Just really good rhythm to it. Editing was right on target and the beats kept the flow interesting, captivating. No boring segments where you get lost. Where did the music come from? Great selections. It seemed original, even if it wasn't. Really good clip with the girl who was going to cry... brought tears.
Your pastor worked really well as a narrator. He seems a great heart.
Matt, you have gotten good at this stuff. Keep it up. Next film, next film...
Good stock film use. Saw your wife coming down the stairs, there. You guys must be happy at such a church. The banjo ending... your eyes are attached to your heart, Matt, and you got the skill. Use it or else.
though i wasn't able to do much research, i would recommend the Panasonic Pro AG-DVC20. however, it usually runs closer to $1200. that said, this type of design (specially with a shoulder mount) is preferable if you'll be doing documentary type stuff or other serious filming.
however, if you're looking to use the camera for family filming, this camera is probably a bit too bulky. all in all, though, it looks like a good camcorder. i'll be interested to know if you get one/what type of filming you use it for. matt
Also, what do you think about a program that researches and instructs youth/children, catechizing in full color while walking through the Bible without cartooning. Genesis 3, researching illustratively while involving them in the question/answer. A student of Marshall McLuhan who taught that the forms of media where instructive in themselves or literally emblematic of deeper resources at work (though he was a muddle, ironically, in communicating these ideas), I fear that the medium itself corrupts, but reserve judgment as I have been blessed through its proper use. What I really want to stand behind is the proper communion of the church, functioning as it should without all of the media prosthetics, but how to start apologetically... That's where I think film can come in - culture-real awareness is what Shaffer would want to call it, I think, like Truly True, yo. A docu-Drama that shows the story where it's at, rather than allowing it to remain there comfortably.
I tried to make contact with a producer this week. I have a job as a teleprompter, right now, and get to meet a lot of producers/film crews. It has demystified the whole thing for me so that it seems more than doable.
Read The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. One day I hope to bring that to the screen. The book will bless you and your little girl one day, as it did me. Truly, a great book. Complex and simple: a not-so-contemporary parable that could be made into a classic.
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Woot! super job Matt. I'm amazed. I was blessed by all your hard work.
Nick
Man, I loved it.
Just really good rhythm to it. Editing was right on target and the beats kept the flow interesting, captivating. No boring segments where you get lost. Where did the music come from? Great selections. It seemed original, even if it wasn't. Really good clip with the girl who was going to cry... brought tears.
Your pastor worked really well as a narrator. He seems a great heart.
Matt, you have gotten good at this stuff. Keep it up. Next film, next film...
Good stock film use. Saw your wife coming down the stairs, there. You guys must be happy at such a church. The banjo ending... your eyes are attached to your heart, Matt, and you got the skill. Use it or else.
Would you recommend a MiniDV or camera that you would like to use under 1000.00?
though i wasn't able to do much research, i would recommend the Panasonic Pro AG-DVC20. however, it usually runs closer to $1200. that said, this type of design (specially with a shoulder mount) is preferable if you'll be doing documentary type stuff or other serious filming.
however, if you're looking to use the camera for family filming, this camera is probably a bit too bulky. all in all, though, it looks like a good camcorder. i'll be interested to know if you get one/what type of filming you use it for.
matt
Are you familiar with the White Horse Inn? They have a version of Leno's Jaywalking where they ask Christians point blank questions and assess common response-ability. Make puritanism practical. Have you thought about producing documentaries that expose inconsistencies while instructing compassionately. Perhaps you are familiar with Douglas Rushkoff. His work can be found on his Website, documentaries linked and viewable online through PBS. That sort of exposé might be insightfully challenging to a culture that seems obsessed with finding hypocrisy in the church and a schizoid church living vicariously through the world, re-erecting the blue laws while forgetting the commandments and so forth.
Also, what do you think about a program that researches and instructs youth/children, catechizing in full color while walking through the Bible without cartooning. Genesis 3, researching illustratively while involving them in the question/answer. A student of Marshall McLuhan who taught that the forms of media where instructive in themselves or literally emblematic of deeper resources at work (though he was a muddle, ironically, in communicating these ideas), I fear that the medium itself corrupts, but reserve judgment as I have been blessed through its proper use. What I really want to stand behind is the proper communion of the church, functioning as it should without all of the media prosthetics, but how to start apologetically... That's where I think film can come in - culture-real awareness is what Shaffer would want to call it, I think, like Truly True, yo. A docu-Drama that shows the story where it's at, rather than allowing it to remain there comfortably.
I tried to make contact with a producer this week. I have a job as a teleprompter, right now, and get to meet a lot of producers/film crews. It has demystified the whole thing for me so that it seems more than doable.
Read The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. One day I hope to bring that to the screen. The book will bless you and your little girl one day, as it did me. Truly, a great book. Complex and simple: a not-so-contemporary parable that could be made into a classic.
dear mr. anonymous,
where do you work as a teleprompter?
matt
The Eastern Coast, really. So, it is through a lay pastor who owns a company of his own and I freelance with/for him.
do you all have any stuff posted?
No.
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