48 Hour Film Festival!

So, last weekend I just competed in a film festival. The festival was through Valley Forge Christian College and the requirements were to create a captivating short film that had to be within 5-12 minutes in length. The film had to be a redemptive story and needed to be completed in only 48 hours! Another cool aspect about the "Captiv8 Film Fest" was that it was open to any Assembly of God College or University in the entire United States.

On Thursday at 12 p.m. we were given a line, "Don't you see, it's happening again", a character, "barista", and a prop, "bouquet of flowers". Once the live announcement was over, 5 teams set out to create something incredible. My team had a slight setback since the guy we were borrowing a slider from forgot it back at his home in Maryland. I had to take a little 3 hour detour before filming (Not fun). Once I got back, my team had already set up and prepared our first shoot. We began shooting at 4:00 p.m. and we went on throughout the night and got back in the editing room by 6:00 a.m. the next day.

Everyone was tired at this point and we began doing shifts to give everyone a chance to nap a little. That entire Friday and early Saturday morning took up the rest of our time editing. The product was due at 12 p.m. on Saturday and we turned our video in 30 minutes before it was due!

Once that heavy load was taken off our shoulder we all collapsed and fell asleep to try to gain whatever sleep we missed. The award show started that evening at 7:00 p.m. The judges included Kevin Hackenburg, Kris John, David Tate, Scott Ball, and Matt Lusier. Our film, "Resist" won Most Captiv8ing Cinematography and was nominated in Best Editor, Best Director, Best Set Design, Most Captiv8ing Short, and Best Screenplay.

Check out the film Resist!

More About Indie Elephant Productions

Indie Elephant Productions is a small business that started from a freelance class at Valley Forge Christian College. At first I didn't think much of it, except that it was fun to pretend I was a major media company. However, the more I got involved with the branding and business side of the class work, the more I really enjoyed the thought of really owning a business. I bought the rights to the name and began taking pictures for free to boost my portfolio and to practice starting a small business.

This year I was fortunate enough to film my first wedding, which is my real passion. Once I graduate I'd love to be a film director that creates positives films, that can make a real difference in this world. In reality, I see myself working in a church producing media and providing videos for sermons and illustrations. What's exciting for me is that I have found something that I love! And what is better to do for a living than something you love doing? I really want to encourage you that if you have a passion or dream go after it! I truly believe that God gives us passions and dreams for a reason. We have these thoughts to motivate and look towards. Am I where I want to be at? No. But I know I'm moving in the  right direction. Just Keep at it! Proverbs 16:3 states, "Commit to the Lord, whatever you do and you will succeed." This is my life verse. Committing to God with all that I do and in the end I'll be successful. Not only in my eyes, but in God's eyes and what's better than that?