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Thanks again to the Continuum guys!

We started form scratch with a generous budget from The Doorpost, and two months later, we have another short film! The Glass follows Tim Stendal, a missionary’s son. When fighting between local Guerrillas and the Chilean Military force Tim and his father deep into the Andes, Tim must press on to rescue his kidnapped mother.  Along the way he stumbles upon a lost Inca temple and a mysterious artifact.

The Glass will be premiered on The Doorpost’s website starting 12:00am midnight August 23rd, and will show through Sunday. General viewing and voting opens September 1st through the 16th. Watching The Glass tonight will count towards your voting requirement.

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For those of you who have been following the progress of our short film, John Gray, you’ll be excited to know that we have been selected as finalists in the Doorpost Film Project!

That means we will now begin producing a longer film with a $30,000 budget credit provided by Doorpost. September 17-19, we will attend a ceremony in which all ten final films will be screened, and the winners will be announced. The top three films all receive cash prizes, with a $100,000 grand prize for first place!

Thank you for all your support. We wouldn’t have this incredible opportunity without your help and your love. Keep watching for more updates!

If you haven’t voted already:

1. Point your browser to http://www.thedoorpost.com

2. Register for an account.

3. Search for John Gray.

4. Click the voteing button on the left side of the video player.

5. Watch and rate John Gray and at least 4 other short films!

That’s it! Easy cheesy! All films are under 7 minutes, so it won’t take long at all.

Though he wasn’t able to help this time around, Brent’s been a long time collaborator with the John Gray crew. When you have a moment, drop by his humor blog The Ominous Comma and read read read!

We’re two weeks into online voting on Doorpost, and JOHN GRAY has over 1200 views and 8 pages of encouraging comments! We’ve gotten some great reviews of the film. While we can’t see the ratings of the voters, we’re very happy with the positive response!

This Saturday, April 18, we’ll be screening JOHN GRAY along with two other shorts from parabolos filmmakers–”Plain Jane” by Dan Baker and “Sunday Best” by Jessica Powers. Following each film will be a Q&A session with the filmmakers. Find out more about the process, how things work, and why filmmakers make the decisions they make! We’ll also be able to answer any questions you have about voting on the Doorpost website.

Mark Your Calendar
What: parabolos Filmmaker Screening
When: Saturday, April 18
Time: 6:00p.m.
Where: 1106 Colonial Rd. (White Station Church of Christ chapel)

E-mail Jarrod at jtaylor@parabolos.com if you have any questions.

Don’t forget to watch and rate JOHN GRAY online at http://www.thedoorpost.com/joy/johngray, if you haven’t already!

Thanks again for your support!
The JOHN GRAY Team

It’s been a while since you’ve heard from us,  but we’ve been rushing around getting things ready for you. Exciting things have been happening!

Post-Production
After we wrapped shooting in February, Chris and Dan kicked it into high gear to get the film edited. Once we had a rough cut of the film, some friends got a preview so we could get some audience feedback (which was very insightful–thank you!). Then, Wes started working on our amazing score, which added a whole new dimension to the story. After the final touches were put on the film, we got it to the contest officials just in time.

We are very please to say that, out of hundreds of submissions, JOHN GRAY was one of only 100 accepted into the Doorpost Film Project! Now you can go on the Doorpost website and see the final version of our film.

Watch and Vote!
In order to watch and vote, you need to register with Doorpost–all you need is a name and an email address. You can get to JOHN GRAY’s page by clicking below (or by copying and pasting this link into your browser):

http://www.thedoorpost.com/joy/johngray

…or just go to http://www.thedoorpost.com/ and search for “John Gray”. You rate the film in seven categories, such as Editing and Acting, from “Poor” to “Excellent.” In order for your vote to count, you also have to watch and rate four other films, randomly selected by Doorpost. Watch as many short films as you like; just make sure you rate JOHN GRAY as “Excellent!” Voting is only during the month of April, so go watch it soon, and leave us a comment!

We’re very proud of the work everyone has done. God has certainly blessed our efforts so far, and we are confident in our ability to make it to the next round with your help. Thank you all so much for your support!

Regards,
The JOHN GRAY Team

PS – Feel free to forward this to everyone you know!

Paul Skidmore here, producer of JOHN GRAY. Thank you for signing up for the JOHN GRAY newsletter. We will keep you up to date on the latest happening with the short film and our entry into the Doorpost Film Festival.

I want to start by saying a huge THANK YOU to those who have donated to our project. We’ve received just under $1000 in donations. With that, we’ve gotten a LOT of great production design stuff (props, furniture, wardrobe) and some lenses for our camera system that we’ll be using. We are very excited about our first day of the two-day shoot coming up THIS FRIDAY! Again, a big thank you to everyone who has given.

We have a big chunk of money left over. We still need to pay for food, a U-Haul (to move some set pieces that we are borrowing at no cost), and insurance, and we could always use more equipment (lighting, camera dolly, power distribution, etc.). Additionally, much of the contest score of the film is based on viewer voting online, so we’d like to be able to promote the film after production has wrapped.

However, the leftover chunk is not quite large enough to cover ALL of these; we’re just a couple of hundred dollars short of the “necessaries.” We’ve secured as much free stuff as we can: free equipment from three sources, free location (pictures below), free set pieces from Theatre Memphis, and we’re still working on free food. Anything we get above the necessaries will go toward renting some much-needed additional equipment and power distribution, additional insurance, and/or promotions.

If you haven’t yet donated, please know that even $5 and $10 here and there really do help. If twenty people gave us $10, we’d be covered completely for the necessaries. If you are not able to donate at this time, we certainly understand; the key team members all wish we had more of our own funds to put into the budget as well, but times are tight for everyone. More than the monetary support, the JOHN GRAY team appreciates your prayers and encouragement as we pursue the good works that God planned in advance for us to do (Ephesians 2:10).

If you’d like to consider an investment rather than a donation, have questions about the project, or are just curious, you can check out our Keynote presentation online here:
John Gray: A Short Film

It’s not necessarily meant to be a stand-alone kind of thing, so if you have some specific questions, feel free to call or e-mail me. My e-mail is skidmore@parabolos.com and my phone number is 901.210.9255.

Here’s pictures of the location where we’ll be shooting the film:
678 Vance

Thanks for taking the time to read this… I need to get back to work on the shooting schedule for Friday and making phone calls…

Thanks again for your donations, prayers, and support! We could hobble through it without the money, but we couldn’t do it at all without your prayers and encouragement.

Sincerely,
Paul Skidmore
Producer, JOHN GRAY