Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Film director and photographer Peter Rodger is working with composer Alexander van Bubenheim to shoot Oh My God, a film set in over 22 countries, exploring the different ideas and thoughts people from around the world have on God. Rodger is treating the film as a work in progress and has released a four minute trailer based on filming already done in India, Kenya, Israel, Palestinian territories, Morocco and the United States of America.
Peter explains some of the background to the Oh My God project.
“We are experiencing days of religious turmoil, of fundamentalism, fanaticism and the breakdown of spirituality through technology and reason. After the collapse of the piety that was rooted in myth, cult, occult, ancient myths and religions, I ask the question, “What is God?” It’s not so much “Who is God”, but “What” is God?”
“I want this question to be answered from the mouths of many different people - from religious leaders to a peasant child; from an industrialist to a fisherman off the coast of India; from a Hollywood celebrity to a Maasai Warrior.”
Peter says that many of his subjects were stimulated by the question, “What is God?” to start thinking, in some cases coming back to ask for a second interview to express new insights.
The trailer is available to download in HD Quicktime,
Tags: Movies, multimedia, Theology
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Wednesday, September 14th, 2005
Over the week at Synod we’ve been promoting Rob Harley’s resources, Journeys and Friends For Life. I discovered this morning that he’ll actually be in Australia next week taking free 2-hour workshops on his courses. The courses are being promoted by Churches Resources Australia on their site at www.crsonline.com.au on behalf of Great Journeys in NZ.
Rob Harley’s a high profile television journalist in NZ who’s put together a collection of real stories of faith featuring down to earth everyday people. They include a guy who died on a hospital theatre table after being stung by box jellyfish, a young violinist who’s arms were healed, and a young family coming to terms with the terminal cancer of their husband and dad. The stories are great awareness raisers for people just coming to terms with the spiritual side of their lives.
We had some excellent stories this last week from people who have shared the resource with their friends and neighbours.
See the review of Journeys at Educating Christians web site.
Tags: multimedia, Rob Harley
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Tuesday, September 6th, 2005
I spent some time today looking at options for projecting words, images and film at Logan Uniting. It wasn’t easy finding information on the net though. I’ve managed to download free trials of EasyWorship and Presenter.
Presenter
Produced by Discovery Systems, Eltham, VIC, Australia.
It’s a Windows-based software package used at Hillsong, Crossway Baptist, as well as many other churches in Australia, UK, USA, South Africa and Asia. $297 Australian.
Presentation Manager
Produced by Creative Lifestyles, Milford, Michigan, USA
EasyWorship
Produced by Softouch Development, Tulsa, Oklahama, USA
Uses a dual screen system to allow for interruption free projection. Comes with great transitions and graphics.
WorshipcenterPro
Produced by WorshipCenter Software, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Tags: multimedia, Worship
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