I had a great time filming this little short. If you
don't notice in the video, I was short on actors so I had to get creative. My
goal of this film was to give it that realistic army battle feel, but always
keep in the back of the audience's mind that these are kids playing in the back
yard. So, I gave them pretty realistic costumes but then also gave them Nerf
guns and applied very simple muzzle flashes. I tried to give it a very
desaturated color grade and used gun sound fx and music I got off-line. (Credit
for unoriginal media used in the short is given at the end of the video.)Out of
the blue we decided to do this, and shot the whole thing in one day, but I kept
starting and stopping during the editing process so this short has actually been
a year in the making. I shot the video on my Canon VIXIA HF301 and captured
audio with my Rode Video Mic Pro. (You can check out my gear page to see all my
equipment.) The sun was the only lighting used. None of us on this film know
German so please forgive us if we said anything offensive (in any language). My
actors did a really great job (THANKS GUYS YOUR THE BEST) and I think part of
the reason for that is because they were really pumped up about the idea of the
film. (What boy doesn't get excited about playing army?) This is a key for
really any leaders (not just in film making): GET THOSE YOU ARE WORKING WITH AS
EXITED ABOUT THE PROJECT AS YOU ARE!
Christian Boys' Production
Christian Boys' Production (CBP) is the way I am using my talents for the Lord. Film making is my passion and it has the power to impact people for Christ. I am proud to use CBP as a platform to spread Godly messages. With the support of my family and other fellow film makers who join the CBP community, Lord willing, we can impact the culture for the glory of God.
Friday, February 13, 2015
Friday, January 30, 2015
Keith's Pen: This World Is Not Our Home
John 17:16
They are not of the
world, even as I am not of the world.
As
Christians, this world we find ourselves in today is not meant to be our home.
God wants His children to see Heaven as the dream retirement location, not
Florida. Heaven’s meant to be the desired end of the line, not this earth.
Now
don’t get me wrong, God, in His grace, has blessed us here on earth in so many
different ways, with family, friends, nature, happiness, medicine, limbs, ice
cream, and the list goes on and on. While we should be thankful for these
gracious blessings, we can’t allow these gifts to make us become completely
content with this world, where friends and family die, where nature decays,
where happiness passes, where medicine sometimes fails, where limbs can
disappear, and where ice cream melts.
Christians on this earth, while living thankful lives, should (and
amazingly through Christ can) still desire something more, a place where life
is eternal, where we are whole, and where sin has no power, to sum things up,
where… it’s perfect and as believers know, that’s Heaven, where Jesus is. Why
settle for a motel when you’ve been given the keys to a castle?
The
Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies was released in US theaters this past
week (17 December 2014). I’m a huge Middle Earth
fan and so of course I’ve been fired up to see this movie for awhile now. I
have found myself “joking” that I hope I don’t die or Jesus doesn’t come back
until I see that film. This “joking” has left me surprised with myself. Have I
fallen so much in love with this world that I’d rather be in it, than in
Heaven….in the presence of Christ.
Romans 12:2
And be not conformed to
this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may
prove what is that good, and
acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Have
Christians become so conformed to this world that they see it as more appealing
than a perfect eternity with Christ? This view is the exact opposite of the “good,
and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” The greatest blessing God has given
us here on earth is His Son, and because of Jesus we look forward to something
incomparably greater than this earth, Heaven. I’m through settling for the rags
of this world when my Savior offers me fine cloth. What about you?
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