Film & Media - Iv Staff Conference 08

Christian Media & Film Fellowship

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ.......with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel. Php 1:27 Jan 4, 2008 InterVarsity National Staff Conference

Christian Film & Media Fellowship Initiative Pilot at Syracuse University – Newhouse Expansion via InterVarsity Christian Fellowship national network Contact: John Decker 315.656.7973 [email protected] Two Objectives of Initiative:

(1) Enhance the Christian Media Student’s effectiveness for the Kingdom as they learn & launch into your media careers. – – –

Create national/global website to tie together Christian media student and professional resources, to collaborate on projects and open doors professionally (in-process now) Create campus media teams/fellowships at Christian and secular film schools to draw together Christian media students to share ideas and collaborate on projects in their schools. Create foundation for financial resources to enhance the quality of undergrad and graduate film & media projects so they can be distributed

(2) Use Media Student’s current media interests in a way that connects evangelically to students on their own campus. Create easy-to-use model for many campuses. * Most people are drawn to media. It can be used to foster discussion and gospel conversations. * Strategically use FaceBook, YouTube, and websites. The human connection – tie to testimony, conversational evangelism. * Organize regular Christian film forums on campus – and show a combination of quality evangelical or apologetic films, their own works, other students works from around the country, and follow it up with testimony and discussion. Provide how-to and menu of films to easily replicate on campuses Next Steps & Collaboration at SC08 :
Establish more academic and professional connections for database
Discuss and pray about additional ideas
Find some partners on specific campuses and within IV such as 2100 Productions to collaborate with

Enhancing the Christian Media Student’s effectiveness for the Kingdom as they launch into their media careers.




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Encourage and draw together SU Christian media students to share ideas and vision with each other.

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Network with:

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Christian media students (SU, domestic & international)

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Media professionals (Christian and secular)

Get assistance (financial and other) to enhance the quality of your undergrad and graduate media projects •

Increase quality of your project to facilitate public distribution or for student use nationally/globally

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Create foundation to supply financial grants to qualifying evangelical film & media projects

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Obtain casting support

Examples of Assistance •

Networking assistance – compile, share, & introduce global and local contacts for the purpose of advancing Christian media • • • • •

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Christian students in other media & film schools, etc. Christian student media organizations (like IV 2100 Productions) Christian professional organizations Christian publication possibilities & film festivals Secular professional organizations

Project Assistance – obtain resources to produce higher quality projects while in school that can be useful in Kingdom growth and building • Use above networks to assist • Create a foundation to award funds to evangelical projects meeting certain criteria – in order to gain public exposure, Kingdom use, prepare for profession, and an encouragement for students to follow.

Using your media interests in a way that connects evangelically to SU students (and providing a model on how this could be done on other campuses)

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Most people are drawn to media. It can be used to foster discussion and gospel conversations.

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Organize a regular Christian film forum – and show a combination of quality evangelical or apologetic films, your own works, other students works from around the country, and follow it up with testimony and discussion.

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Use the film and media discussion as part of conversational evangelism

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Find ways to incorporate your own works and Christian Content into the web & social networking like FaceBook.

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The human connection – tie to testimony, evangelism

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Establish a model that can be replicated on other campuses




Create media works that can be used on campus now 1. Short videos (discuss examples) 2. Documentaries (short or long) – discuss practical advantages of documentaries •

Discuss topics and examples of existing works

3. Dramatic videos (short vs. long) 4. Websites 5. Graphic arts for display on campus and supporting campus kingdom events 6. Printed works

How to use & distribute media on the campus


Regular Film forum (indoors) followed by testimony & discussion – IV has been planning to kick this off shortly, so we want to collaborate on that.








Outdoor Aug, Sep, April outreach films Website creation YouTube & Facebook Advertise via table events – with previews on laptops Local Cable Stations

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