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An interesting use of the web.

HD doc style clips combined with sincere stories of faith.

Aside from the content which appears to be quite good, of particular interest is how Deidox is selling the films “for church use” and “for personal use”. While this is certainly not new given the vast number of sites out there that are serving up sermon starter videos, this site and its creators seem to have much more style and focused thought to it, and the underlying purpose also deserves a look. I wonder how they are funded?

Rob Bell certainly broke new ground with his “Nooma” series and it has been interesting to see the evolution of this genre. I still remember seeing the “BMW Films” on-line for the first time and being amazed that so much budget was being thrown at “web” clips, that most people did not even have the processing power to view. But now look how far where we’ve come with iTunes, Hulu, Vimeo, YouTube and a host of other sites on the way.

Perhaps the larger question in this is will sites like Deidox eventually be able to generate a revenue stream that could then in turn fund more films? From an independent film production standpoint this is a good question to consider. Could the internet truly take over at some point as the distribution and viewing method of choice … perhaps even surpassing theatrical distribution, say in a couple generations … possible?