As September begins (in Florida it’s the
month our sense of humor about the heat runs out) I want to share about a
couple unique short films we recently completed.
Several years ago our Film Production
department began working on Archivo Cero
(that’s “File Zero” for us English types), an animated multi-part adventure for
Cru’s ministry in Spain. It’s designed to reach middle school/early high school
kids who have little to no religious experience, with a story that introduces
them to Jesus and points them to materials (like Bible studies) to help them
grow in their understanding.
Since this kind of stuff takes a long time
to finish, it was only this year that the voices were synced, and the materials
ready to roll out. The English version was just completed and should be up on
the Jesus Film Media app soon … several other languages are in the
pipeline.
We’re excited by the possibilities. We
hear a lot about how science fiction can allude to spiritual truth. Now we have
a property that does it directly
#2 Film Production recently completed “Theophilos,” a
music video/Jesus Film mash-up. Instead of music, though, it features Spoken
Word, an oral art that focuses on the aesthetics of word play with intonation
and voice inflection. It is a “Catch all genre that includes any kind of poetry
recited aloud…” (thanks, Wikipedia). Anyway, we got one of the top artists in
the nation for this genre, Shawn Welcome, to do this film for us. It’s like a
poem about Jesus, spoken to music.
We made it for young urban audiences and
I’m excited at the possibilities. African Americans aren’t well-represented in
mainstream American culture, and that’s sadly true of ministry as well. We’re
trying to turn that around. “Theophilos” will also be on the Jesus Film Media
app in the near future, so be looking for it.
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