JohnCalvinYoung.com » Finished Projects http://www.johncalvinyoung.com The personal blog and online portfolio of John Calvin Young--Christian, writer, filmmaker, journalist, photographer, traveler, and student. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 18:44:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 DVDs of A True Patriot at 4:56 AM http://www.johncalvinyoung.com/2008/04/dvds-of-a-true-patriot-at-456-am/ http://www.johncalvinyoung.com/2008/04/dvds-of-a-true-patriot-at-456-am/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:56:00 +0000 John Calvin http://www.johncalvinyoung.com/?p=30

I am sitting here at 4 minutes to 5 in the morning, having stayed up all night ironing the final bugs out of the production DVDs of A True Patriot. We got nearly to this point once before, but Encore corrupted our project files and the disc had to be reconstructed. This time, though, the burning went fine after a beta disc or two, which revealed further bugs that had to be fixed.

Today we’ll find out the results of the first competition to see A True Patriot–the annual Tar Heel Junior Historians Convention. We’ve already had the premiere, but I wanted to have at least a handful of production DVDs for sale today, so I ended up working VERY late to complete them. They’re beautiful, though–this is the first project we’ve done full packaging for. I snapped a picture of the stack of DVDs on the table behind me–you are the first to see the final production discs!
Expect them for sale online in the very near future for somewhere between $5–7 apiece.

In His Service,
John Calvin Young
Young Christian Studios

]]> http://www.johncalvinyoung.com/2008/04/dvds-of-a-true-patriot-at-456-am/feed/ 0 Completed Project: “Richard Caswell: A True Patriot” http://www.johncalvinyoung.com/2008/03/completed-project-richard-caswell-a-true-patriot/ http://www.johncalvinyoung.com/2008/03/completed-project-richard-caswell-a-true-patriot/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:14:00 +0000 John Calvin http://www.johncalvinyoung.com/?p=24 Friday noon we shipped off A True Patriot to the first competition we’re entering it in–we were racing to complete it before the deadline. After four 8AM-to-midnight days of editing, studio recording, and post-production, we finally exported it out to tape Friday AM. This is the first film I’ve shot in widescreen, and I really enjoyed the experience. I learned a lot while DPing and editing this film, as it has been a step beyond anything we’ve ever shot before. Shooting interviews/narration is especially hard as well–when you are both the narrator and the one lighting and shooting the scene.

The film will probably be released on DVD sometime late this spring, but I may be able to put together a short trailer before then. Hopefully a website and pictures will follow as well, but I’m already getting tied up in my next project…

IHS,

John Calvin

]]> http://www.johncalvinyoung.com/2008/03/completed-project-richard-caswell-a-true-patriot/feed/ 0 My Daughter’s Dates http://www.johncalvinyoung.com/2008/03/my-daughters-dates/ http://www.johncalvinyoung.com/2008/03/my-daughters-dates/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:55:00 +0000 John Calvin http://www.johncalvinyoung.com/?p=23 I know this is late, but here is our film…it’s taken me this long to catch up on sleep…

It was great working with everybody on the project: Paul and Sheilah Munger, Ryan Bruce, and Chuck Fultz, plus the cast. The film website is at www.mydaughtersdates.com. We placed 18th out of 71 entries in the rankings by points but in the first couple of days up we were #2 in total views…not sure where we are now. Hope you enjoy it!

In His Service,

John Calvin Young

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