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Today we kicked off a new series and new short film at theStory.

To watch the film, go here.

The concept for the film grew out of these ideas:

*We’re following the book of John in sequence and the next chapters up for discussion all include conversations that Jesus has (Nicodemus, John the B, Woman at the Well)
*When we read these exchanges we begin to learn things about God, His Kingdom, and if we read it long enough, we learn things about ourselves
*Darryl pointed out when we first started talking about this idea that we are in fact voyeurs in the fourth degree…Jesus and his conversation partner (1&2), John (3), us (4). This little tidbit gives us a unique perspective on all that is going on
*In regards to the style of the film, we storyboarded it as if it were one of my Office posts where I find myself people watching and speculating on who and what they’re all about. Further, I watched the entire run of Arrested Development this fall and High Fidelity the week before we shot so that genre of narration was in my head and seemed like a good fit
*We based two of the shots on the Biblical conversations (Nicodemus - Important Types; Woman at the Well - 6 Cups). We had a tough time with the John the B scenario so we scrapped it
*Nathan and I shot the film, and he edited it with Adobe Premier. It’s the first we’ve used the software - It worked well.

Big Thank Yous:

*Barry, Chris, Nate & Darryl for the first storyboard and initial brainstorm
*Chris for the voice over & Barry for the studio work
*Dave for being so gracious in facilitating the shoot at the Coffee Lodge
*The Coffee Lodge, a locally owned and operated coffee shop, which so happens to be my office, for letting us shoot in their space
*The Actors: Sarah, Rose, Murray, Dave, Nathan, Marlene

As always, if it fits, the film is yours to use, free of charge. We can even customize the last frame for you and insert your artwork/title/etc. Again, all we ask for as payment is that you return the favour and help someone else when the opportunity presents itself.

Filed by Joe at February 4th, 2007 under Uncategorized, Ideas to Share, Creativity