The one thing to remember about marketing videos: Watch “Earning Trust” and see why the major labels print with Fidelity

July 8, 2010

If you’re interested in creating a marketing video for your company or ministry, the one thing you need to remember is that it needs to be about one thing. This was a principle I heard in screenwriting school and it applies pretty much to everything in marketing. Sure, there can be variations and sub-ideas; but [...]

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Watch a fun video with Gershwin in full color | Behind the scenes at Fidelity Offset

July 2, 2010

Along with films and documentaries, we like do unique video work for companies. I spent three years as the marketing director for a small business where I sought to find creative ways to use video to show people exactly what the company did (it was amazing how a good video could increase sales). We currently [...]

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Watch (and listen) to the newest music for worship | Greg Wilbur’s “My Cry Ascends”

June 18, 2010

I think Greg Wilbur is one of the best living composers of music for worship. That he happens also to be the Chief Musician at Parish Presbyterian Church in Franklin, Tennessee means I have the privilege of hearing his music each week. (You know his music is really wonderful when your 7-year-old daughter sings it [...]

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Watch an Experiment with a Steadicam and a Conceit | “Dance Lessons”

June 14, 2010

PART 1 : “Positions, Please!” A few months ago, we were asked to be one of a number of production companies creating short films on marriage. Our assigned topic was marital roles, and certain parameters came with the request: the film needed to be in four linked parts that could fit between other teaching pieces; [...]

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3 Uninspired Ideas for Screenwriters Stuck in the Mud

June 8, 2010

One caveat: this post is designed purely for self-inspiration. Unless you are either A) a screenwriter frustrated with a screenplay he’s been working on for over a year or B) interested in what goes on inside the head of a screenwriter frustrated with a screenplay he’s been working on for over a year, then it [...]

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Hello to our friends from WORLD!

May 21, 2010

We’re glad you stopped by. Since I can’t walk you through our office here in Nashville, I can at least give you a quick tour of our site. We’re constantly doing new things, so our bloggish home lets visitors like you peek and poke around wherever you want. Everything you need is to your right. [...]

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Professors, Middle Schoolers & Mud – Watch a short piece on teaching sustainable urban agriculture to kids

May 14, 2010

This is a little piece we did for our friends Dr. Chris Farrell (a biologist) and Jason Atkins (an ecologist) at Trevecca Nazarene University. The two of them have developed a great relationship with an inner city middle school down the street from the university and are helping teach them about sustainable urban agriculture. They [...]

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Watch “Prodigal Sons” in HD

May 6, 2010

In light of the three year anniversary of shooting Prodigal Sons in New York City, we’re posting it here in high definition for your viewing pleasure. It is my favorite film of the Modern Parables series for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the theology behind the parable itself. Since the film was [...]

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Ideas from A. W. Tozer on filming the spiritual

April 30, 2010

One of the questions I have as a filmmaker is, ‘how does one film spiritual realities in an effective and realistic manner?’ Film is a notoriously physical medium, one that dominates two of our five senses to the exclusion of everything else. Since, by definition, spiritual things cannot be seen or heard, how exactly do [...]

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Watch “The Redemption of Cecil & Victoria Johnson”

April 13, 2010

This is a short documentary we shot last year in Florida. It was to be a part of the Seek Social Justice series but ended up not being used in the final product. It tells the story of how Cecil and Victoria Johnson were pulled out of a life of drugs, crime and prison and [...]

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