Oct. 19, 2006 - SAICFA- Days 2 & 3
Boy, it's been a busy last couple of days here in San Antonio. As I write this from our hotel room, the Academy is over and the Film Festival will kick off tomorrow evening. My dad and I just got back from watching Facing the Giants, which I highly recommend. Check www.facingthegiants.com and look to see if it's playing in your area. I believe Christians across the country need to rise up and support these kinds of films. This will send the message to the Hollywood-humanists that these are the kinds of movies we want to see, movies that extol the Biblical family model, that show children to be a blessing, and not a curse, movies that show children repenting and apologizing to their parents, instead of the other way around. Movies that show how God rewards faithfulness and submission, and most importantly, films that exalt the name of Jesus Christ as the Name above all names, and by whom we are saved.Over the last two days, I've heard lectures and lighting, sound design, starting and managing a small video production company, the proper way to do preproduction, an in-depth look at the production process, heard the sucess stories of other Christian films, such as Facing the Giants. It's been like drinking out of a fire-hose. Next is the Festival itself. Over the next three days, I'll be watching as many as I can of the forty short films and documentaries that are in the semi-finals. I hope that I will be challenged, moved, and entertained. Most of all, I hope my trailer wins the Jubilee Award.
Just kidding!
Seriously though, please pray that God will be able to use my trailer as a means to make some connections that will be beneficial in the future, and if nothing else, be means to make some new friends in the Christian Filmmakers community.
Good night, and God Bless,
Zack
