Visual Story for a Visual

World

With a focus on reaching Unreached Peoples via

“Mobile Media”

Magdalena: Released From

Shame

Video clip of the woman caught in adultery

http://www.youtube.com/user/magdalenatoday#p/a/u/1/Uyc7c6nUtMM

Recognizing the Need for New Media for a New World

Mobile Advance

Connecting the unreached with the gospel and

church of Christ through the device that connects them with the world, the

mobile phone

www.VisualStoryNetwork.org

The Visual Story Network is a community of missional and creative Christians.

Together we seek to fuel a global movement of visual story so every person on

earth can encounter Jesus and His kingdom. 

Why Visual Media? Why

Now?

#1

Because God Hard-Wired Us As

Visual Beings

Brain Rule #10

Vision Trumps All Other Senses

68% of the brain that deals with sensory input is dedicated to vision

So your audience is literally much

more “receptive” to visual media than any other

input

Brain Rule #9

Stimulate More of the Senses

Why Visual Media Why

Now?

#2

Because audio/visual media enables those

who otherwise couldn’t to be Gospel

witnesses

Fluency• People wishing to reach out to

refugees, immigrants and foreign students

• Short-Term Workers

• First-Term Workers

Mobile Media Empowering Short Term

Missions

Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E4oVS44UqE&list=PL5AAD31AD9693BA2B&index=6

Particularly from 4:47 to 5:49

Orality

Why Visual Media? Why

Now?

#3

Because There Isn’t Enough Christian Ministry Visual

Content Available Out There

Video

http://www.youtube.com/user/Create2010#p/u/7/m0fPDQE5FC0

IPRIPR

#4 Because the Screens

Available to Our Visual Media Have Never Been More

Accessible or Ubiquitous

1960?

2000?

2010?

Screens available to the amateur

videographer:

The Mobile in Comparison with Other Mass Media

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What all this means and looks

like for your average unreached

person

Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je0L9quCleI

Cyborgs Among Us!

Physical Attachment

Personal/Emotional Attachment

The Message crosses into an very personal/ intimate

arena when it comes onto a mobile

“there will come a point in 2015 when the mobile phone will

overtake the PC as the most common primary device for Web access

worldwide”

Gartner Inc.

2015 is Now in the Developing

World!

http://www.greatcommission2020.com

• http://www.greatcommission2020.com/

Why Visual Media #4

Because Visual Media Creation Has Never Been More

Approachable

#4a

Approachable Technologically/

Financially

And now for something a

little different...

Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9ME5_ZzeKI

What in the world was

that all about?

Top Mobile Phones for Shooting Good Video

Nokia N8 Samsung Galaxy SII Apple iPhone 4

Other Top Budget Video Shooters

Flip Ultra HD Sony WX9 Sony HX9V $78 $185 $315

A Few Helpful Accessories

Phone Tripod Mount Joby Gorillapod Zoom H1 Video Tripod Recorder

Editing- Freeware for Every Level of Video

Production

What does it cost?

• To make a video fit for the cinema and get it playing at the cinema?

• To make a video fit for TV and get it playing on the TV?

What does it cost?

• To make a video fit for YouTube and get it playing on YouTube?

• To make a video fit for a 4” mobile phone screen and get it playing on mobile phones?

Why Visual Media #4

Because Visual Media Creation Has Never Been More

Approachable

#4b

Approachable Skills/ Techniques-

wise

Video

http://vimeo.com/24147165

Going Deeper

• Vimeo Video School (videos)http://vimeo.com/videoschool

• Metacafe Production School (videos)http://www.metacafe.com/producercentral/school/

Going Deeper

• Witness Video Advocacy Training Guide (video and text)http://witnesstraining.wordpress.com/

• BBC Good Shooting Guidehttp://www.bbctraining.com/modules/5915/index.asp

Why Visual Media? Why

Now?

#5

Because the cost/ease of video distribution opens the world to you!

So…• Have any of you ever received

an e-mail with a link to a video to check out?

• Have any of you ever been on Facebook or Twitter and checked out a video mentioned there?

So…• How many of you have ever

forwarded or sent out a video link either by e-mail or by social media?• How many of you have

posted a video on YouTube?

Then…

YOU’RE ALREADY DOING VIDEO DISTRIBUTION

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Digital Watering Holes

#6

Because can we still have first-

mover advantage among many

peoples

So What Are You Going to Do With

Mobile Phones and Visual Media

?

When the winds of change blow,

some seek shelter, others build windmills

Chinese Proverb

Three Points of Entry into

Visual Media Ministry

A

Find and Use Existing Visual Media “as is”

YouTube

GodTube

Worship House Media

A Video Available at Worship House

Media

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpktHJXfCzI

Global Short Film Network

The Jesus Film Project

Create International

Websites• YouTube

www.youtube.com

• GodTubewww.godtube.com

• Worship House Mediawww.worshiphousemedia.com

Websites• Visual Story Network

www.visualstorynetwork.org

• YesHeIswww.yesheis.com

• Global Short Film Networkwww.globalshortfilmnetwork.com

Websites• Jesus Film Project YouTube Channel

http://www.youtube.com/user/jesusfilm

• Magdalena Today YouTube Channelhttp://www.youtube.com/user/magdalenatoday

• Create Internationalhttp://www.createinternational.com/evangelistic/films

B Modify Existing

Visual Media to Fit Your Needs

Manageable Aspects to Consider

• Adding subtitles in your language

• Cutting out 5 minute or less clips that stand on their own

• Adding follow-on contact details!!!

• Formatting the video so it plays on mobile phones and tablet computers

Formatting• For showing others on your phone use

MP4

• For sending others via Bluetooth use 3GP

http://www.formatoz.com/

CCreate Your Own

Visual Media

Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq_Li9hWzkY&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

http://www.dsmedia.org/blog/free-and-open-bible-story-pictures Media/Sweet

Publishing

Get Your Feet Wet

#1

Pick a Bible story, download the pictures from Distant Shores Media, record audio of the story, and combine the pictures and audio into a video using PowerPoint 2010 or Microsoft Photo Story 3 (free)

Get Your Feet Wet

#2

Watch the videos at www.How2Video.org (approximately 30 minutes total) and either use the equipment you already have or buy a cheap video recorder and give full motion video production a try.

Remember, all that you’re aiming for is something

that is five minutes or less and looks

(and sounds) decent on a 4” mobile phone screen

Realize that even Stephen Spielberg’s

first attempts at video probably stunk

Mess Up!

Help Others Get Their Feet Wet!

Continuing On

1 Find Community/Input

– Visual Story Network www.visualstorynetwork.org

– How2Video www.how2video.org

Continuing On

2 Get Video Inspiration

– Vimeo www.vimeo.com

– Multimedia Shooter www.multimediashooter.com

Continuing On

2 Get Video Inspiration

– National Press Photographers Association Award Winnershttp://vimeo.com/nppacontests/videos/sort:date

One Last Thing

Always think through how someone watching your video can be enabled to take another step towards faith in Christ and membership in the body of Christ. Including appropriate follow-up information is a minimum!

For the earth will be filled with the

knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the

waters cover the sea.

Habakkuk 2:14

Mobile Advance

www.mobileadvance.org

A ministry of Worldwide Evangelization for Christ (WEC) International