to create a video to kick off the yearly missions conference. This year’s theme was “Is there not a cause?” and the video had to somehow demonstrate the very urgent need to share the Gospel with the lost around us. While this project is certainly far from perfect, we wanted to make a film that focused entirely on our message. We feared that scripts, amateur acting, and low-budget sound quality would distract from that, so we modeled our video after Pixar’s short films: no speaking, all audio and visuals to create the best emotions. Our video was shown in front of the congregation at the beginning of the conference, but not without miracle after miracle happening first. From CJ Murray being willing to write the original score, to Mrs. Frank opening her house at the very last minute, to the exact amount of inspiration striking us all at the right time, to even the perfect words for the final scene to pop into my head. God was through this entire project, and it was a joy to produce it with friends cheering us on. … Read More
The Book of Esther Redesign with Commentary
For class we were tasked with redesigning a short book of the Bible. One of our options was Esther, and even though I wasn’t particularly a fan of that story, I knew there was a lot of interesting history there. I decided to not only redesign the book like the class required, but I also wanted to make it a historical and biblical commentary. My dad and I worked together to sift through the historical references–Dad came up with a timeline based off of James Ussher’s Annals of History while I read Josephus. Below is the cover jacket design and some of the spreads in the book. I’ve also included the introduction to read below the designs, in case you want to know more about what went into the in-depth project. If you’d like to purchase the book, you can find it here. I got an A- on this project.
VBS 2019 Campaign
I was able to help with my church’s Vacation Bible School program this summer by creating the graphics, artwork, t-shirts, door hangers, flyers, and banners.
Music Video: Mary, Did You Know? (Feat. One Accord)
Not With My Watch (Short Story)
A rookie guardian angel is tasked to protect a rebellious teenaged girl and draw her to faith. When his tactics prove ineffective, however, he must consider more drastic options.
Behind the Scenes of “Faint Not”
Several people have asked me how I put together my Scripture For Life chapel challenge video (If you haven’t seen it, you can watch it here!) So I thought I might take the night alone in my room to write a basic tutorial explaining how I made the animations using just Photoshop and Final Cut Pro X. I started out with the idea. My roommate suggested doing an animation versus a live-action video because I wouldn’t have to feel bad about collecting the prize scholarship when so many actors would have helped with the project. With a cartoon made completely from my computer, I would have done the entire video myself. The first thing to do was come up with a verse I’d like to center my video around. That was easy, since my college verses are Isaiah 41:10,13. I liked the visual image I got when I read the verses, since it specifically talks about the God of the universe holding our right hand and leading us along through our life’s trials.