24 hour film fest scores posted

We ranked 21 out of 71, not bad for a first try. Ratings are posted at http://www.christianfilmmakers.org/contest/

24 Hour Christian Film Fest

To see films submitted by other teams to the 24 Hour Christian Film Fest click the link below: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=791CC64BE592690F

24 Hour Filming Day

Saturday March 1st was a busy day for the Production Staff at Step One Films. For Our 24 hour film fest entry, we were required to entirely shoot and edit a 3min film within one day. Thankfully, we were able to do some preproduction, storyboarding, and planning legally ahead of time. The week prior to filming day we had a planning meeting. We held auditions, and brainstormed about locations, props and equipment. We also discussed how we could adapt our script into a trailer while leaving room for the unknown elements that the contest would require us to include on the day of the competition.

Friday night several of us stayed up late finishing preparations. Saturday was an early morning for most of us. We started out picking up our film equipment at 6am and were in the thick of brainstorming final story options by 7. At 8am our actors for the first scene had arrived and we started filming. From then on it was a non stop day. At 1pm our extras showed up and we shot the bus station scenes. We had finished filming by about 6pm and took a break for dinner at a local Mexican restaurant. By that point we were all a bit frazzled and it felt really good sit down and enjoy a meal. After dinner we started editing, creating graphics, and blending images with sound. Due to some technical difficulties it took us a little longer than we had expected. However we successfully submitted the final cut of the trailer at 2:30am, with several hours to spare.

All things considered the day went extremely well, and we are already looking forward to working on the full length (15-20min) film.

For pictures of the day click on the icon Below.

Father Who Art Trailer Pictures

Father Who Art -- Trailer

At the beginning of January 2008, Step One Films began preproduction of "Father Who Art"; a short 15-20 min film. In order to build momentum and gain experience for this project, we entered a 24 hour christian film fest. (www.christianfilmmakers.org/contest) The following video is our entry for that contest. Our full length movie is scheduled to be finished fall of 2008. Enjoy!

Thanks to everyone who helped make this trailer a reality!

Trailer Production Staff
Producer/Director -- Jonathan Spaulding
Technical Director / Editor / Camera / Lighting -- Andrew Male
Assistant Director / Script Editor -- Leah Romanelli
Creativity Consultant -- Amber Allan
Creativity Consultant -- Robert Mosher
Creativity Consultant -- Belinda O'Brien

Trailer Cast
Sam -- Trevor Wright
Alice -- Brook O'Brien
Mr. Joshua -- Steve Jenkins
Mrs. Joshua -- Lindee Crowe
Ticket Agent / Bus driver -- Brian Wohlers
Mom -- Belinda O'brien
Dad -- Rick O'Brien
Younger Brother -- Roger O'Brien

Trailer Crew:
Boom Operator -- Bill Spaulding
Grip -- Daniel Spaulding

Trailer Extras:
Dana Wollshlager
Bob Flood
Phil Engen
Seth Engen
Caleb Engen
Ryan Wolfe
Christina Stephenson
Scott Prothman
Kathyn Dykstra
Daniel Spaulding
Amber Allan
Belinda O'Brien
Leah Romanelli
Robert Mosher

Special Thanks To:
New Covenant Bible Church
"Acts of Worship" drama group
Rockwell Collins
Jacob Maples
Brian Valenti
Jim Stewart
Mev Notgrass
Nate Howard
Erin Bird
Cindy Spaulding
Garry Benson
All the people who auditioned.
The helpful people at Lowes and Home Depot