2008 Trail Dance Festival

The 2008 Trail Dance Film Festival is in full swing! Today dad and I went to the showing of Joel's Journey. There was an average of about 40 people in the room for the screening. Some people got up and left, some people came in late, some whispered ;), one guy kept looking at his cell phone (I think he wished he hadn't come in), and more than one person was heard sniffling.

Overall it went well and people had several questions during the Q&A session.

Tomorrow evening is the Award Ceremony and I'll be posting results as soon as I can. Currently Joel's Journey is nominated for "Best Oklahoma Documentary."

Ditch Diggers

This is a funny video that was made by the same guys who did "Sam Franklin and the Cryptic Call." (which was at SAICFF 2006)

Watch "Ditch Diggers," - 'a video about the American work ethic.'

CBD review

Most of you are aware that Christian Book Distributors (CBD) has recently picked up Joel's Journey for distribution.

CBD has the ability to spread awareness about Joel's Journey to a very wide audience. Please take a moment to give a short review of Joel's Journey at the CBD website. Positive comments and high reviews will help encourage CBD to promote the movie further. It doesn't require you to register or anything like that, they keep it very simple and painless.

CLICK THE LINK HERE to give a review.

Thank you.

Pirates Who Don't Do Anything

Vischer, the voice of Bob the Tomato, had just finished a pitch for a new VeggieTales movie at Universal Studios, when a studio executive asked, “Are you sure it’s Christian enough?”

Veggie Tales is back with another feature film. Now I am not really a big fan of Veggie Tales ;) but I did find this article from Phil Vischer, concerning the upcoming movie, to be very interesting. Phil talks about how this film is different from the most VT movies from a "spiritual" perspective and how he went about making a faith based film without copying a Bible story.

Will this film be a success? I guess we will find out - it opens in theaters tomorrow.

Watch the trailer.

Capturing HD with Final Cut

This is a great article about working with HD footage in Final Cut and how to go about capturing it!

Pendragon 2

And again...another update from the Burns Family Studio on the Pendragon project! Lots of pictures too!

Towering 8 core

NEW FROM APPLE!!!!

Editor's blog

I found this today, ACE Members Tech Web Discussion, a blog by professional editors. They have several articles about Final Cut vs. Avid, which I found to be very insightful and interesting.

Pendragon

They are keeping their blog hoppin' - read about their new sound studio!

"Come What May"

This is an upcoming film produced by Advent Film Group with a crew of homeschoolers in association with Patrick Henry College.

"Caleb, a recent transfer to Patrick Henry College, teams up with Rachel to lead the college to the National Moot Court Championship. Along the way, he is caught in a moral tug-of-war between his parents—a newly Christian father, and a feminist Supreme Court attorney mother. As the PHC moot court team and the U.S. Supreme Court simultaneously grapple with legal cases involving abortion, Caleb clashes with his mother and his own conscience over difficult issues of truth and compromise in the intense world of collegiate moot court."

You can read about their upcoming week long shoot for pick-up shots at Christian Wire. A trailer for the movie can be seen at the AFG website.