Magic of the Real Kinetic Type Video

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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVkyWKQu5F0&w=560&h=315] Last summer I was able to attend the Realm Makers virtual conference, where author ND Wilson was the opening keynote speaker. His perspective on the fantasy genre and the Christian author’s role was game-changing to me, and it really left me with a new perspective on God’s creation and fantastic storytelling throughout history. Wilson believes that we live in “God’s fantasy novel,” in that, God’s creation and history is fantastic, and is the origin for all fantasy fiction (Marvel comics inspired by the Book of Judges, for example). In the original keynote, Wilson echoed some of JRR Tolkien’s and CS Lewis’s beliefs on the fantasy genre, and charged his audience to live in God’s novel as a character they would want to read about. Since a lot of his points stuck with me and other conference attendees, I wanted to adapt his talk into a short video that explained his view on fantasy, informing them of a new and unique way to see God and storytelling.

Short Film: There Is A Cause (Missions Conference at Campus Church)

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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

Behind the Scenes of “Faint Not”

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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.