POSTED by: on 01/27/2011
(0)Lots of things… lots of things.
This site has been pretty quiet for the last few months. You’d never be able to tell that Imagivation has been busier than ever before.
Yup, busier than ever.
New year, new purpose. Change is coming.
-Paul
Paul Hastings - CEO, Imagivation
POSTED by: on 09/17/2010
(0)Filmmakers Academy is officially over for the summer. I can’t believe what a blast it was. Sure, it was hectic for Alex and I to juggle between our other jobs and schoolwork, but it was worth every bit. With just a couple weeks of notice, we had 24 students sign up that we divided into 4 teams.
Over the course of 6 weeks each team made 5 films with themes such as “dirty”, “42″, “hunger”, and “coffee”. They covered topics as mundane as “cups” and “library books” as well as weighty topics such as “revenge” and “witnessing”. One of the coolest parts of the camp was that each team brainstormed, wrote, directed, acted, filmed, and edited their own films. Incredibly, each team did this without fail every week, for 40 days.
Filmmakers Academy - Class of Summer 2010
Our final film festival had an amazing turnout – probably 200 or so in the audience. Our panel of festival judges was composed of Cindy Ryan (from the first film that Alex and I made “For Honor”), Juan Rivera (a professional cinematographer from Reaching the Globe), and Daniel Hagen (one of the lead developers on ChristianFilmmakers.org).
The final films that were submitted to the Festival aren’t online yet, but the 16 films that were made prior are available for online viewing.
Unknown to us we had a special guest in the audience.
“The success of the Filmmakers Academy definitely shined out quite brightly on August 14th, as some 150 people showed up to support the budding filmmakers for the Film Festival and Awards Ceremony…”
“Being a movie critic myself, I had a fun time watching these 25 students do their best at putting their different ideas and thoughts on video… for this group of aspiring filmmakers’ first year and first movies, they were very impressive and showed promise…”
Check out Eric Shirey’s entire review.
And of course you don’t want to miss out the Academy Highlights video below.
Quite the experience. Quite the summer. Stay tuned for next week’s update. 
POSTED by: on 06/27/2010
(0)Wow, it’s been sometime since the last update here! So hmm… what’s going on with Imagivation?
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
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. 
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 launched into delta via a “MegaLaunch” on June 21st.
JibeNow - The Homeschool Social Network
Some quick facts:
If you haven’t yet, then make sure to visit JibeNow – The Homeschool Social Network.
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.
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
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.
Could you pray for me? I need it. Very much so.
Carry on.
