Crossroads Creative's Latest Work

Here are the sermon starter videos we did for Crossroads Church and its youth department. First, Crossroads' August series is called "The Prayer." After producing this piece, we modified the end to read "The Lord's Prayer," to be a little more marketable for Crossroads Creative.

Our youth department is in a series called "Lion Killers."  Here's that one:

Pretty cool After Effects piece. Special thanks to Matt Avant and Sonny Maynard over at Media Savant for their great work. You'll see both of these pieces on the reseller sites soon, as well as ours (whenever that happens!).

OK, so no one could (or would) guess where the bloopers are in "Ben and George."

The first one is in the opening shot. We used stock footage from Digital Juice's VideoTraxx library, and we 3-D modeled the table in the room. If you look closely, you'll notice that there is no reflection in the door.

The second one is in the voice-over. The announcer (yours truly) asks, "Which one of these presidents have you brought to church?" while the video shows a $1 bill, a $2, and a $100 bill. The only issue is that Ben Franklin was never a president.

So, there you have it. Crossroads Creative produces an occasional piece with a blooper or two in it. So sue me.

Friday Funny

Here's the next installment of the Friday Funny. You provide the caption...

I'm still waiting on all the blooper snoopers out there to tell me what's wrong with the "Ben and George" piece. C'mon, guys, you can find them, just look (and listen) carefully.

Text Messaging

My friend, Greg Atkinson, recently did a post on his love affair with texting. So, I thought I'd show you this video we produced for our church. My wife and I co-wrote it, and I shot and directed it. Hope you enjoy it!

Ben and George...and a Blooper

Here's another piece that we have for sale on the reseller sites. Let me know what you think!

This piece takes the place of my Friday Funny, except, this time, the joke is on me. I'll give bonus points to the first person who can spot the BIG TIME blooper in this piece (actually, there are two). I'll be fixing it in the coming weeks, before launching it on Crossroads Creative.

Gas Prices Got You Down?

Here's the sermon intro for the current series we're in at Crossroads Church:

Pretty fun stuff. I shot it with the Xl-1s, and it was edited in Final Cut & After Effects. It's currently for sale on the reseller sites we have pieces on.

Friday Funny

Yep, it's been a while, but here's the Friday Funny for this week:

Biggest Month Ever

Crossroads Creative just completed its most successful month ever. We sell pieces on Worship House Media, Sermon Spice, The Shoutable Store, Graphics4Worsip, and the soon-to-be released Catholic Media House. Of course, if you're a reader of mine, you already know that.

Anyway, June was a stellar month, sales-wise. We sold almost as much product in June as we have all year up to that point! Although these sites take a cut, there was plenty let over for us.

It's exciting to see how a vision can become a reality, and how I got to be a part of it. I'm looking forward to the fully-upgraded Crossroads Creative website, so we can keep all of the dollars for ourselves! (Don't be hatin.' We have bills too!)

Keep looking for the changes. The fully-updated version is coming soon (I promise).