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Finalists for the Dug Down Deep Film Contest
I've been so encouraged by the incredible response to the Dug Down Deep Film Contest. We received nearly 100 submissions. It's so good to see so many of you out there who are developing your gifts and who desire to glorify God with your art.
It was no easy task to choose just ten finalists to participate in the contest. I wish I could have included everyone. And to those who weren't chosen, please don't be discouraged. But after much evaluation we chose ten gifted filmmakers to produce short films illustrating content from Dug Down Deep. In no particular order, the following are the ten finalists with links to their work (To be clear: These are samples of each artist's work--not his actual submission for the final contest):
• Tristan Carnahan
• Guy Camara
• Josh Boston
• Ben Cantrell
• Stephen McGee
• Steve Nelson
• Jared Hogan
• Derek Hammeke
• Bobby Shook
• Donald Martin
These ten filmmakers are receiving an advanced copy of Dug Down Deep, as well as an audio recording of a short excerpt from the book. The clips are all different and will be assigned randomly to be used in the films. Even with these parameters, I expect widely different and creative films.
The filmmakers have till January 7 to submit their films. Then they'll be shared here on the website, and judged by our panel of judges. We'll give you the chance to cast a vote as well. After all this the winning film will be announced and the winning filmmaker awarded the prize of a Canon EOS 7D SLR camera.
Our panel of six judges were chosen because of their love for film, involvement in filmmaking and their desire to encourage Christian filmmakers:
• Lukas Naugle (Desiring God)
• Andrew Gallo (VsTheBrain)
• Carolyn McCulley (Citygate Films)
• David Altrogge (Vinegar Hill Pictures)
• Don Nalle (Covenant Life Church, Communications Director)
• Katherine Reynolds (Covenant Life Church, Josh's Assistant)
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Comments (7)
When watching "Analog" on the page for Tristen Carnahan, I was very surprised to hear swearing about 51 seconds in. Hopefully this kind of language doesn't make it into the "Dug Down Deep" film contest.
Posted by Mark | October 21, 2009 3:56 PM
I noticed the same thing Mark.
Posted by Stephen Willcox | October 21, 2009 4:35 PM
a lot of these links direct you to all of the person's films and it's hard to figure out which one is for the film contest. is it possible to re-post the links?
Posted by j lee | October 21, 2009 4:40 PM
J Lee, the links are only meant to point to samples of the artists' work. None of them has created the a film for the contest yet. Thanks!
Posted by Katherine Reynolds | October 21, 2009 4:57 PM
Mark and Stephen,
Thanks for watching. Regrettably, the dialog in my film wasn't as natural and authentic as I would like, but that's what I was trying for in writing it: To represent realistic, unidealized characters going through realistic, difficult circumstances (even if, in a sci-fi-ish context).
The use of profanity is a touchy subject, and I certainly respect your opinion. I recently read a post by Abraham Piper on his blog, twentytwowords.com, that expresses well my own thoughts on the subject. Here's what he wrote:
"To believe that all swearing is wrong, you also have to believe that our culture is right. Social customs define what's taboo. Therefore, saying taboo language is uniformly sinful implies that our social customs uniformly align with God's will."
Again, thanks for watching.
-Tristan
Posted by Tristan Carnahan | October 21, 2009 7:42 PM
Is there any kind of discussion forum or community out there for Chrisitan artists that anyone would reccomend? You can reach me at jeremiahspoon at gmail. Thanks.
I really am looking forward to seeing the videos and picking up a copy of the book too.
Posted by Jeremiah Spoon | October 24, 2009 1:39 AM
If you're looking for a forum, I recommend ChristianFilmmakers.org.
Posted by Daniel Noa | October 24, 2009 1:12 PM