Here are some links where you read about the process of pre-production and production.  I hope you enjoy the piece.

I was amazed by the turn out. I feel God is really using this Conference to really reach into churches to add focus and a unique approach to communicating to a new generation. The church is a communication/storytelling machine. Narratives of changed lives, transformation, renewal, and, most importantly, the gospel include every component of a great story. But we communicate it like a textbook rather than a story. In many ways, story has taken a back seat to the cultural wave drowning out the unique voice of many churches. My prayer, is we revive the power of testimony to inspire people with our living God. Storytelling is the language of our culture.

You requested them, so here they are the slides from my session along with a brief quick story guide to help you in the story process; love to carry on the conversation. Thanks to ECHO for having me. It was a great honor.

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There are a limited number of spots left for my Storytelling Coaching Community where you will learn the art of telling a memorable story with a camera. You can get more info by visiting: mattknisely.com/blog/coaching

This trailer is the first glimpse of One Day on Earth, an ambitious motion picture shot by thousands of filmmakers in every country in the world on a single day. The trailer alone includes footage from 90 individuals and organizations. The producer/director Kyle Ruddick is currently editing down 3,000 hours of film and is asking for help via Kickstarter to complete the project. I don’t know about you but it gave me chills.

Whenever I begin to work on a project I try to get into and explore the story that an organization is trying to tell. The process begins is tedious and is hard work, it’s processes are not be inherently enjoyable. It’s the incubation period the subconscious mind fleshing out the idea, making new connections, separating unnecessary ideas, and grabbing for other ideas when doing the research on my subjects. I have to fight for the “Eureka” moment to get to the fun part of creating.

Getting to that “Eureka” moment was easy on this project. Inspiration for me comes from a lot of things. Sometimes it’s a memory, sometimes it’s an emotion, sometimes it just happens. For this project my inspiration came from the love and warmth that I got from the all the research I performed.

Without showing you the finished project, something that I cannot do until I finish it, it’s hard to put the feeling into words. But if you can imagine the opening and closing scenes of Love Actually, nothing puts the warmth and cheer into your heart quite like a like those scenes in the airport. That is the feeling I got and the audience will get from this story I’m producing and how how God is using an Oklahoma church to make it’s unique mark within it’s community and God’s Kingdom.

Below are some production shots from the shoot.

A beautiful example of visual storytelling as an infographic dissecting the nature and ramifications of Stuxnet, the first weapon made entirely out of code. This was produced for Australian TV program HungryBeast on Australia’s ABC1

So what do you think? Are you coming? Thinking about it. How about I sweeten the pot? Early Bird is already gone, but you can register here for 15% off by entering my name —> MATT <— in the promo code. Plus if you attend my session we’ll have some pretty epic gifts for a select few.