Concordia Film Festival

In May “For Honor” won 1st place in the Drama category at the International Christian Communication Arts Festival at Concordia University in Austin. “Gold Miner” also was 1 of 2 films to receive an honorable mention.

Concordia Film Festival Award

Imagivation.net

Joining the ranks of the Imagivation family is Imagivation.net.

Imagivation.net - Web Development

I’ve been designing, building, and repairing websites and having a blast while doing it.

Cocoa Loco

Alex and I got together to film our 1st action sequence with Aaron and Isaac Lerma. We were greatly assisted by Ana and Rachel Lerma. The finished product is still be edited. Stay tuned to learn more.

Rachel, Paul, Alex, Isaac, Ana and Aaron after filming "Cocoa Loco"

JibeNow – The Homeschool Social Network

JibeNow launched into delta via a “MegaLaunch” on June 21st.

JibeNow - The Homeschool Social Network

Some quick facts:

• As of June 27th, JibeNow has 210 members.
• Our goal is to provide an online platform for Christian Homeschoolers to encourage and challenge each other into becoming stronger instruments of Jesus Christ.
• Our mantra is “Debate. Discuss. But mostly just share.”
• Counting myself there are now 7 volunteer admins working on JibeNow.
  • Brian Morgan
  • Beth Maisano
  • Zachary Harris
  • Rebekah Rodgers
  • Daniel Gaskell
  • Preston Badeer

If you haven’t yet, then make sure to visit JibeNow – The Homeschool Social Network.

Public Speaking

2010 CHEACT Blogging Talk

This past Friday and Saturday I had the privilege of teaching a couple of 50-minute workshops at the CHEACT Homeschool Conference.

The 2 classes were entitled, “Blogging Like a Screaming Ninja Monkey (Beginning Blogging)” and “My Blog Needs Liposuction! (Advanced Blogging) “. Needless to say it was a total blast and I hope to do it again sometime soon.

Digital Video Camp

Alex Lerma and I were asked to return to Camp Wilderness Ridge and help with their Digital Video Camp. Only this year instead of being the assistants we’re actually the directors. We’re leaving for the camp today and will return to Austin on July 3rd.

Paul and Alex heading out to the set

Filmmakers Academy

The Filmmakers Academy

Perhaps one of the biggest highlights of our summer, Alex and I are hosting our own video camp. Set in a highly hands-on environment, students will meet once a week in Austin to learn about a new filmmaking concept and then will be given a film project assignment to finish in 6 days with their team.

The class runs from July 6th – August 10th. Our final film festival (which is free to the public) will be on August 14th.

To learn more, visit the Filmmakers Academy website.

Last thing…

Could you pray for me? I need it. Very much so.

Carry on.

What do you think?

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JibeNow.com

The site is primarily intended for current homeschoolers, their parents, and homeschool graduates. We like to think of it as a mixture of multiple social-networking and blogging services: the power of WordPress and Blogger, the interaction of Facebook and Twitter, and the community of Homeschoolblogger.

So take a look. Most Imagivation readers have already been invited to the site, but if I missed you or you’d like an invitation then leave a comment below and we’ll get one to you.

One Baby

Tonight the 9 members of the board of managers of the Travis County Healthcare District (TCHD) met in a special meeting to deliberate over a proposed contract with three local abortion providers.

The agreement would use $450,000 in Travis County property taxes to pay for approximately 1,000 abortions in 2010.

Several friends and I were in attendance of the meeting as the board voted 9-0 in favor of the abortion contracts.

After the vote the attendance numbers of the meeting were read aloud to be entered into the public register. However, there was an error which is recorded below.

The meeting reported in attendance:

- 178 total citizens

- 49 signed up to speak in opposition
- 35 signed up to speak in support
- 59 signed in opposition but declined to speak
- 43 signed in support but declined to speak

One Question

While sitting in the room I quickly added the numbers and found the following mistake: 49 + 35 + 59 + 43 = 186

Did anyone catch that?

186 ≠ 178

So who was counted twice? Or should I ask, who wasn’t? Or who was really there? Are any of these numbers accurate?

Seriously, this is supposed to be “official”. The secretaries are paid money (the board is volunteer), this is their job, shouldn’t they be able to at least get fundamental addition correct?

What about the public record? Isn’t that supposed to be… you know… correct?

One Problem

Shot on a Canon XL2.
Edited in Adobe Premiere CS3.

You can double-click the video to rate and leave a comment on YouTube. So what do you think?

“Forever” tells the poignant story of a girl’s childhood memories as she yearns for her father’s love.

Father: David Cordray
Younger Daughter: Hannah Maisano
Older Daughter: Grace Einkauf
Older Daughter Double: Gabrielle Cordray
Orchestra Stand-ins: Alex Brace; Heather Guzman; Alex, Isaac and Rachel Lerma; Bethany, Nathan, and Rachel Malone

Poem: Grace Einkauf
Lyrics: Rachel Malone
Music: Michael Guzman and Rachel Malone
Performed by: Bethany and Rachel Malone
Sung by: Heather Guzman and Danny Waller

Boom and Track: courtesy of Juan Rivera
Second Camera: courtesy of Jeff Buchle
Audio Recording and Mixing: Sam Kokajko
Technical Help: David Huang
Costume Coordinator: Heather Guzman
Grunts: Alex, Ivy, and Robert Brace; Christina Hastings; Isaac Lerma; Toni Maisano; Nathan Malone

Cameras: Canon XL2 (1 pair)
Edited in: Adobe Premiere CS3
Location: Manor, TX

Produced, directed, and written by Alex Lerma and Paul Hastings.
Special thanks to Juan Rivera.