Space is still available for our most advanced and exciting training program to date for pastors, filmmakers, and culture changers—the 2007 Christian Filmmaker’s Academy. Read more about the workshop descriptions and the Academy here.

Monday

10:00 a.m. Registration Begins
1:00 p.m. Biblical Worldview and the Theology of Christian Filmmaking, Phillips, G. Botkin 2:30 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. Symposium on Disney and American Filmmaking (Doug Phillips, Geoff Botkin, I. Botkin 5:30 p.m. Dinner Break
7:00 p.m. Winning and Losing Treatments, G.Botkin
7:30 p.m. Old School Techniques for New School Technologies, I. Botkin
8:00 p.m. From the Top of the World: High Altitude Experiences in Adventure Filmmaking, Rasmussen

Tuesday

8:30 a.m. The Future of Film and Digital Acquisition, Finn
10:00 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Practical Demonstration of Lighting, Camera, Audio, Rasmussen, Faculty
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Sound Design and Production Techniques for Studio and Field, Harper
2:30 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. Inside a Nationally Broadcast Television Commercial Shoot: A Filmmaker’s Overview of the Production Process, Botkins, Faculty
5:30 p.m. Dinner
7:00 p.m. 3D Modeling and Sculpture Techniques, I. Botkin
7:30 p.m. Keynote: Artistic Expression and the Faith of the Auteur: How to Evaluate the Seven Major Attitudes Communicated in Film, G. Botkin

Wednesday

8:30 a.m. Making ‘Return of the Daughters’: Inside the Documentary Filmmaking Process, Botkin
9:45 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. Exclusive Behind the Scenes with Stephen Kendrick from the Set of His New Feature Motion Picture
10:30 a.m. Outside Hollywood: The Thesis, Phillips
11:00 a.m. From Film Shorts to Feature Films — Casting a Big Vision for Your Film Career, I. Botkin
12:00 p.m. Lunch Break
1:30 p.m. Introduction to the Theology of Sound Design, Phillips
2:15 p.m. Sound Design and Cinematic Storytelling, G. Botkin
3:30 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. Casting a Ten-Year Vision for Independent Christian Filmmaking, Phillips
4:30 p.m. Q&A Closing Panel and Graduation