Film and Video
The Jesus Film Project app is available for the iPhone, iPad, Android smartphones and tablets, giving users free access to films in over 1,700 languages.
In the latest version of the app, the menus, video descriptions and all the text surrounding the films are available in several interface languages: Arabic, Chinese (China), Chinese (Taiwan), English, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, German, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Urdu.
The app features the films JESUS, Magdalena, Story of Jesus for Children in full length and segments; the series Following Jesus, Walking with Jesus, Rivka, and a catalog of short films like My Last Day.
Users have the ability to find resources by country, language name, theme and title of the film. [more...]
Designed especially for youth and young adults, Living Worlds is educational yet entertaining.
Living Worlds is filmed on location in Italy, Greece and Turkey and supplemented with computer graphics and animations. It aims to help us understand better the world of New Testament times and specifically the context into which several books of the Bible were written. Each episode is around 10 minutes long, making it ideal for use in home groups, Bible studies - even Church gatherings.
The first episode "Corinth" uses cutting edge computer graphics, animations and story-telling to explore the life of Ancient Corinth. [more...]
Mary Magdalene acts as both narrator and participant in Magdalena: Released from Shame, as she traces through the story of lives that have come into contact with Jesus, and have been powerfully released from shame.
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"Fatmir, a pampered vineyard owner’s son, hopes to make a name for himself. Sponsoring a smooth-talking artist, he’s swindled and loses everything. Haunted by his brother’s words of failure, Fatmir is determined to prove him wrong. Yet things go from bad to worse. Destitute and hungry, rejected and without hope, will Fatmir find the courage and strength to return home?"
The Kingdom, based on a well-known story in the Scriptures, is an 82-minute film set in the vineyards of Kosovo and beaches of Montenegro. It has won 23 film festival awards and has been dubbed or subtitled in ten languages.
The film is free to download at thekingdomfilm.com.
There is a discussion guide to encourage conversations, asking questions on the themes of 'Finding Identity', 'What is life about?', 'Money, money, fun, fun' and 'The father's faithful heart'. [more...]
Pilot programs have clearly shown that extensive word and concept explanations are often needed if a non-Christian is to understand the written text as read on a cassette. The explanations will need to be provided in a format that is appropriate to both the medium and the listening context. It may be... a dramatic series of daily readings, presented in the context of a village family, and a narrator who will provide the necessary help with background information so that the listeners can place the text in its geographical and cultural context.
Although written before much of the revolution in digital media, this book provides a lot of useful strategic input for those involved in media and Scripture Engagement.
It is divided into three sections:
- Foundational principles for use of media in church and mission – Biblical principles, communication models, research methods.
- Selected media descriptions – chapters on television, radio, video, audio cassettes, print, film, music, painting & dance-drama, computers
- Practical guidelines for media in church and mission – strategy, planning, production, testing, distribution, evaluation.
Renew World Outreach's mission is to assist missionaries and mission organizations with portable audio/visual tools to help reach the unreached nations of the world.
Their products include the Papyrus, a solar-powered audio player with impressive quality sound and volume.
They also have portable DVD players, solar powered presentation systems and portable projector screens - providing ways to deliver the message to large crowds, small groups or individuals. [more...]
The choice of medium can make a difference, and better artistic quality enhances any communication. However, the most important quality is how relevant the message seems to be to the lives of its hearers. If a hearer (or reader or viewer) thinks the message can make an important difference in his life, he will make an effort to listen, even if the quality is poor. Conversely, if he thinks it says nothing personally relevant, he will ignore even the best presented message. This principle of personal relevance is critical to communication.
Wayne Dye expands upon his third condition for Scripture Engagement:
Accessible forms: People are able to read the Scriptures or hear them from others or by listening to electronic media.
The article describes different ways of making the Scriptures more accessible: storying, literacy, local performing and visual arts, audio recordings, cell phones and video. [more...]
"Publish early, publish small, publish often - this is exactly what Story Producer empowers local communities to do!"
Story Producer (SP app) is an offline workflow management tool for local language speakers to translate and produce their own local language videos.
Use the Story Producer app on your Android phone (populated with Story Producer templates) to translate and dub stories, then create videos and distribute them to all types of mobile phones and other devices. It usually requires a one-week hands-on training to build capacity in SP app local use and sustainable production.
More details are available from International Media Services. [more...]
"How to Read the Bible is an on-going series aimed at helping you read the Bible more wisely, and with greater understanding!"
The Bible Project is producing a set of videos on how to read the Bible, exploring the origins, content and purpose of the Bible.
Available episodes include: What is the Bible?, The Story of the Bible, Literary Styles in the Bible, The Bible as Jewish Meditation Literature, Plot in Biblical Narrative, Character in Biblical Narrative, Setting in Biblical Narrative, and Design Patterns in Biblical Narrative.
All of the videos are available on YouTube and on the Bible Project website, thebibleproject.com [more...]
The Glory Story is the whole of the Bible Story from Genesis – Revelation in film on just two DVDs: the Old Testament & The New Testament.
Glory Picture Gallery: All the stills & text to tell the whole of the Bible story from Genesis – Revelation. You can download the pictures and text. These great bible pictures are an ideal resource for Sunday schools, home schooling, educational institutions and of course the family. [more...]