by John Francis
It was late in the spring of 2006 and I was in our Monday morning meeting at WYSIWYG, always a gala event. We were meeting at our Treasure Island studio and people would begin to show up as early as 9am for the 10am meeting (which usually didn’t start until about 11am). I [...]
by Angela Watts
If anyone needed to get away it was ME! Four kids pulling on me, a sudden displacement in our housing situation and our car got towed! All in the same one week period. We were in an eight passenger Denali, well packed with kids, luggage, paid in full plane tickets, knowing that a [...]
By John Francis
It seems like about a hundred years ago today, although actually only 1998, that WYSIWYG was gearing up to shoot its first film. The name of the project was “Guardians” and we had just received enough money to start filming. We had rented a camera from Panavison and generator to handle all [...]
By Joseph Ruiz
Teaching at a Christian school in San Francisco was not a high paying job but it was an incredible training ground in the art of guiding children into a whole life with Jesus. This was the most gratifying job I had done after giving my heart to the Lord and taught me [...]
by Doug Lanza
One of the coolest things about making a Christian film is that we have an entire source of financing that is not available in the traditional Hollywood system. The Christian filmmaker has the church as a resource. Many churches are now getting the vision of how a film can affect the [...]
by Angela Watts
Can I really use that word “Booty” without feeling like I have just been dragged through a hip hop video? YES I can, and it comes from the Bible too! The King James Version if you are inclined! If you look up the word, you will note that ‘booty’ is mainly associated [...]
by Richard Gazowsky
This is the hottest market for Christian films. Previously, I talked about the necessity of a Big-Budget film. There is no fun to be found there, just hard work. I also talked about the Medium-Budget film. Interesting, cautious, necessarily predictable; but where’s the “Shazam”. Well, guess what guys the [...]
by Richard Gazowsky
Welcome to my second article on obtaining funding for Christian films. The Christian film market is a completely different animal than the mainstream movie market. A medium sized mainstream film would have a budget in the $50 to $60 million range. The project would usually feature one or more major [...]
Part One of a Three Article Series: Big Budget, Medium Budget, No Budget
by Richard Gazowsky
God commanded Moses “You shall be the head, above only and not beneath.” This is a pretty strong command for leadership and it was the same command that was given to me a few years ago. This is [...]
by Doug Lanza
I lay in my bed on that cold Thanksgiving holiday weekend, my body aching all over from the flu bug that had hit me. Suddenly, the phone next to my bed rang. It was Richard Gazowsky on the other end calling from New York. He had been traveling around the US [...]
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