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Today’s questions comes from a young lady interested in becoming a costumer for television and movies. She wants to know where to start.

There are numerous schools where you can learn about becoming a costumer, but one great way is to get an entry level job at a wardrobe company. There you will really learn your craft and meet those costume designers on television shows and movies who could be your next employer.

If you have a question, please e-mail us at: Gary@hollywoodimpactstudios.com

I heard this poem during a radio sermon by Dr. David Jeremiah. I thought it really applied to what we’re all called to do as we work in our own mission fields whatever those may be.

“WHICH ARE YOU?”
Anonymous

I watched them tear a building down;
A gang of men in a busy town.
With a mighty heave and a lusty yell,
They swung a boom and a side wall fell.

I said to the foreman, “Are these men skilled
As the men you’d hire if you had to build?”
He gave me a laugh and said, “No indeed!
Just a common laborer is all I need.
And I can wreck in a day or two
What it took the builder a year to do.”

And I thought to myself as I went my way,
“Just which of these roles have I tried to play?
Am I a builder who works with care
Measuring life by the rule and square,
Or am I a wrecker as I walk the town
Content with the labor of tearing down?”

May we all strive to be builders!

We’re off and running again! Semester #2 began last Wednesday, October 7th with 33 inmate/students. About a third of the class are Veterans. This class is a little quieter than the last one, but I think that may be just first day jitters. We’re all looking foward to what God will reveal through this bunch a men in prison blues.

Our first semester is over… We had a terrific graduation! Several of our graduates received generous scholarships from Moviola, Vocal Image and Mole Richardson Lighting.

Lives where changed, bringing some inmates to tears as they described what they’ve learned in this last 12 weeks.

The band was excellent as well. Although it was over 100 degrees, no one seemed to care. It was a great day! We can’t wait to start the next semester!

This is one of my favor quotes and a great challenge. It’s from William Carey, the founder of The Baptist Missionary Society in 1792.

“Expect great things from God…
Attempt great things for God…”

William Carey – May 1792

Two Saturdays ago, classroom 42 was transformed into a television studio as our inmate/students became crew for the production of the first episode of ABOVE THE LINE.

Frank Cardea, Executive Producer of NCIS was our guest and Julia Denton our hosted.

I don’t know why I was so surprised, but it was like a real half-hour, interview style television program… Shot in Hi-Definition.

Cyndi and I felt like proud parents.

Today’s question comes from my wife, Cyndi. She was watching the History Channel last week and they were talking about how candy manufactures do a great deal of test marketing before they even launch a product. She asked why doesn’t television do the same?

I think that’s a great question. My thought is we probably should. Instead we make TV shows, air them and try and figure if America likes that show. Maybe we should ask the question, “America what do you want to watch on televion?” and then create shows based on those answers. That’s just my thought on it… Give me yours.

HOLLYWOOD IMPACT STUDIOS made the front page…above the fold!

We’re excited to see our first real press coverage. The Santa Clarita Signal sent out a reporter and photographer to cover our first production at the Peter Pitchess Detention Center.

It was a terrific two page story. To see the complete story on-line go to: http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/17370/

We will have photographs from the production posted soon.

We are now 9 weeks into our 12 week program. As the class progresses the inmate/students are becoming even more tight knit. It is so exciting to see how they are working side by side helping each other, just like a real film crew.

This class is not just ministering to our inmate/students but to all of the staff as well. God continues to do some amazing things at HOLLYWOOD IMPACT STUDIOS. One example was told to us by a deputy. He said, “In the general prison population, you would never see a Hispanic inmate helping an African-American Inmate,” but we see that every single ‘hands-on’ class we offer. Thank you all for your continued support.

As we approach teaching basic camera, we’d like to give a huge thank you to Jeff Blauvelt, owner of HD Cinema in West Los Angeles. Jeff has graciously agreed to loan us a Red Camera at no charge to Hollywood Impact Studios. The Inmate/Students will have the opportunity to get some practical “hands-on” training on a state of the art HD camera.

HD Cinema™ has at its core a group who have a vision for the creative use of HD24p technology for program production and post. To further that interest they have invested in some extremely high tech digital video gear. Since 1998 they have been working in high def with individuals and companies within the independent film community, providing creative and technical services and consulting for a variety of sophisticated clients. These clients are producing brilliant and creative short film and music videos, a range of dramatic narrative, action and suspense, romantic comedy and other genre independent feature films, and dynamic documentary and reality based television programs.

To learn more about HD Cinema, visit their website at: http://www.hd-cinema.com/