24

No, no, not the show. I'm talking about the 24-hr Film Competition put on by http://www.christianfilmmakers.org/. It started at 6 A.M. on March 1st, at which time seven security elements were announced, three of which were needed to be included in each submission. Also, the time limit for each video was three minutes - not a second more.

We ended up getting up around 7, read the security elements and, by the grace of God, wrote up a script in less than a half-hour. The Lord really led us to a creative idea that incorporated several of the necessary elements and it actually taught a little lesson as well.

Dad then graciously went to the store and picked up some Cheerios, which were one of the security elements to be included, and we filmed until about 11 O' clock, which was, praise the Lord, an hour ahead of the planned time to complete filming. We had about 34 minutes of footage for our 3-minute or less short film.

We then captured the footage onto the computer and set to work editing it in Premiere. As I watched some of the footage, I was worried the short would be stupid and even wondered if we should submit it.

But by God's grace, as we edited everything together, we were more and more pleased with the results.

We edited until around or after 4 in the afternoon, with a few little breaks in there. Then we spent some time adding music and tweaking the volume and everything to fit, did some previews with other members of the family and got their input, and finished!

We had some problems uploading to YouTube, but by nighttime, the video was on and the submission e-mail sent!

The Lord was so good to us on this production and He really brought everything together. I also want to thank my Family for their enthusiasm, awesome help, and solid advice. I also want to thank Reis for his enthusiasm toward the project and willingess to help out musically. Although we were not able to use him as composer, he was willing to help and that is much appreciated. I look forward to hearing what he continues to come up with for our more professional productions - we've been working closely lately and his compositions are sounding wonderful - I think, with the Lord's help with software and His continued guidance, Reis' compositions will greatly enhance our films.

Back to the 24-hr project though, I just want to close saying that this was one of the funnest (I know, I know, that's not a real word) filmmaking endeavors I've been a part of. I just praise the Lord for how the film turned out!

So, without further ado, here is the GodTube version of the film (sorry that the tracking's a bit off):



God bless!

Geno