Standing Firm is a Christian Film produced by Praise Pictures and Directed by Kyle Prohaska.
What I like about this Film is that it is a high quality product made independently on a low budget. Of course there were many willing volunteers. Also the film was captured with a single sub $4000 camera. I am looking forward to a Christian Film put together with a Canon 5D MarkII. Here is some more trivia.
After the Story/Plot there is a brief outline of the Production and Post Production equipment and Software used. The actual Trailer is available at the end of the post. Please feel free to add your thoughts.
Story
Dave, a widower, is working himself to death. Late nights doing paperwork and running on fumes is the norm. Bills are piling by the week, and foreclosure looms on the horizon. Blaming God for his wife’s death, he ends his relationship with the church.
His son, Steven, has been watching with great concern. Along with his grandpa and best friend Maggie, Steven works to reach his father in any way he can. Despite his grieving, Dave begins to move in the right direction seeking an answer to the question that has been haunting him since his wife’s death…WHY?
Standing Firm is a story of suffering, God’s purpose in it, and being joyful despite it.
Production
Camera: Canon XH-A1
Mounting System: Redrock Micro Shoulder Mount, Letus Extreme, Redrock Follow Focus
Lens: 200mm Nikkor Lens
Monitor: Marshall 7in Monitor
Tripod: Bogan 519 head with Cartoni Legs
Workflow
Editing done in Final Cut Pro on a HDV 1080p24 timeline
Grading: Using Final Cut Pro’s 3 Way Color Corrector
Visual Effects: VFX shots in the film for contructed in After Effects.
DVD menus and authoring: DVD Studio Pro and Photoshop
Editing System: Older MacPro system with two 24in LCDs.
Monitor: 15in CRT monitor coming from a BlackMagic Intensity Card
Storage: G-Tech 1TB GRAID for most of the film then a 4TB GRAID (and a second 4TB as back it up)
[Update: Information above was provided by the Director Kyle Prohaska (who also edited the film). You can connect with him on Twitter, Facebook and/or his blog]
Nice to see the quality of work that gets done with just a few people, a single camera and a computer.
The people that produced Fireproof have shown that the story is the movie even if it lacks special effects. The audience is willing to forgive poor acting because they are already convinced that the movie’s message is the reason for the story.
Yeah, I love the fact that Christian Filmmakers are not only doing well but they are improving with each film – going to be awesome to see Sherwood Pictures’s Courageous and the next film by Kyle.