Blogs - YWAM Film | Global Network

My Vision

Greetings to all Christians and those who has the world on their hearts

Every generation brings something new, every other brings a revolution.

I believe that the film industry if not the whole world needs a revolution.

We have grown used to seeing violence, crime, and all kinds of sin on television and film, and accept that as normal to film.

Yet these things could be used for positive change and conveying a positive…

Continue

Added by Meijer Janse van Rensburg on February 12, 2011 at 11:30pm — No Comments

FEAR NOT

Fear NOT FELLOW CHRISTIAN FILMMAKERS

Added by Paul-Esupofo Oriade on August 15, 2010 at 4:54am — No Comments

Just two weeks and two days until the next SDF school begins. I hope all you students out there are cramming those movies in. And if you still want to apply, it's never too late. It's one of the best schools in YWAM but then I would say that because I've done it myself. It's such a relevant course in today's society, giving you the skills to tell stories and opening up a host of opportunities in the entertainment industry.

And speaking of stories, we've been filming An Unbelievably… Continue

Added by School of Digital Filmmaking Aus on July 20, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments

The New Boy

Spencer! that's the name we've chosen for our newest recruit. However, Spencer has yet to cut his teeth. He's the new boy, the posh kid that can do everything better than anyone else... and that's why he gets to sit in the corner. Needless to say, Spencer is a dual quad core PowerMac with 6Tb of hard drive and 8Gb of RAM.

It's only 4 weeks to go before our next School of Digital Filmmaking begins. Jason is up to his ears in prep work and actually most of that is for MAD, but anyway,… Continue

Added by School of Digital Filmmaking Aus on July 6, 2010 at 5:18pm — No Comments

Busy

Well, what an eventful couple of weeks. Here in The Initiative's studio the rough cut of The Bus Stop is nearing completion. Proby has been fixing an interactive kiosk that we have on the base. I've been digitally inserting our new logo into some video clips to replace our old logo in said kiosk. Charis has been up to her ears in marketing and promotional work and Josh came down with appendicitis - no doubt it will inspire another amazing story from this writing genius, whose script has just… Continue

Added by School of Digital Filmmaking Aus on June 25, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Movies, movies and more movies!

Top mention this week has to go to the shoot for Jason's short film, "The Bus Stop". Principal cinematography is now complete. We spent 14hrs filming on a city bus - through the night. The bus was delivered to our property at about 5.30pm on a Friday, just as the sun was going down. A couple of hours later everything was ready on set for the first take of the night. Many, many takes later, after lots of coffee and carbs the sun began to emerge. The race was on to get the last few shots before… Continue

Added by School of Digital Filmmaking Aus on June 10, 2010 at 11:16am — No Comments

I'm a doctor, Jim, not a roller skate!

We're back in production mode. "The Bus Stop" began it's first day of shooting yesterday. By all accounts everything went smoothly, thanks to Jason's expert directing and the many extra crew members who have come on board - we couldn't be doing this without you, not to mention our actors/actresses who are returning some fantastic performances.

The Bus Stop is is a non-verbal romantic comedy from the creative mind of writer/director Jason Solari . We're so excited to be producing this… Continue

Added by School of Digital Filmmaking Aus on May 25, 2010 at 4:39pm — No Comments

We Are a Contender

It's finished! "Let Go", Charis' short film, is complete and

entered into the QNFA festival. We're all quite proud of ourselves,

though none more so than Charis. It was a hectic final week of post

production with Charis and Jonathan working until 2am on the last

Friday morning to get the music recorded. Many thanks to our composer

and musicians, Jeremy Lunnon and friends!

The final day of "Let go" was not without its hiccups though. With a

public… Continue

Added by School of Digital Filmmaking Aus on May 12, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Coulda been a contender

Hey everyone! Thanks for checking in with us once again. The last

couple of weeks have have been a bit patchy. Jason has been focussing

on debriefing the Music, Art & Dance school. Charis and Beau have

been busy in the kitchen everyday and I've been editing Charis' film

'Let Go'.

The rough cut for Let Go is finished and features a haunting soundtrack

from a local composer whom we have good connections with. We'll be

submitting it to the 24th Warner… Continue

Added by School of Digital Filmmaking Aus on April 21, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Creativity Mirrors Relationship

We're back at work after a four day weekend; hope you had a happy

Easter too! It's good to see the western world still acknowledges

biblical events with public holidays!

It's been very quiet here at The Initiative, in YWAM Brisbane. All but

seven of us have been helping out at a massive gospel music festival,

known as Easterfest. The event attracts tens of thousands of people,

many of whom are not Christians. YWAM… Continue

Added by School of Digital Filmmaking Aus on April 7, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

We're filming again!

The Initiative's next short film 'Let Go' , written by Charis

Jackson, is a story about a girl who has to overcome her fears at an

audition. It's exciting because it's more abstract than our usual fare

and although it is being shot on a shoestring budget we have high hopes

for quality production design. We have secured locations at a stage and

some idyllic countryside and we also have actors from our contacts in

the local community. Pre-production has been top… Continue

Added by School of Digital Filmmaking Aus on March 26, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Film Festival Mania

Welcome to the latest of The Initiative's blogs; an up to the

minute, albeit slightly irregular, update on the lives and events

happening here at YWAM Brisbane's digital film making facilities.

Tropfest, the nationwide Australian film festival arrived in Brisbane

two weeks ago. Although some finalists clearly had talent, it left the

staff of The Initiative feeling inspired that we have the creativity to

do better.… Continue

Added by School of Digital Filmmaking Aus on March 4, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Recap on 2009 SDF and dates for next SDF

Another School of Digital Filmmaking is complete and what a school

it was…We started out with fresh young faces, excited and nervous for

what lay ahead and through the course of three months churned out

bright young filmmakers with exciting futures.

The students this year were exceptional in their endurance. Every

obstacle facing them, whether it was losing actors at the last minute

or losing locations half way through filming they pushed through… Continue

Added by School of Digital Filmmaking Aus on November 20, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

It's official! We're doing the 48 Hour Film Festival again this year!

We're sooo excited to announce that we will be partaking in this
years 48 Hour International Film Festival. AND an added bonus, this
year all of the SDF students are sticking around to help out with it!
We can't wait to get started! We'll keep you posted!!

Added by School of Digital Filmmaking Aus on October 13, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

The New Trouble at Big River

Last year during the School of Digital Filmmaking 08 we had an in class

assignment; a hands on experience to see what set life was really like.

It was called Trouble at Big River 08—a one scene short film. It worked

so well that we decided to do it again.

So with an entirely new cast we threw the students right into the thick

of set life. Take a look at the product of our work—Trouble at Big

River 09. Enjoy!

Check it out:… Continue

Added by School of Digital Filmmaking Aus on October 8, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

Three out of four of our staff team now on imdb.com

We are sooo excited to announce that three out of four of our staff

team are now on imdb.com. It's so exciting to see how far God has

brought us and get a glimpse of our future. It inspires hope in us. Our

newest staff member on imdb.com is Jonathan Proby. Good job mate!

Check out our imdb.com staff members!!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3609812/…

Continue

Added by School of Digital Filmmaking Aus on September 25, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

New Short Film Pie Shop Coming Soon

The Initiative has done it again, their newest short film Pie Shop is in the editing stages as I write.

Pie Shop tells how two shop owners, working across the street from each

other, stuck in the monotony of life, discover its never too late for

something new. Pie Shop is a quirky romantic comedy written and

directed by Charis Joy Jackson. When asked about it she said that it

was “An experience!” and, “Every time we shoot a film I learn something

new.” Jackson,… Continue

Added by School of Digital Filmmaking Aus on June 11, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

New Promo’s Coming Soon

In the last few weeks The Initiative team have been keeping busy with

film shoots for new promos for Ywam Brisbane and for the SDF.

All Saturday the team stayed busy shooting the Ywam Brisbane Promo.

Included in the promo is information about all the focused DTS’ run

here at Ywam Brisbane—Beach to Bush DTS, Frontiers DTS, MAD DTS and

Sports DTS. The promo also gives information for all the second level

schools offered—Basic Leadership School (BLS), School of… Continue

Added by School of Digital Filmmaking Aus on March 27, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Meet the Fam

We have recently had a new addition to The Initiative “family.” His

name is Reginald, and he’s a new iMac. He is joining our old iMac

“Vicki” and helping us work. We have grown in the amount of work that

we do, and Reg, was looking for a new job. He interviewed with us, we

gave him the tour and the both of us decided that this was the place

for him. He has already shown his usefulness by completing several

projects. And now feeling left out are “Ron” and “Grandpa.”… Continue

Added by School of Digital Filmmaking Aus on January 24, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Taking INITIATIVE in the New Year

After a successful launch last July, The Initiative is in full swing and there’s no sign of them slowing down now.

Last July, Jason Solari along with three other School of Digital

Filmmaking (SDF) graduates began the road of pioneering a production

company under Youth With A Mission (YWAM) Brisbane. The Initiative,

appropriately named, raced to join in on the International 48 Hour Film

Festival, participated in a local theater production, shot several

promo… Continue

Added by School of Digital Filmmaking Aus on January 10, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

All Blog Posts (24)