A few weeks back our team produced another batch of stories at NewSpring Church. We like to share stories in our church to celebrate what God is doing and how he is changing lives, but they also act as fantastic vision pieces. There are few things that articulate the vision of our church better than a story of how God is working in someone’s life. Sidenote…if you’re planning on attending our Unleash Conference this year, one of the topics our team with be discussing at length in our breakout session is stories. We’ll be looking specifically at our process, methods’s and all the things we’ve found that do and do not work for us.
Here is one of the stories we produced.
Shot on the Canon 5D MK II
Edited in Final Cut Pro
Colored using Da Vinci Resolve
Music produced by Listen Design Studio
Here are a few pieces that I’ve recently discovered in some fashion or another.
The first is a wonderful spotlight piece on Scott Duncan, a director/cinematographer. It’s really a piece highlighting the Arri Alexa, but they’ve taken it an inanimate object and made it a central part of his story and philosophies. Along with being a beautifully shot piece it’s compelling and allows you to identify.
This next piece is a nice spotlight on Founders Brewing Co. based in Grand Rapids, MI. I always enjoy watching Hunter Hampton Richards work, who was the DP on this project.
Lastly was a well crafted trailer for the program The NFL Season: A Biography, which aires on the NFL Network. This project featured the work from the stillmotion team.
Here’s an exercise I did in DaVinci Resolve this week. The footage is from our trip to New York this past fall. I’m just starting to get into Resolve, so I graded this one in B/W just to familiarize myself with controls and not have to worry about the grade as much. Still, I like some of the results.
Shot on the Canon 5D MKII
Edited in Adobe Premiere
Colored in DaVinci Resolve
Artwork by Joshua Blankenship
Music: ‘Better Life’ by Paper Route
Come one, come all! It’s time for the return of “Inspiration Thursday’. First up is a fantastic piece for British Airways. It does a wonderful job of playing up the nostalgia and historical aspects of aviation. The musical score also works beautifully. It was created by Academy Films in London.
Next up is a demo reel from my good friend Steven Lester. Steven is apart of the incredible team at Elevation Church. If your not following his work…you should be.
Lastly is a beautifully animated historical timeline about Whitehouse Post. Enjoy!