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And on the 7th day, OMX Season 2 was completed.  So, in a continued effort to NOT be “all talk and no action” here is some of my own editorial work put on the line (now that the actual episodes are completed!) … a couple segments I personally edited for the show, produced by Amy Kossover for the North American Mission Board and aired on FamilyNet.

Under Amy’s very fine direction, the “On Mission Christian” segments for OMX have been a fun editing challenge, each pushed creatively to take on a personality reflected in narrative, bites & music selection and editing style. Your thoughts welcome. In addition to airing on FamilyNet, the show is podcasted here. Thanks again to the North American Mission Board and its Media Services folks for backing this effort.

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Thrilled to announce the creative team I work with in Atlanta has completed a new documentary short. The thirty minute special entitled, “A New Hope”, is part of the show, “On Mission Xtra”, and tells the story of how a bible college inside the walls of Angola Prison in Louisiana has transformed the institution from one of violence, into one of peace. If there are questions as to whether or not faith-based programs can have positive impact on state-run institutions, this story, more than any I’ve encountered, may answer those questions. [Documentary open posted below]

The project is the concept of director, Herb Kossover, and was guided through production by producers, Amy Kossover, and Stephen Ostrander. I had the great pleasure of being associate producer and editor for the film. A sincere thanks to the media services leadership at the North American Mission Board for funding this piece and for letting the OMX creative team run with it. We hope to have additional airing opportunities in the near future, including the ability to watch the entire episode in its entirety via iTunes podcast.

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?