They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so at 30 fps, a video can speak a lot of words!
I’ve recently returned from our Church youth group’s yearly weekend away. The majority of the group are fairly young both in terms of age and faith, so our youth leader wanted to have less talking from the front and more video illustrations and group discussion. We had a good response to the videos and I’d like to share some of my favourite sites for finding high quality video illustrations.
(You can see the videos we used here )
The Best Christian Media on Vimeo
This is a place for community. A network of artists, storytellers, filmmakers.
This is exactly as the title suggests – the best Christian media on vimeo. This group has everything from sermons to intros to countdowns.
Dan Stevers
This man is a hero. His animations are superb and well worth checking out. Mini-movies “designed to be catalysts for discussion”
The bottom line is, Dan Stevers’ work is a benchmark for any aspiring animator. – Collide Magazine
I am Second
I am Second is a movement meant to inspire people of all kinds to live for God and for others.
This site has a multitude of video testimonies covering every topic. Beautifully shot and edited, these videos have a huge impact.
These are just three places to go to find great videos but there are loads more out there.
What are your ‘go-to’ sites for video illustrations?
Eric J says
Awesome resources thanks!
Blake Atwood says
Thanks for alerting me to the Best Christian Media channel on Vimeo. There are few places that I’ve seen that aggregate these kinds of videos. I wonder who’s curating that group.
Also, we did an interview with Dan last month (http://www.faithvillage.com/2011/10/faithvillage-interviews-mini-movie-director-dan-stevers). For as talented as he is, he’s awfully humble.
Chandos says
This is one of my favs…although, it does only focus on motion graphics. Pretty amazing stuff though.
http://vimeo.com/channels/bestchristmograph
Eric Dye says
Thanks, man!
Trent H. says
Little biased, but a part of the company I work for provides media resources for churches:
http://www.bigstufmedia.com
Nan Meyer says
Here is another high quality Christian video resource site > http://sourceflix.com/
These video shorts are packed with the deep truths of the bible and are very well made.
Gleb Sukhovolskiy says
Here to share a small video ministry that makes short videos about christian topics.
http:www.oevm.org The recent one they made called “Slow Down” has a great point.