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Peter Jackson used RED cameras to produce District 9 (a powerful commentary of present day social rifts between ethnicities) and will continue his Hobbit film using them also. Listen in as he reminisces on the unique qualities of this odd little company called “RED.”

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[MMASFY: This means the call for content is ROARING huge! Are you going to provide Godly content? Or is something else going to fill the gap?]

Revenue from video telephony, video messaging, and similar services is projected to grow from $121 million in 2010 to $2 billion in 2013, says ABI Research.

By Esther Shein of InformationWeek

July 19, 2010 12:16 PM

Mobile video services revenue from video telephony, video messaging, video sharing, video on demand, VoD downloads, and other video services is expected to exceed $2 billion in 2013, according to the ABI Research Mobile Video Services annual global study.By contrast, video services revenue will only be about $121 million in 2010, according to Mark Beccue, senior analyst. But the growth curve is “very steep indeed,” he said, and will continue to accelerate through the end of 2015, which is the end of ABI Research’s forecast period.

Read the rest over at INFOWEEK

Even more …

How do we finance our films? It’s one thing to do write it, pre-plan the shoot, can it, score, edit and finalize the product… and entirely another thing to actually get it into the eyeballs of people who care to view it.. and pray or repent or worship or activate as a result!

Do movies that move: “Abba. Hear my prayer. Make this film Yours. Use it to move the people who view it. Lead them to a life of prayer and praise. Cause them to turn from their sin and towards the life and light of Your Son, Yeshua. Lord, use my film to turn couch potatoes into life-long activists for truth. Build your eternal kingdom through this film, Abba!”

Todays “DIY distribution” allows us to start “small” using the internet. We have been given HUGE access to the actual purchasers of our products by comparison with what was available to movie makers less than 10 years back.

An interesting formula (subject to change) might include (but not be limited to) -

• Youtube and  Vimeo and/or Blip channel to present your footage, podcasts and behind the scenes previews.
• A WordPress site and a Facebook Page for presenting more complete footage and gathering “likes” and email subscriptions.
• filmbaby – createspace or indieflix for distribution and
• a WithoutaBox account to hit the festivals with.

This digital distribution model – with a fraction of the money and effort it took 10 years ago – gives us great hope for a breakthrough and the possible “big-time.” We can secure a healthy return on our investment of creativity and labor by simply targeting our people consistently with our story and DVD or digital product.

But what if we could finance the film with “old-school” big dollars and actually distribute it into movie houses and DVD stores (think, Walmart)? That could be sweet, too!

Real sweet.

But HOW?

There’s a new kid on the block that might hold some answers This NYTimes article talks about “Kickstarter.”

But before you rush in and read that one, I want to say something about “micro-financing” and the Christian community.

In this “information age” we, as believers in the One who gives wisdom from heaven freely, should not limit our horizons to resources that are either blatantly non-Christian or who refuse to sustain a testimony of King Yeshua in the public arena.

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.” James 1:17

Imagine working with other passionate believers who sustain Kingdom activities through efforts  on the internet.. and “google ‘em up!” And, if you can’t find what you’re looking for  -  make it happen!

Also see the Christian micro-financiers, the1010project, featured in my friend, Sid McGregor’s film, One+One – A Human Network (Facebook). Good people, indeed.

- Tom “Toma” Chaffer